englischCan elites use cosmological imagery to sanction marital and slavery practices for their political aspirations? Can interactions between Late Antique legal systems be thought beyond “borrowings?” This work studies legal writings from the Zoroastrian, East Syrian, and Islamic traditions [...]

Ibrāhīm al-Miʿmār zählte zu den bedeutendsten arabischen Dichtern der ersten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts. Er stammte aus der Schicht der Handwerker und Händler und ist ein Beispiel dafür, wie sich aufgrund eines Aufblühens des städtischen Bildungswesens in jener Zeit immer breitere Schichten am [...]

englischThe current media coverage emphasizes the differences between “Christian West” and “Islamic East”. However, a similarity in development can be found by having a closer look at the history of the Islamic world. For example, a period during the rule of the Timurid dynasty is also known as [...]

englischDoes artificial intelligence need a psyche? How does AI change our self-image? Why does not anyone raise these urgent questions that will soon determine our everyday lives? - The explanation lies in the societal cognitive deficit: self-motivated researchers do not receive attention for [...]

englisch“Life and work of KANŌ Jigorō (1860-1938)“ by Andreas Niehaus is the first book to analyse the legacy of the most important Japanese physical educator of the late 18th and early 20th century in the historical context and based on a thorough reading of his abundant writings. While existing [...]

englischThis volume discusses the emergence and role of the art salon in the Arab region in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq. Institutional forms of exhibiting and teaching art emerged in the Middle East and North Africa in late colonial [...]