englisch‘Turkish Studies’ deal with the history, culture, religions, languages and literature of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey. The scope of the book includes everything relating to Turkey, e.g. Kurdish, Armenian, Greek or Jewish matters, as well as its relations with the Turkic [...]
more informationenglischIn 1898, the academic discipline Byzantine Studies was founded by Karl Krumbacher at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. Since then, Byzantine Studies have been thriving there for more than one hundred years. PD Dr. Sergei Mariev (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, [...]
more informationenglischIn this book, the authors proceed from the theory that the organ can be regarded as a symbol of traditions and forms of codification, in which the spirit and history of our continent to date are reflected. Independent of political boundaries and religious denominations, this instrument [...]
more informationenglischThe Middle Ages are booming in contemporary culture, but medieval material was already very popular after 1900: This study uses the successful drama "Tantris der Narr" by Ernst Hardt to develop an approach to the productive reception of the Middle Ages after the turn of the century. For [...]
more informationenglischAt the beginning of the 20th century, sport turned into a phenomenon with great cultural reach. The modern sporting hero came onto the scene as an often politically and economically instrumentalised picture of perfection, showcased both in the media and at competitions. Despite criticism of [...]
more informationenglischThe present volume examines how the individual becomes and embodies that which he or she is through sport. The interdisciplinary contributions address the benefits of competitive sports for the modern subject. In doing so the lessons learned in sports can be understood as cultural capacities [...]
more informationenglischThe present volume examines how the individual becomes and embodies that which he or she is through sport. The interdisciplinary contributions address the benefits of competitive sports for the modern subject. In doing so the lessons learned in sports can be understood as cultural capacities [...]
more informationenglischSince 1993, Osama bin Laden and al-Qáida have carried out a series of terrible Islamist terrorist attacks - on the World Trade Center 1, the US warship Cole, the World Trade Center 2 (11 September), hotels in Bali, synagogues in Istanbul, railways in Madrid and Casablanca, to name just a few [...]
more informationenglischThis historiographical study deals with the transformation of heroic images of German and French soldiers and officers during the Seven Years' War and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. A culture of sensitivity, levée en masse and intensive forms of opinion management on the part of [...]
more informationenglischThis book is dedicated to the forgotten intellectual Léo Wanner, who intervened in the political landscape in the 1920s and 1930s with public statements and strategic ingenuity. Based on historical sources that were opend up for the first time, the diverse role repertoire of this globally [...]
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