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Women better represented in Victorian novels than modern, finds study
Analysis finds proportion of female authors and characters fell after 19th century, with male authors remaining ‘remarkably resistant’ to writing women.
Tuesday 20 February 2018The Unholy Family
“Family values” and neoliberal capitalism are supposed to be enemies. A new book begs to differ.
Thursday 1 February 2018The State of the Empire in the Age of Trumpism
The Fall of the US Empire – And Then What? published in 2009, has become the best-selling of the TRANSCEND University Press books.
Monday 25 December 2017NEW VOICES FROM CENTRAL ASIA: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities
The volume “New Voices from Central Asia: Political, Economic, and Societal Challenges and Opportunities” gives the floor to a young generation of experts and scholars from Central Asia and Azerbaijan.
Sunday 29 October 2017CENTRAL ASIA AT 25: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
In the twenty-five years since the collapse of the Soviet Union catapulted the Central Asian states into independence, knowledge of the Central Asian region has primarily been produced by US and European scholars…
Sunday 29 October 2017TURKMENISTAN: CHANGES AND STABILITY UNDER BERDIMUHAMEDOW
The most closed and understudied country in Central Asia, Turkmenistan has been facing profound evolutions since the death of its first president, Saparmurat Niyazov, in December 2006.
Sunday 29 October 2017UZBEKISTAN: Political Order, Societal Changes, and Cultural Transformation
Marlene Laruelle, editor Academic knowledge on Uzbekistan blossomed in the 1990s, before drying up in the 2000s and 2010s with the closure of the country and the increased difficulty of doing fieldwork. However, research has […]
Sunday 29 October 2017Kazakhstan: Nation-Branding, Economic Trials, and Cultural Changes
Edit by Marlene Laruelle The economic driver of Central Asia, Kazakhstan stands up for its forward-looking branding and its multivectoral foreign policy. Behind its many successes, the country has been facing difficulties in managing its relationship […]
Sunday 29 October 2017TAJIKISTAN: Islam, Migration and Economic Challenges
In the past few years, Tajikistan’s domestic situation has been shaped by the shrinking place given to the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT)…
Sunday 29 October 2017STRATEGIC NODES AND REGIONAL INTERACTIONS IN SOUTHERN EURASIA
At the collapse of the Soviet Union, Western pundits celebrated the dramatic reshaping of regional interactions in Southern Eurasia to come, with the hope of seeing Russia lose its influence…
Sunday 29 October 2017