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Prisons before modernity: Incarceration in the medieval Indo-Mediterranean (2012)
Journal Article
Gould, R. R. (2012). Prisons before modernity: Incarceration in the medieval Indo-Mediterranean. Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean, 24(2), 179-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2012.684759

Over the course of the sixth/twelfth century, a new literary genre entered the Eastern Islamic world: the Persian prison poem (ḥabsiyyāt). Far from being an isolated event, the prison poem was forged when punishment came to be reconfigured as incarce... Read More about Prisons before modernity: Incarceration in the medieval Indo-Mediterranean.

Classifying China: shifting interpretations of Buddhist bronzes in Liverpool Museum, 1867-1997 (2012)
Book Chapter
Tythacott, L. (2012). Classifying China: shifting interpretations of Buddhist bronzes in Liverpool Museum, 1867-1997. In K. Hill (Ed.), Museums and Biographies: Stories, Objects, Identities (173-185). Boydell and Brewer

This chapter examines the lives of a set of five Chinese Buddhist deity figures in Liverpool Museum, from 1867 to 1997. The largest figure, an almost life-size bronze statue of the Goddess of Compassion, Guanyin, probably dates from the early fifteen... Read More about Classifying China: shifting interpretations of Buddhist bronzes in Liverpool Museum, 1867-1997.

Not A Partnership in Pepper, Coffee, Calico or Tobacco: Edmund Burke and the Vicissitudes of Colonial Capitalism (2012)
Journal Article
Ince, O. U. (2012). Not A Partnership in Pepper, Coffee, Calico or Tobacco: Edmund Burke and the Vicissitudes of Colonial Capitalism. Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association, 44(3), 340-372. https://doi.org/10.1057/pol.2012.7

This essay examines the tensions between liberalism and capitalism through an analysis of Edmund Burke's works on eighteenth-century liberal political economy and, specifically, the challenges posed by colonial capitalism. When criticizing the East I... Read More about Not A Partnership in Pepper, Coffee, Calico or Tobacco: Edmund Burke and the Vicissitudes of Colonial Capitalism.

What drives inequality and poverty in the EU? Exploring the impact of macroeconomic and institutional factors (2012)
Journal Article
Dafermos, Y., & Papatheodorou, C. (2013). What drives inequality and poverty in the EU? Exploring the impact of macroeconomic and institutional factors. International Review of Applied Economics, 27(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2012.696590

Employing panel data techniques, we investigate the macroeconomic and institutional determinants of inequality and poverty in the EU over the period 1994–2008. We pay particular attention to the effects of macroeconomic environment, social protection... Read More about What drives inequality and poverty in the EU? Exploring the impact of macroeconomic and institutional factors.

Gifts of Recognition: Modern and Contemporary Art from the SOAS Collections (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Contadini, A. (2012). Gifts of Recognition: Modern and Contemporary Art from the SOAS Collections. [Exhibition]. 11 July 2012 - 22 September 2012. (Unpublished)

Gifts of Recognition is an exhibition drawing upon the School's remarkably rich but little known artistic collection. Concentrating on modern and contemporary art, it displays a selection of gifts and donations to the School, and constitutes a furthe... Read More about Gifts of Recognition: Modern and Contemporary Art from the SOAS Collections.

‘Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me’: Bosnian Narratives of Memory after Destruction (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HadžiMuhamedović, S. (2012, July). ‘Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me’: Bosnian Narratives of Memory after Destruction. Paper presented at 'Uncertainty and Disquiet', Biannual Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, Nanterre, France

By uncovering a fading narrative about a peculiar inter-religious wooden staff, this paper discusses the modern violence inflicted upon the inclusive notion of Bosnia and the imaginative resilience from within.

Collaborative management of regional air transport during natural disasters: Case of the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami (2012)
Journal Article
Minato, N., & Morimoto, R. (2012). Collaborative management of regional air transport during natural disasters: Case of the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 4, 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2012.06.008

This paper aims at examining the role of regional air transport after a catastrophe and proposing a management framework to cope with a sudden and drastic increase in air traffic after the catastrophe. We discuss collaborative management by regional... Read More about Collaborative management of regional air transport during natural disasters: Case of the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami.

‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes (2012)
Journal Article
Raman, R. (2012). ‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 5(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rss003

Migration begets migration in a constant flow of currents and eddies with people moving in to fill the niches vacated by emigrants thus blurring boundaries and spaces. This paper explores the nested complexities of the migration processes between Ind... Read More about ‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes.