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Pacific Realities August 2026 Pacific Realities Changing Perspectives on Resilience and Resistance Edited by Laurent Dousset and Mélissa Nayral Of Life and Health August 2026 Of Life and Health The Language of Art and Religion in an African Medical System Alexis Bekyane Tengan 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 Migration and Health August 2026 Migration and Health Challenging the Borders of Belonging, Care, and Policy Edited by Nadia El-Shaarawi and Stéphanie Larchanché Food Connections August 2026 Food Connections Production, Exchange and Consumption in West African Migration Maria Abranches 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
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Moving Frames August 2026 Moving Frames Photographs in German Cinema Edited by Carrie Collenberg-González and Martin P. Sheehan Categories in Context August 2026 Categories in Context Gender and Work in France and Germany, 1900–Present Edited by Isabelle Berrebi-Hoffmann, Olivier Giraud, Léa Renard, and Theresa Wobbe Audiences of Nazism August 2026 Audiences of Nazism Using Media in the Third Reich Edited by Ulrike Weckel Shakespeare & His Religious Afterlives August 2026 Shakespeare & His Religious Afterlives Edited by Marta Cerezo Punks and Skins United September 2026 Punks and Skins United Identity, Class and the Economics of an Eastern German Subculture Aimar Ventsel The Subject of Sovereignty September 2026 The Subject of Sovereignty Relationality and the Pivot Past Liberalism Gregory Feldman Planting Seeds of Knowledge September 2026 Planting Seeds of Knowledge Agriculture and Education in Rural Societies in the Twentieth Century Edited by Heinrich Hartmann and Julia Tischler One Sound, Two Worlds September 2026 One Sound, Two Worlds The Blues in a Divided Germany, 1945-1990 Michael Rauhut Life with Durham Cathedral September 2026 Life with Durham Cathedral A Laboratory of Community, Experience and Building Arran J. Calvert

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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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