Publications
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Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures. Materiality, Presence and Performance
(2020)
This publication seeks to endeavour the relationship between material artefacts and reading practices in ancient and medieval cultures.While the acts of reception of written artefacts in former times are irretrievably lost, ...
Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300
(2018)
Letter writing was widespread in the Graeco-Roman world, as indicated by the large number of surviving letters and their extensive coverage of all social categories. Despite a large amount of work that has been done on the ...
The Necessary Structure of the All-pervading Aether
(2012)
In this book I investigate the necessary structure of the aether – the stuff that fills the whole universe. Some of my conclusions are. 1. There is an enormous variety of structures that the aether might, for all we know, ...
Öl und Souveränität. Petroknowledge und Energiepolitik in den USA und Westeuropa in den 1970er Jahren
(2014)
The importance of oil for modern economic and political regimes increased during the economic boom of the post-war decades. Yet in 1973-1974, rising oil prices and reduced production raised the specter of an uncertain ...
Mouth Actions in Sign Languages. An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language
(2014)
Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language ...
Multidimensional Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems for Differential Equations
(1995)
This monograph is devoted to statements of multidimensional inverse problems, in particular to methods of their investigation. Questions of the uniqueness of solution, solvability and stability are studied. Methods to ...
Mobilität und Wissenstransfer in diachroner und interdisziplinärer Perspektive
(2013)
What effect do spatial mobility and migrations have on the diffusion of knowledge? In this volume, papers dealing with the topic have been collected from various culture-historical and theoretical disciplines. Chronologically ...
Nationalsozialistische Judenverfolgung in Ostgalizien 1941-1944. Organisation und Durchführung eines staatlichen Massenverbrechens
(1997)
Trotz eines halben Jahrhunderts Holocaust-Forschung ist das Geschehen an den konkreten Tatorten des Massenmordes in Polen und in der Sowjetunion immer noch wenig erforscht. Die Juden in Ostgalizien sind vor allem durch ...
Material Culture in Modern Diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th Century
(2016)
The present volume aims at outlining a new field of research with regard to the history of diplomacy: the material culture of diplomatic interaction in early modern and modern times. The material culture of diplomacy ...