CFP: The Mongols: Traditions and Modernity
III International Multidisciplinary Conference - The Mongols:
CFP – "Mongol Bling: From Xanadu to Tabriz to Venice" (Annual Conference of The Association for Art History) – DUE 4 November
Submitted by Sussan Babaie:
CALL FOR PAPERS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE of The Association for Art History
12-14 APRIL 2023
University College London
New Podcasts – New Books Network (NBN)
Submitted by Tanja Tolar:
Dear colleagues,
Article on Mongol military operations, logistics, and the role of grass
Excellent new article by Wayne Lee of UNC on the role of grass in shaping both Mongol logistics and operations -- and how that trickled down to Soviet "deep battle"
https://www.historynet.com/mongols-on-the-march-the-logistics-of-grass/
New Publication – New issue of Mamlūk Studies Review
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Mamlūk Studies Review (XXIV [2021]) is now available for download from our website:
http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/browse-download.html
It contains the following articles:
Amila Buturovic and Aaron W. Hughes |
Reviewer:
Timothy May
May on Wang, 'In the Wake of the Mongols: The Making of a New Social Order in North China, 1200–1600'
Jinping Wang. In the Wake of the Mongols: The Making of a New Social Order in North China, 1200–1600. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2018. xix + 336 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-98715-9.
Reviewed by Timothy May (University of North Georgia) Published on H-Asia (July, 2019) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
Reviewer:
Wonhee Cho
Cho on Hope, 'Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran'
Michael Hope. Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Illustrations. 272 pp. $94.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-876859-3.
Reviewed by Wonhee Cho (The Academy of Korean Studies) Published on H-Empire (March, 2020) Commissioned by Gemma Masson (University of Birmingham)
Reviewer:
Stewart Gordon
Gordon on Amitai and Biran, 'Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change: The Mongols and Their Eurasian Predecessors'
Reuven Amitai, Michal Biran, eds. Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change: The Mongols and Their Eurasian Predecessors. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2014. ix + 345 pp. $54.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8248-3978-9.
Reviewed by Stewart Gordon Published on H-Asia (September, 2015) Commissioned by Sumit Guha
Nomads in History
Reviewer:
Timothy May
May on Craughwell, 'The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World'
Thomas J. Craughwell. The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World. Beverly: Fair Winds Press, 2010. Illustrations. 272 pp. $19.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-59233-398-1.
Reviewed by Timothy May (North Georgia College & State University) Published on H-War (June, 2010) Commissioned by Brian G.H. Ditcham
Reviewer:
Timothy May
May on Lococo, 'Genghis Khan: History's Greatest Empire Builder'
Paul Lococo. Genghis Khan: History's Greatest Empire Builder. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2008. ix + 91 pp. + 4 pp. of plates. $21.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57488-571-2; $13.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-57488-746-4.
Reviewed by Timothy May Published on H-War (November, 2008) Commissioned by Brian G.H. Ditcham
Ghengis Khan, History's Greatest Empire builder
