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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 Landmark 1989 -- Heinrich Best, Agnieszka Wenninger (Eds.) Civilian Power -- Hannah Boie Making Bodies, Persons and Families -- Willemijn de Jong, Olga Tkach (Eds.) Ritual Revitalisation after Socialism -- László Fosztó The Military and Law Enforcement in Peace Operations -- Cornelius Friesendorf The Impact of Male Migration on Rural Women in Morocco -- Eva Fuchs Constructing the Kwanja of Adamawa (Cameroon) -- Quentin Gausset Inventer et mobiliser le local. Inventing and Mobilising the Local -- Sten Hagberg (Ed.) Retelling the Nicaraguan Revolution as a Dionysian Ritual -- Martina Handler Reframing Demographic Change in Europe -- Heike Kahlert, Waltraud Ernst (Eds.) Ethnic Profiling and Counter-Terrorism -- Mareile Kaufmann Women as Agents of Democratisation -- Faith Kihiu Bhakti - the yoga of love -- Samrat Schmiem Kumar In the Image of God -- Alberto Melloni, Riccardo Saccenti (Eds.) Freedom Through Subjugation -- Thomas Mooren On religious liberty in a democratic society: Aspects of law, religion and philosophy in constitutional theory and reality. Über Religionsfreiheit in demokratischen Gesellschaften: Rechtliche, religiöse und philosophische Aspekte in der Verfassu -- Ethnicity, Belonging and Biography -- Gabriele Rosenthal, Artur Bogner (Eds.) Evolution and Sexuality -- Gunter Runkel European Societies in Transition -- Dan Sandu (Ed.) Kommunikative Theologie: Zugänge - Auseinandersetzungen - Ausdifferenzierungen -- Matthias Scharer, Bradford E. Hinze, Bernd Jochen Hilberath (Hg./Eds.) The Impossibility of Self -- Nicholas Tapp more...	Recommendation Herbert Igboanusi A Dictionary of Nigerian English Usage A Dictionary of Nigerian English Usage illustrates the variety of English used in Nigeria thereby allowing Nigerians and foreigners alike to recognise and learn Nigerian English and gain more in-dept understanding of the state of the variety. The entries have been selected on the basis of frequency of usage in written texts and speech and for their cultural and historical importance. more...	News / Events 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