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Tarih DergisiThe second half of the XIth century was a period when the Byzantine Empire found itself helpless against the Seljuk raids and mobilised all its forces to maintain its rule in Anatolia.
Adnan Eskikurt
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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 601-622, November 2026.Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 7, Page 996-1019, October 2026.ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi +15 more
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 1369-1381, October 2026.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 5, Page 1116-1132, September 2026.Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
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Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 458-479, August 2026.Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
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Violent Separations: Refugee Workers, Racial Capitalism, and the Production of Debility
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT This paper focuses on how Rohingya people, legally admitted as refugees to the United States, become available as workers by being violently separated from their places of origin, from family members, and even their own bodies. We argue that resettlement releases labor from its attachments to places and people, thus making it available for ...
Elizabeth Cullen Dunn, Shae Frydenlund
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«The clergy who mantled by the spiritual weapons will help you by prayers»
Античная древность и средние века, 2018 The paper is devoted to identifying the specifics of internal organizational methods used in the Byzantine army during the reign of the Palaeologus.
Vladimir Zolotovskiy
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My (post‐)post‐socialism: A personal photo essay
Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract The paper is a multi‐modal, autoethnographic exploration of the visual remnants of lived post‐communism in a typical block of flats neighborhood of a Romanian city. By using film and digital photography, alongside narrative reflection, the author summons memories and blends observed and lived reality with creative non‐fiction to build an ...
Oana Borlea‐Stăncioi
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