John Carswell

Biographic Data

ID269806
NAMEJohn Carswell
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMECarswell
SIGNATURECARSWELL J
AFFILIATIONSSotheby's Institute of Art
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1961
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Gospel plausibility and Community Organising: A missionary endeavour

    Open AccessJohn CarswellARTICLETheology in Scotland2024

    How does Christianity make sense to those on the margins of the church and to those within? How can those of us who proclaim the Gospel week by week explicate it in such a way that it is not only comprehensible, but plausible to the inquirer? This article introduces Community Organising (CO) as but one way forward for a church that is now suffering an existential crisis in a culture that has become largely indifferent to its claims. It will argue…

  • Arab Seafaring: In the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times - Expanded Edition

    George F Hourani, John CarswellBOOKArab Seafaring2020

  • Malagasy culture-history: Some linguistic evidence 0 •••••••• 0

    John CarswellCHAPTERIndian Ocean in Antiquity2013

    In 1951 the Norwegian linguist G.C. Dahl published a Ph.D. thesis in which he demonstrated that Malagasy is genetically closely related to Maanyan, a language from the Barito river area in South Kalimantan (Kalimantan is the Indonesian part ofBorneo). The qualitative evidence for such a close genetic link is much stronger than that for previous theories which, mainly on arguments of lingUistic typology or of the physical appearance of their speak…

  • More About The Mongols: Chinese Porcelain From Asia To Europe

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs2005

    When I found a broken Chinese blue and white dish in the Singer Sewing Machine shop in Damascus in the 1960s, I had little idea what the consequences would be. (Plates A, B) The question as to why

  • Rhyton? Write On

    John Carswell, J HendersonARTICLEMuqarnas Online2004

  • Mantai

    John CarswellCHAPTER2003

  • Westward from Mongolia: New research in the Taklamakan

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs2001

  • A month in Mongolia: Kharakhoto Revisited

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs1998

    Cet article se propose d'etudier le role des Mongols dans l'apparition de la porcelaine bleue-et-blanche chinoise au XIIe siecle de notre ere. L'A retrace alors le parcours qu'il a effectue de Karakhoto, ou de la porcelaine datant de l'epoque Yuan a ete retrouvee, a Hohhot, en Mongolie interieure, en suivant la Route de la Soie

  • The mysteries of ancient China

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs1997

    A l'occasion de l'exposition intitulee Les mysteres de la Chine antique du British Museum, l'A evoque l'ouverture de ce pays au monde occidental avant de s'interesser au materiel recemment decouvert et qui nous renseigne sur l'art des dynasties Shang, Zhou, Qin et Han de la Chine imperiale. L'A relate egalement l'histoire de ces dynasties

  • From Chicago to Samarkand

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs1995

    Plusieurs fragments de 4 exemplaires similaires de celadon de la 1ere moitie du 14e siecle apr. J.-C., decouverts a Mantai (Sri Lanka), Alep (Syrie), a Dayaoshan (Chine), et au palais de Topkapi (Istanbul), ont ete confrontes par l'auteur. D'autres recherches lui ont permis de decouvrir une vaste etendue de diffusion de ce celadon et de la porcelaine blanche et bleue chinoise. Il s'interesse donc ici au chemin emprunte pour l'importation de la po…

  • The queen, the sultan and the organ

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs1994

    Les aspects de la diplomatie et du commerce entre l'Angleterre et l'Orient du 16eme siecle sont le pretexte pour l'auteur de raconter l'histoire d'un orgue mecanique offert au sultan de Turquie, Mehmet III, par Elisabeth Ier, reine d'Angleterre et d'Irlande

  • The Feast Of the Gods” The porcelain trade between China, Istanbul and Venice

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs1993Cited by: 1

    1993). “The Feast Of the Gods” The porcelain trade between China, Istanbul and Venice. Asian Affairs: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 180-185

  • Algernon Sidney's 'Court Maxims: The Biographical Importance of a Transcript

    Open AccessJohn Carswell, J P CarswellARTICLEHistorical Research1989

    Journal Article Algernon Sidney's ‘Court Maxims’: the Biographical Importance of a Transcript Get access J. P. Carswell J. P. Carswell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 62, Issue 147, February 1989, Pages 98–103, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1989.tb01083.x Published: 12 October 2007

  • China and the West: Recent archaeological research in South Asia

    John CarswellARTICLEAsian Affairs1989Cited by: 1

  • Ṣīn in Syria

    John CarswellARTICLEIran1979

  • Short Notices

    John CarswellARTICLEThe English Historical Review1975

    SHORT NOTICES Get access JOHN CARSWELL JOHN CARSWELL London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XC, Issue CCCLV, April 1975, Pages 446–447, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XC.CCCLV.446 Published: 01 April 1975

  • From Revolution to Revolution: England, 1688-1776

    Peter G Earle, Peter Earle et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1974

  • Short Notices

    John CarswellARTICLEThe English Historical Review1969

    Journal Article SHORT NOTICES Get access JOHN CARSWELL JOHN CARSWELL London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXX, January 1969, Page 188, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXX.188 Published: 01 January 1969

  • The Political Journal of George Bubb Dodington

    James N Mccord, John Carswell et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1967

  • A Professional Tattooer in Beirut

    John CarswellARTICLEMan1965

  • The South Sea Bubble

    P G M Dickson, John CarswellARTICLEThe Economic History Review1963

  • The Great Swindle: The Story of the South Sea Bubble

    W T Laprade, Virginia Cowles et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1962

  • The South Sea Bubble

    Ralph H Turner, John CarswellARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1961