SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Parker, John (2021) In My Time of Dying: A History of Death and the Dead in West Africa. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Laamann, Lars, ed. (2021) Central Asiatic Journal – Volume 64. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Book Chapters

Charney, Michael W. (2021) 'Religion and Migration in Rakhine.' In: Ludden, David E., (ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Charney, Michael W. (2021) 'Shipbuilding at Chittagong: Fifteenth-Nineteenth Centuries.' In: Berthet, Samuel, (ed.), Shipbuilding, Navigation and the South-West Silk Road: North Odisha, Bengal and Arakan. Delhi: Primus, pp. 157-174.

Fischel, Roy S. (2021) 'Shi‘i Rulers, Safavid Alliance and the Religio-Political Landscape of the Deccan.' In: Melville, Charles, (ed.), Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires, ed. Charles Melville. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 331-355. (The Idea of Iran)

Mirelman, Sam (2021) 'Lament, Spectacle, and Emotion in a Ritual for Ishtar.' In: Costello, Sarah, Foster, Karen and Stein, Diana, (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 211-228.

Mirelman, Sam (2021) 'Mesopotamian Ritual Laments, “Music Therapy,” and the Role of Song in the Conception of the Deity.' In: Eichmann, Ricardo and Shehata, Dahlia, (eds.), Music Beyond Cultural Borders. 33rd Deutscher Orientalistentag. Jena, 19–20 September, 2017. Rahden/Westfalen: Marie Leidorf, pp. 129-135. (Studien zur Musikarchäologie XII/Orient-Archäologie 43)

Mirelman, Sam (2021) 'Public Lamentation in Ancient Mesopotamia.' In: Edelman, Diana and Hezser, Catherine, (eds.), The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 36-57.

Nenadovic, Ana (2021) '¡Llegó la Gorda! El cuerpo gordo-lésbico en la narrativa y el hip hop cubano.' In: Moreira, Luciana and Wieser, Doris, (eds.), A flor de cuerpo : Representaciones del género y de las disidencias sexo-genéricas en Latinoamérica. Madrid; Frankfurt/Main: Iberoamericana Vervuert, pp. 305-329.

Nenadovic, Ana (2021) 'Moving Spirits, Shifting Bodies, Connecting Africa and the Caribbean.' In: Englert, Birgit, Gföllner, Barbara and Thomsen, Sigrid, (eds.), Human, Intellectual and Cultural Mobilities between Africa and the Caribbean – from the Late 19th Century to the Present. London: Routledge, pp. 133-155. (Routledge African Diaspora Literary and Cultural Studies)

Journal Article

Boretti, Valentina (2021) 'Instructing Adults, Attracting Children: Toy Displays in Republican China.' Strenae, 17 (6309).

Charney, Michael W. (2021) 'Buddhism, the Royal Imaginary, and Limits in Warfare: The Moderating Influence of Precolonial Myanmar Royal Campaigns on Everyday Warriors.' Contemporary Buddhism, 22 (1/2). pp. 367-379.

Charney, Michael W. (2021) 'Decolonizing History in "Myanmar": Bringing Rohingya Back into their own History.' Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship, 1 (3).

Hawkins, J. David and Weeden, Mark (2021) 'The New Inscription from Türkmenkarahöyük and its Historical Context.' Altorientalische Forschungen, 48 (2). pp. 384-400.

Laamann, Lars (2021) 'Western Missionaries in modern China – From Ministers of Foreign Teachings to Agents of Imperialism?' History of Religions, 61 (1). pp. 105-125.

Lu, Junda (2021) 'Ideas Behind Literati Activism in the Qianlong-Jiaqing Transition: The Statist Re-orientation of Scholarship and Resurging Statecraft Reformism.' Ming Qing Studies, 2021. pp. 127-150.

Mirelman, Sam (2021) 'Lament and ritual weeping in the "negative confession" of the Babylonian Akītu festival.' Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, 21. pp. 42-74.

Nenadovic, Ana (2021) 'Die ungezählten Toten. Femizid in Roberto Bolaños 2666.' Schriften des Italienzentrums der Freien Universität Berlin, 6. pp. 71-79.

Rodet, Marie and Doquet, Anne (2021) 'Restituer les mémoires de l’esclavage : une pluralité de supports.' Esclavages et Post-esclavages, 5. pp. 1-8.

Rodet, Marie, Mbodj-Pouye, Aïssatou, Cissé, Mamadou Sène and Coulibaly, Mariam (2021) 'Retours sur l’incendie d’un fonds d’archives à Kayes (Mali) : enjeux sociaux, scientifiques et politiques.' SOURCES Materials and Fieldwork in African Studies, 2. pp. 239-248.

Shihadeh, Ayman (2021) 'Kelâmda Mereoloji: Arazlardan Hareketle Kurulan Hudûs Delilinin Yeni Bir Okuması (Turkish translation of 'Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation', translated by Güvenç Şensoy).' Kader, 19 (1). pp. 347-376.

Shihadeh, Ayman (2021) 'Psychology and Ethical Epistemology: An Ashʿarī Debate with Muʿtazilī Ethical Realism, 11th-12th C.' Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 21. pp. 81-102.

Tejani, Shabnum (2021) 'Disputing ‘market value’: the Bombay Improvement Trust and the reshaping of a speculative land market in early twentieth-century Bombay.' Urban History, 48 (3). pp. 572-589.

Ziai, Hengameh (2021) 'On the Migrant Subject.' Review of Middle East Studies, 54 (2). pp. 196-214.

Conference or Workshop Items

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Colonial and Post-Colonial State-think and the Problem with University Education in Southeast Asian Countries. In: Suppression of Academic Freedoms by ASEAN universities” Webinar, 8 January 2021, FORSEA Youtube Page. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael W. (2021) A Historian Considers the Current Military Takeover in Myanmar. In: Myanmar Dialogues, February 11, 2021, Naresuan University, Thailand. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael W. (2021) The Introduction of the Application of the Harquebus in Western Mainland Southeast Asia Warfare. In: Beyond the Military Revolution Debate and Geographic Determinism? The Multifarious Reception of the Harquebus, 23-24 September 2021, International remote. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael W. (2021) No Change Without National Revolution: The Two Myanmars and the Two International Systems. In: Myanmar Genocide Memorial Event by the Free Rohingya Coalition, August 25, 2021, London.

Book Reviews

Mirelman, Sam (2021) 'Review of Kaira Boddy: The Composition and Tradition of Erimḫuš (Boston: Brill, 2021).' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 84 (2). pp. 380-382.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Ait Said-Ghanem, Nadia (2021) Ibrahim Elias Gejou and Old Babylonian omens. SOAS History Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Ait Said-Ghanem, Nadia (2021) Joseph Svoboda: selling clay tablets in nineteenth-century Baghdad. SOAS History Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Are We as Area Studies Scholars Guilty of Negligence in Allowing Genocides to Happen in the Regions we Study? Forces for Renewal in Southeast Asia Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Aung San Suu Kyi in court: 'All these charges have been trumped up'. France 24 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) How Racist is your Engagement with Burma Studies? FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Ignoring Global Realities? Western Governments need to invest in Asian Studies in their Universities. FORSEA Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) In-Depth News Analysis on Myanmar Crisis. KBS World Radio Korea 24 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) The Misuses of Histories and Historiography by the state in Myanmar: The Case of Rakhine and Rohingya [Blog post]. FORSEA Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Myanmar Coup: How the Military Has Held Onto Power for 60 Years. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Myanmar coup: Internet shutdown as crowds protest against military. France24 News [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Myanmar's detained Aung Suu Kyi faces delays in detention as military enforce tougher order on protesters. ABC Radio National [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Playing Beta to China and Other International Alpha Powers (Again). FORSEA US-China Tensions Roundtable [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Post-colonial intellectual counter-spaces under threat. University World News [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Situation in Myanmar. LBC Leading Britain's Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) State-Think and the Problem with University Education in Post-Colonial Societies. FORSEA Featured Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Than, Tharaphi, Donowitz, Paul and Vinnell, Kim (2021) How can the international community restore democracy in Myanmar? Inside Story. Aljazeera Inside Story [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Win, Kyaw and Smith, Matthew (2021) Myanmar's military coup: Pro-democracy protests continue despite bloody crackdown. France24 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. and Zarni, Maung (2021) Understanding Myanmar Civil Disobedience Movement. FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Zarni, Maung, Guillermo, Ramon, Vartavarian, Mesrob, Wieringa, Saskia and Chachavalpongpun, Pavin (2021) How ASEAN States Make Their Peoples Unable to Think. FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Zarni, Maung and Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (2021) China's Impact on the peoples of Cambodia, Myanmar and Hong Kong. CISD-SOAS [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary, Deleigne, Marie-Christine and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) Under the Radar: Descent-based Slavery as a Form of Contemporary Slavery. The Republic [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary, Dust-Lee, Leah and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) The fight against descent-based slavery in Mali. Africa Is A Country [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) Mali fails to face up to the persistence of slavery. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) Pourquoi l’« esclavage par ascendance » subsiste encore au Mali. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Zarni, Maung and Charney, Michael W. (2021) မြန်မာအာဏာသိမ်းမှုသည်ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်လက်အောက်ဒီမိုကရေစီအသွင်ကူးပြောင်းရေး၏ lie ကိုဖြိုခွဲခဲ့သည် [Myanmar’s Coup Crushed the BIG LIE of Democratic Transition under Aung San Suu Kyi]. FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Datasets

Flügel, Peter and Krümpelmann, Kornelius (editors) (2021) Jaina-Prosopography Database. [Datasets]

Rodet, Marie and Deleigne, Marie-Christine (2021) Displaced Populations Escaping Descent-Based Slavery in Mali, 2020. [Datasets]

Rodet, Marie and Deleigne, Marie-Christine (2021) Watigueleya Kèlê Socio-Economic and Climate Resilience Survey in Marginalised Frontier Communities in Guinea, Mali and Senegal, 2021. [Datasets]