Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Cohen Yanarocak, Hay Eytan, The Evolution of the Turkish School Textbooks from Atatuerk to Erdogan. 272 pp. 2022:10 (Lexington Books, US) <695-1820>
ISBN 978-1-66691-696-6 hard ¥26,030.- (税込) US$ 116.00 *

This book narrates and analyzes a century of the Turkish education system and textbook indoctrination starting from the foundation of the republic until today. This book divides the history of Turkish education into five periods: Single party government (1923-1950), Menderes' Democrat Party government (1950-1960), the 1960 coup generals and their successors' governments (1960-1980), the Turkish-Islam Synthesis oriented Atatuerkist governments (1980-2002) and finally the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government (2002-....). By using the content analysis method the book exposes Kemalism's metamorphosis into "Turkish-Islam Synthesis" influenced Atatuerkism and for the first time analyzes this post-1980 official ideology's indoctrination through history, religious studies, civics, and national security knowledge textbooks. This book goes beyond the Atatuerkist period and examines the gradual but drastic Islamization of the whole curriculum and school textbooks at the expense of Atatuerkism under the AKP. In this framework, this book highlights the recent penetration of controversial concepts such as Neo-Ottomanism, Jihad, and Pan-Turkism into the current Turkish school textbooks. Certainly, the ramifications of the current textbooks will influence the lives of millions of people. Therefore, in order to understand the current political environment in Turkey, this book will function as a manual.

Hailu, Alem / Camara, Mohamed S. / Abidde, S. O. (eds.), Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a Globalizing World: The Past, Present, and Future. 232 pp. 2022:11 (Lexington Books, US) <695-1696>
ISBN 978-1-66690-274-7 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established to provide the opportunity for higher education to people of African descent in the era of segregation. The visions, values, and heritages these schools embodied enabled them to chart new frontiers of learning, scholarship, and public engagement for and beyond the United States. Historical Black Colleges and Universities in a Globalizing World: The Past, the Present, and the Future, edited by Alem Hailu, Mohamed S. Camara, and Sabella O. Abidde examines the history and contribution of these institutions in the broader national and global sociopolitical context of the changes taking place in the nation and the world. Collectively, the contributors offer reflections and visions by both looking back and forward to find viable answers to the challenges and opportunities HBCUs face in the new century and beyond. They argue that as the world convulses by the new global dynamics of emerging pandemics, economic dislocations, and resource constraints, HBCUs are uniquely positioned to meet these challenges.