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Adam Matthew is delighted to continue its partnership with the British Association for American Studies (BAAS), supporting a second annual essay competition aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers. 
 
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Conference Announcement: Student movements in (post-)colonial emancipations

Student movements and (post-)colonial emancipations: transnational itineraries, dialogues and programmes

 

Université Paris Diderot

9 December 2016

 Sophie Germain – Room 1013

Fabrique du Politique & Laboratoire de recherches sur les cultures anglophones (LARCA UMR 8225)

 

9h30: Welcome and introduction

 

9h45-10h45

Panel 1. Conceptualising rights and freedom: students, student movements and the emergence of new Atlantic worlds

Author: 
Jakub J. Grygiel, A. Wess Mitchell
Reviewer: 
Zachary Selden

Selden on Grygiel and Mitchell, 'The Unquiet Frontier: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power'

Jakub J. Grygiel, A. Wess Mitchell. The Unquiet Frontier: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. 240 pp/. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-16375-8.

Reviewed by Zachary Selden (University of Florida) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2016) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach

Author: 
Loren R. Graham
Reviewer: 
William deJong-Lambert

deJong-Lambert on Graham, 'Lysenko's Ghost: Epigenetics and Russia'

Loren R. Graham. Lysenko's Ghost: Epigenetics and Russia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016. 224 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-08905-1.

Reviewed by William deJong-Lambert (Bronx Community College) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2016) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach

H-Diplo Publication Schedule, 28 November to 23 December

The H-Diplo publication schedule for the period 28 November to 23 December is as follows:

Week of 28 November:

1. H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Ronald R. Krebs, Narrative and the Making of U.S. National Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Introduction by Stacie Goddard, Wellesley College

Reviewed by:

Sarah Ellen Graham, University of Sydney

Ted Hopf, National University of Singapore

John M. Owen, University of Virginia

Brian Rathbun, University of Southern California

CORR: H-Diplo Article Review 663 on “The Making of a Myth. The National Labour Alliance, Russian Émigrés, and Cold War Intelligence Activities.” Diplomatic History 18:1

Correction:  Please note that the journal under review is the Journal of Cold War Studies and not Diplomatic History.  So, the review header should be as follows:

Benjamin Tromly.  “The Making of a Myth.  The National Labour Alliance, Russian Émigrés, and Cold War Intelligence Activities.”  Journal of Cold War Studies 18:1 (Winter 2016):  80-111.  DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1162/JCWS_a_00620

We regret the error.

[Updated] [PDF] H-Diplo Article Review 663 [23 November 2016]

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[Corrects journal title to Journal of Cold War Studies]

H-Diplo Article Review 663 on Benjamin Tromly.  “The Making of a Myth.  The National Labour Alliance, Russian Émigrés, and Cold War Intelligence Activities.”  Journal of Cold War Studies 18:1 (Winter 2016):  80-111.  DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1162/JCWS_a_00620

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Author: 
Martin Hearson
Reviewer: 
Michael Motala

Motala on Hearson, 'Imposing Standards: The North-South Dimension to Global Tax Politics (Cornell Studies in Money)'

Martin Hearson. Imposing Standards: The North-South Dimension to Global Tax Politics (Cornell Studies in Money). Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. 246 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5017-5598-9

Author: 
David Moon, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Alexandra Bekasova, eds.
Reviewer: 
Jennifer Keating

Keating on Moon and Breyfogle and Bekasova, 'Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History'

David Moon, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Alexandra Bekasova, eds. Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History. Cambridgeshire: White Horse Press, 2021. Illustrations, maps. xxi + 343 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-912186-16-7

Author: 
Bernadette Whelan
Reviewer: 
David Woolner

Woolner on Whelan, 'De Valera and Roosevelt: Irish and American Diplomacy in Times of Crisis, 1932–1939'

Bernadette Whelan. De Valera and Roosevelt: Irish and American Diplomacy in Times of Crisis, 1932–1939. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. xi + 387 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-83017-1.

Reviewed by David Woolner (Marist College) Published on H-Diplo (March, 2022) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Ryan D. Griffiths
Reviewer: 
Nikola Mirilovic

Mirilovic on Griffiths, 'Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiring Nations'

Ryan D. Griffiths. Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiring Nations. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. Illustrations, tables. xii + 231 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-5474-6