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Anglophone Literature in Bangladesh and Malaysia: Challenges and Prospects
Future Humanities, Volume 3, Issue 1, May 2025.ABSTRACT This article focuses on the historical trajectory and development of Anglophone literature in Bangladesh and Malaysia—two predominantly Muslim countries and previously British colonies categorised as “Outer Circle” countries in Braj Kachru's model of English‐speaking communities.
Mohammad A. Quayum
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Assessing Ancient Inequalities: Hellenistic Delos
Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 71, Issue 2, May 2025.ABSTRACT This paper presents a new data set that measures inequality levels in the city‐state of Delos at two different points in time during the period of its independence (314–167 BCE). We propose a new approach for quantifying ancient inequality and its evolution by relying on inscriptions that indicate property data and artisanal remunerations.
Filippo Battistoni, Marco Martinez
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Was Hannah Twynnoy Killed by a Tiger in England in 1703? A Historical Sociological Approach
Sociology Lens, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 480-496, September 2024.Abstract This paper approaches globalization through the lens of folk lore, myth, and John Law's hopeful monsters, focusing on Hannah Twynnoy, a woman allegedly killed by a tiger in Malmesbury (England) in 1703. Hannah's death was taken up three hundred years later as a metaphor for globalization when local factory jobs were relocated to a ‘tiger ...
Matthew David
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Gender &History, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 519-543, July 2024.Abstract This article explores the social and gender history of ‘tropical whites’ – all‐white men's suits worn with pith helmets in tropical societies colonised by European powers – between c.1900 and 1939. Focusing on two northern Australian ports with multiple connections to Asia, the article shows that tropical whites helped to sustain inequities of
Melissa Bellanta, Lorinda Cramer
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The Emergence and Significance of the Palaestra Type in Greek Architecture [PDF]
, 2018 Seit ihrem Aufkommen im 4. Jh. v. Chr. bildeten Palästren die typische Bauform griechischer Gymnasien. Der Beitrag diskutiert Funktion und Bedeutung dieser Architekturform aus zwei Perspektiven. Einerseits wird die Identifikation mehrerer Bauten kritisch
Burkhard, Emme
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Skin Colour and Priesthood. Debating Bodily Differences in Early Modern Catholicism*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 135-152, June 2024.Can people of different skin colours become Catholic priests? What may seem self‐evident from today's perspective, Catholic theologians and canon lawyers controversially debated in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. While most authors agreed that colour per se was not a problematic factor, an increasing number argued that non‐white ...
Brendan Röder
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Social organizations and political institutions: why China and Europe diverged
Economica, Volume 91, Issue 362, Page 347-382, April 2024.Abstract This paper discusses the historical and social origins of the bifurcation in the political institutions of China and Western Europe. An important factor, recognized in the literature, is that China centralized state institutions very early on, while Europe remained politically fragmented for much longer.
Joel Mokyr, Guido Tabellini
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The Modern Law Review, Volume 87, Issue 1, Page 24-51, January 2024.The law of treason has been criticised for being based on ‘outdated’ statutes which are inflexible and unsuitable for modern needs. However, a historical examination of the evolution of treason in Britain and its empire suggests that the law was often adaptable.
Michael Lobban
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Pro-Secular? Luke\u27s Relationship with Roman Imperial System and Culture [PDF]
, 2018 In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. He has…rescued [us] from the hands of our enemies, [so that] without fear we might worship him in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Santandreu, Peter
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Photoanthropocene: The decentered lens of colonial photography
Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 101-117, January 2024.Abstract Photography—what Barthes called “the living image of a dead thing”—is often overlooked in discussions of cultural heritage decolonization. This paper focuses on a historical photograph attributed to the Hong Kong commercial photographer Lai Fong 黎芳, also known as Afong, that documents the aftermath of the Tianjin massacre of 1870.
Emma Reisz
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