Welcome to H-Asia, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online. The primary purpose of H-ASIA is to enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. H-Asia is especially committed to discussing region wide, comparative and professional issues important to scholars of Asia.
We would like to announce the publication of the following edited volume:
Transnational Religious Spaces: Religious Organizations and Interactions in Africa, East Asia, and Beyond
Series: Dialectics of the Global, 8
The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS) recently launched its Guide to Research Libraries in Sri Lanka. It is designed for students and scholars in the humanities, social sciences and related fields. Each of the nineteen entries provides information on the location, contact information, access requirements, facilities, and subject strengths of each library.
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies has been published.
Michael W. Charney, Kathryn Wellen, eds.
Warring Societies of Pre-colonial Southeast Asia: Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context.
Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2018. 272 pp.
$29.00 (paper), ISBN 978-87-7694-229-8. 
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Ling Zhang. The River, the Plain, and the State: An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048–1128. Studies in Environment and History Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 328 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-15598-5.
Reviewed by Mahesh Rangarajan (Ashoka University) Published on H-Asia (July, 2020) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
I am a lecturer of modern Chinese literature at UMD. I am looking for panelists for a Digital Technology Workshop (AAS 2021) that focuses on how to build a corpus/database. I invite fellow digital humanists/social scientists who have experiences with building their own corpus/database to share some technologies and methods they use.
Prashant Kidambi, Manjiri Kamat, Rachel Dwyer, eds.
Bombay Before Mumbai: Essays in Honour of Jim Masselos.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 336 pp.
$55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-006170-8.
Reviewed by Frank F. Conlon (University of Washington) Published on H-Asia (July, 2020) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
Your network editor has reposted this from H-Announce. The byline reflects the original authorship.
Your network editor has reposted this from H-Announce. The byline reflects the original authorship.
Michael W. Charney, Kathryn Wellen, eds.
Warring Societies of Pre-colonial Southeast Asia: Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context.
Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2018. 272 pp.
$29.00 (paper), ISBN 978-87-7694-229-8.
Ling Zhang. The River, the Plain, and the State: An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048–1128. Studies in Environment and History Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 328 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-15598-5.
Reviewed by Mahesh Rangarajan (Ashoka University) Published on H-Asia (July, 2020) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
Prashant Kidambi, Manjiri Kamat, Rachel Dwyer, eds.
Bombay Before Mumbai: Essays in Honour of Jim Masselos.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 336 pp.
$55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-006170-8.
Reviewed by Frank F. Conlon (University of Washington) Published on H-Asia (July, 2020) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
We would like to announce the publication of the following edited volume:
Transnational Religious Spaces: Religious Organizations and Interactions in Africa, East Asia, and Beyond
Series: Dialectics of the Global, 8
The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS) recently launched its Guide to Research Libraries in Sri Lanka. It is designed for students and scholars in the humanities, social sciences and related fields. Each of the nineteen entries provides information on the location, contact information, access requirements, facilities, and subject strengths of each library.
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies has been published.
Your network editor has reposted this from H-Announce. The byline reflects the original authorship.
I am a lecturer of modern Chinese literature at UMD. I am looking for panelists for a Digital Technology Workshop (AAS 2021) that focuses on how to build a corpus/database. I invite fellow digital humanists/social scientists who have experiences with building their own corpus/database to share some technologies and methods they use.
