Interdisciplinary academic readings for science, technology and social science

Churchill and the Lion City : Shaping Modern Singapore /

Avoiding the terrorist trap why respect for human rights is the key to defeating terrorism by Parker, Tom 1968-

Penang and its networks of knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Gathering knowledge in the Bay of Bengal, the letters of John Adolphus Pope, 1785-1788 / Barbara Watson Andaya -- Regional networks of knowledge, the Penang College General and beyond / Anthony Reid -- Emplacing a network religion in a world in motion, evangelical Christianity and the Brethren movement in Penang / Jean DeBernardi -- Indian Ocean connections, illuminated Islamic manuscripts from Penang / Annabel Teh Gallop -- A view from the hill, romantic imaginings and improvement in early Penang / Christina Skott -- New ways of knowing, the Prince of Wales Island gazzette, Penang's first newspaper / Geoff Wade -- Secret histories of the colonial city, Penang viewed through the 1867 riots / Anoma Pieris -- The press and pan-Islamism / Khoo Salma Nasution -- Cosmopolitanism and the modern girl, a cross-cultural discourse in 1930s Penang / Su Lin Lewis -- The changing perceptions of waqf and other religious endowments, social, cultural, and symbolic capital in Penang / Judith Nagata -- At the crossroads of history and development, an urban kampung as unseen heritage and a critique of development in Penang / Peter Zabielskis.…”

Discourse analysis as a tool for understanding gender identity, representation, and equality

Table of Contents: “…Intersections of gender, sex and power : control over women's bodies & sexuality amongst the bangladeshi diaspora in Britain / Lubna Ferdowsi, The University of Hull, United Kingdom -- Implications of citizenship discourse on female labour force participation : a case study of Bangladeshi women in the UK / Masreka Khan, Erciyes University, Turkey -- Migration affecting masculinities : the consequences of migration on the construction of masculinities of migrant Bangladeshi men living in the United Kingdom / Abu Saleh Mohammad Sowad, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh -- An analysis of Iranian women's activism to change the law / Fariba Parsa, George Mason University, USA -- The effect of colonialism on the Bangladeshi female immigrant in Britain / Dr. …”