Notions of solidarity and integration in times of war: the idea of Europe, 1914–18 [PDF]
This article argues that the First World War did not just aggravate nationalist sentiments but also encouraged intercultural exchange and a better understanding of other societies and ways of life.
Vermeiren, Jan
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Stilicho, Radagaisus, and the so-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE) [PDF]
In 405 CE, an enormous barbarian confederation led by a certain Radagaisus invaded Italy. The western Roman generalissimo Stilicho managed to overcome them near Florence in 406.
Wijnendaele, Jeroen
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The Bug‐Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer‐reduction experiments in herbaceous‐ or shrub‐dominated ecosystems to assess the impacts of invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens on plant communities and ecosystem functioning.
Anne Kempel +77 more
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Franz Cumont’s Syrian tour: a Belgian archaeologist in the Ottoman empire [PDF]
This paper highlights the Western scientific traveller as an intermediary between Orient and Occident around the turn of the nineteenth century by presenting a case study on the Belgian archaeologist and historian of religions, Franz Cumont (1868-1947 ...
Scheerlinck, Eline
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Information in the Brain: From Metaphor to Truth
ABSTRACT Despite explicit warnings from Shannon to tread carefully when applying Information Theory to fields for which it was not designed, contemporary neuroscientists adopting the framework of Information Theory have fallen right into the traps Shannon and others cautioned against. What makes the neuroscientist more than anyone prone to fall prey to
Farid Zahnoun
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“Laid to Rest in Australian Soil”: The Legacies of Repatriation Policy Change during the Vietnam War
For the first half of the twentieth century, Australia maintained a firm policy of non‐repatriation. Military personnel who died overseas were buried in vast military cemeteries administered by the Imperial (later Commonwealth) War Graves Commission. In 1966, however, the Australian government decreed that Australia's war dead could be repatriated, at ...
Kristen Alexander, Kate Ariotti
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Recent research on primitive gothic architecture in Germany has mainly reflected the results of various restoration projects and of methodologically complex architectural analyses.
Bruno Klein
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Magistrates, patrons and benefactors of voluntary associations: status building and Romanisation in the Spanish, Gallic and German Provinces of the Roman Empire [PDF]
Social historians are becoming increasingly aware that voluntary associations provide the ‘missing link’ between the civic elites and the ‘lower classes’. This raises an important question: how did the Roman collegia contribute to the Romanisation of the
Verboven, Koenraad
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Roman citizenship of Italian *Augustales : evidence, problems, competitive advantages [PDF]
The title * augustalis was used during the first three centuries A. D., to refer to an honorary position in local society. It was mostly bestowed on wealthy freedmen who, because of their servile birth, could not partake in the official cursus honorum ...
Vandevoorde, Lindsey
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Restoring Food System Resilience in a Turbulent World: Supply Chain Actors' Shared Responsibility
ABSTRACT Ecological and economic crises increasingly affect the long‐term resilience of the food supply chain. This qualitative study draws on semistructured interviews and public evidence to analyse the perspectives of British supply chain actors. Asking which pathways towards food system resilience arise and which forms of social and environmental ...
Steffen Hirth +6 more
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