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LIT - Academic Publishing LIT Verlag has established itself as one of Germanys leading academic publishers. LIT publishing program presents a fast growing English language list. It offers original research, stimulating and innovative contributions to major academic disciplines. All titles are distributed in North America through well established American academic publishers. We kindly invite scholars to join our successful English language programme. contact: london@lit-verlag.de Catalogues Academic Books Seasonal catalogues: Anthropology African Studies Asian Studies East European Studies History Religion Geography Literay and Languages Education Philosophy Political Sciences Sociology Economics Law Anthropology	New Publications Apprenticeship in a Globalised World -- Salim Akoojee, Philipp Gonon, Ursel Hauschildt, Christine Hofmann (Eds.) Germany and Its West African Colonies -- Wazi Apoh, Bea Lundt (Eds.) Power and Influence in South-Eastern Europe -- Maria Baramova, Plamen Mitev, Ivan Parvev, Vania Racheva (Eds.) The Policies of Land Reform in South Africa -- David Betge Interwar architecture with reinforced concrete structure exposed to multihazard in European context -- Maria Bostenaru Dan Translating Knowledge in the Early Modern Low Countries -- Harold J. Cook, Sven Dupré (Eds.) Extended Notation -- Christian Dimpker Peace through Peace Media? -- Julia Egleder China's South-South Relations -- Bettina Gransow (Ed.) Marginalised Music -- Lidia Guzy Taking Steps -- Günter Hefler 29 / 2012 -- Burkhard Fehr, Christoph Höcker, Inge Nielsen, Martina Seifert, Lambert Schneider (Eds./Hg.) All Eyes on Shah Rukh! -- Hanna Klien Modeling social phenomena in spatial context -- Andreas Koch, Peter Mandl (Eds.) Trapped in Folklore? -- Drago Kunej, Ursa Sivic (Eds.) Language of Instruction and Cognitive Development -- Anja Langer Twisting Identity and Belonging beyond Dichotomies -- Noor Jdid Mahmoud Democracy in Crisis -- Bert Preiss, Claudia Brunner (Eds.) Seeking Sense in the City -- Bert Roebben Berimba's Resistance -- Ivo Strecker Pastoral Vulnerability to Socio-political and Climate Stresses -- Asghar Tahmasebi Reviewing Reality -- Walter E.A. van Beek, Philip M. Peek (Eds.) Borderlands and Frontiers in Africa -- Steven Van Wolputte (Ed.) Muslims Ritualising Death in the Netherlands -- Claudia Venhorst The Word in the Word -- Aprilia Zank more...	Recommendation Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn, Klaus Demmer (Eds.) Close to Our Hearts Personal Reflections on Marriage Does taking a lifelong vow still make sense today? The twenty-four contributors to this book, all internationally recognized specialists in marriage, show from a variety of perspectives that it remains profoundly meaningful to understand marriage as a shared path that leads to maturity. more...	News / Events Book Launch: Close to our Hearts - London, May 22nd Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn and Klaus Demmer are launching the English edition of CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON MARRIAGE in the presence of various contributors on Wednesday, May 22nd 6pm Archbishop Amigo Hall St. Georges Cathedral Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7HY. Further details:info@intams.org www.intams.org A. Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn / K. Demmer (eds.): Close to Our Hearts: Personal Reflections on Marriage Does taking a lifelong vow still make sense today? The twenty-four contributors to this book, all internationally recognized specialists in marriage, show from a variety of perspectives that it remains profoundly meaningful to understand marriage as a shared path that leads to maturity. Not only do the authors present fundamen-tal theological and philosophical ideas from the past two thousand five hundred years, but they also speak about their own personal experiences. Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn is the founder and director of the International Academy for Marital Spirituality in Brussels. Klaus Demmer is a member of the Order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Professor Emeritus for Moral Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. The book is a publication of the International Academy for Marital Spirituality (Brüssel) LIT Verlag presents at that occasion the selected list LIT AKTUELL Theology and Society Rethinking Africa's transcontinental continuities in pre- and protohistory International conference at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, 12-13 April 2012. Over the last decades, studies of modern Africa have driven home the fact that one cannot understand current African conditions unless from a transcontinental, global perspective - whether it comes to capital and demographic flows, development, formal education, statal political organization or the dynamics of world religions. This makes it all the more pressing to investigate the transcontinental continuities involving Sub-Saharan Africa in pre- and protohistoric times. To what extent is it true (as is widely assumed) that the roots of contemporary African predicaments, and their possible solutions, lie primarily in the recent conditions and developments of the 19th-21st centuries? Or, alternatively, to what extent can we discern transcontinental relations and dynamics of a much longer time span, shaping and reshaping African cultures, polities, economies and religions in close relation with the other continents? And, lest we make the mistake of attributing self-evidence and global applicability to the dominant (but rapidly declining), potentially hegemonic North Atlantic perspective: what instruments do we need to develop in the theoretical, methodological and epistemological fields in order to avoid the blinkers of regional self-interest and ethnocentricity, and to move effectively - with an ever-increasing and ever more vocal African participation - towards valid, reliable and relevant global knowledge about Africa? Black Athena Comes of Age International Studies Association Convention New Orleans La, USA, February 17-20, 2010 More than 5000 attendees are expected at ISA's 51st annual convention. Mayor LIT title will be on display at the conference. Security Sector Reform in Challenging Environments Engaging antrohopology in development and social change: practices, discourses and ethics Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 20-23 January 2010 Euro-African Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development (APAD) En francais Major challenges of engaging anthropology are to reconnect theory and practical application, and to create a platform for dialogue between a theoretically oriented, empirically grounded anthropology, and an anthropology directly applied to development and social change. Inventer et mobiliser le local Inventing and Mobilising the Local American Anthropological Association December 2-6, 2009 Philadelphia, PA LIT presented its Anthropology list at the AAA. Anthropology African Studies Association November 19-22, 2009 New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA LIT presented new title at the ASA meeting in New Orleans. African Studies The XVII International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Monday 2nd November 2009 in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Studies Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) LIT presented new titles on security studies and political science at Europe's largest conference for political science in Potsdam 09.09.2009 Security Sector Reform in Challenging Environments