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The Democratic Republic of Congo (2014)
Book Chapter
Marriage, Z. (2014). The Democratic Republic of Congo. In I. Frame (Ed.), Africa South of the Sahara 2015 (44th edition). Routledge

Since the conference of Berlin in 1884 when the boundaries on African countries were formalised by the European colonisers, the politics of powerful nations have heavily influenced events in Congo. Towards the end of the 20th century and into the 21s... Read More about The Democratic Republic of Congo.

Improving Performance of Agro-ecological Zone (AEZ) Modeling by cross-scale Model Coupling: An Application to Japonica Rice Production in Northeast China (2014)
Journal Article
Tian, Z., Zhong, H., Sun, L., Fischer, G., van Velthuizen, H., & Liang, Z. (2014). Improving Performance of Agro-ecological Zone (AEZ) Modeling by cross-scale Model Coupling: An Application to Japonica Rice Production in Northeast China. Ecological Modelling, 290, 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.020

The challenges to food security posed by climate change require unprecedented efforts and ability to simulate and predict the interactions between crop growth dynamics, and the environment and crop management at various scales. This calls for model c... Read More about Improving Performance of Agro-ecological Zone (AEZ) Modeling by cross-scale Model Coupling: An Application to Japonica Rice Production in Northeast China.

Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity (2014)
Journal Article
Clark, P. Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 8(4), 303-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2014.958309

Reconciliation is among the most contested terms in current peacebuilding and transitional justice debates. Critics often view reconciliation as romantic—expecting immediate harmony after enormous harm—or imposed on victims by religious groups or gov... Read More about Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity.

The Attitude of Courts at the Seat of Arbitration and its Impact on the Development of Arbitration (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onyema, E. (2014, October). The Attitude of Courts at the Seat of Arbitration and its Impact on the Development of Arbitration. Presented at The OAS Fourth High Level Meeting on the Role of the Judiciary in International Commercial Arbitration, Castries, St Lucia

My presentation examined the involvement of national courts in arbitration and how Caribbean member States of the Organisation of American States (OAS) can make themselves more attractive as choice of seat in international arbitration.

The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation (2014)
Journal Article
Harris, R. (2014). The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation. Ethnomusicology Forum, 23(3), 331-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2014.956774

How do Muslims in different parts of the world recite and how do they hear the sound of the Qur'an? What are the purposes of their recitation, and what meanings do they associate with it? In this article I analyse one ritual performance of Qur'anic r... Read More about The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation.

Entrepreneurship across Time and Space: Empirical Evidence from Korea (2014)
Journal Article
Hong, E., Lee, I. H., Sun, L., & Harrison, R. (2015). Entrepreneurship across Time and Space: Empirical Evidence from Korea. Small Business Economics, 44(3), 705-719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-014-9613-1

This paper investigates the temporal and spatial dynamics of business start-up activities and their determinants. It integrates three perspectives in explaining regional variations of start-ups: (i) spatial heterogeneity that characterizes regional d... Read More about Entrepreneurship across Time and Space: Empirical Evidence from Korea.

Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo. Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian Scriptures. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction. By Lejla Demiri. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiv + 566. €158 (cloth). (2014)
Journal Article
Shah, M. (2014). Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo. Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian Scriptures. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction. By Lejla Demiri. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiv + 566. €158 (cloth). Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 73(2), 378. https://doi.org/10.1086/677276

The Myth of the Ottoman Millet System: Its Treatment of Kurds and a Discussion of Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy (2014)
Journal Article
Tas, L. (2014). The Myth of the Ottoman Millet System: Its Treatment of Kurds and a Discussion of Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 21(4), 497-526. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718115-02104003

This article re-opens the discussion about the Ottoman millet practice. The best known stereotypes claim that the so-called ‘millet system’ only offered rights to non-Muslim religious minorities. This article fundamentally challenges this approach. I... Read More about The Myth of the Ottoman Millet System: Its Treatment of Kurds and a Discussion of Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy.

The Epic Unconscious: Affective Residues of an Embodied Grammar (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HadžiMuhamedović, S. (2014, October). The Epic Unconscious: Affective Residues of an Embodied Grammar. Paper presented at Why Discourse Matters? (Panel: The Embodied Discourses: Discursive Positioning in Narrations), Goethe University, Frankfurt

Gusle, a peculiar one-string instrument traditional to the Dinaric mountain range, is an apt heuristic device for the unravelling of some spatial, temporal and discursive Balkan intersections. The instrument’s inception is tied to epic poetry and its... Read More about The Epic Unconscious: Affective Residues of an Embodied Grammar.

Ostrich nominalism and peacock realism: A hegelian critique of quine (2014)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2014). Ostrich nominalism and peacock realism: A hegelian critique of quine. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 22(5), 734-751. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2014.923016

My aim in this paper is to offer a Hegelian critique of Quine’s predicate nominalism. I argue that at the core of Hegel’s idealism is not a supernaturalist spirit monism, but a realism about universals, and that while this may contrast to the nominal... Read More about Ostrich nominalism and peacock realism: A hegelian critique of quine.

Aid and Governance in Vulnerable States: Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971 (2014)
Journal Article
Khan, M. (2014). Aid and Governance in Vulnerable States: Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 656(1), 59-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716214543900

Bangladesh and Pakistan had very different experiences with aid after 1971. Politics in Pakistan was less inclusive in terms of opportunities for intermediate (middle- and lower-middle-) class political entrepreneurs, and the dominance of military ai... Read More about Aid and Governance in Vulnerable States: Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971.