englischIs homophobia in Iranian society a product imported from the West? In today's scholarly contributions to the history of sexuality in the Middle East, this question is often answered with a 'yes', pointing to the replacement of local discourses by the Western discourse on sexuality during the [...]
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Die wissenschaftliche Untersuchung des Phänomens ästhetischer Selbstbezüglichkeit hat weiterhin Konjunktur. Einer Fülle von entwickelten Konzepten sowie simultan und teilweise synonym verwendeten Begriffen steht dabei das auffällige Desiderat einer diachronen und funktionalen Perspektive gegenüber. [...]
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englischThis is the first volume aimed at placing the enormous set of fragments from the Qubbat al-khazna on the map of Middle Eastern history as a corpus. As much as its famous sibling, the Geniza of Cairo, the Qubba was ‘discovered’ in the 19th century, but its over 200,000 fragments have remained [...]
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englischThe Jewish-Canadian and Arab-American writers and professors of literature George Ellenbogen (*1934) and Evelyn Shakir (1938–2010) were life companions. In both their memoirs, the authors tell stories of neighborhood, enriching encounters and their search for roots. George grows up in the [...]
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Die wissenschaftliche Untersuchung des Phänomens ästhetischer Selbstbezüglichkeit hat weiterhin Konjunktur. Einer Fülle von entwickelten Konzepten sowie simultan und teilweise synonym verwendeten Begriffen steht dabei das auffällige Desiderat einer diachronen und funktionalen Perspektive gegenüber. [...]
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englischIslamist groups popularity and their success at the ballot boxes in Arab Spring have strikingly underlined their importance and their role as ‘big players‘ in Egypt‘s political system. When Arab Spring arose the groups examined in this book, namely the Daᶜwa Salafiyya, the Egyptian Muslim [...]
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englischThis is the first volume aimed at placing the enormous set of fragments from the Qubbat al-khazna on the map of Middle Eastern history as a corpus. As much as its famous sibling, the Geniza of Cairo, the Qubba was ‘discovered’ in the 19th century, but its over 200,000 fragments have remained [...]
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englischThis study examines Benedikte Naubert's literary influence on the almost forgotten work of Ferdinand Grimm, the younger brother of the famous brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. It shows Grimm's affinity to the successful fairy-tale writer for the first time, taking up the trail and following [...]
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Der römische Adlige und Humanist Pietro Della Valle bereist von 1614 bis 1626 das Osmanische Reich, Persien und Indien. In einer Zeit des Umbruchs sucht er nach neuen Allianzen für Rom: Gegen die Reformatoren will er die Einheit mit den orientalischen Christen wiederherstellen. Gegen die Osmanen [...]
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englischIn international and national studies on the topic of academic success and drop-outs, the conditions of the university context were given priority in addition to individual competences. Other life domains of the students were rather neglected. This book analyses the influence of important [...]
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