Publications
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Methods in Contemporary Linguistics
(2012)
The present volume is a broad overview of methods and methodologies in linguistics, illustrated with examples from concrete research. It collects insights gained from a broad range of linguistic sub-disciplines, ranging ...
Manuscripts and Archives
(2018)
The series publishes monographs and collective volumes contributing to the emerging field of manuscript studies (manuscriptology), which includes disciplines such as philology, palaeography, codicology, art history, and ...
Konzepte des Jüdischen: Ausstellen, Aufklären, Erinnern
(2022)
Museums have an important task when it comes to the subject of Judaism. Prejudices, stereotypical thinking, and sheer ignorance are widespread. What is the best way to present Jewish diversity today? The author examines ...
Die Schweiz – ein städtebauliches Portrait
(2005)
The classic volume Switzerland. An Urban Portrait was published in three languages by Birkhäuser Verlag in 2005 and has lost none of its relevance to this day. The result of several years of research by ETH Studio Basel, ...
Herakleios, der schwitzende Kaiser
(2021)
Focusing on the rule of Heraclius (610–643), this study examines the development of the Byzantine monarchy at the threshold between antiquity and the Middle Ages. It shows how the reigning Emperor responded to the domestic ...
Johann Christoph Gottscheds Briefwechsel - Historisch-kritische Ausgabe
(2016)
On the occasion of the two-hundred-year anniversary of the founding of the university, the Gottsched couple traveled to Königsberg. Their journey is reflected in the letters from 1744 and 1745 along with the events of the ...
La Représentation du Discours Autre
(2020)
This book offers a general model of reported speech that relies on clear, well-argued theoretical choices in order to describe accurately the diversity of observed situations. The metalanguage/alterity articulation is ...
Genus – Sexus – Gender
(2022)
This volume brings together the latest empirical research on the connections between grammatical gender, natural gender, and the social category of gender. This trio operates on various levels: lexically and semantically, ...
Black Boxes – Versiegelungskontexte und Öffnungsversuche Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(2020)
We are surrounded by complex things that affect us but which remain concealed behind interfaces. Examples of such black boxes are diverse: smart watches, artificial intelligence, complex software, and gene-editing technology. ...
An Imaginary Trio
(2020)
This book focuses on places and instances where Solomon’s legendary biography intersects with those of Jesus Christ and of Aristotle. Solomon is the axis around which this trio revolves, the thread that binds it together. ...
Die Macht des Definierens
(2021)
How is it that a definition of a phenomenon like "burnout" can assert itself in spite of academic criticism? This book pursues this question by modelling the embeddedness of discursive practices of definition within academic ...
Fallbuch Asylrecht
(2023)
This case book examines the facts of asylum law most relevant to practice and their relationship to residence law in 57 case studies. A team of emerging scholars, practitioners, and members of Refugee Law Clinics (RLCs) ...
The Civilising Offensive
(2018)
Around 1850 Belgium was continental Europe`s most heavily industrialised state. From the mid-century until the Belle Époque many international social reform associations were based in Belgium. This book will stimulate the ...
Primary Sources and Asian Pasts
(2020)
This conference volume unites a wide range of scholars from diverse fields in an effort to explore new perspectives and methods in the study of primary sources from the premodern world. It represents the culmination of the ...
Superconductors at the Nanoscale
(2017)
By covering theory, design, and fabrication of nanostructured superconducting materials, this monograph is an invaluable resource for research and development. Examples are energy saving solutions, healthcare, and communication ...
Tied and Bound: A Comparative View on Manuscript Binding
(2023)
Every book form – from China to West Africa, from Europe to Mesopotamia – requires a way to secure cohesion of its constituent elements and keep them together. Whereas codex binding, as it still appears in modern printed ...
Chapter Modelação de dados poéticos: uma perspectiva desde os dados abertos e ligados/ The modelling of poetic data: A perspective from linked open data
(2018)
The contributions gathered in this volume show how digital technologies can be applied to Medieval Studies (Philology, Art, and History) in order to improve our understanding of medieval societies and cultures.
Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures
(2020)
Die Reihe Materiale Textkulturen ist das Publikationsorgan des gleichnamigen Heidelberger Sonderforschungsbereichs 933, der von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft gefördert wird. In der Reihe erscheinen Sammelbände und ...
The Formation of the Talmud
(2021)
This book examines the talmudic writings, politics, and ideology of Y.I. Halevy (1847-1914), one of the most influential representatives of the pre-war Eastern European Orthodox Jewish community. It analyzes Halevy’s ...
Wissenskulturen muslimischer Gesellschaften
(2023)
This festschrift in honor of historian of philosophy and Islamic studies scholar Anke von Kügelgen reflects her overarching research interest in the "knowledge cultures of Muslim societies." It presents contributions on ...