The oceans have been all over the news recently. In the South China Sea, China has been asserting maritime claims that many others in the region—including the United States – reject. At the United Nations, more than a hundred countries recently negotiated a new agreement for protecting the ocean environment. Meanwhile, diplomats and scientists have… Read more »
Ethan Michelson’s book, Decoupling: Gender Injustice in China’s Divorce Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2022), paints a grim picture of a widespread problem that is hiding in plain sight – the difficulty of obtaining a divorce in China, particularly if you are a woman abused by her husband. Michelson says the book title is a double… Read more »
In her recently published book, Just One Rain Away: The Ethnography of River-City Flood Control (2022), Hamilton Lugar School Professor of International Studies Stephanie Kane explores the issue of climate change via river-city flooding and pushes her readers to think outside the box when seeking solutions to the climate crisis. In announcing the book’s release,… Read more »
IU Professor Nick Vogt explores ritual and power in early Chinese history in his new book published by Cambridge University Press. Vogt is a faculty member in the East Asian Languages and Cultures department at the IU Hamilton Lugar School. Description of Kingship, Ritual, and Royal Ideology in Western Zhou China: In accounts of Chinese… Read more »
A recently published book by Christopher I. Beckwith, Distinguished Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at the IU Hamilton Lugar School, has been reviewed in The Wall Street Journal. Description of The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age From Persia to China by Princeton University press: In the late 8th and… Read more »
The Rich and the Pure cited as ‘a major influence on future studies’ Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Daniel Caner’s book, The Rich and the Pure: Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium (University of California, 2021), has been awarded the 2022 Philip Schaff Prize by the… Read more »
HLS Professor of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, Religious Studies, and Gender Studies’ latest publication explores Islam through a scholarly lens Asma Afsaruddin is a professor of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, Religious Studies, and Gender Studies at the Hamilton Lugar School. She is an expert on Islamic studies, including Islamic religious and political thought,… Read more »
Acclaimed filmmaker, sociologist, and photographer examines news production and cross-cultural mediation Upcoming events for Fixing Stories include a virtual book launch at Indiana University on March 8 and in-person and live-streamed panel at the Frontline Club in London on March 28. Cambridge University Press’ Global Middle East series has published a new book, Fixing Stories:… Read more »
Among the Hamilton Lugar school’s recent faculty achievements, Daniel Caner published a new monograph, “The Rich and the Pure: Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium“. Professor Caner is the Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC). He primarily examines late antique social and cultural history, with an emphasis on… Read more »
Professor Clémence Pinaud, a faculty member in the Hamilton Lugar School’s Department of International Studies, spent ten years researching her most recent book, War and Genocide in South Sudan. Using interviews with over 550 people, mostly women and civilians, Pinaud gives readers an unprecedented look at how regular people experience the violence of South Sudan,… Read more »