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‘The Bethune College Sensation’: Gender, Archive and Radical Passivity
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the student protests at Bethune College, Calcutta, on 3 February 1928, against the Simon Commission, a British parliamentary delegation that excluded Indian representation. On this day, female students staged a quiet but radical act of defiance by refusing to attend classes, sign apologies or vacate their hostel, despite ...
Meghmala Bhattacharya
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Lute, Vihuela, and Early Guitar [PDF]
, 2018 Producción CientíficaLutes, guitars, and vihuelas were the principal plucked instruments in use in Europe until around 1800. Ancient forms of the lute existed in many parts of the ancient world, from Egypt and Persia through to China.
Griffiths, John, Kieffer, Paul
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, EarlyView.Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
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Tyragetia, 2016 This paper presents to reader a description of the most important work of the second half of the 17th century, which holds a special place in Russian culture. The Russian translation of the «prophetic book» called Chrismologion, presented to Tsar Aleksey
Tatiana Isachenko
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Miracles et prodiges sacres en pays de mission a l'epoque moderne [PDF]
, 2013 In Christian history, there is no period without miracles and sacred prodigies. The miracle is presented as a very complex element within the Christian experience.
Vismara, Paola
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Convertibility of Cultural Capital: A Longitudinal Study of University Students From 2017 to 2024
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A defining feature of cultural capital is its propensity for accumulation and the potential of its convertibility. However, there are a lack of studies that would explore how different forms of cultural capital could be employed as an advantage.
Ondřej Špaček
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Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. ЯзыкознаниеThe paper examines the semantic evolution of the verbs imati and brati in the 11th – 17th century Russian writing. The research is based on the data from Old and Middle Russian subcorpora of the Russian National Corpus.
Yana A. Penkova
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Executive Interview - Kristian Moeller [PDF]
Throughout history people have been facing risks associated with food. Food scares of the twentieth century have caused consumer panic leading to loss of confidence in the safety of the food chain.
Sibiya, Thandokwakhe
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What are monuments for? Possible landmarks on the urban map Paris/London [PDF]
, 2011 Himid’s keynote paper “What are Monuments for?: Possible landmarks on the Urban map.” was presented at the 8th Collegium for African American Research (CAAR) conference – Black Knowledge, Black Struggle, Civil Rights. It sought to imagine both London and
Himid, Lubaina
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