Thursday, 11 June 2026
Dr. Philipp Maas's newly published open-access article-Pātañjalayogaśāstra's third chapter (Vibhūtipāda) - 2026
We are thrilled to share Dr. Philipp Maas's newly published open-access article—a landmark annotated translation and working edition of the 
, based on previously unstudied manuscript witnesses.
In a touching footnote, Dr. Maas thanks Yogic Studies and our Sanskrit reading students—particularly Alexandr Fardeev—whose questions and philosophical discussions directly shaped the materials that went into this article. We are honored to have played a small role in this landmark publication, and eagerly await the publication of the complete edition and translation of the Pātañjalayogaśāstra in the coming years.
The article is free to read via Cardiff University Press. Link below.
🔗 https://alt.cardiffuniversitypress.org/.../10.18573/alt.90
Reparations and Redress for Historical Injustice by Timothy Waligore - New Cambridge Element HISTORICAL THEORY & PRACTICE - 2026
SUBCONTINENT ADRIFT STRATEGIC FUTURE OF SOUTH ASIA - FEROZ HASSAN KHAN - 2026
“Significantly outranks other books that often deal with great-power South Asian policies rather than with the two nuclear-armed neighbors locked in a hostile relationship and constantly drifting from crisis to crisis...relevant for senior members of the defense community and will remain an indispensable reference for South Asian security for years to come." —Parameters https://www.cambriapress.com/SubcontinentAdrift
Land and Peoples of Southeast Asia—Southeast Asia - SOME BOOKS 2026
The 
is a region shaped by the intimate relationship between land and people. Forged by the meeting of the Indian and Pacific tectonic plates, its diverse geography—mountains, river valleys, peninsulas, and vast island chains—has profoundly influenced the development of its societies and civilizations. Rivers served as lifelines for settlement, agriculture, trade, and political power, while mountains, forests, and seas created natural boundaries that fostered both cultural diversity and local distinctiveness. Yet despite differences in language, customs, and historical experience, the peoples of Southeast Asia share common traits born from their adaptation to a landscape defined by the constant interplay of land and water. From the fertile plains of Angkor and the Red River Delta to the maritime networks of the Indonesian archipelago, Southeast Asia’s history is ultimately a story of how geography shaped human movement, livelihoods, and the emergence of a richly varied but interconnected cultural world.
THE TRANSPACIFIC CHINESE DIASPORA-MIGRATION NETWORK FROM CHINA TO CANADA & BEYOND - 2026
In The Transpacific Chinese Diaspora, Zhongping Chen examines the origins, rise, and reform of the Cantonese-dominated Chinese diaspora in Canada between 1788 and 1898. https://ow.ly/hK9M50Z6oNm
"This extremely important work completely remakes our understandings of the first century of the Chinese migrations to Canada, carefully tracing the diasporic connections of the merchant networks in Guangdong, Hong Kong, San Francisco, and British Columbia that organized, ordered, and enabled this migration. A superb piece of historical scholarship."
—Timothy J. Stanley, University of Ottawa
#ReadUP #history #asianamericanstudies #asianhistory
Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians_ Texts in Translation with Introductions and Notes - 2026
Contested Continent - Peter Mancall's history of the six centuries of American history - 2026
The newest volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States series, Contested Continent recounts the origins of "America" and how it came to birth the United States.
that pre-dated the Revolutionary War masterfully weaves together the experiences of the Indigenous peoples and the European settlers to create a compelling story of a changing world.
https://oxford.ly/42KZdJb
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