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Anthem Press Prize at the 2015 Global Digital Humanities Conference

Anthem Press Prize at the 2015 Global Digital Humanities Conference

23 June 2015 Uncategorized

From 29 June-3 July 2015, the University of Western Sydney will host the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations’ (ADHO) annual conference. This year in Sydney marks the first occasion the 26-year-old conference will not take place in Europe or North America. Times Higher Education has named the University of Western...

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BBC’s India’s Daughter and the Shock to Collective Consciousness

BBC’s India’s Daughter and the Shock to Collective Consciousness

10 March 2015 Uncategorized

On International Women’s Day last Sunday, BBC4 broadcasted India’s Daughter, a documentary focused on the December 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi. India’s Daughter, by British director Leslee Udwin, explores the murder of Jyoti Singh, a medical student who was assaulted by six men on a...

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AUTHOR EVENT: Professor Mariana Mazzucato | The New Statesman SPERI Prize Lecture

AUTHOR EVENT: Professor Mariana Mazzucato | The New Statesman SPERI Prize Lecture

14 November 2014 Uncategorized

  The Anthem Press book stand was heaving with copies of The Entrepreneurial State, Mariana Mazzucato’s latest book, at last night’s New Statesman SPERI prize lecture. No guest could possibly miss the bright yellow matte-copies emblazoned with an image of a lion as they entered the chapel-like foyer of the Emmanuel Centre....

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BOOK LAUNCH: 28/10/14 Arab Development Denied | LSE, London

BOOK LAUNCH: 28/10/14 Arab Development Denied | LSE, London

30 October 2014 Uncategorized

  Anthem Attendee — Anna Ward, Marketing and Book Publicity Associate I followed a crowd of students into Tower 2, Clement’s Inn, part of the London School of Economics campus located off the crescent shaped Aldwych Street in Westminster. Dr Ali Kadri’s book launch was about to begin. We published...

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September Book of the Month: “Ricardo’s Gauntlet”

September Book of the Month: “Ricardo’s Gauntlet”

30 September 2014 Uncategorized

By Vishaal Kishore “Ricardo’s Gauntlet” is a brilliant tour de force. Mainstream economists unanimously argue that the logic of comparative advantage and national specialization makes a rigid adherence to free trade the best policy for everyone, all the time, everywhere. Kishore devastates the argument. This is a powerful and timely...

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AUTHOR EVENT: Professor Cascetta | Italian Cultural Institute, New York

AUTHOR EVENT: Professor Cascetta | Italian Cultural Institute, New York

26 September 2014 Uncategorized

The event, “Italy Towards Europe”, took place September 24 and was focused on European theatrical heritage and featured readings by Laura Curino. Professor Cascetta is a theatre history academic and the former director of the Department of Communication and Performing Arts at the Catholic University of Milan. She recently published...

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Celebrating Indian Independence Day

Celebrating Indian Independence Day

15 August 2014 Uncategorized

As India celebrates its 68th anniversary of independence from colonial rule, many look to the massive political demonstrations and innovative theorists that prompted sociopolitical change. While such things were highly effective in attaining independence, a number of playwrights in colonial India crafted didactic works that forced an Indian audience to...

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August Book of the Month: “Women, Gender and Everyday Transformation in India”

August Book of the Month: “Women, Gender and Everyday Transformation in India”

7 August 2014 Uncategorized

By Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anne Waldrop   “This book is a remarkable exercise aimed at comprehending and capturing change in a very complex society. It is an extremely useful volume for students and researchers of development and women’s studies.” — Padmini Swaminathan, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India...

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Newly Released Australian Studies Titles!

Newly Released Australian Studies Titles!

13 June 2014 Uncategorized

Some newly released Australian and Australasia-related books from a collaboration between Anthem Press and Melbourne-based Australian Scholarly Publishing:   ‘For those who’ve come across the seas…’: Australian Multicultural Theory, Policy and Practice Edited by Andrew Jakubowicz and Christina Ho ‘An exhilarating intervention in the global ‘multiculturalism has failed’ debates, this...

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Anthem Library of the Month | DON L. LOVE LIBRARY

Anthem Library of the Month | DON L. LOVE LIBRARY

7 March 2014 Uncategorized

© 2012 Sampson Construction The Don L. Love Library at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln houses one of the largest collections of books in the Great Plains area of the United States, including an impressive selection of books in the sciences, humanities, and other areas, as well as the largest...

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