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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · 10h

New scholarship at CSSH! Gabriel Young's "Remaking a Sovereign Landlord: Property and Dispossession Along the #Basra #Oil Frontier."

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The IPC export terminal at Faw, sited in land formerly devoted to date cultivation, ca. 1956. Source: British Petroleum Archives 223591. © BP plc

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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting new paper in @csshjournal.bsky.social about how geological surveys have repeatedly portrayed Afghanistan as a "land of untold mineral wealth" and untapped potential over the last two centuries:

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After Exploratory Geology: Gemological El Dorado in Global Afghanistan | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cambridge Core

After Exploratory Geology: Gemological El Dorado in Global Afghanistan - Volume 67 Issue 3

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · 6d

CSSH highlights new books by Arthur Shiwa Zárate and @bishara.bsky.social!

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · 21d

In our latest Under the Rubric, Along the Imperial Spectrum, Serkan Yolaçan, Ping-Hsiu Alice Lin, and Victoria Fomina discuss what can be learned about #empire by reading their articles together. #History

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · 26d

It is bittersweet to announce the retirement of David Akin, CSSH's extraordinary Managing Editor over the past 25 years. Read his reflections on his tenure with the journal, in conversation with former editor Andrew Shryock, below.

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Sep 4

From the abstract: "Rather than a term with clearly identifiable content—“religion,” “nation,” “ethnicity,” or otherwise—millet should be understood instead as auguring the emergence of history as the organizing principle of the late Ottoman politics of difference."

CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Sep 4

The latest from CSSH: "The “Millet” Paradigm: On Difference in the Late #Ottoman Empire" by Henry Clements. #History #AcademicSky

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Hanna Safar’s letter to the patriarch, 12 January 1888. The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Archive of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran (Dayro d-Kurkmo), Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 05-607/608. Image courtesy of Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute.

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Sep 2

New at CSSH: Foroogh Farhang's "Death of the Gharīb: A Window towards a Regional Understanding of #Displacement in the #MiddleEast."

"The gharīb can be an analytic tool that allows us to delve deeper into the complexities of belonging, futurity, & rights."

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Death of the Gharīb: A Window towards a Regional Understanding of Displacement in the Middle East | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cambridge Core

Death of the Gharīb: A Window towards a Regional Understanding of Displacement in the Middle East

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Congratulations again to our 2025 Goody Award-winner Elizabeth Chatterjee! CSSH enjoyed the opportunity to chat with Dr. Chatterjee about "Tractors, Truckers, and Class Energetics." Don't miss it! #AcademicSky

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Tractors, Truckers, and Class Energetics, a conversation with Elizabeth Chatterjee, winner of the 2025 Goody Award – Comparative Studies in Society and History

CSSH interviews 2025 Jack Goody Award-winner Elizabeth Chatterjee.

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Now out on FirstView, Aviv Derri's "The #Ottoman Sarraf, Public Debt, and Usury Laws: Rethinking #Capitalism and Empire beyond Anomalies."

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Excerpts from a list of sergis Azer Angel purchased from local merchants

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Find his essay here:
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A Thousand Years of Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the Philippines since 1946 | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cambridge Core

A Thousand Years of Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the Philippines since 1946 - Volume 67 Issue 3

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25

In our latest Behind the Scenes, Marco Garrido describes the act of organization that led to the revelations in his essay, "A Thousand Years of #Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the #Philippines since 1946."

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