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Discussion published by Sammy Roth on Friday, January 21, 2022

Race and Yoga 7.1 (2022) - OPEN ISSUE

The Race and Yoga editorial board is currently seeking articles, personal narratives, interviews, book reviews, and creative works for the seventh issue of the journal. For this open theme issue, we are particularly interested in work that addresses the contemporary context and/or explores the connection between the present and the past.

 

Race and Yoga is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, and international academic journal committed to critical examinations of the history, politics, and practice of yoga.

 

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Review published on Monday, January 3, 2022
Author: 
Andrew Flachs
Reviewer: 
Ronald J. Herring

Herring on Flachs, 'Cultivating Knowledge: Biotechnology, Sustainability, and the Human Cost of Cotton Capitalism in India'

Andrew Flachs. Cultivating Knowledge: Biotechnology, Sustainability, and the Human Cost of Cotton Capitalism in India. Global Change/Global Health Series. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2019. Illustrations. 240 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8165-3963-5; $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8165-4025-9.

Reviewed by Ronald J. Herring (Cornell University) Published on H-Asia (January, 2022) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)

Review published on Monday, December 13, 2021
Author: 
Megan Eaton Robb
Reviewer: 
Asiya Alam

Alam on Robb, 'Print and the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, and Urban Life in Colonial India'

Megan Eaton Robb. Print and the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, and Urban Life in Colonial India. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 264 pp. $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-008937-5.

Reviewed by Asiya Alam (Louisiana State University) Published on H-Asia (December, 2021) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)

Review published on Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Author: 
Wasana Wongsurawat
Reviewer: 
Shelly Chan

Chan on Wongsurawat, 'The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation'

Wasana Wongsurawat. The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation. Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019. 216 pp.

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Discussion published by Tao Jiang on Thursday, January 27, 2022

Book Symposium: Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China (OUP, 2021), Feb.3, 8pm EST

There's a book symposium on my new book, Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China (OUP 2021), on Thursday, Feb 3, 8pm EST (Friday, Feb 4, 9am HKT). It's open to the public, but registration is required. Please email jooglee@cityu.edu.hk to register if interested.

Discussion published by Deepra Dandekar on Thursday, January 27, 2022

TOC Nidan: International Journal of Indian Studies, Volume 6, no. 2

It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of the December 2021 issue of Nidan: International Journal for Indian Studies, Volume 6, Issue 2 (https://journals.co.za/journal/nidan). 

1. Editorials (Forward by Editorial Advisor, Editorial Preface, Introduction by Guest Editor)

2.1 Article: Living with the River: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Majuli: Anouska Tamuli

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