Publications
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The Panama Canal
(2010)
The relationship between straits and interoceanic canals has always been ambiguous. Unlike straits, interoceanic canals are neither natural nor subject to a universal legal regime like the Law of the Sea. However, straits ...
Islam at 250
(2020)
This volume, which pays tribute to the work of G.H.A. Juynboll, is a collection of original articles on the state of Islamic sciences and Arabic culture in the early phases of their crystallization.; Readership: Specialists ...
The Assassination of Symon Petliura and the Trial of Scholem Schwarzbard 1926–1927
(2016)
Im Mai 1926 erschoss in Paris ein jüdischer Emigrant aus der Ukraine, der Uhrmacher Scholem Schwarzbard, den ehemaligen Präsidenten der Ukrainischen Nationalrepublik, Symon Petljura. Siebzehn Monate später wurde Schwarzbard ...
Europe from Below
(2021)
In this book, Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Katja Mäkinen, Viktorija L. A. Čeginskas, and Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus scrutinize how people who participate in cultural initiatives funded and governed by the European Union understand the ...
States at Work
(2020)
States at Work explores the mundane practices of state-making in Africa by focussing on the daily functioning of public services and the practices of civil servants. Adopting mainly an ethnographic approach as a basis for ...
Literature along the Lines of Flight
(2014)
This book presents new readings of D.H. Lawrence’s later novels from the perspective of established critical theory and contemporary thought: a specific critical theory or critical perspective is selected and applied to ...
Rural Granaries in Northern Gaul (Sixth Century BCE – Fourth Century CE)
(2019)
Rural granaries in northern Gaul (sixth century BCE – fourth century CE) offers a comprehensive account of rural grain storage and its role in the economy of a key region of the Roman Empire. Readership: All interested in ...
Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World
(2014-11-28)
Historians have long lamented the lack of contemporary documentary sources for the Islamic middle ages and the inhibiting effect this has had on our understanding of this critically important period. Although the field is ...
Landeskunde im Kontext
(2020)
Landes- und kulturkundliche Inhalte sowie interkulturelle bzw. kulturreflexive Aspekte sind fester Bestandteil des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Doch wie sieht das in der Praxis und in Lehrmaterialien aus? Dieser Band bietet ...
Luther und die Reformation in internationalen Geschichtskulturen
(2017)
What do texbook write to the topic reformation? How do they interprete the legacy of Martin Luther? How do they depict the role of the catholic church? This book proviedes answers to these questions in the ligth of discourses ...