Category: History & Area Studies
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JNU centre’s evolution shaped by India-Soviet ties
This research indicates that the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University developed through the history of India’s ties with the former Soviet Union and through the people who built and sustained it.
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Adaptive dynastic politics linked to democratic decline in Indonesia
This research indicates that Indonesia's Jokowi era saw adaptive dynastic politics that combined legitimacy building, institutional hybridization, digital coordination, and coalition management with democratic deterioration.
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Indonesian Doomscrolling Scale showed a 15-item structure
This research indicates that the Indonesian Doomscrolling Scale has a unidimensional 15-item structure and excellent internal consistency.
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Sumhuram bead matches north-western Indian production
This research indicates that a bleach-decorated carnelian bead from Sumhuram was likely produced in north-western India and may reflect either trade or the personal possession of a South Asian resident.
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Patricia Noah’s resistance is read as black female and womanist resistance
This research indicates that Patricia Noah’s subtle resistance and womanist temper are presented as forms of black female resistance that may empower other women and support a conciliatory approach to gender relations.
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Guatemala’s Economic Society was closed after challenging colonial rules
This research indicates that the Economic Society of Guatemala was shut down after it promoted reforms that conflicted with Spain's colonial system, while later influencing liberal regimes in Latin America.
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Ordinary Germans embraced ritual democracy after World War II
This research indicates that ordinary Germans came to treat democratization as a set of political rituals, developing democratic habits before those habits had full democratic meaning.
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German right-wing fiction stages books as powerful
This research indicates that recent German right-wing novels use scenes of book power to make their own literary effectiveness seem plausible.
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Jennifer Doudna’s Hawaiian upbringing shaped her scientific path
This research indicates that Hawaii helped shape Jennifer Doudna’s pursuit of science and her interest in CRISPR, the gene-editing system she helped explain.
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Confucianism presents tianming as both philosophical and religious
This research indicates that the mandate of Heaven was developed by Confucianism as a concept that combines philosophical humanism with religious belief.
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