Publications
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The Universe, Life and Everything...Dialogues on our Changing Understanding of Reality
(2017)
The way we understand the world we live in is changing. Our traditional understanding is being challenged by developments in physics, including quantum mechanics, and our inability to explain certain complex phenomena such ...
Anatomy Live
(2008)
Gross anatomy, the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by unassisted vision, has long been a subject of fascination for artists. For most modern viewers, however, the anatomy lesson hardly seems the proper ...
The Popular Policeman and Other Cases
(2005)
In this compelling title, two distinguished scholars share their experiences as expert witnesses in cases ranging from eyewitness testimony, person identification and recovered memories, to false confessions, collaborative ...
The Rhythm of Strategy
(2007)
This book provides a well-documented analysis of the strategy of the Salim Group, one of the largest family conglomerates in Southeast Asia. Using a multitude of sources, including interviews with the Salim family and Salim ...
Geschiedenis van het Nederlands inhoudelijk mediabeleid - 8
(2005)
Media Studies
Global Indian Diasporas
(2007)
This book discusses the relation of South Asian migrants to their homeland, the reproduction of Indian culture abroad and the role of the Indian state in reconnecting migrants of India, focusing on the limits of the diaspora ...
Chapter 11 Tussen hoop en vrees
(2016)
Bij zekerheid wordt meestal gedacht aan gevaren die van buitenaf komen. Om zich tegen dergelijke risico’s te verdedigen ontwikkelt elke samenleving
betrouwbare voorzieningen. Denk aan het vormen van een dijkenstelsel,
een ...
De geesteswetenschappelijke carrousel
(2006)
Philosophy; Political science; Culture and institutions; Anthropology
Fabricating the Absolute Fake - Revised Edition
(2013)
When rock star Bono told Oprah Winfrey that America is an ideal that is supposed to be contagious, the talk show host was moved to tears. Such an imagined America, rather than the nation-state USA, is the topic of Fabricating ...
The Red Years of Cahiers du cinéma (1968-1973): Volume I, Ideology and Politics
(2021)
The uprising which shook France in May 1968 also had a revolutionary effect on the country's most prominent film journal. Under editors Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni, Cahiers du cinéma embarked on a militant turn ...
Het professionele tijdschrift in de transitie van de Nederlandse maatschappij, 1850-2020
(2022)
De Nederlandse samenleving heeft in de afgelopen anderhalve eeuw een diepgaande transitie doorgemaakt. In alle maatschappelijke sectoren zijn de resultaten van de snelle ontwikkeling van wetenschap en techniek doorgedrongen. ...
City of Darkness, City of Light
(2003)
This title is the first ever book-length study of the cinematic representation of Paris in the films of German emigré filmmakers, who found there a first refuge from Hitler. In coming to Paris - the privileged site in terms ...
Syntax of Hungarian
(2022)
Syntax of Hungarian aims to present a synthesis of the currently available syntactic knowledge of the Hungarian language, rooted in theory but providing highly detailed descriptions, and intended to be of use to researchers, ...
Designs on Pots
(2023)
The prehistoric site of Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand challenges the narrative of Thai origins, while at the same time appealing to the public’s vision of Thailand as an early centre of civilization. Ban Chiang demonstrates ...
New Publication Cultures in the Humanities: Exploring the Paradigm Shift
(2014)
The changes we have seen in recent years in the scholarly publishing world - including the growth of digital publishing and changes to the role and strategies of publishers and libraries alike - represent the most dramatic ...
De sociale betekenis van de buurt
(2008)
In The Social Significance of the Neighbourhood the negative image of the social quality of poor urban districts is critically examined based on research in two districts of The Hague. This investigation focuses on the ...
De Veluwe gereformeerd
(2022)
church history; social and cultural history
The Youth of Early Modern Women
(2018-11-01)
Through fifteen varied case studies that draw on a rich array of primary sources, this collection of essays makes the novel claim that early modern European women, like men, had a youth.
European culture recognized that, ...
Urban Life and Intellectual Crisis in Middle-Period China, 800-1100
(2022)
In the eleventh century, the cities of the Song Empire (960-1279) emerged into writing. Literati in prior centuries had looked away from crowded streets, but literati in the eleventh century found beauty in towering buildings ...
Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art
(2013)
Whether it involves remaking an old Hollywood movie, projecting a quiet 16mm film, or constructing a bombastic multi-screen environment, cinema now takes place not just in the movie theatre and the home, but also in the ...