Assyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 B…[Read more]

Assyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 B…[Read more]

The formalization of sound changes as finite state transducers is implicit already in the Neogrammarians. For at least six decades scholars have recognized the potential of transducers for improving the speed and rigor of research in historical linguists, but almost no historical linguists actually use them. This article identifies the obstacles…[Read more]

हिंदी कथाकार राजकुमार राकेश और प्रमोद रंजन की यह लंबी बातचीत शिमला में जनवरी, 2003 में हुई थी, जिसे पटना से जाबिर हुसेन के संपादन में प्रकाशित पत्रिका दोआबा ने जून, 2007 अंक में प्रकाशित किया था। उसी वर्ष इसे इसे पटना के मंडल विचार प्रकाशन ने एक पुस्तिका के रूप में भी प्रकाशित किया था। इस बातचीत में जादूई यथार्थवाद, मार्क्सवाद, दलित व…[Read more]