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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 343-373, September 2026.Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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Black Fugitivity in the Sporting Workplace: The Story of Eniola Aluko
Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1914-1926, September 2026.ABSTRACT Being a Black fugitive involves constant movement: to find and cultivate spaces of safety and hope. In this paper, I curate a sporting archive about the UK Black women's elite football player Eniola Aluko to read her as a Black fugitive. I demonstrate how she traversed a racist and anti‐Black sporting workplace—where she was unfairly demonized
Aarti Ratna
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À propos de l’autel : le bomos, un capteur graphique
Pallas, 2013 The sacrificial altar – bomos, ara – a strategic place of communication with the divine, is recurrently associated with the practice of graphein which has two forms : writing and figuration.
Françoise Frontisi-Ducroux
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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
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An Altar from Nacoleia and Its Greek-Phrygian Inscriptions
Gephyra, 2015 The author publishes an altar found in Nacoleia (Seyitgazi) with reliefs and mostly badly conserved inscriptions on all its faces. It seems to date from the 3rd century AD.
Alexandru Avram
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 635-689, September 2026.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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The altar sculpture of the Tubten Shedrub Ling temple in Kyzyl
АрхитектонThe altar sculpture of the Buddhist temple Tubten Shedrub Ling in Kyzyl has been studied. In 1992, His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV pointed at and consecrated a site for a Buddhist temple in Tuva.
Batorova Elena A.
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From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone
Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 888-895, August 2026.ABSTRACT The Altar Stone, the 6000 kg central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge in southern England, is suggested to have originated from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, some 700 km away. However, its source location within this large basin remains unresolved and its mode of transport uncertain.
Anthony J. I. Clarke +8 more
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Un monument circulaire en marbre orné de guirlandes découvert à Saints-Geosmes, près de Langres
Revue Archéologique de l’EstThis article studies a circular monument in white marble, discovered before 1652 in the crypt of the Saints-Geosmes church. Its decoration of garlands and crossed grapevine motifs hanging from bucrania allows us to date it to the middle of the 1st ...
Yvan Maligorne, Arnaud Vaillant
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TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Tolpis (Asteraceae) is a recently diversified genus of flowering plants, centered in the Macaronesian region, where it exhibits striking morphological variation and high levels of endemism. In this study, we focus on the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores (Portugal).
Lurdes Borges Silva +7 more
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