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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 Modeling the Past							July 2026 Modeling the Past Archaeology, History, and Dynamic Networks John Terrell, Mark Golitko, Helen Dawson, and Marc Kissel De-Commemoration July 2026 De-Commemoration Removing Statues and Renaming Places Edited by Sarah Gensburger and Jenny Wüstenberg Political Friendship July 2026 Political Friendship Liberal Notables, Networks, and the Pursuit of the German Nation State, 1848-1866 Michael Weaver Capturing Quicksilver July 2026 Capturing Quicksilver The Position, Power, and Plasticity of Chinese Medicine in Singapore Arielle A. Smith The Revolt of the Provinces July 2026 The Revolt of the Provinces Anti-Gypsyism and Right-Wing Politics in Hungary Kristóf Szombati
Foreword by Ivan Szelenyi
Elite Malay Polygamy July 2026 Elite Malay Polygamy Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen Edges, Fringes, Frontiers July 2026 Edges, Fringes, Frontiers Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana Thomas B. Henfrey Pacific Realities August 2026 Pacific Realities Changing Perspectives on Resilience and Resistance Edited by Laurent Dousset and Mélissa Nayral The Origins of German Self-Cultivation August 2026 The Origins of German Self-Cultivation Bildung and the Future of the Humanities Edited by Jennifer Ham, Ulrich Kinzel, and David Tse-chien Pan Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany August 2026 Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany Edited by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer and Joel F. Harrington
Afterword by Randolph C. Head
Moving Frames August 2026 Moving Frames Photographs in German Cinema Edited by Carrie Collenberg-González and Martin P. Sheehan Monetising the Dividual Self August 2026 Monetising the Dividual Self The Emergence of the Lifestyle Blog and Influencers in Malaysia Julian Hopkins Military Politics August 2026 Military Politics New Perspectives Edited by Thomas Crosbie

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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) Animal Genocide and its Aftermath Animal Genocide and its Aftermath The Tasmanian Tiger and the Newfoundland Wolf Chare, N. Archaeogaming as Scholarly Play Archaeogaming as Scholarly Play The Intersection of Archaeology and Gaming Rhodes Victor, M. (Eds.) Carneiro Carneiro The Concise Evolutionary Essays Bates Graber, R. (ed) Edible People Edible People The Historical Consumption of Slaves and Foreigners and the Cannibalistic Trade in Human Flesh Siefkes, C. 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.) 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.) Science, SETI, and Mathematics Science, Seti, and Mathematics DeVito, C. L. Sex, Risk, and Society Sex, Risk, and Society When Is Sex Dangerous? Pollock, S. H. Riddle of Intelligence, The The Riddle of Intelligence It’s Not What You Think Terrell, J., Anderson, E., Bandama, F., Ghosh, A., & Leenen-Young, M. Vampire, The The Vampire Origins of a European Myth Bohn, T. 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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