Monthly Archives: December 2015

JCA Prize 2016

The co-editors of the Journal of Contemporary Asia are pleased to announce the annual award for the best article published in 2015. For the first time, the judging panel has selected joint winners for the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize. … Continue reading

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LGBT Philippines

Claudia C. Lodia, who is in Anthropology and Social Change at the California Institute of Integral Studies has reviewed Eva Callueng’s collection Buhay Bahaghari: The Filipino LGBT Chronicles (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1118524) for JCA. Her review appears at the publisher’s website. She … Continue reading

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Vacant in the Chinese city

Christian Sorace and William Hurst have a new article at the JCA publisher’s website. “China’s Phantom Urbanisation and the Pathology of Ghost Cities” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1115532) examines China’s “ghost cities” – build it and they will come cities – and constant … Continue reading

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Human rights articles available

Routledge/T&F has made a set of articles on human rights available, including a special issue of Third World Quarterly. The collection is made available to acknowledge Human Rights Day. The day celebrates the 50th anniversary of the two International Covenants … Continue reading

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