The Global Institute for Silk Roads Studies at UNNC has supported the publication of a new edited volume titled Reimagining the Silk Roads: Interactions and Perceptions across Eurasia (Routledge: 2024). This is a groundbreaking book where archaeologists, historians, geographers, economists, and IR scholars challenge and redefine silk roads studies.
The three co-editors - Julian Henderson, Stephen Morgan, and Matteo Salonia - propose a broader definition of the silk roads:
- reconciling the study of land and sea routes;
- stressing the agency of a variety of historical actors including slaves, missionaries, and central Asian peoples;
- and encouraging reflections on Eurasian encounters and exchanges across a longer chronology.
The volume has received funding for Open Access, so it can be downloaded from the Routledge website.