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Global Reparations within Capitalism: Aspirations and Tensions in Contemporary Movements for Reparatory Justice

Development and Change, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 560-600, July 2024.
ABSTRACT The idea of global reparations has received increasing attention in recent years, not only with respect to legacies of slavery and colonialism, but also to interrelated issues such as climate change, debt crisis, or ongoing financial transfers from the Global South to the Global North. This article, which introduces and sets the Debate for the
Ndongo Samba Sylla, Andrew M. Fischer, Annina Kaltenbrunner, Sreerekha Sathi   +3 more
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The Star Seeker, Exhibition on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of birth of Croatian astronomer, mathematician and geodesist Danijel Mirko Bogdanić and the 200th anniversary of completion of the Lipszky map of Hungary

Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2010
The exhibition The Star Seeker took place from November 4 to 14, 2010 at the National and University Library in Zagreb. The exhibition was organised in collaboration with the Croatian State Archives and the Hungarian State Archives, and it was organised ...
Mira Miletić Drder
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The giant of thought. On the 200^th anniversary of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz

Российский офтальмологический журнал, 2021
With this article, the Journal is commemorating the 200th anniversary of Hermann von Helmholtz, the genius scientist of the 19th century. The article outlines the main facts of his biography, and discusses the major areas of his activity in a variety of ...
V. V. Neroev, E. N. Orlova, O. V. Khramova   +2 more
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The Influence of Darwinian Ideas on Greek Literary Writers of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: The Case of Emmanuel Roidis

Historical Review, 2008
Darwin's works provoked an enormous response in many disciplines including the literary world. This paper presents a portion of my doctoral thesis3, which responds to a blind spot in Greek literary scholarship on evolutionary ideas in comparison to other
Maria Zarimis
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When the Abu Dhabi United Group Came to Town: Constructing an Organisational Fix for State Capitalism through the Manchester Life Partnership

Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 896-921, May 2024.
Abstract For many cities, the entry of financial actors into housing opens new geopolitical relations with overseas entities, including state‐backed investors such as sovereign wealth funds. These transformations raise the question of the extent to which real estate enables the urbanisation of state capitalism, understood as the expansion of the state ...
Richard Goulding, Adam Leaver, Jonathan Silver   +2 more
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Public diplomacy of authoritarianism: Strategic use of Suzanne Mubarak

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 125-148, Spring 2024.
Abstract A leader's wife can be a key player in consolidating his authoritarianism through her public diplomacy activities. Taking the example of Egypt's former First Lady, Suzanne Mubarak (1981–2011), this article demonstrates how her role in public diplomacy framed her as a “modern” woman with a mission of “modernizing” women or the country's whole ...
Mustafa Menshawy
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Universal Alienation

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2018
This article is part of a debate between David Harvey, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri. It takes Marx’s bicentenary as occasion for an update of his concept of alienation. The paper asks: how are we to interpret universal alienation and from whence does it
David Harvey
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Lyubov Dostoevskaya is the Writer's Daughter

Язык и текст, 2020
Last year, 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Fyodor Dostoevsky's eldest daughter, Lyubov, and research about her life, which is very interesting and difficult, can be a modest gift for the anniversary of her birth on the eve of
A.D. Dostoevsky
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Eclogites

Geology Today, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 33-40, January/February 2024.
The beauty of an eclogite is something to behold: any petrologist marvels in the combination of red garnet and green omphacite that are the main mineral constituents of the rock. But besides their stunning appearance, there is much more to eclogites: fundamental concepts in metamorphic petrology and geodynamics were developed based on scientific ...
Ralf Halama
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Střípky k Roku české hudby 2024 aneb Z jeho života

Český Jazyk a Literatura
Some Remarks on The Year of Czech Music 2024 or From His Life The 200th anniversary of the birth and the 140th anniversary of the passing of the founder of Czech national music, Bedřich Smetana, is the strongest incentive for organising The Year of ...
Jiří Hasil
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