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Recent approaches to Holocaust memory work: Lithuania and the British at the turn of the millennium [PDF]
I gave a paper on the British/Lithuanian ITF 'Liaison Project' as part of a panel on 'National and Transnational Narratives of the Holocaust' at the 'Holocaust Memory Re-Visited' conference, Uppsala University, 21-23 March 2013.
Allwork, Larissa
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The relationship between cinema and architecture has witnessed an increasing presence in contemporary studies, as both converge at a common point: shaping human experience within a specific temporal and spatial space.
Riyam Mushtaq, Hoda A. S. Al-Alwan
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Honour and humiliation: Emotional economies of war and defeat
Abstract The article looks at nationalism, war and defeat from a history of emotions perspective. It frames nationalism as a political programme and mindset that enlists emotions of belonging and solidarity, but also fear, anger, hatred and contempt.
Ute Frevert
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'But Following the Literal Sense, the Jews Refuse to Understand': Hermeneutic Conflicts in the Nicholas of Cusa's De Pace Fidei [PDF]
In the midst of the De pace fidei’s imagined heavenly conference on the theme of the possibility of religious harmony, Nicholas of Cusa has Saint Peter acknowledge to the Persian interlocutor that it will be difficult to bring Jews to the acceptance of ...
Aleksander, Jason
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Ground Zero – the socio-political minefield of symbolic architecture
Daniel Libeskind is today one of the architecture profession’s media elite. He took up his position in the list of ‘super star architects’ twenty ago and has remained in the spotlight of the press ever since.
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University botanic gardens, rooted in Renaissance humanism and medicinal teaching, have evolved into dynamic hubs for education, research, conservation, and well‐being. Tracing global histories and modern roles, this study urges renewed attention to their strategic potential in higher education and sustainability amid planetary challenges in the ...
M. Alejandra Jaramillo +2 more
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Hakoah Vienna and the International Nature of Interwar Austrian Sports
Hakoah Vienna was the most important Jewish sports organization in interwar Austria. Indeed, Hakoah, which means strength or power in Hebrew, was one of the most significant sports clubs on the continent of Europe during that period.
Bowman, William
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On the necessity of symbolic interventions in dissonant monuments
The Charter of Venice stipulates that changes to a monument are only permitted on the basis of functional requirements. Changes to the symbolic function are explicitly excluded.
Philipp Oswalt
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Short Abstract 1940 saw the mass internment of so‐called ‘enemy aliens’ within Britain; this meant that innocent civilians were incarcerated in camps across the country, particularly within the tourist spaces of the Isle of Man. We interrogate how the holiday—as a geography of ideas, spaces, practices movements and sensibilities—became a frame of ...
Michael Holden, Peter Adey
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Extended Commentary—Israel's Relations With the UN: From “Om Shmum” Policy to Proactive Policy
ABSTRACT This extended commentary discusses the changes over time in Israel's policy toward the UN from what may be termed an “Om Shmum” policy to a more proactive stance. I look at UN–Israel relations comprehensively and not only through the prism of Israeli–Palestinian or Israeli–Arab relations and analyze the reasons for the deterioration of Israel ...
Yaron Salman
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