Comparative Studies in Society & History journal publishes multidisciplinary research, cultural and area studies, and innovative ventures in theory and methods.
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A new paper in the Comparative Studies in Society and History examines how one of the vital building blocks of British power in India took shape. The paper is Open Access, download and read at doi.org/10.1017/S00104175261….
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Küresel Gümüş Çağında Osmanlı İstanbul'unda Değer ve Otorite Performansları: Paranın Yargılanması
Nye, para politikasını padişah, sadrazam, yabancı tüccarlar, sarraflar ve sıradan şehir halkı arasında sürekli yeniden üretilen bir güç, itimat ve meşruiyet mücadelesi olarak okuyor
Head to #FirstView for @ellen_nye's "Money on Trial: Performances of Value and Authority in #Ottoman Istanbul during the Age of Global Silver."
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ALT A depiction of the furnace and scales under the portico of the Imperial Council Hall from an album of illustrations, ca. 1586, Vienna, Austrian National Library, Cod. 8615, f. 134v.
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What a gorgeous set of essays in CSSH, responding to a prompt by Andrew Shryock about concept work from On the Semicivilized. dukeupress.edu/on-the-semici…. I learned so much and am so inspired by these scholars and the worlds they shared.
The feature includes captivating essays by @ottomanchoon, Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular, Mustafa Tuna, Fahad Ahmad Bishara, Anoush Tamar Suni, and Nora Elizabeth Barakat. Stay tuned for @JElyachar's response!
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ICYMI: Lucie Ryzova's excellent @CSSHJournal article "Portrait of a Martyr as a Young Man: Social Lives of Photographs in Revolutionary Egypt". Open Access & Free to Read! ⤵️
This week marks the 15th anniversary of Egypt’s January 2011 Revolution (Arab Spring). We would like to draw attention to a recent publication by our colleague Dr. Lucie Ryzova on the visual culture of martyrdom during the revolutionary years 2011–2013. buff.ly/CPIZhCW
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This week in 1972, Egypt's universities were shut down by student protests at Anwar Sadat's reluctance to wage liberation war with Israel. I argue Palestine solidarity was key to campus mobilisations &helped push Sadat to fight Oct 73 War
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What did Islamic justice look like for Venetian merchants trading in the early modern Ottoman Empire?
Supported by @OTTOLEGAL_ERC, my new article in @CSSHJournal explores how inter-imperial entanglements and global commerce shaped the production and application of Islamic law (Sharia) in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire.
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Interesting new paper in @CSSHJournal about how geological surveys have repeatedly portrayed Afghanistan as a "land of untold mineral wealth" and untapped potential over the last two centuries:
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We are delighted to announce that the 2025 winner of @CSSHJournal Jack Goody award is @natterjee!
Check out all of the award winning articles 👉 cup.org/46l88n5
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New Issue of Comparative Studies in Society and History now available
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#sociology #anthropology #history @CSSHJournal
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New open access article @CSSHJournal where I write about India's city improvement trusts of early 20th century and how they inaugurated a new language, technology, and rationality of urban governance.
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Proud to see Ping-hsiu Lin's article out now in @CSSHJournal! Open access too!
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@CSSHJournal is this week's #FirstViewFriday with '“The wife is the mother of the husband”: Marriage, Crisis, and (Re)Generation in Botswana’s Pandemic Times'
Check out this article and other FirstView content 👉 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Discover this 2025 article on conflicting notions of political home in Western Indian Ocean via @cambridgeup and @CSSHJournal. doi.org/10.1017/S00104175240…
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🎓 Interesting new article on alternative visions of homeland in the wake of decolonisation: "Homeland Is Where the Soul Resides: Travel Prayer, Passports, and Nation in the Western Indian Ocean" by Mandana Limbert in @CSSHJournal.
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@CSSHJournal is next on our #HistoryHighlights!
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Pleased to share my open access article in @CSSHJournal
"The Significance of Small Things: Small Hydropower in the People’s Republic of China, 1949–1983
First publication emerging from an ongoing book project. 1/8
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My latest article, "Mirrors of the Past: Time and Historical Consciousness in Contemporary Western Astrology," is out now
@CSSHJournal. Check it out! (revised link)
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#astrology #astrotwitter #anthropology #religiousstudies #spirituality
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Adaptation of foreign technologies to local material, climatic & social conditions by professionals in post-independence Africa was often seen as emancipatory—but it could prolong foreign technological hegemony, as I show @CSSHJournal about Cold War Ghana: doi.org/10.1017/S00104175240…
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Interested in racial inequality in Latin America? Check out my new article in @CSSHJournal with César Ayala on income and labor in early twentieth-century Puerto Rico.
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