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The Partial Revolution June 2026 The Partial Revolution Labour, Social Movements and the Invisible Hand of Mao in Western Nepal Michael Hoffmann Football Nation June 2026 Football Nation The Playing Fields of German Culture, History, and Society Edited by Rebeccah Dawson, Bastian Heinsohn, Oliver Knabe, and Alan McDougall The Camino de Santiago June 2026 The Camino de Santiago Curating the Pilgrimage as Heritage and Tourism Michael Murray Working the Fabric June 2026 Working the Fabric Resourcefulness, Belonging and Island Life in Scotland’s Harris Tweed Industry Joana Nascimento Zora Neale Hurston June 2026 Zora Neale Hurston Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier and Peti Mama Gomes African Political Systems Revisited June 2026 African Political Systems Revisited Changing Perspectives on Statehood and Power Edited by Aleksandar Bošković and Günther Schlee Entertaining German Culture June 2026 Entertaining German Culture Contemporary Transnational Television and Film Edited by Stephan Ehrig, Benjamin Schaper, and Elizabeth Ward Against Better Judgment June 2026 Against Better Judgment Akrasia in Anthropological Perspectives Edited by Patrick McKearney and Nicholas H. A. Evans Amnesia Remembered 							June 2026 Amnesia Remembered Reverse Engineering a Digital Artifact John Aycock Calling on the Community June 2026 Calling on the Community Understanding Participation in the Heritage Sector, an Interactive Governance Perspective Edited by Jeroen Rodenberg, Pieter Wagenaar, and Gert-Jan Burgers Persistently Postwar June 2026 Persistently Postwar Media and the Politics of Memory in Japan Edited by Blai Guarné, Artur Lozano-Méndez, and Dolores P. Martinez Reconceiving Muslim Men June 2026 Reconceiving Muslim Men Love and Marriage, Family and Care in Precarious Times Edited by Marcia C. Inhorn and Nefissa Naguib Revisiting Austria June 2026 Revisiting Austria Tourism, Space, and National Identity, 1945 to the Present Gundolf Graml Modern Lusts July 2026 Modern Lusts Ernest Borneman: Jazz Critic, Filmmaker, Sexologist Detlef Siegfried Inconceivable Iran July 2026 Inconceivable Iran To Reproduce or Not to Reproduce? Soraya Tremayne Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies July 2026 Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies Technology, Aesthetics and Gender Gabriel Jderu Emerging Technologies and Museums July 2026 Emerging Technologies and Museums Mediating Difficult Heritage Edited by Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Alexandra Bounia, and Antigone Heraclidou

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Alterity and Human Evolution Alterity and Human Evolution Deep-Time and Multispecies Perspectives on Difference and Variation Moro Abadía, O. & Porr, M. (eds) Carneiro Carneiro The Concise Evolutionary Essays Bates Graber, R. (ed) Christianity, Colonialism and Indigenous History in French Polynesia Christianity, Colonialism and Indigenous History in French Polynesia Advance into Past Misaki, M. Forced Labor for Siemens in the Women’s Concentration Camp Ravensbrück Forced Labor for Siemens in the Women’s Concentration Camp Ravensbrück Reports from Contemporary Witnesses International Friends Association of the Ravensbrück Memorial (Eds) Lives in Fragments Lives in Fragments Self-Narrative Sources and Biographical Approaches to the Armenian Genocide Yetkin, E., Maksudyan, N. & Çelik, A. (Eds.) Remembering Resistance Remembering Resistance A Jewish Memoir from Nazi-Occupied Budapest, 1944-45 Eger, A., Frojimovics, K. & Kovács , É. (Eds.) Rethinking the Historiography of the Soviet Bloc Rethinking the Historiography of the Soviet Bloc The Totalitarianism Paradigm and Institutional Practices under Communism Ungureanu, M. (Ed.) Sex, Risk, and Society Sex, Risk, and Society When Is Sex Dangerous? Pollock, S. H. Transforming Study Abroad Transforming Study Abroad A Handbook Doerr, N. M. With a Penetrating Gaze from the Sidelines With a Penetrating Gaze from the Sidelines Raul Hilberg, The Destruction of the European Jews, and the History of Holocaust Historiography Schlott, R. & Kansteiner, W. (eds)

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Beyond the Euromissile Crisis Beyond the Euromissile Crisis Global Histories of Anti-Nuclear Activism in the Cold War Brunet, L.-A. & Karamouzi, E. (eds) Breathing Hearts Breathing Hearts Sufism, Healing, and Anti-Muslim Racism in Germany Selim, N. Cooling Down Cooling Down Local Responses to Global Climate Change Hoffman, S. M., Eriksen, T. H., & Mendes, P. (eds) Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism Ethnographies of Norwegian Energy and Extraction Businesses Abroad Knudsen, S. (ed) Anthroposcene of Weather and Climate, The The Anthroposcene of Weather and Climate Ethnographic Contributions to the Climate Change Debate Sillitoe, P. (ed) Writing the Great War Writing the Great War The Historiography of World War I from 1918 to the Present Cornelissen, C. & Weinrich, A. (eds)

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Anthropological Journal of European CulturesAnthropological Journal of European Cultures(formerly: Anthropological Yearbook of European Cultures)AiAAnthropology in ActionJournal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and PracticeAnthropology of the Middle EastAnthropology of the Middle EastAspasiaAspasiaThe International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gender HistoryBHSBoyhood StudiesAn Interdisciplinary JournalCJACambridge Journal of AnthropologyConflic and SocietyConflict and SocietyAdvances in ResearchContentionContentionThe Multidisciplinary Journal of Social ProtestCHOCContributions to the History of ConceptsCritical SurveyCritical SurveyDurheimian StudiesDurkheimian StudiesÉtudes DurkheimiennesEnvironment and SocietyEnvironment and SocietyAdvances in ResearchEthnologia EuropaeaEthnologia EuropaeaJournal of European EthnologyEuropean Comic ArtEuropean Comic ArtEuropean JudaismEuropean JudaismA Journal for the New EuropeFocaalFocaalJournal of Global and Historical AnthropologyFPCSFrench Politics, Culture & SocietyGPSGerman Politics and SocietyGHSGirlhood StudiesAn Interdisciplinary JournalHRRHHistorical Reflections/Réflexions HistoriquesIJSQInternational Journal of Social Quality(formerly The European Journal of Social Quality)ISRIsrael Studies ReviewAn Interdisciplinary JournalJEMMSJournal of Educational Memory, Media, and SocietyJLAJournal of Legal AnthropologyJBSMJournal of Bodies, Sexualities, and MasculinitiesLATISSLearning and Teaching (LATISS)The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social SciencesMigration and SocietyMigration and SocietyAdvances in ResearchMuseum WorldsMuseum WorldsAdvances in ResearchNature and CultureNature and CultureProjectionsProjectionsThe Journal for Movies and MindRegions and CohesionRegions and CohesionRegiones y Cohesión / Régions et CohésionReligion and SocietyReligion and SocietyAdvances in ResearchSartre Studies InternationalSartre Studies InternationalAn Interdisciplinary Journal of Existentialism and Contemporary CultureScreen BodiesScreen BodiesThe Journal of Embodiment, Media Arts, and TechnologySibiricaSibiricaInterdisciplinary Journal of Siberian StudiesSocial AnalysisSocial AnalysisThe International Journal of AnthropologySocial AnthropologySocial AnthropologyAnthropologie socialeTheoriaTheoriaA Journal of Social and Political TheoryTransfersTransfersInterdisciplinary Journal of Mobility StudiesTurbaTurbaThe Journal for Global Practices in Live Arts Curation

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