Publications
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Israel and the Question of Reparations from Germany
(2023)
Based on an extensive range of primary sources - whether they be archival, journalistic or documentary - some of which are exposed here for the first time, the present volume reviews the efforts made by the State of Israel ...
Beyond Priesthood
(2017)
(History of Religion: Essays and Preliminary Studies) brings together the mutually constitutive aspects of the study of religion(s)—contextualized data, theory, and disciplinary positioning—and engages them from a critical ...
Chapter Some new results on gaps between consecutive primes
(2013)
The paper presents a brief history of results about small gaps between con¬secutive primes and mentions some recent results of the author, in some cases only with a sketch of the main ideas, in some cases with detailed proofs
Chapter Hesperia, a Database for Palaeohispanic Languages; and AELAW, a Database for the Ancient European Languages and Writings. Challenges, Solutions, Prospects
(2019)
This miscellaneous volume collects contributions on nineteen projects dealing with Digital Epigraphy – they are diversified in geographic and chronological context, for script and language, and for typology of digital ...
China and the West
(2022)
For the first time, an edited volume presents a major survey dedicated to Chinese reverse glass painting, tracing its history, its local and global diffusion, and its artistic and technical characteristics. Manufactured ...
China and the West
(2022)
For the first time, an edited volume presents a major survey dedicated to Chinese reverse glass painting, tracing its history, its local and global diffusion, and its artistic and technical characteristics. Manufactured ...
Canones: The Art of Harmony The Canon Tables of the Four Gospels
(2020)
Since early times Christians devised solutions for harmonizing and navigating the Four Gospels, coping with four only partly matching narratives of the Life of Christ. The most sophisticated device were the ‘Canon Tables’ ...
The Heirs of the Roman West
(2009)
In this collection leading international authorities analyse the structures and economic functions of non-agrarian centres between ca. 500 and 1000 A.D. – their trade, their surrounding settlements, and the agricultural ...
Ganz Rhetor, ganz Philosoph – Themistios als Lobredner auf Valens
(2024)
Themistios, ein anerkannter Philosoph seiner Zeit, gilt als einer der erfolgreichsten Lobredner des 4. nachchristlichen Jahrhunderts. Lange Zeit wurde ihm vor allem die Rolle eines Regierungssprechers zugeschrieben und ...
Narratologie und Epistemologie
(2019)
A narrative is more than story it is a window into the world it narrates. Sebastian Meixner’s book explores the juncture between narrative and world in his study of Goethe’s early works. In three different constellations ...
Kant's Philosophy of the Unconscious
(2012-04-16)
In the 20th century, the role of the unconscious in Kant`s philosophy has been in great part neglected by Kant scholars. Nevertheless, the unconscious, the other of consciousness, is a key problem of the critical philosophy. ...
Writing the Digital History of Nazi Germany
(2022)
This book will consider how the outcomes of “doing history digitally” include different kind of sources and data, as well as new ways of researching historical questions, and innovative forms of presenting history. All ...
Preziosen der Glasmalkunst
(2024)
The Dubs-Huwyler collection comprising around 100 pieces is one of the most extensive as well as important private collections of stained glass in Switzerland. The focus is on early modern glass from central Switzerland, ...
Jüdische Jugend im Übergang – Jewish Youth in Transit
(2024)
In this volume, international researchers examine transformative processes of Jewish youth movements in Europe and Palestine between 1918 and 1945. They focus on the thoroughly controversial responses of youth to questions ...
Preziosen der Glasmalkunst
(2024)
The Dubs-Huwyler collection comprising around 100 pieces is one of the most extensive as well as important private collections of stained glass in Switzerland. The focus is on early modern glass from central Switzerland, ...
Jüdische Jugend im Übergang – Jewish Youth in Transit
(2024)
In this volume, international researchers examine transformative processes of Jewish youth movements in Europe and Palestine between 1918 and 1945. They focus on the thoroughly controversial responses of youth to questions ...
Canones: The Art of Harmony The Canon Tables of the Four Gospels
(2020)
Since early times Christians devised solutions for harmonizing and navigating the Four Gospels, coping with four only partly matching narratives of the Life of Christ. The most sophisticated device were the ‘Canon Tables’ ...
Men in the Middle. Local Priests in Early Medieval Europe
(2016)
This volume studies local priests as central players in small communities of early medieval Europe. On the one hand, manuscript evidence shows their knowledge, expertise and potential to teach, whereas charter collections ...
Beyond Priesthood
(2017)
(History of Religion: Essays and Preliminary Studies) brings together the mutually constitutive aspects of the study of religion(s)—contextualized data, theory, and disciplinary positioning—and engages them from a critical ...
Schauplatz Archiv Objekt – Narrativ – Performanz
(2019)
While archives have traditionally attracted little publicity, this situation is in flux: things that were hidden away – from precious objects to curiosities – are now being made available not only to scholars but to a ...
Transregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire
(2020)
To integrate the regions of the early Islamic Empire from Central Asia to North Africa, transregional and regional elites of various backgrounds were essential. The papers analyze elite groups, their structures and networks, ...
Grammatiktheorie und Empirie in der germanistischen Linguistik
(2018)
The volume takes stock of grammatical theory and empiricism in Germanic linguistics, presenting critical discussions of issues related to paradigms, methods, and objectives. The essays cover themes such as descriptive ...
Capricci luterani?
(2023)
Does Michelangelo’s art reflect Catholic orthodoxy or is it the work of a follower of the Reformation, forced to act in secret? The question of Michelangelo’s religious beliefs is still debated, and the positions taken ...
From Memory to Marble
(2020)
The book is a rare case study of the dynamics, processes and shifts around the creation and reading of one of the world’s major monuments, through all the processes of its design and making. The frieze which represents the ...
From Memory to Marble
(2020)
The book is a rare case study of the dynamics, processes and shifts around the creation and reading of one of the world’s major monuments, through all the processes of its design and making. The frieze which represents the ...
Ambraser Heldenbuch
(2021)
The “Ambras Book of Heroes,” commissioned by Maximilian I, is one of the most important sources of medieval German literature. In this eleven-volume complete edition, all 25 texts from the codex appear in print for the ...
The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE
(2012)
This volume highlights the heretofore largely neglected Battle of Vouillè in 507 CE, when the Frankish King Clovis defeated Alaric II, the King of the Visigoths. Clovis` victory proved a crucial step in the expulsion of ...
Antike Mythologie in christlichen Kontexten der Spätantike
(2015)
It is well known that classical mythology outlasted the Christianization of the Roman Empire. This volume undertakes a new investigation of the complex conditions under which it continued to exist and thrive in Late ...
Ordinary Oralities
(2023)
Histories of voice are often written as accounts of greatness: great statesmen, grands discours, famous singers. But for most, life consists of private conversations, intimate whispers, hot gossip or ceaseless quarrels. ...
Wortbildung diamedial
(2023)
The book is devoted to word-formation in written and spoken German. Corpus analyses trace diamedial usage patterns and functions of word formations in single texts, text complexes, text types as well as in linguistic ...
Algunos «animales feroces» en el teatro venezolano
(2022)
This monograph studies the development of Venezuelan theater in the 70s, characterized by psychological, physical as well as verbal violence and cruelty. Throughout the decade, violence pervaded not only drama, but every ...
Politik der ‚Glückskulturen‘
(2021)
Knowledge about "happiness" means power. For the self-portrayal of a nation and its moral system, knowledge about happiness can be used and reinterpreted as an emotional-political instrument of power. Isabelle Haffter ...
Chapter Kr in the Gospels
(2019)
Thirty-three internationally renowned scholars of the text and transmission of the New Testament offer original contributions on ancient manuscripts and digital editing in honour of Klaus Wachtel, a pioneer in the use of ...
Archive in/aus Literatur
(2021)
Literary estates as media formations make knowledge of archives indispensable. Do creative people already view their workshops as future archives? What kinds of interplay is there between archives and literature? And what ...
Colonial Entanglements and the Medieval Nordic World
(2024)
This volume takes advantage of recent developments within Medieval Studies and explore the entangled pasts and presents of the Nordic medieval period and colonialism. Through a diverse range of interdisciplinary approaches ...
Geschichte der Heimat
(2021)
This study reconstructs the term and concept of “home,” from its traceable origins until the early twentieth century.Literature, here, has acted as a continuous point of reference for the German discursive fields of religion, ...
Zwiegespräche über die Zeit
(2024)
Die verschiedenen fachwissenschaftlichen Gesprächsgänge über Zeit-Konzepte, Zeit-Vorstellungen und Zeit-Empfindungen werden normalerweise eher getrennt geführt. Historiographische Einsichten und naturwissenschaftliche ...
Rechte des Körpers
(2022)
The volume asks about the role of the body in law. Representatives of philosophy, theology, and jurisprudence examine the physical, material, or natural (pre-)conditions of law, which law does not cover or covers only to a degree.
Making the Medieval Relevant
(2020)
When scholars discuss the medieval past, the temptation is to become immersed there, to deepen our appreciation of the nuances of the medieval sources through debate about their meaning. But the past informs the present ...
Manuscripts and Performances in Religions, Arts, and Sciences
(2024)
Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds ...
Literature and Mnemonic Migration
(2025)
This book explores the travel of historical memory from one culture to the other via the medium of literature. In contemporary Europe, many writers have migrant background and represent the experience of migration as an ...
Deutsche Minderheiten in Frankreich und Großbritannien
(2025)
What do the experiences of Germans living in Great Britain and France between 1914 and 1924 tell us about the fate of enemy minorities during times of conflict? Mathis Gronau comparatively analyzes numerous personal accounts ...
Data Protection and Information Privacy
(2025)
The impact of cultural factors on perceptions of and attitudes toward data protection and information privacy is often neglected. Yet, understanding these factors is crucial in our globalized world. This book presents and ...
(A)synchronic (Re)actions
(2025)
This book aims to study the perception of crises in Hittite Anatolia (1650–1180 BCE) from different perspectives: the one of the Hittites, the one of the neighboring polities, and ours as historians. The book will consider ...
A Bridgehead to Africa
(2021)
This monograph analyses the role of the province of Tripoli, Libya, in the context of German foreign politics with a focus on the period between 1884 and 1918. Suaad Alghafal examines the German military, political and ...
The Rhetoric of Topics and Forms
(2021)
Although the question of prioritizing either the level of content or that of form has often been controversial, most contributions of this volume treat them as internally connected. They undertake analyses of motifs, ...
Buchenwald
(2022)
Buchenwald concentration camp was an international event. During the seven years that it existed, people from 30 nations were deported there, and after 1945, texts about the camp were written in the majority of the languages ...
Japan-Pop-Revolution
(2021)
Japan-Pop boomt: Auf der ganzen Welt konsumieren junge Menschen Manga, verkleiden sich wie japanische Fantasy-Figuren und hören die Musik von „Visual- Kei”-Bands. Für die junge Generation in Japan ist die Populärkultur ein ...
Dialekte machen
(2019)
This empirical study examines the importance of dialect and dialect use in Switzerland. Based on interdisciplinary approaches, it explores the extent to which linguistic perception and assessment on the part of laypersons ...
Kommunale Bündnisse im Patrimonium Petri des 13. Jahrhunderts
(2019)
In the Middle Ages, Italian communes coordinated their political relations through leagues. The Popes were confronted with this phenomenon as they set up their secular dominion in the 13th century. The study analyzes the ...
Volksschauspiele Genese einer kulturgeschichtlichen Formation
(2019)
Many types of works are characterized as folk plays: the peasant play, the passion play, the knightly drama, the tradition play, the mass festival, the anti-folk play, and the social drama. This book reconstructs the ...
Manuscript Albums and their Cultural Contexts
(2024)
Manuscript albums are oftentimes contradictory objects: ephemeral yet monumental, coherent yet inviting change. Collecting items made by others, owners form their albums as representations of their selves, their worlds, ...
Justice and Righteousness in the Old Testament
(2025)
This book combines two closely related research interests that have not yet received sufficient recognition: The investigation of justice in the Hebrew Bible and the position of male and female slaves within it. Justice ...
Lehre – Sammlung – Objekt
(2024)
This interdisciplinary study focuses on the eventful collection history of the Chamber of Mathematics and Physics of the former Jesuit College in Cologne from the 17th century to the present day. The collection for teaching ...
Kindheit in Byzanz
(2012)
Although there have been many studies of childhood in Ancient Greece and Rome and in the Middle Ages in the West, there is no such study for the Byzantine world. To fill the gap, this bookreconstructs the most important ...
Documentation and Argument in Early China
(2021)
This study uncovers the traditions behind the formative Classic Shàngshū (Venerated Documents). It reveals a genre of “Shū” (Documents) practice that was used creatively by contrasting conceptual communities for ...
Tracing the Jerusalem Code
(2021)
With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image – or rather the imagination – of Jerusalem in the religious, political, and artistic cultures of ...
Der Kaiser und Konstantinopel
(2013)
How did a Late Roman emperor stay on the throne? His position was always precarious, and in contrast to a modern hereditary monarch he could always lose power or even his life to a usurper. The Eastern emperors resided in ...
Der Senat von Rom
(2025)
Research was long dominated by the view that the once omnipotent senate became a meaningless institution in late antiquity. However, this systematic analysis of its activities shows that it continued to be active in the ...
Konstruktion von Sprache und Sprachwissen
(2018)
This study examines the empirical differences between children with strong and weak language skills in the area of written language acquisition. While learning age has been extensively studied by researchers as the critical ...
Politics of Pasts and Futures in (Post-)Imperial Contexts
(2024)
This volume brings together approaches that deal with the instrumentalization and lasting impacts of perspectives on empire and their place in time. The diachronic cut through all time periods from antiquity to modern times ...
Estetica e poetica in Giovan Battista Gelli
(2023)
This volume studies the profile of one of the most important figures of 16th-century Florence, Giovan Battista Gelli, highlighting some less studied aspects: not only was Gelli deeply interested in figurative art, attested ...
Shaping Visions in U.S.-American Magazines
(2024)
This book presents the first comprehensive study on U.S.-American female illustrators’ creative imaginations of femininity, 1890-1920. It offers insight into the multi-faceted visual-textual relations across mass and little ...
From Memory to Marble
(2020)
The book is a rare case study of the dynamics, processes and shifts around the creation and reading of one of the world’s major monuments, through all the processes of its design and making. The frieze which represents the ...
Littérature française et savoirs biologiques au XIXe siècle
(2020)
By the metaphorical power and the modelling power which they take, biological knowledge and its representations arouse in the XIXth century the fascination of the writers. They find there the source of new poetry, of an ...
Is there a Judeo-Christian Tradition?
(2016-03-21)
The term ´Judeo-Christian` in reference to a tradition, heritage, ethic, civilization, faith etc. has been used in a wide variety of contexts with widely diverging meanings. Contrary to popular belief, the term was not ...
Networks and Practices of Connoisseurship in the Global Eighteenth Century
(2024)
The 18th century was the age of the connoisseur. It was also an era of an expanding global consciousness born of accelerating trade and imperial conquest. This volume puts into dialogue the consolidation of connoisseurship ...
Die Interaktion von Herrschern und Eliten in imperialen Ordnungen des Mittelalters
(2018)
At both the center and periphery of empire, patterns of access to imperial centers developed quite differently according to membership in different elite groups. The persistence of imperial systems may have depended on the ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen - celebrity
(2021)
Welche Strategien und Mechanismen trugen dazu bei, die öffentliche Persona des dänischen Bildhauers Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) zu erschaffen? Die Autorin betrachtet die Verbreitung seines Ruhms und des beispiellosen ...
Chinese Euphonics
(2024)
Supported by digital texts, modern technologies and historical linguistics, Chinese Euphonics is a dive into the types of sound patterns that occur throughout the earliest corpora of narrative texts in the Chinese canon, ...
Humanities for Humans
(2025)
Building on the conversation series "Humanities for Humans," this volume introduces prominent academics in a manner that breaks down barriers between campuses and the general public. Sharing about their life journeys and ...
Different Aesthetics
(2025)
The CRC research project Different Aesthetics aims to change perspectives in aesthetic discussions by directing attention to the 2000-year history of European art and culture before the 18th century.
Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career
(2020)
This book focuses on the multiple and diverse masculinities ‘at work’. Spanning both historical approaches to the rise of ‘profession’ as a marker of masculinity, and critical approaches to the current structures of ...
Essential Cases on the Limits of Liability
(2024)
European legal systems have developed a broad range of instruments aimed at limiting liability. These instruments are systematically examined within the present volume, which fills a major gap in tort law literature. The ...
Conceptual Joining
(2021)
This book explores experimental approaches to the design and construction of wooden structures in architecture, while presenting the results of an artistic research project. By using digital tools, experimental formations ...
Jamaica Kincaid’s Writings of History
(2023)
Jamaica Kincaid’s works consistently explore the long-lasting effects of colonial history on contemporary lives. Focusing on the media of text, image, and the human body, the chapters of this book show how Kincaid’s ''poetics ...
Wissensgeschichte des Verhaltens
(2025)
Behavior is an important category in the life sciences. It is central to all negotiations of human-animal relationships and is present in both science and scholarship, and the popular media. Understanding the historical ...
Space, Time and Language in Plutarch
(2017)
This collection of essays by a team of international scholars offers a wide-ranging examination of the key concepts of 'space and time' in the work of the Greek biographer and philosopher Plutarch of Chaeronea (1st-2nd ...
Romantik zwischen zwei Welten
(2021)
This transareal lecture inquires into the (perhaps already lost) unity of Romanticism behind the polymorphism of the Romantic discourses that took place between two worlds, Europe and America. This lecture reveals the scope ...
Homosexuality in the German Armed Forces
(2024)
Homosexuals were mustered out of military service in the Bundeswehr until 1979, after which homosexuality alone was no longer considered grounds for unsuitability. But for homosexual soldiers, military service was an option, ...