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From War To Peace As Conflict Goes On: Displacement And State Making During South Sudan’s 2013-2020 Conflict (2024)
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Inverso, C. From War To Peace As Conflict Goes On: Displacement And State Making During South Sudan’s 2013-2020 Conflict. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation is the result of a qualitative and multi-site research carried out between August 2019 and February 2020, that addresses the 2013-2020 South Sudanese civil war and the displacement which caused a quarter of South Sudan’s population... Read More about From War To Peace As Conflict Goes On: Displacement And State Making During South Sudan’s 2013-2020 Conflict.

Indian Farmers And Rights Over Biogenetic Resources: Towards Greater Food Sovereignty (2024)
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Lokhandwala, Z. Indian Farmers And Rights Over Biogenetic Resources: Towards Greater Food Sovereignty. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Biogenetic resources are the foundational building blocks of all agriculture. These include seeds of different plant varieties, germplasm, and traditional knowledge. Their conservation through their in-situ use and cultivation is essential for agroec... Read More about Indian Farmers And Rights Over Biogenetic Resources: Towards Greater Food Sovereignty.

Drawing, Writing, Buildings: An Ethnography of Yangon General Hospital (2024)
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Wuttke, N. Drawing, Writing, Buildings: An Ethnography of Yangon General Hospital. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

How to write about, represent in text, an institution like a public hospital? As with many anthropological subjects, the hospital is large and complex, and never usually seen or understood as a whole. This thesis takes up this challenge, proposing an... Read More about Drawing, Writing, Buildings: An Ethnography of Yangon General Hospital.

An Island of peace in an ocean of turbulence? The case of Land Guards in Ghana (2024)
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Adusei, L. A. An Island of peace in an ocean of turbulence? The case of Land Guards in Ghana. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation is about security governance and land governance particularly land guards, landguardism and associated security in Ghana. Its central argument is that land guards and landguardism threaten Ghana’s stability, peace, security and deve... Read More about An Island of peace in an ocean of turbulence? The case of Land Guards in Ghana.

An Experiment in New Nepali Studies: Decolonisation, Transculturation, and Everyday Life Between (and Beyond) Nepal and China (2024)
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Yang, Z. An Experiment in New Nepali Studies: Decolonisation, Transculturation, and Everyday Life Between (and Beyond) Nepal and China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores the potential contours of new academic bodies of Nepali Studies, and in doing so, questions for whom these bodies of knowledge might be reshaped. It proposes that the current academic discourse of Nepali Studies, with its predomi... Read More about An Experiment in New Nepali Studies: Decolonisation, Transculturation, and Everyday Life Between (and Beyond) Nepal and China.

The Impacts of Corporatisation on the Efficiency of Water Utilities: An Analysis of Water Supply in Jordan (2024)
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Abdel-Hadi, G. The Impacts of Corporatisation on the Efficiency of Water Utilities: An Analysis of Water Supply in Jordan. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Jordan is one of the most water stressed countries in the world. Thus, maximizing the efficiency with which the country supplies water is of paramount importance. However, the Jordanian water provision system has rarely been studied from an economic... Read More about The Impacts of Corporatisation on the Efficiency of Water Utilities: An Analysis of Water Supply in Jordan.

Translation as Decolonization: Nyerere, the Bible and Shakespeare (2024)
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Li, J. Translation as Decolonization: Nyerere, the Bible and Shakespeare. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

As the first president of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere has enormously influenced the politics, economy, and culture of the country. Beside his well-known identity as a politician and poet, he was also an important literary translator. The subject of this... Read More about Translation as Decolonization: Nyerere, the Bible and Shakespeare.

Intoxicants and Hindu Subject Formation in Nineteenth-Century Bengal (2024)
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Mitra, S. Intoxicants and Hindu Subject Formation in Nineteenth-Century Bengal. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The PhD dissertation traces the history of two categories of intoxicants, namely alcohol and opium, in nineteenth century Bengal. The dissertation contributes to the historical literature on intoxicants by concentrating on the colonial state’s attemp... Read More about Intoxicants and Hindu Subject Formation in Nineteenth-Century Bengal.

Holy sites and sanctuaries of the pre Islamic Near and Middle East: To what extent is there a link between pre Islamic and Islamic notions of sacred space? (2024)
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Habib, M. Holy sites and sanctuaries of the pre Islamic Near and Middle East: To what extent is there a link between pre Islamic and Islamic notions of sacred space?. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Islamic origins have been studied extensively in the past, however, there is a significant gap in scholarly knowledge in this area, particularly in the realm of sacred space. It is truethat there have been discussions regarding the origins of Islamic... Read More about Holy sites and sanctuaries of the pre Islamic Near and Middle East: To what extent is there a link between pre Islamic and Islamic notions of sacred space?.

India’s Democratic Revolution: Right to Information and the Anti-corruption Discourse (2024)
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Venkat, V. India’s Democratic Revolution: Right to Information and the Anti-corruption Discourse. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This doctoral thesis examines the right to information movement in India emerging from a democratic process of contestation of state power. Combining ethnography with history, the thesis situates the demand for an information law within the context o... Read More about India’s Democratic Revolution: Right to Information and the Anti-corruption Discourse.

God, Time, and the World: Abū l-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī’s Theory of Divine Temporality (2024)
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Shehata, M. M. A. M. God, Time, and the World: Abū l-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī’s Theory of Divine Temporality. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In the intricate mosaic of twelfth-century Islamic philosophy, Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (d.c.560/1165) emerges as a pivotal figure whose unique perspective has yet to be thoroughly explored. This thesis reevaluates his theory of time, rooted in his... Read More about God, Time, and the World: Abū l-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī’s Theory of Divine Temporality.

Gender, Class, and Migration at Play: Training Affect in China’s Golf Courses (2024)
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Bennett, H. Gender, Class, and Migration at Play: Training Affect in China’s Golf Courses. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

By framing golf as a socially constituted leisure activity rather than focusing on the technicalities of the sport, this project acts as a lens through which to view a number of complex issues located at the forefront of the anthropology of China: is... Read More about Gender, Class, and Migration at Play: Training Affect in China’s Golf Courses.

Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy (2024)
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Rosier, K. Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Assuming creditor countries that engage in debt diplomacy are seeking to reestablish equilibrium in a debtor country’s balance of payments via debt diplomacy, this paper seeks to understand the independent variables and conditions against which Weste... Read More about Debt, Diplomacy, and Trust: A Case Study Approach to Assessing the Architecture of Modern Debt Diplomacy.

The Conclusion of the Ritual: A Critical Edition of Yasna 62–72 with Linguistic and Ritual Commentary (2024)
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Damanins, S. The Conclusion of the Ritual: A Critical Edition of Yasna 62–72 with Linguistic and Ritual Commentary. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Written as part of my collaboration at the ERC-funded “The Multimedia Yasna” (MUYA) project, this thesis is concerned with the final ten chapters 62–72 of the Zoroastrian ritual known as Yasna. The work comprises a discussion of the methodology emplo... Read More about The Conclusion of the Ritual: A Critical Edition of Yasna 62–72 with Linguistic and Ritual Commentary.

Happiness in Tourism: A Cross-Cultural Study of American and Chinese Tourists (2024)
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Yilmaz, F. Happiness in Tourism: A Cross-Cultural Study of American and Chinese Tourists. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Understanding happiness is a crucial aspect that has been receiving attention in contemporary tourism literature, particularly in relation to the theorisation of tourist happiness. Most wellbeing researchers in psychology literature conceptualise hap... Read More about Happiness in Tourism: A Cross-Cultural Study of American and Chinese Tourists.

Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area (2024)
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Yakubu, K. N. Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Studies on security and governance are widespread across the global south and often focus on how power is distributed and transferred from states to nonstate actors. However, they rarely examine actual governance practises or the more specific logic... Read More about Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area.

Recreating the Past: Guwan tu Handscrolls and Practices of Illusionism under Emperor Yongzheng (r. 1723–35) (2024)
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Ma, K. Recreating the Past: Guwan tu Handscrolls and Practices of Illusionism under Emperor Yongzheng (r. 1723–35). (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis centres on two Yongzheng period (1723–35) handscrolls entitled Guwan tu 古玩圖 (Pictures of Ancient Playthings) housed in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. By reexamining the scrolls not solely as pictorial representa... Read More about Recreating the Past: Guwan tu Handscrolls and Practices of Illusionism under Emperor Yongzheng (r. 1723–35).

Beyond the Binary of Victimhood and Agency: An Exploration of Gender Dynamics in Tongqi’s Marriages in Post-Socialist China (2024)
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Sun, N. Beyond the Binary of Victimhood and Agency: An Exploration of Gender Dynamics in Tongqi’s Marriages in Post-Socialist China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis provides an in-depth feminist sociological investigation into the lives of tongqi, a term denoting women married to homosexual men (tongzhi) in China. Using an intersectional framework, the study probes the intricate relationships between... Read More about Beyond the Binary of Victimhood and Agency: An Exploration of Gender Dynamics in Tongqi’s Marriages in Post-Socialist China.

Personal Commemoration and Collective Enactment: Performing Literati Identity through Autobiographical Landscape in 19th-century China (2024)
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Chang, J. C.-C. Personal Commemoration and Collective Enactment: Performing Literati Identity through Autobiographical Landscape in 19th-century China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation distinguishes a new genre of autobiographical materials under the rubric of landscape, in which early 19th-century Chinese intellectuals performed the ideal male selfhood through intertextual discourse. I term these works as “autobi... Read More about Personal Commemoration and Collective Enactment: Performing Literati Identity through Autobiographical Landscape in 19th-century China.

Reimagining the Feminine Self: Strategies of Subversion in the Works of Contemporary Iranian Female Artists (2024)
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Shahandeh, K. Reimagining the Feminine Self: Strategies of Subversion in the Works of Contemporary Iranian Female Artists. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the works, produced over the last thirty years of around fifty contemporary Iranian female artists, both living in Iran and the diaspora. The artists discussed, mostly were either very young or were born after the Iranian Revolut... Read More about Reimagining the Feminine Self: Strategies of Subversion in the Works of Contemporary Iranian Female Artists.