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Claudia Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief of Girlhood Studies, awarded Prix du Québec

Berghahn Books editor Claudia Mitchell has been awarded the Prix du Québec’s Leon-Gerin Prize, the highest honor for Québec researchers. To be considered, recipients must provide a high-quality scope of scientific production, have an international reach, and must have contributed to research training in their field or community development. Mitchell’s distinguished career certainly exceeds these expectations, as she has devoted her life to working with and for youth from around the world, focusing on gender-based violence prevention, HIV and AIDS awareness, and safety in sanitation and housing.
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Connecting German-Turkish and Syrian-Turkish Stories
By SUSAN BETH ROTTMANN, Özyeğin University

Free Chapter Download: From Threatening to Threatened Jungles

Receive a free eBook chapter of Claudia Leal’s timely examination of the relationship between human societies and the Amazon rain forest here.
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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by learning more about indigenous populations from around the world.
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Today marks the 31st anniversary of National Coming Out Day, honoring all who have come out as LGBTQ or as as a straight ally for equality. Check out the Human Rights Campaign for an account of this day’s history as well as ways to participate and celebrate in your community.
Continue reading “National Coming Out Day and and the Archaeology of LGBTQ Communities”A Series on a Series: Part I

Interview with Series Editor Sam Beck, Romani Studies
Did you know Berghahn Books has over one hundred series? Covering a wide range of subjects and areas, Berghahn’s series list continues to grow as new interventions and trends in scholarship are made.
Continue reading “A Series on a Series: Part I”SIMULATED SHELVES
BROWSE THIS MONTH’S NEW BOOKS & JOURNALS

We’re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Studies, and History along with our new in paperback titles and new Berghahn journal issues published in September.
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Heritage-Making, Bagamoyo, and the East African Caravan Trade
BY JAN LINDSTRÖM
Continue reading “Muted Memories”Author news: Ulrich Herbert is Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor 2019/20

The German Historical Institute London (GHIL), the International History Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and the Gerda Henkel Foundation in Düsseldorf have appointed Berghahn author Ulrich Herbert to the position of Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor 2019/20. He will give his inaugural lecture on December 10th, 2019 at the German Historical Institute (see the GHIL website for more information).
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