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Sex, Risk, and Society April 2026 Sex, Risk, and Society When Is Sex Dangerous? Sarah H. Pollock Sexscapes of Pleasure April 2026 Sexscapes of Pleasure Women, Sexuality and the Whore Stigma in Italy Elena Zambelli Cinema and the Environment in Eastern Europe April 2026 Cinema and the Environment in Eastern Europe From Communism to Capitalism Edited by Masha Shpolberg and Lukas Brasiskis The Social Origins of Thought April 2026 The Social Origins of Thought Durkheim, Mauss, and the Category Project Edited by Johannes F. M. Schick, Mario Schmidt, and Martin Zillinger The Riddle of Intelligence April 2026 The Riddle of Intelligence It’s Not What You Think John Terrell, Eugene Anderson, Foreman Bandama, Abhik Ghosh, and Marcia Leenen-Young Advocacy and Archaeology April 2026 Advocacy and Archaeology Urban Intersections Edited by Kelly M. Britt and Diane F. George Land and the Mortgage April 2026 Land and the Mortgage History, Culture, Belonging Edited by Daivi Rodima-Taylor and Parker Shipton Rethinking Social Movements after '68 April 2026 Rethinking Social Movements after '68 Selves and Solidarities in West Germany and Beyond Edited by Belinda Davis, Friederike Brühöfener, and Stephen Milder Dreams Made Small April 2026 Dreams Made Small The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia Jenny Munro Finding Ways Through Eurospace April 2026 Finding Ways Through Eurospace West African Movers Re-viewing Europe from the Inside Joris Schapendonk Nature Wars April 2026 Nature Wars Essays Around a Contested Concept Roy Ellen The World beyond the West April 2026 The World beyond the West Perspectives from Eastern Europe Edited by Mariusz Kałczewiak and Magdalena Kozłowska Music and Postwar Transitions in the 19th and 20th Centuries April 2026 Music and Postwar Transitions in the 19th and 20th Centuries Edited by Anaïs Fléchet, Martin Guerpin, Philippe Gumplowicz and Barbara L. Kelly Anthropology, Nationalism and Colonialism May 2026 Anthropology, Nationalism and Colonialism Mendes Correia and the Porto School of Anthropology Patrícia Ferraz de Matos Punching Back May 2026 Punching Back Gender, Religion and Belonging in Women-Only Kickboxing Jasmijn Rana Gentrifications May 2026 Gentrifications Views from Europe Marie Chabrol, Anaïs Collet, Matthieu Giroud, Lydie Launay, Max Rousseau and Hovig Ter Minassian Embracing Landscape May 2026 Embracing Landscape Living with Reindeer and Hunting among Spirits in South Siberia Selcen Küçüküstel

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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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