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1994 - 2024

30 Years of Independent Publishing!

Berghahn Books was founded in 1994 by Marion Berghahn; however, the roots of the firm go back much further and continue to influence our mission to this day. In celebrating where we are today, we do so by not only looking ahead, but also by looking back on the journey that has taken us where we are today and laid the foundations that guide us into the future.

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Open Access

Berghahn Migration and Development Studies Collection

Berghahn Books is proud to be partnering with Knowledge Unlatched to present the Berghahn Migration and Development Studies collection. Every year we will be adding 20 front-list titles to the collection, covering the topics of international migration and movement as well as the social implications of economic and environmental change for communities. As institutions sign up for the collection and pledge their financial support, we are able to fund the cost of making the books available as Open Access.

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Blog

The Berghahn Open Anthro Journey

Embarking on a discipline-driven equitable open access initiative, Part III

Vivian Berghahn, Managing Director and Journals Editorial Director

The impact on authorship and readership that Berghahn Open Anthro – Subscribe-to-Open has had since the launch of the pilot has been substantial.

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Between Confrontation and Silent Discipline: Working-Class Dilemmas under Javier Milei’s Far-Right Government in Argentina

FocaalBlog

Between Confrontation and Silent Discipline: Working-Class Dilemmas under Javier Milei’s Far-Right Government in Argentina

Julia Soul

With the triumph of Javier Milei in Argentina’s November 2023 national election, the country has followed the contemporary global trend of electing far-right governments.

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Berghahn Journals

Berghahn Journals

Some of Last Month's Top Journal Articles

  1. Data management in anthropology: The next phase in ethics governance?
  2. Multispecies Interferences: Taxidermy and the Return of Wolves
  3. Settler Colonialism, Ecology, and Environmental Injustice
  4. Active Waiting and Changing Hopes: Toward a Time Perspective on Protracted Displacement
  5. Governing by numbers: Audit culture, rankings and the new world order
  6. Neurocinematics: The Neuroscience of Film
  7. Beyond the multiversity: Neoliberalism and the rise of the schizophrenic university
  8. Listening to Terror Soundscapes: Sounds, Echoes, and Silences in Listening Experiences of Survivors of the Bataclan Terrorist Attack in Paris
  9. Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media
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EnviroSociety

Rising from the Ashes: Rural Communities in Portugal’s Fiery Landscapes

Filipa Soares, Luísa Schmidt, & Ana Delicado. Instituto de Ciências

On June 17th, 2017, Ferraria de São João (hereafter Ferraria), a small-sized village in central Portugal remotely located at the top of a hill, was encircled by flames.

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Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

Open Access

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

Special Issue

Materialities of Age and Ageing.
Guest Editors: Cordula Endter, Anamaria Depner and Anna Wanka

Against the backdrop of demographic change and its effects on our everyday lives, social and cultural anthropology is increasingly paying attention to the specific ways in which people grow old(er).

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New Paperbacks

Shakespeare and the Modern Novel
October 2024

Shakespeare and the Modern Novel

Holderness, G. (ed)
Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic
October 2024

Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic

Augé , C. R.
Nourishing Life
October 2024

Nourishing Life

Foodways and Humanity in an African Town

Huhn, A.
Selfishness and Selflessness
October 2024

Selfishness and Selflessness

New Approaches to Understanding Morality

Layne, L. L. (ed)
Living on a Time Bomb
October 2024

Living on a Time Bomb

Local Negotiations of Oil Extraction in a Mexican Community

Schöneich, S.
Can Academics Change the World?
October 2024

Can Academics Change the World?

An Israeli Anthropologist's Testimony on the Rise and Fall of a Protest Movement on Campus

Shokeid, M.
Echoes of Surrealism
October 2024

Echoes of Surrealism

Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945–1990

Berendse, G.-J.
Return of Polyandry, The
October 2024

The Return of Polyandry

Kinship and Marriage in Central Tibet

Fjeld, H. E.
Political Graffiti in Critical Times
November 2024

Political Graffiti in Critical Times

The Aesthetics of Street Politics

Campos, R., Pavoni, A., & Zaimakis, Y. (eds)
Thinking Europe
November 2024

Thinking Europe

A History of the European Idea since 1800

Andrén, M.
Risk on the Table
November 2024

Risk on the Table

Food Production, Health, and the Environment

Creager, A. N. H. & Gaudilière, J.-P. (eds)
Where is the Good in the World?
November 2024

Where is the Good in the World?

Ethical Life between Social Theory and Philosophy

Henig, D., Strhan, A., & Robbins, J. (eds)
Configuring Contagion
November 2024

Configuring Contagion

Ethnographies of Biosocial Epidemics

Meinert, L. & Seeberg, J. (eds)
Beyond Wild and Tame
November 2024

Beyond Wild and Tame

Soiot Encounters in a Sentient Landscape

Oehler, A. C.
Critical Public Archaeology
November 2024

Critical Public Archaeology

Confronting Social Challenges in the 21st Century

Westmont, V. C. (ed)

Open Access Titles

Ritual, Rapture and Rebellion

Ritual, Rapture and Rebellion

The Making of Market, Mercy and Meaning Amongst the Gitanos of El Rastro

Brodersen, M. B.
Calibrated Engagement

Calibrated Engagement

Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar

Huard, S.
Voices in the Dark

Voices in the Dark

The Energy Lives of Refugees

Rosenberg-Jansen, S.
Performing State Boundaries

Performing State Boundaries

Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China

Lammer, C.
Unexpected Encounters

Unexpected Encounters

Migrants and Tourists in the Mediterranean

Vietti, F.
Vanquished and Victorious

Vanquished and Victorious

World War One Veterans in Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938

Šmidrkal, V., Cole, L., Leidinger, H., Kučera, R., Walleczek-Fritz, J., & Šustrová, R.
Care in a Time of Humanitarianism

Care in a Time of Humanitarianism

Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South

Osanloo, A. & deBergh Robinson, C. (eds)
Governing Migration Through Paperwork

Governing Migration Through Paperwork

Legitimation Practices, Exclusive Inclusion and Differentiation

Andreetta, S. & Borrelli, L. M. (eds)
Migration, Dislocation and Movement on Screen

Migration, Dislocation and Movement on Screen

Trandafoiu, R. (ed)
New Anthropologies of Italy

New Anthropologies of Italy

Politics, History and Culture

Heywood, P. (ed)
Egalitarian Dynamics

Egalitarian Dynamics

Liminality, and Victor Turner’s Contribution to the Understanding of Socio-historical Process

Kapferer, B. & Gold, M. (eds)
Lives in Limbo

Lives in Limbo

Syrian Youth in Turkey

Bryant, R., Abdulla, A., Nimer, M., & Üstübici, A.
Rest in Plastic

Rest in Plastic

Death, Time and Synthetic Materials in a Ghanaian Ewe Community

Bredenbröker, I.
Black Schoolgirls in Space

Black Schoolgirls in Space

Stories of Black Girlhoods Gathered on Educational Terrain

Ohito, E. O. & Mock Muñoz de Luna, L.
Crypto Crowds

Crypto Crowds

Singularities and Multiplicities on the Blockchain

Shapiro, M. (ed)
Urban Displacement

Urban Displacement

Syria's Refugees in the Middle East

Knudsen, A. J. & Tobin, S. A. (eds)
Political Friendship

Political Friendship

Liberal Notables, Networks, and the Pursuit of the German Nation State, 1848-1866

Weaver, M.
Invisible Labours

Invisible Labours

The Reproductive Politics of Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss in England

Middlemiss, A. L.
Voices of Long-Term Care Workers

Voices of Long-Term Care Workers

Elder Care in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

Freidus, A. & Shenk, D.
Breathing Hearts

Breathing Hearts

Sufism, Healing, and Anti-Muslim Racism in Germany

Selim, N.
Insidious Capital

Insidious Capital

Frontlines of Value at the End of a Global Cycle

Kalb, D. (ed)
Resisting Radicalisation?

Resisting Radicalisation?

Understanding Young People's Journeys through Radicalising Milieus

Pilkington, H. (ed)
UNHCR and the Afghan Crisis, The

The UNHCR and the Afghan Crisis

The Making of the International Refugee Regime

Scalettaris, G.
Designing Knowledge Economies for Disaster Resilience

Designing Knowledge Economies for Disaster Resilience

Case Studies from the African Diaspora

Waldron-Moore, P. (ed)
Foreigners in Their Own Country

Foreigners in Their Own Country

Identity and Rejection in France

Martin, L. M.

Berghahn Journals

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

(formerly: Anthropological Yearbook of European Cultures)

Anthropology in Action

Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice

Anthropology of the Middle East

Aspasia

The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gender History

Boyhood Studies

An Interdisciplinary Journal

Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

Conflict and Society

Advances in Research

Contention

The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest

Contributions to the History of Concepts

Critical Survey

Democratic Theory

An Interdisciplinary Journal

Durkheimian Studies

Études Durkheimiennes

Environment and Society

Advances in Research

Ethnologia Europaea

Journal of European Ethnology

European Comic Art

European Judaism

A Journal for the New Europe

Focaal

Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology

French Politics, Culture & Society

German Politics and Society

Girlhood Studies

An Interdisciplinary Journal

Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques

International Journal of Social Quality

(formerly The European Journal of Social Quality)

Israel Studies Review

An Interdisciplinary Journal

Journal of Educational Memory, Media, and Society

Journal of Legal Anthropology

Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities

Learning and Teaching (LATISS)

The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences

Migration and Society

Advances in Research

Museum Worlds

Advances in Research

Nature and Culture

Projections

The Journal for Movies and Mind

Regions and Cohesion

Regiones y Cohesión / Régions et Cohésion

Religion and Society

Advances in Research

Sartre Studies International

An Interdisciplinary Journal of Existentialism and Contemporary Culture

Screen Bodies

The Journal of Embodiment, Media Arts, and Technology

Sibirica

Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies

Social Analysis

The International Journal of Anthropology

Social Anthropology

Anthropologie sociale

Theoria

A Journal of Social and Political Theory

Transfers

Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies

Turba

The Journal for Global Practices in Live Arts Curation

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