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Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Mendicant Order (2009)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2009). Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Mendicant Order. Jaina studies, 4, 24-29

Jain mendicant orders are the oldest surviving monastic traditions of the world. Today, they broadly refer to themselves as śramaṇa saṅghas, or ascetic communities. While information on the history and organisation of these itinerant groups is increa... Read More about Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Mendicant Order.

SEATO and Burma's Civil War: The Failure of Cold War Appeal in the mid-1950s (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2009, March). SEATO and Burma's Civil War: The Failure of Cold War Appeal in the mid-1950s. Paper presented at Asia in Global and Comparative Perspectives: Commercial, Cultural and Institutional Connectivity, Manchester

Amongst the many reasons cited for the failure of the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), SEATO's meager representation in the Southeast Asian region itself finds itself pretty high on most lists. The question of why it failed to develop a s... Read More about SEATO and Burma's Civil War: The Failure of Cold War Appeal in the mid-1950s.

Churches at War: The Impact of the First World War on the Christian Institutions of Jerusalem, 1914-1920 (2009)
Journal Article
Mazza, R. (2009). Churches at War: The Impact of the First World War on the Christian Institutions of Jerusalem, 1914-1920. Middle Eastern Studies, 45(2), 207-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/00263200802383248

The purpose of this article is to discuss the role and status of the Christian Institutions of Jerusalem from the beginning of the twentieth century until 1920 when British Military Administration of Palestine came to an end, with a particular focus... Read More about Churches at War: The Impact of the First World War on the Christian Institutions of Jerusalem, 1914-1920.

Development vs. Reform: Attempts at Modernisation During the Twilight of British Influence in Iraq, 1946-58 (2009)
Journal Article
Franzén, J. (2009). Development vs. Reform: Attempts at Modernisation During the Twilight of British Influence in Iraq, 1946-58. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 37(1), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086530902757712

This study analyses British and local Iraqi elites' efforts to avoid social revolution through promotion of economic development during the last years of the Iraqi monarchy. Discussing the complex set-up of domestic Iraqi elites and their ambiguous r... Read More about Development vs. Reform: Attempts at Modernisation During the Twilight of British Influence in Iraq, 1946-58.

Sex, Masturbation and Foetal Death: Filipino Physicians and Medical Mythology in the Late Nineteenth Century (2009)
Journal Article
Reyes, R. A. G. (2009). Sex, Masturbation and Foetal Death: Filipino Physicians and Medical Mythology in the Late Nineteenth Century. Social History of Medicine, 22(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkn095

As a case study of the Filipino elite's engagement with western medicine, this article looks at the writings of two brothers who studied in Paris in the 1880s, Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera (1857–1925) and Félix Pardo de Tavera (1859–1932). It focuses... Read More about Sex, Masturbation and Foetal Death: Filipino Physicians and Medical Mythology in the Late Nineteenth Century.

History of Burma Since 1945 (2009)
Other
Charney, M. W. History of Burma Since 1945

This overview of postwar Burmese history was written and submitted for a handbook on contemporary Burma. The volume never materialized

Jaina Law (2009)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2009). Jaina Law. In S. N. Katz (Ed.), The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (363-365). Oxford University Press

Brief summary of textual history, social context, and the principal features of the different Jaina legal systems, with case references

A Sasanian silver bowl (2009)
Book Chapter
De Blois, F. (2009). A Sasanian silver bowl. In W. Sundermann, & N. Sims-Williams (Eds.), Exegisti monumenta. Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams (13-16). Harrassowitz

Magic and Medicine amongst the Christians of Kurdistan (2009)
Book Chapter
Hunter, E. C. D. (2009). Magic and Medicine amongst the Christians of Kurdistan. In E. C. D. Hunter (Ed.), The Christian Heritage of Iraq: Collected Papers from the Christianity in Iraq I-V Seminar Days. Gorgias Press

Reviews the traditions of healing amongst the 19th century Christian communities that lived in Kurdistan.

The Rise of Islam (2009)
Book
Sarkhosh Curtis, V., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2009). The Rise of Islam. I.B. Tauris

Following the Arab conquest of Iran the state religion of Zoroastrianism was dismantled to make way for Islam. Yet Iran managed to retain its Persian language and distinctive Iranian identity under Muslim governance. The reason for this is discussed... Read More about The Rise of Islam.