Friday, April 24, 2015

Maps of the Ottoman Empire

Maps of the Ottoman Empire
The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem in cooperation with the Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL) at the University of Chicago scanned and geo-referenced a series of topographical maps of Eastern Turkey and the lands of the broader Ottoman Empire with a grant from the US Department of Education TICFIA program. The bulk of the collection contains topographical maps compiled at the British Intelligence Division War Office in 1915 derived from map and survey data collected during multiple expeditions 1839-1906. The collection contains high resolution copies of the original maps held by AIAR, and geo-referenced versions can be requested by contacting dlir@caorc.org.

Carte du Liban d'apres les reconaissances de la brigade topographique du Corps Expeditionnaire de Syrie en 1860-61

Description: Map of Lebanon from an expedition of Syria 1860-1861.
Publisher: Paris : France. Depot de la Guerre
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Karte des Ostjordanlandes : Blatt A1/2

Description: Map of the lands of Jordan (centered on modern day northern Israel). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: Leipzig : Deutschen Verein zur Erforschung Palaestinas
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 29 - Meskene

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day northern Syria showing the Euprates River). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906. [Incomplete map with cut section].
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 25 - Mardin

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey. Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 32 - Mosul

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day northern Iraq in Mosul area). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 44 - Deir ez Zor

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day Syria in the Deir ez Zur area). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 23 - Urfa

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey. Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 27 - Urmia Julamerk

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey. Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 33 - Rowanduz

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day northern Iraq in Rawaduz area). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 30 - Ras-Ul-Ain

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day Syria). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)
 

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 31 - Sinjar

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day Syria). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 28 - Alexandretta

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day northern Syria in Iskenderun area). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 13 - Bayazid

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey. Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 43 - Ana

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (modern day Iraq and Syria along the Euphrates River). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 45 - Mendali

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (modern day Iraq and Iran). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 22 – Marash

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey. Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 29 - Meskene

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day northern Syria showing the Euprates River). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Eastern Turkey in Asia : Sheet 35 - Kirkuk

Description: Map of Eastern Turkey (centered on modern day Iraq in Kirkuk area). Compiled at the Intelligence Division War Office by Major F.R. Maunsell, R.A. derived from multiple expeditions 1839-1906.
Publisher: London : British War Office
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)

Alep

Description: Map of Southern Turkey.
Publisher: Bureau Topographique de A.F.L.
Contributor: W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)
 

 

American Board Periodical Collection

American Board Periodical Collection
The American Board periodical collection was incorporated into the ARIT Istanbul (ARIT-I) Library in January 2011, when ARIT received the library of the Western Turkey Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), one of the chief Protestant missionary agencies in the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The core of this collection includes a number of rare serials issued locally by the Board and its affiliates, as well as other American organizations.
In 2012-3, ARIT digitized and uploaded to its digital library two of the most important English-language journals published in Turkey at the beginning of the twentieth century: The Levant Trade Review, issued by the American Chamber of Commerce for Turkey and the Levant from 1911 to 1931, and The Orient, produced by the ABCFM’s Istanbul office between 1910 and 1923. The project continued in 2013-4 with the addition of the American Board’s long-running news bulletin Dear Friends (1924-1990s) to the online collection. Financial support for this undertaking—to make these crucial historical sources available internationally on the worldwide web—has been provided by a grant from the United States Department of State.
The links below provide access to major periodicals housed in the ARIT Istanbul Library’s American Board collection. Other serials in the Board holdings, especially single-issue items, are included in the American Board Pamphlet Collection.
  1. “The Messenger for Children”
  2. Bulletin of the Near East Society
  3. Samokov News
  4. The Orient
  5. The Levant Trade Review
  6. Dear Friends
  7. Alma Mater

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

New OA Encyclopedia: Dāʼirat al-maʻārif-i buzurg-i Islāmī

Published in Tihrān at the Markaz-i Dāʼirat al-Maʻārif-i buzurg-i Islām, this encyclopedia has recently been released electronically.

Site: http://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/publication/volumes/63 







Tuesday, April 21, 2015

New Open Access Journal: ARABIYAT : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban (Journal of Arabic Education)

ARABIYAT : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban
P-ISSN: 2356-153X E-ISSN: 2442-9473

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 RABIYAT : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban published twice a year since 2014 (June and December), is a multilingual (Bahasa, Arabic, and English), peer-reviewed journal, and specializes in Arabic Education. This journal is published by the Arabic Education Department, Faculty of Education and Teachers Training, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta, in partnership with IMLA (Association of Arabic Lecturers).
Editors welcome scholars, researchers and practitioners of Arabic Education around the world to submit scholarly articles to be published through this journal. All articles will be reviewed by experts before accepted for publication. Each author is solely responsible for the content of published articles.
ARABIYAT has become a CrossRef Member since year 2015. Therefore, all articles published by ARABIYAT will have unique DOI number.

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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Newly Open Access Journal: JMEWS: Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

JMEWS: Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 
ISSN: 1552-5864 
e-ISSN: 1558-9579
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JMEWS is the official journal of the Association for Middle East Women's Studies.

This interdisciplinary journal advances the fields of Middle East gender, sexuality, and women's studies through the contributions of academics, artists, and activists from around the globe working in the interpretive social sciences and humanities. JMEWS publishes area-specific research informed by transnational feminist, sexuality, masculinity, and cultural theories and scholarship. It is particularly interested in work that employs historical, ethnographic, literary, textual, and visual analyses and methodologies. The journal also publishes book and film reviews, review essays, and dissertation abstracts that highlight theoretical innovation in gender and sexuality studies focused on the Middle East.

Full Text and Abstracts: January 2015 - Present  
March 2015; 11 (1) : 1 - 137 

Monday, April 6, 2015

Open Access Journal: Kafa`ah: Journal of Gender Studies

Kafa`ah: Journal of Gender Studies
Print ISSN: 2356-0894
Online ISSN: 2356-0630
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Kafa’ah (Print ISSN 2356-0894 Online ISSN 2356-0630) is an open-access and peer reviewed journal published by Center for Gender and Child Studies, State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) Imam Bonjol Padang. This journal covers key issues on gender studies, including: place of women in society, empowering women, and government policies on women empowerment. The objective of the journal is to promote the sharing of knowledge and understanding on the gender issues. It then welcomes contributions from experts, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers around the world. This journal is published twice a year.



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