Brill database trials (history of religions)

SOAS Library has a 30 day trial subscription (until 26th October) to the following Brill databases which will be of interest to those studying the history of religions

•  Religion Past and Present Online  RPP is the English language edition of the 4th edition of the German Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. [note not all volumes have been published yet] SOAS Library has the German version in print
• Index to the Study of Religions - a cross searchable database of abstracts of articles contributing to the academic study of religions. The database currently contains 20,000 entries, and will have new content added as suitable articles are indexed
• Christian-Muslim Relations Online -the database covers relations between the two faiths between 600-1500 throughout the extended Mediterranean basin area, and comprises (along with introductory essays) over 200 detailed entries on all works recorded where Christian-Muslim encounters are described

These can be accessed from http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/resources/a-z/database-trials.html

Please let me know what you think!

(ms28@soas.ac.uk)

Indonesian Newspapers 1930-1950

If you are researching modern Indonesian history, between 1930 and 1950, this website may be of interest to you


Indonesian Newspaper Project (historic newspapers) [n.b. Text of newspapers not available in English]

 This is a special initiative of the Netherlands Institute for war Documentation which is digitising its major collection (and those of a number of other partner institutes including the Royal Institute for Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV) in Leiden, the Royal Institute for the Tropics (KIT) in Amsterdam, the Royal Library (KB) in The Hague and the International Institute for Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam) of Indonesian newspapers covering the period 1930-1950. This is an important resource for social and political historians as it covers the period of the Second World War and Dutch and Japanese administration in Indonesia. Currently in the region of 100 titles are available in full text.  

New web resource

Afghanistan Digital Library
A project of NYU the Afghanistan Digital Library is aiming to digitise as many Afghan publications (serials, documents, pamphlets, and manuals) as possible from the period 1871–1930. Currently there are 300+ books available to view, print or download. 
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/

Click on the web link to search the site and view these historic texts from Afghanistan