Women’s history month: Europeana online exhibitions
Europeana online exhibitions and blogs covering women’s history themes. The essays feature images of material items from Europe’s national libraries. They include national collections and biographies of individuals such as Josephine Baker, Charlotte Bronte, Miriam Makeba and Queen Elizabeth II.
Digital Florentine Codex upgrade
Digital Florentine Codex is a 16th-century manuscript that details, in both the Spanish and Nahuatl languages, the culture and history of the Mexica (Aztec) people, including the invasion of Mexico City by the Spaniards. It also covers local knowledge. This new upgrade has extensive translations and can now be searched in English via themes such as […]
Banned Books and Academic Freedom
Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research of articles from its academic journals highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional learning, higher education, and more.Categories in the collection include:
Connecting Africa
Connecting-Africa is supported by the Netherlands African Studies Association (NVAS). It provides free access to digital resources on Africa. Full-text of publications, images and sound from institutional repositories many based in African nations.
Southwest Asia and North African literature
Kotobli is a book discovery platform and database for authors, books, publishers and literary magazines from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. It aims to highlight works by writers from this region and to “challenge anti-colonial recommendation algorithms.” See more information on their work in this explanatory blog posting which highlights their specialist reading […]
Bibliothèque numérique caraibe amazonie plateau des guyanes
Manioc.org is a digital library of sources covering Amazonia and the Caribbean maintained by the University of the West Indies and the university of Guyana. It has books, prints, maps and documents of the history and culture of the region including slavery. Some items are offered in French only.
September is East and South East Asian Heritage Month
Getting ready for East and South East Asian Heritage Month https://www.eseaheritagemonth.co.uk/ South East Asia Digital Library Provides free access to primary and secondary materials created in and about Southeast Asia. Covers Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. South east Asia visions A collection of over 350 European travel accounts of […]
France: race, class and revolt
France: Race, Class, and Revolt A guide which aims to provide an introduction to key academic books, articles and films covering the complex histories and current issues of race and class in France. The guide was created by Sarah Sussman, Curator, French and Italian Collections, Stanford University Libraries. The links are to the local library […]
Diaspora Mapping Toolkit
Diaspora Mapping ToolkitCreated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), this toolkit sets out practical guidance on how to map diasporas in different settings. It includes advice on why mapping should occur, how to do it and what to do with the results. It also includes: indicators and questions for diaspora mapping, and modules on […]
AWA Magazine online archive
Free access to an online archive of the full run of one of the earliest independent African women’s magazines: AWA: la revue de la femme noire.1964-1973. It has amazing photos of fashion, guidance on health and careers. All materials are in French. This article discusses its importance.
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