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Forty years into Botswana’s AIDS epidemic, an unexpected uptick in weddings appears to be afoot. Koreen M. Reece's "“The wife is the mother of the husband”: #Marriage, Crisis, and (Re)Generation in Botswana’s Pandemic Times," on FirstView, examines why. doi.org/10.1017/S00104…

On FirstView: David Frankfurter's "Ritual and the Enemy Body: A New Approach to Modern #Atrocity." "Ritualization is not typical to modern atrocities but allows perpetrators to experience meaningfulness in the violent acts they assemble, often in crisis." doi.org/10.1017/S00104…

We are excited to highlight new books by CSSH authors Matei Candea, Paolo Heywood, Kevin Donovan, and Said Amir Arjomand! sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/04/0…

Our latest Under the Rubric brings together Mary Neuburger, Adam Hanzel, and Omri Elisha, authors of two essays that explore alternative ways of predicting the future: clairvoyance and astrology. Enjoy! sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/04/1…

New from CSSH: Dennie Oude Nijhuis's "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Why #Labor (Partially) Relinquished Its Institutional Resources in Belgium and the Netherlands" investigates the discontinuation of “pure” Ghent systems systems in two paradigmatic cases. doi.org/10.1017/S00104…

Big news: We are delighted to announce that, from January 2026, Comparative Studies in Society & History will become a fully open access journal! All articles accepted for publication in the journal from 24 March 2025 will be published #OpenAccess with a Creative Commons licence.

Discover this 2025 article on conflicting notions of political home in Western Indian Ocean via @cambridgeup and CSSH. doi.org/10.1017/S00104…

"The history of corruption/anti-corruption has been a popular struggle over what politics should look like." New on FirstView, "A Thousand Years of #Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the #Philippines since 1946" by Marco Garrido. doi.org/10.1017/S00104…

CSSH is this week's #FirstViewFriday with '“The wife is the mother of the husband”: Marriage, Crisis, and (Re)Generation in Botswana’s Pandemic Times' Check out this article and other FirstView content 👉 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

CSSH celebrates new books by its authors Julia Elyachar and Courtney Handman! sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/05/0…

Out now:Marc A. Hertzman's "The Pacific Route:#Brazil, Japan, the Paris Peace Conference, & the Meanings of Racial Equality," on the Brazilian aftermath of Japan’s unsuccessful bid to include racial equality as a principle in the League of Nations charter. doi.org/10.1017/S00104…

Proud to see Ping-hsiu Lin's article out now in CSSH! Open access too! doi.org/10.1017/S00104… cc Harvard University Asia Center Harvard Anthropology Weatherhead Center for International Affairs