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Exil und Identität
(2017)
Once Germany invaded Italy in September 1943, the Jews of Italy became part of the Final Solution. The author examines a brief but important phase of their history by looking at the fate of those Jews who were able save ...
Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg, Die Augsburger Predigten
(2024)
Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445-1510), the best-known 15th century German preacher, delivered his sermons to an enthusiastic Augsburg audience in 1488. These sermons were preserved in the form of sermon transcripts, ...
Die metrische Psalmenmetaphrase des Manuel Philes
(2024)
The focus of the monograph is the first critical edition of the metaphrase of the Psalms composed in verse by the Byzantine author Manuel Philes (14th century). In the extensive introductory chapters, Philes' method of ...
Die metrische Psalmenmetaphrase des Manuel Philes
(2024)
The focus of the monograph is the first critical edition of the metaphrase of the Psalms composed in verse by the Byzantine author Manuel Philes (14th century). In the extensive introductory chapters, Philes' method of ...
Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg, Die Augsburger Predigten
(2024)
Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445-1510), the best-known 15th century German preacher, delivered his sermons to an enthusiastic Augsburg audience in 1488. These sermons were preserved in the form of sermon transcripts, ...
Genre und Gemeinsinn
(2016)
Based on the premise that a society`s sense of commonality depends upon media practices of political communitarization, this study examines how Hollywood was deployed during the Second World War. It shows that Hollywood ...
Comprehending and Confronting Antisemitism
(2020)
This volume provides a compendium of the history of and discourse about antisemitism - both as a unique cultural and religious category. Antisemitic stereotypes function as religious symbols that express and transmit a ...
Exil und Identität
(2017)
Once Germany invaded Italy in September 1943, the Jews of Italy became part of the Final Solution. The author examines a brief but important phase of their history by looking at the fate of those Jews who were able save ...
Comprehending and Confronting Antisemitism
(2020)
This volume provides a compendium of the history of and discourse about antisemitism - both as a unique cultural and religious category. Antisemitic stereotypes function as religious symbols that express and transmit a ...
Primitive Thinking
(2022)
This book examines the discourse on ‘primitive thinking’ in early 20th century Germany. It explores texts from the social sciences, writings on art and language and – most centrally – literary works by Robert Musil, Walter ...
Nationalism and Populism
(2022)
Right wing populism has become an apparent and expanding phenomenon of the present. Nationalist claims to protect the state against waves of immigration are en vogue. Populists claim to secure national interests and to ...
In Search of Zär’a Ya‛ǝqob
(2024)
The Ḥatäta Zärʾa Yaʿǝqob and the Ḥatäta Wäldä Ḥəywät are enigmatic and controversial works set in 17th-century Ethiopia. Expressed in powerful prose, they bear witness to pivotal events in Ethiopian history and develop a ...
Deutsch-russische Kulturbeziehungen im 20. Jahrhundert. Einflüsse und Wechselwirkungen
(2023)
The sixth volume of the "Communications" of the German-Russian Historical Commission includes papers presented at the 2012 Hamburg Colloquium. Presented bilingually – as always – the fifteen essays by prominent German and ...
Filmen, Forschen, Annotieren
(2021)
The handbook Research Video is the introduction to a new kind of software and publication based on annotated videos. Practitioners and researchers who work with motion data, such as those from the fields of performative ...
Sprachen der Wachsamkeit
(2023)
This volume examines the linguistic dimension of vigilance in different contexts. The focus is on the social potentials, normative and regulative effects of languages as well as their use for marking dangers and orienting ...
Sprachen der Wachsamkeit
(2023)
This volume examines the linguistic dimension of vigilance in different contexts. The focus is on the social potentials, normative and regulative effects of languages as well as their use for marking dangers and orienting ...
Der inkriminierte Bischof
(2019)
In this study, Till Stüber analyzes loyalty conflicts between bishops and kings in post-Roman Gaul. He examines the political or social factors that resulted in these conflicts, and also explores the solutions that were ...
Filmen, Forschen, Annotieren
(2021)
The handbook Research Video is the introduction to a new kind of software and publication based on annotated videos. Practitioners and researchers who work with motion data, such as those from the fields of performative ...
Der inkriminierte Bischof
(2019)
In this study, Till Stüber analyzes loyalty conflicts between bishops and kings in post-Roman Gaul. He examines the political or social factors that resulted in these conflicts, and also explores the solutions that were ...
Marienleben
(2024)
Written around 1300, the Passional is the first great collection of legends in the German language and considered among the most significant and influential literary works of Middle High German spiritual epic poetry. Books ...
Models, Measurement, and Metrology Extending the SI
(2024)
The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy, history, theory, and practice of measurement across the sciences, emphasizing often overlooked or undervalued resources providing much-needed correctives ...
Models, Measurement, and Metrology Extending the SI
(2024)
The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy, history, theory, and practice of measurement across the sciences, emphasizing often overlooked or undervalued resources providing much-needed correctives ...
Ostasienwissenschaften
(2017)
The Meyer Struckmann Prize for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, awarded in 2016 for East Asian Studies, was awarded to Professor Dr Florian Coulmas. Florian Coulmas is Senior Professor of Language and Culture ...
Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality New Approaches
(2019)
For over 2500 years, Buddhism was implicated in processes of cultural interaction that in turn shaped Buddhist doctrines, practices and institutions. The contributions to this volume present detailed case studies on ...
Universalism(e) & …
(2024)
Those who look for the traces of a new universalism of our time are themselves its critical builders. The conversations documented in this book echo recordings of encounters online, and sow their own traces of a minor ...
Migration, Post-Socialism, and Diasporic Experiences. Fragmented Lives, Entangled Worlds / Migration, Postsozialismus und Diaspora-Erfahrungen. Fragmentierte Leben, verflochtene Welten
(2024)
This issue aims to deepen our understanding of the mobility and complex diasporic experiences of individuals from the former Soviet Union, exploring their intricate histories, current circumstances, and future aspirations. ...
Chapter Wittgenstein as a Commentator on the Psychology and Anthropology of Colour
(2014)
As is well known, Wittgenstein had a life-long interest in the philosophy of colour, from the Tractatus all the way to the last notebooks that were posthumously published as two books, Remarks on Colour and On Certainty. ...
Translation and State
(2022)
In 1587, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak – a favourite at the Mughal court and author of the Akbarnāmah – completed his Preface to the Persian translation of the Mahābhārata. This book is the first detailed study of Abū al-Faz̤l's ...
Staging Doubt Skepticism in Early Modern European Drama
(2019)
This volume considers the influential revival of ancient philosophical skepticism in the 16th and early 17th centuries and investigates, from a comparative perspective, its reception in early modern English, Spanish and ...
Die Produktion besonderer Arbeitskräfte
(2024)
The "servant question" in the late nineteenth century led to the proliferation of debates and conflicts regarding domestic work. Were household servants to be viewed as workers or as members of the household? How should ...
Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Bd 14/Lieferung 3/4
(2014)
Assyriology; Mesopotamia; Ancient Near East
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Factors Moderating Language Proficiency
(2016)
Bilingualism; Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Cognitive Linguistics
Multiphoton Microscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
(2018)
This monograph focuses on modern femtosecond laser microscopes for two photon imaging and nanoprocessing, on laser tweezers for cell micromanipulation as well as on fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) in Life Sciences. ...
International Handbook of Practical Theology
(2022)
A practical theology, that wants to face the complexity, plurality and differentiation of situations and contexts of religious practices from a global point of view, needs to refer to the discourses that shape them. The ...
Gewalt in Laktanz’ ›De mortibus persecutorum‹
(2021)
Violence is a central topic in De mortibus persecutorum, one of the most significant sources on the Tetrarchy’s persecution of Christians. Gianna Zipp examines this piece of writing as a literary complete works and ...
Konnektoren als konstruktionale Grenzgänger
(2024)
Although connectives fired the starting signal for construction grammar with let alone, they then faded from its focus – potentially due to the challenges that they present to the concept of construction on several levels. ...
Digital Papyrology II
(2018)
The ongoing digitisation of the literary papyri (and related technical texts like the medical papyri) is leading to new thoughts on the concept and shape of the "digital critical edition" of ancient documents. First of ...
Chapter Burial Archaeology and the Transformation of the Roman World in Northern Gaul (4th to 6th Centuries)
(2019)
New scientific methods offer new insights in the past. Promising opportunities for archaeology and historiography are confronted with the challenges of interdisciplinary cooperation between the sciences and the humanities. ...
November 1748 – September 1749
(2020)
In 1749, the University of Leipzig lost one of its most prominent promoters, Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel. Johann Christoph Gottsched, the president of the university during 1748/49, solicited contributions for a ...
L'harmonie des Sirènes du pythagorisme ancien à Platon
(2015)
The Pythagorean theory of the "Harmony of the Spheres" has been influential in the history of philosophy and science. While much ink has been spilt over its scientific implications, its mythological formulation has not yet ...
Imperien, Nationen, Regionen
(2023)
This eighth volume of the Communications of the Joint Research Committee on the Contemporary History of German-Russian Relations documents the 2016 colloquium held in Moscow devoted to the theme "Empires, Nations, and ...
Germanistik in Wien
(2016)
The series "QUELLEN UND FORSCHUNGEN ZUR LITERATUR- UND KULTURGESCHICHTE" (Sources and Research in the History of Literature and Culture), with a rich tradition stretching back to 1874, is an established feature among the ...
Lernwelt Hochschule 2030
(2022)
Tertiary institutions are facing expectations of change on all sides resulting from the challenges of new public management, the Bologna Process, a shift from teaching to learning, competence orientation, and societal ...
Sprachlich konstruierter Extremismus
(2024)
How are extremist ideologies constructed in texts and conveyed in a potentially persuasive manner? This volume responds to this question by looking at German-language magazines published by the "Islamic State." It examines ...
»Es gibt noch Arbeiter in Deutschland«
(2024)
Laborers have long since disappeared from the political stage – seemingly inevitably as a result of structural change. However, if one understands ‘laborers’ as a resource of social knowledge, actors such as trade unionists, ...
Zerstörung von Geschriebenem Historische und transkulturelle Perspektiven
(2019)
Inscribed artifacts are exposed to a range of practices that damage them. These practices vary dramatically across historical periods and cultural contexts. This book studies a number of representative examples spanning ...
1308: Eine Topographie historischer Gleichzeitigkeit
(2010)
The Year 1308 ;Johannes Duns Scotus; Philosophy/ in the Middle Ages; History/ in the Middle Ages; Theology/ in the Middle Ages
Cognitive Linguistic Explorations in Biblical Studies
(2014)
Cognitive linguistics; biblical studies; biblical interpretation
Gespeicherte Gefühle
(2024)
Archive sind Orte der Diskretion, die jede Menge an Indiskretionen aufbewahren: geheime Liebeskorrespondenz, Aufkündigungen enger Freundschaften, Schnorrbriefe, juristische Verfolgung von Verrissen, Kampf um geistiges ...
Spanisch in Berlin
(2020)
Welche Motivationen stehen hinter dem Wunsch, Spanisch zu lernen? Welche Einstellungen verbinden Lernende mit der Sprache? Das Buch zeigt die Ergebnisse einer Reihe von Befragungsstudien mit Lernenden in Berlin an Hochschulen ...
Chapter Punktzeit als (Ver-)Störung
(2013)
This collected volume aims to generate a concise theoretical presentation of the "perturbation principle" in the humanities and the natural sciences. Incorporating findings from natural scientific research, the contributors ...
Chapter Wulfstan at Work: Recovering the Autographs of London, British Library, Additional 38651, fols. 57r–58v
(2019)
In this volume, scholars from different disciplines – Old English and Anglo-Latin literature and linguistics, palaeography, history, runology, numismatics and archaeology – explore what are here called ‘micro-texts’, i.e. ...
Slavery and Other Forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies
(2022)
This volume approaches the phenomenon of slavery and other types of strong asymmetrical dependencies from two methodologically and theoretically distinct perspectives: semantics and lexical fields. Detailed analyses promise ...
Bilder von dem Einen Gott: Die Rhetorik des Bildes in monotheistischen Gottesdarstellungen der Spätantike
(2016)
Monotheism; image rhetoric; late antiquity
Family Constellations in Contemporary Ibero-American and Slavic Literatures
(2024)
The volume investigates historical imaginaries in contemporary Ibero-American and Slavic literatures, where family narratives are used to reflect paradigmatically on the construction and self-understanding of regional, ...
Chapter 12 The tense-mood-aspect systems of the languages of Suriname
(2017)
This chapter deals with tense, mood, and aspect (TMA) marking in the languages of Suriname, focusing on the stability of forms, meanings, and structural pat-terns. Despite its prominent position in the creolization debate ...
Die Briefe Christiana von Goethes
(2024)
As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s life partner, Christiana von Goethe (née Vulpius) corresponded extensively, providing remarkable insights into her language and writing practice. This volume examines her letters linguistically ...
Modernity and the Construction of Sacred Space
(2024)
This book explores the intersection of modern architecture and religious studies. It focuses on rethinking the concept of sacred space in a modern context, bringing together scholars from diverse fields into an interdisciplinary ...
The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy
(2024)
Within this volume, aspects of linguistic humour in ancient Greek comedy are explored. A rich repertoire of verbal artifices and types of joke is analysed, with emphasis on their contribution to the creation of comic effect ...
Genealogie in der Moderne
(2022)
What was the significance of searching for and finding "family" and kinship through the ages? Which methods and strategies did actors use to produce relational connections, and into what structures and discourses can these ...