Publications
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Mehrsprachigkeit in der deutschsprachigen Presse des östlichen Europas / Multilingualism in the German-Language Press in Eastern Europe
(2023)
From various disciplinary perspectives, this issue examines the significance and forms of multilingualism in the German-language press of Eastern Europe from the Vormärz to the eve of World War II. Linguistic practices in ...
Von der Szene in die Forschung
(2023)
When fans become researchers, crossing boundaries is part of it. Citizen science makes it possible to change sides and perspectives, which can lead to productive exchanges of knowledge and experience in scholarship and ...
Ort und Zeit
(2020)
Like any story, the story of film doesn’t just unfold in time it is also linked to the locations in which it is inscribed. The filmic poetics that governed this process at different points in the history of cinema are the ...
Thinking Narratively
(2022)
What is the connection between philosophical enquiries and storytelling in contemporary narrative? Is it possible to outline some features of a so-called philosophical fiction in Western literature throughout the last two ...
Decor-Räume in pompejanischen Stadthäusern
(2020)
The book examines the decorative principles taking effect in the houses of Pompeii between the end of the 2nd century BCE and the early Imperial period. For the first time, individual decor phenomena are not only considered ...
Ästhetik des Depressiven
(2023)
Medical, sociological, and journalistic discourse currently views depression as the dominant psychological disease in modern societies. This volume examines narrative texts of the early twentieth century and contemporary ...
Minor Universality / Universalité mineure
(2023)
In times of relativism – marked by the critique of Western universalism on the one hand, and resurgent identitarian and neo-nationalistic claims to identity on the other, this volume tracks the development and relevance ...
Angewandte Linguistik für Sprachberufe
(2022)
This volume introduces applied linguistics for language-based professions. Learning and practicing with both book and an online offering promotes academically rigorous thinking and action in everyday professional life, ...
Animal Kingdom of Heaven
(2019)
The essays collected in this volume apply an interdisciplinary approach to explore aspects of the relationship between animal and human in late antiquity. With a focus on ways that anthropozoological connections were defined ...
The Poetry and Prose of Wang Wei
(2020)
Wang Wei has traditionally been considered one of the greatest of Tang dynasty poets, together with Li Bo and Du Fu. This is the first complete translation into English of all of his poems, and also the first substantial ...
Current Trends in Slavery Studies in Brazil
(2023)
Slavery Studies are one of the most consolidated fields in Brazilian historiography with various discussions on issues like slave agency, slavery and law, slavery and capitalism, slave families, demography of slavery, ...
Dokufiktionalität in Literatur und Medien
(2021)
Hybrid narratives between fact and fiction are all the rage these days. Frequently, they are characterized as “docu-fiction,” though it is unclear which staged references to self and others are actually covered by the ...
Situating Scandinavian Poetry in the Computational Network Environment
(2023)
This book investigates how Scandinavian poetry works in the context of digital media from a historical and theoretical perspective. How do digital media intervene in poetic form? How do they remediate older forms of poetry? ...
Iridescent Kuwait
(2021)
Petro-modernity is a local phenomenon essential to the history of Kuwait, while also a global experience and one of the prime sources of climate change. The book investigates petroleum’s role in the visual culture of Kuwait ...
Socio-Political Risk Management
(2023)
This volume explores the understanding, analysis and applications of mitigating social and political risks and the devastating consequences of mishandling of incidences. Contributors use evidence based practices, theories ...
Voces de mujeres en la Edad Media
(2018)
The contributions gathered in this volume take a fresh look at the medieval history of women. From powerful nobility as a cultural actor, to prominent and lesser-known female writers, including female protagonists of lyric ...
Contesting Religion
(2018)
As Scandinavian societies experience increased ethno-religious diversity, their Christian-Lutheran heritage and strong traditions of welfare and solidarity are being challenged and contested. This book explores conflicts ...
Proclus and his Legacy
(2017)
Proclus and his Legacy bridges a gap in scholarship, specifically the last great head of the Platonic Academy, Proclus, and his influence in the history of philosophy and theology. These essays offer not only a companion ...
Materiality in Roman Art and Architecture
(2021)
Material is the substance of the world of things. Literary sources suggest that materiality was part of aesthetic perception, loaded with meaning and bound to function even in antiquity. To date, this complex reading of ...
Multimodale Interaktionsanalyse
(2023)
How do Brazilians in Germany experience the integration process? This volume investigates this question using a method that analyzes conversations multimodally – i.e., by incorporating gestures – and sets them in relation ...