Simon Sebag Montefiore's "Jerusalem : the biography" was published in the U.K earlier this year. The book examines the history of the city from the earliest times to the present day.
Read the latest review in the New York Times Sunday Book Review
Find the book in SOAS Library at QJ956.944 / 734184
Click here to view the Library catalogue
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Friday, 7 October 2011
Storytelling and oral history
A report from the BBC's Middle East website looks at the tradition of storytelling and the role of the professional storyteller in the Middle East, and how history (ancient and modern) as well as contemporary events such as the Arab Spring are being adapted by the storytellers.
Click HERE to read the report
The report also includes videos of modern professional storytellers performing
But will the traditional art survive in competition with modern technology?
Click HERE to read the report
The report also includes videos of modern professional storytellers performing
But will the traditional art survive in competition with modern technology?
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Journal of Near and Middle Eastern Studies: open-access journal
The Journal of Near and Middle Eastern Studies is a new annual, open-access publication from the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Students' Union at the University of Toronto.
It showcases undergraduate academic papers on all aspects of the history and culture of the region from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day.
Content of the 2010 issue ranges from "Death and the netherworld in ancient Mesopotamian thought" (Nisa Soeherman) to "The duality of structure between the IDF and Israeli society" (Matthew Ianucci)
It showcases undergraduate academic papers on all aspects of the history and culture of the region from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day.
Content of the 2010 issue ranges from "Death and the netherworld in ancient Mesopotamian thought" (Nisa Soeherman) to "The duality of structure between the IDF and Israeli society" (Matthew Ianucci)
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Wilfred Thesiger photographs (Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford)
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has been digitizing its collection of photographs by the explorer and writer, Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003)
Click here to view some of his iconic photographs taken in Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan from the 1930s onwards - and buy copies if you like.
Click here to view some of his iconic photographs taken in Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan from the 1930s onwards - and buy copies if you like.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Book review: Witnesses to a world crisis
Anthony Kaldelis of Ohio State University reviews James Howard-Johnston's "Witnesses to a world crisis: historians and histories of the Middle East in the 7th century" in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The book was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.
Read the book in SOAS Library at N907.2 / 736514
The book was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.
Read the book in SOAS Library at N907.2 / 736514
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Museums and national identity
The New York Times reports on the construction of 3 new museums in Abu Dhabi (branches of the Guggenheim and the Louvre as well as a museum of national history) and the museums of Islamic art, modern Arabic art and Qatari history currently under construction or recently opened in Qatar.
The article looks at the cultural and political context of this spate of museum-building in both countries.
The article looks at the cultural and political context of this spate of museum-building in both countries.
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