What binds overseas Chinese communities together? Traditionally scholars have stressed the interplay of external factors (discrimination, local hostility) and i

The essays in this collection address the current crisis in area studies, a crisis that differs from its perennial struggle with the established academic discip

Written by scholars from a range of disciplines concerned with the Middle East and Islam (history, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, political science

This book explores the interconnection between geopolitical context and the ways this context frames our knowledge about Asia, highlighting previously neglected