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From Accra to Tokyo: African Sportswomen's Excellence and Respectability in Twentieth‐Century Global Sports

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the racialized and gendered constraints faced by African sportswomen in international sporting competitions, from the interwar period to the 1980s, with a focus on the policing and expectations framing young international athletes’ acceptable behaviour.
Claire Nicolas
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Aspekt historiograficzny Herodota, Tukidydesa i Plutarcha w chrystologii Dziejów Apostolskich

Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 2019
The first part of the article describes the beginnings of ancient historiography and presents the methods used by the first Greek historians: Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch.
Katarzyna Sługocka
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Proof Through the Night: Representations of Fire-Signaling in Greek Historiography

Histos, 2017
This article examines representations of fire-signaling in Greek historiography from Herodotus to Polybius. These historians’ depictions of either the extraordinary potential or the possibility for confusion inherent in this form of communication are ...
Daniel W. Moore
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‘The White Hordes From the West’: Race and Refuge in Australian Media Commentary About White Rhodesians During Zimbabwe's Decolonisation

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores Australian media commentary on white Rhodesians migrating to Australia, focusing on the period of Malcolm Fraser's prime ministership (1975–1983). The main argument is that the Australian media debates about whether to classify white Rhodesians as ‘migrants’ or ‘refugees’ were not merely semantic but reflected a deeper ...
George Bishi, Ana Stevenson
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
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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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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The Politics of Othering in the 'Happy Soul': Historicising Abjection in the Promise of Joy for Childhood and Play

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article interrogates the politics of othering embedded in the taken‐for‐granted association of childhood, play, joy, and happiness. It explores how these notions are historically inscribed as forms of otherness tied to the affective normativity of joy.
Chushan Wu
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The kingdom of Greece and the First Balkan war: aspirations and achievements [PDF]

Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2013
Macedonian historiography, even though a relatively young scientific discipline compared to the other Balkan historiographies, has so far elaborated the main events and processes related to the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). However, it is understandable that
Dimitar Ljorovski Vamvakovski, Strashko Stojanovski   +1 more
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A Ch'ixi Philosophy of History: Rivera Cusicanqui After Benjamin

Constellations, EarlyView.
Daniel Luna Jacobs
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Gender Attitudes Roles Evaluation in Collections‐Based Organizations: Overcoming the Gender Bias

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collections‐based organizations (CBOs) have historically been institutions that reinforce values and power structures including gender inequalities. However, in recent decades, feminism and critical theory have promoted significant changes in how CBOs address gender issues in their collections, exhibitions, and educational programmes ...
Mar Gaitán
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