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Old names for new things: two items of Malay royal regalia as invented tradition (2024)
Journal Article
Hijjas, M. (2024). Old names for new things: two items of Malay royal regalia as invented tradition. Indonesia and the Malay World, 52(152), 51-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639811.2024.2307733

This article examines two objects of Malay royal regalia: the Perak betel-box known as the puan naga taru and the Riau emblem known as the cogan. Drawing on Hobsbawm and Ranger’s articulation of ‘invented tradition’, and on Amoroso’s of ‘traditionali... Read More about Old names for new things: two items of Malay royal regalia as invented tradition.

Erecting the submerged tree trunk: Mak Yong theatre and practices of traditionalisation in the Riau Islands, Indonesia (2024)
Journal Article
Darmawan, A. (2024). Erecting the submerged tree trunk: Mak Yong theatre and practices of traditionalisation in the Riau Islands, Indonesia. Indonesia and the Malay World, 52(152), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639811.2024.2294612

This article discusses the efforts of constructing the narrative of continuity that connects the Indonesian province of Riau Islands with the former Malay kingdoms, Riau-Lingga-Johor-Pahang, and supports the claims to be the heir of the originator of... Read More about Erecting the submerged tree trunk: Mak Yong theatre and practices of traditionalisation in the Riau Islands, Indonesia.

Hyper-exegesis in Persian Translations of the Qur’an: On the Disjointed Letters as Translational Challenges (2024)
Journal Article
Tahmasebian, K., & Gould, R. R. (2024). Hyper-exegesis in Persian Translations of the Qur’an: On the Disjointed Letters as Translational Challenges. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 56(1), 38-54. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743824000266

Although translation and commentary are often treated as distinct, separable activities in literary and intellectual history, the Persian tradition of Qur'an exegesis demonstrates that they are best understood in relation to each other. Introducing t... Read More about Hyper-exegesis in Persian Translations of the Qur’an: On the Disjointed Letters as Translational Challenges.

Morphosyntactic variation in Old Swahili (2024)
Book Chapter
Marten, L., Gibson, H., Guérois, R., & Jerro, K. (2024). Morphosyntactic variation in Old Swahili. In H. Gibson, R. Guérois, G. Mapunda, & L. Marten (Eds.), Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches (383-420). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10663785

The comparative and historical study of Bantu and other African languages is often based on contemporary, synchronic data since many African languages do not have a long-written record. In contrast, for Swahili such a record exists in the form of an... Read More about Morphosyntactic variation in Old Swahili.

Introduction (2024)
Book Chapter
Marten, L., Gibson, H., Guérois, R., & Mapunda, G. (2024). Introduction. In H. Gibson, R. Guérois, G. Mapunda, & L. Marten (Eds.), Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches (1-13). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10663761

Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches (2024)
Book
Gibson, H., Guérois, R., Mapunda, G., & Marten, L. (Eds.). (2024). Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches. Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10453704

The approximately 500 Bantu languages spoken across vast areas of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa are united by the presence of a number of broad typological similarities, including, for example, complex noun class system and agglutinative verba... Read More about Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches.

Collaborative Problem Solving and Literacy Practices: A Conversation-Analytic Case Study of Children's Online Pre-gaming Interaction (2024)
Journal Article
Jawhar, S. S., Amir, A., Huq, R.-U., & Stewart, S. (2024). Collaborative Problem Solving and Literacy Practices: A Conversation-Analytic Case Study of Children's Online Pre-gaming Interaction. Social Interaction. Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 7(1), Article 137312. https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v7i1.137312

Online video gaming has developed from a hobby to a ubiquitous, social and leisure phenomenon. Roblox, a free-to-play, online sandbox platform has thrived in this time, with a substantial global userbase, where the majority of Roblox users are under... Read More about Collaborative Problem Solving and Literacy Practices: A Conversation-Analytic Case Study of Children's Online Pre-gaming Interaction.

Osiris Reborn: The Arabic Epic of Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan and the Prophetic Königsnovelle (2024)
Book Chapter
Blatherwick, H. (2024). Osiris Reborn: The Arabic Epic of Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan and the Prophetic Königsnovelle. In P. Lothspeich (Ed.), The Epic World (189-200). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429286698-17

This chapter explores the intertextual relationship between Sīrat al-Malik Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan (The Adventures of King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan), a medieval Egyptian popular epic, and the “Prophetic Königsnovelle” (Prophetic “Kings novel”), an Egyptian “dis... Read More about Osiris Reborn: The Arabic Epic of Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan and the Prophetic Königsnovelle.

Invisible Cities in Japan: Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature (2024)
Book Chapter
Cervelli, F., & Dellacasa, C. (2024). Invisible Cities in Japan: Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature. In E. Baldi, & C. Schwartz (Eds.), Circulation, Translation and Reception across Borders: Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities around the World (211-227). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003293996-14

Filippo Cervelli and Claudia Dellacasa begin their chapter “Invisible Cities in Japan – fluid resonances in architecture and literature” with the evocative and meaningful cover image of avant-garde artist Ikeda Tatsuo of the first Japanese edition of... Read More about Invisible Cities in Japan: Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature.

Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s (2024)
Thesis
Wang, K. Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This is a study of three twentieth-century authors who wrote extensively about China while living in diaspora. These were Eileen Chang 張愛玲 (1920-1995), Robert van Gulik 高羅佩 (1910-1967), and S. I. Hsiung 熊式一 (1902-1991). Despite their obvious... Read More about Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s.

The Poet of Hope (2024)
Thesis
Koch, S. The Poet of Hope. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis analyses contemporary poetry focusing on the theme of migration from a woman’s perspective. The poems are interpreted using close-reading methodologies, focusing on selected motifs such as hope and nostalgia. The thesis will trace innovat... Read More about The Poet of Hope.

Linguistic Variation in Kipemba (2024)
Thesis
Hamad, Y. S. Linguistic Variation in Kipemba. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Kipemba is one of four varieties of the Zanzibar Swahili cluster, spoken on the Island of Pemba by approximately 500,000 people. Kipemba has been understudied and under-documented for decades, resulting in a substantial shortage of linguistic literat... Read More about Linguistic Variation in Kipemba.

Cāmuṇḍā’s Glory: Representations of the Fierce Goddess in Purāṇic Literature and Temple Art (2024)
Thesis
Sattler, S. Cāmuṇḍā’s Glory: Representations of the Fierce Goddess in Purāṇic Literature and Temple Art. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Medieval temples across South Asia, particularly in North India, prominently feature a skeletal goddess in the cardinal niches. With hollow eyes, sagging breasts, and fierce attributes, she fearlessly dances upon a corpse and haunts the cremation gro... Read More about Cāmuṇḍā’s Glory: Representations of the Fierce Goddess in Purāṇic Literature and Temple Art.

Change and Stasis: Assessing the Influence of Stereotyping and Intertextuality in British Travelogues of late-Qajar Iran: 1880-1905 (2024)
Thesis
Pieper, S. W. Change and Stasis: Assessing the Influence of Stereotyping and Intertextuality in British Travelogues of late-Qajar Iran: 1880-1905. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Tropes and stereotypes played a significant role in the mentalities of the British empire, reducing subject populations to a simplistic list of essential characteristics and thereby denigrating their capacity for change or advancement. While Iran was... Read More about Change and Stasis: Assessing the Influence of Stereotyping and Intertextuality in British Travelogues of late-Qajar Iran: 1880-1905.