Publications
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Die Anfänge der Gegenwart. Umbrüche in Westeuropa nach dem Boom
(2014)
Contemporary observers were already aware that the 1970s and 1980s were a time of accelerated change. There were simultaneous breakthroughs in many areas, which permanently transformed politics, society, and culture. People ...
Armut und Wahnsinn. Arme Irre und ihre Familien im Spannungsfeld von Psychiatrie und Armenfürsorge in Glasgow, 1875-1921
(2013)
In Großbritannien errichteten und finanzierten die Verwaltungen der Armenfürsorge seit dem mittleren 19. Jahrhundert große psychiatrische Institutionen. Die Geschichte der Patientinnen und Patienten dieser Anstalten ist ...
The Arts and Crafts of Literacy. Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Afric
(2017)
During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and ...