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From Polis to Madina: some reflections thirty years on (2018)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2018). From Polis to Madina: some reflections thirty years on. In S. Panzram, & L. Callegarin (Eds.), Entre Civitas y Madina : el mundo de las ciudades en la Península ibérica y en el Norte de África (siglos IV-IX) (13-22). Casa de Velazquez

Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan (2018)
Book Chapter
Oette, L. (2018). Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan. In L. Oette, & M. A. Babiker (Eds.), Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans (15-40). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624075-2

This chapter focuses on the burgeoning literature on Sudanese history, politics and the economy, as well as a substantial body of human rights reports and cases. It examines both structural and ideational factors that have contributed to a legacy of... Read More about Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan.

Constitutional dimensions of minority rights and the rights of peoples in the Sudans (2018)
Book Chapter
Ibrahim Abdelgabar, N., Babiker, M. A., & Oette, L. (2018). Constitutional dimensions of minority rights and the rights of peoples in the Sudans. In L. Oette, & M. A. Babiker (Eds.), Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans (139-159). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624075-7

This chapter provides an account of minorities and peoples in Sudan, examining the recognition, and protection, or lack thereof, of their rights in Sudan’s constitutional history. It examines the degree to which the constitutional order and legislati... Read More about Constitutional dimensions of minority rights and the rights of peoples in the Sudans.

From polarity focus to salient polarity: From things to processes (2018)
Book Chapter
Matić, D., & Nikolaeva, I. (2018). From polarity focus to salient polarity: From things to processes. In C. Dimroth, & S. Sudhoff (Eds.), The Grammatical Realization of Polarity Contrast: Theoretical, empirical, and typological approaches (9-54). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/la.249.01mat

The paper provides arguments against the denotational approach to polarity focus (also known as Verum), which treats it as a distinct denotation contributed by the dedicated grammatical structures. It shows that the purported category of polarity foc... Read More about From polarity focus to salient polarity: From things to processes.

Walking by Itself: The Singular History of the Chinese Cat (2018)
Book Chapter
Barrett, T. H., & Strange, M. (2018). Walking by Itself: The Singular History of the Chinese Cat. In R. Sterckx, M. Siebert, & D. Schäfer (Eds.), Animals through Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1911 (84-98). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108551571.006

In today’s urbanized world, the domestic animals most familiar to the majority of us tend to be those small enough to share a living space with human beings. They may range in size from fairly large dogs through various smaller mammals down to tropic... Read More about Walking by Itself: The Singular History of the Chinese Cat.

Muhammad abu Zahra’s muslim Theology of Religions (2018)
Book Chapter
Abdelnour, M. G. (2018). Muhammad abu Zahra’s muslim Theology of Religions. In J. Walters (Ed.), Religious Imaginations: How Narratives of Faith are shaping Today's World (101-114). Gingko. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc77nx4.11

Muhammad abu Zahra was born on March 29, 1898, in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Following a traditional kuttāb education,² ‘he completed his secondary education at al-Ahmadi mosque in Tanta. In 1916, he entered the School of Shari’ah at al-Azhar in Cairo... Read More about Muhammad abu Zahra’s muslim Theology of Religions.

Yoruba Remixed: Wole Lagunju (2018)
Book Chapter
Gore, C. (2018). Yoruba Remixed: Wole Lagunju. In Yoruba Remixed Wole Lagunju (2-7). Ebony Gallery

The World of Home Office Presenting Officers (2018)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2019). The World of Home Office Presenting Officers. In N. Gill, & A. Good (Eds.), Asylum Determination in Europe: Ethnographic Perspectives (91-108). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94749-5_5

In the adversarial context of litigation conducted in the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal, HOPO’s are elusive: they are only seen when they enter a Tribunal hearing room to defend a decision taken by the Home Office official to refuse asylum, bail or... Read More about The World of Home Office Presenting Officers.

Islam and Modernity: A Case Study of Yorubaland (2018)
Book Chapter
Baderin, M. (2018). Islam and Modernity: A Case Study of Yorubaland. In M. O. Opeloye, M. A. Bidmos, & O. Afis (Eds.), Islam in Yorubaland: History, Education and Culture (187-205). University of Lagos Press

While there is uncertainty about the exact date that Islam was introduced into Yorubaland, there is some historical claim that Islam had been known in Yorubaland by the mid-16th century, with Al-Ilūrī chronicling, by reference to Crowder, that Nupe M... Read More about Islam and Modernity: A Case Study of Yorubaland.

Torch-Bearers of Modernity? Western Missionaries, Demonism and Exorcism in Modern China (1860s–1930s) (2018)
Book Chapter
Laamann, L. (2018). Torch-Bearers of Modernity? Western Missionaries, Demonism and Exorcism in Modern China (1860s–1930s). In L. Laamann, & J. T.-H. Lee (Eds.), The Church as Safe Haven: Christianity and Community Governance in Modern China (33-90). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004383722_003

Focusing on Chinese Christians’ engagement with popular religions, this chapter explores the complexity of indigenization as a window onto larger intellectual, cultural and religious issues confronting China during a time of rapid change. In particul... Read More about Torch-Bearers of Modernity? Western Missionaries, Demonism and Exorcism in Modern China (1860s–1930s).

Metre and 'extrametricality' in the geeraar (2018)
Book Chapter
Orwin, M. (2018). Metre and 'extrametricality' in the geeraar. In M. Orwin (Ed.), Papers from the Linguistics Workshop: Somali Language and Literature at the Hargeysa Cultural Centre, December 2015 (105-132). Ponte Invisibile