Thursday, 6 August 2026
HOUSEHOLD VIOLENCE IN GRECO-ROMAN EGYPT - SOCIAL SPATIAL & TEMPORAL PERSPECTIVES -fourth century BC to the fourth century AD
"Drawing on papyrological evidence (especially legal petitions), this volume illuminates the social, spatial, temporal, and material realities of household violence in Greco-Roman Egypt from the 
, and beyond, exploring how men and women experienced and narrated acts of aggression. Across six chapters, it examines the forms of violence—physical aggression (bia), verbal abuse (loidoria), and hubris (hybris), which combines both of the former with emotional and shaming effects. The book explores triggers such as familial disputes, inheritance conflicts, drunkenness, and theft and analyses the relationships between perpetrators and victims, including family, neighbours, officials, and strangers. Spatial contexts are linked to architectural features of the house, while temporal patterns reveal peaks in evening and nighttime incidents. The study also considers the weapons and tools used in domestic assaults, offering insights into methods and intensity".
Xujun Eberlein's memoir THE RIVER DROWNS THE ABLE SWIMMER
COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're excited to share the cover of 
, designed by Emily Mahon with art direction by Nicole Caputo!
THE RIVER DROWNS THE ABLE SWIMMER will hit bookstores on January 12 and is available to preorder now.
About the book 📚
From the end of the nineteenth century through the Cultural Revolution and into the present, this epic and intimate memoir follows three generations of convention-breaking women as they define themselves against a backdrop of China’s turbulent history.
THE RIVER DROWNS THE ABLE SWIMMER opens with Xujun Eberlein’s grandmother, born to a destitute peasant family on the precipice of a new era, of which her partially bound feet become a symbol. Decades later, a young woman, who will become Xujun’s mother, dedicates herself to the promises of the Communist Revolution, thus forming the world Xujun and her siblings grow up in. As the century unfolds, Xujun experiences the typical pains and euphorias of childhood, but not without the indelible imprint of politics drastically—and tragically—altering the course of her family’s life. Eventually, she marries an American scholar and leaves China for the United States, but the questions of an individual’s role in history and the double-edged nature of political idealism continue to haunt her. She excavates her past and uncovers secrets about her family, and about Chinese history in the process.
Elegantly and intimately written, this exploration of the struggle to build a life of one’s own amid the perturbations of capital-H history is heart-wrenching, insightful, and undeniably resonant with our current moment.
Exclusion of Women in Post-Socialist Countries - Edited by Metriya & Suchojad - 2026
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' examines the new reality of women’s exclusion from socio-political life in post-socialist states.
Link in the comments.
Feminist Security Studies in the Americas BY Abya Yala - 2026
'Feminist Security Studies in the Americas,' an #OpenAccess volume, pushes the boundaries of both traditional and critical security studies, offering a comprehensive exploration of feminist security studies in the Americas - 
from a decolonial perspective, challenging dominant narratives and engaging with urgent security issues.
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Disability Justice in India from #PublicHumanities
New Issue available now: 
Moving beyond legal or medical models of disability, the collection explores how ableism intersects with caste, gender, class, religion, and region, while highlighting creative, collective, and community-based forms of resistance and care.
📖 Read the first articles here: https://cup.org/4vNQF11
TURNING POINTS 'TURNS' IN RECENT HISTORIOGRAPHY - EDITED BY ROSPOCHER, D'OTTAVIO & TOFFOLO - 2026
"Are historiographical turns indicative of a vibrant epoch of innovation and critical reflection within historical scholarship, or do they instead signal a crisis affecting history? What dynamics govern their interplay, and how do they shape and respond to one another?
By historicizing and examining recent historiographical turns, including spatial, global, mobility, material, visual, archival, environmental, digital, biographical, gender, and emotional approaches, internationally renowned experts offer a critical reflection on the significance of these turns and their profound impact on our understanding and interpretation of the past
The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Death by Sarah L. Richardson, Sarah E. Wagner and Ruth E. Toulson - 2026
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