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, 2002 On 12 October 2000, when Gao Xingjian, a novelist and playwright born in China, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, China's century-long quest for Nobel glory finally came to an end.
Lovell, Julia
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The Chemical Record, EarlyView.This publication describes how R. B. Woodward and Roald Hoffmann crafted their masterpiece publications. Illustrations include Woodward's first draft of the famous “Violations There are none. Nor can violations be expected of so fundamental a principle of maximum bonding.” Original but discarded text shows the stepwise paths toward the W‐H masterpieces.
Jeffrey I. Seeman
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The Chemical Record, EarlyView.Coordination chemistry offers a versatile platform where noncovalent interactions play a critical role in driving the formation of self‐assemblies and supramolecular structures. This account chronicles our research trajectory, guided by the fundamental investigations into the structures and properties of transition metal complexes, toward the ...
Vonika Ka‐Man Au
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Nominations of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić for the Nobel Prize
, 2014 Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874 − 1938) bila je nominirana za Nobelovu nagradu za književnost četiri puta. Njezin opus uključuje dva sasvim iznimna i hvaljena djela dječje književnosti trajne vrijednosti, Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića (1913.) i Priče iz ...
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Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
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Migrating bards: Writers’ burdens and a writers’ body in Nigeria at the turn of the century
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018 Wole Soyinka’s 1986 Nobel Prize for literature was received as a well deserved international recognition not only of the distinction of Soyinka’s sustained output but also as a tribute to Nigerian and African literature in general. However, given decades
Isidore Diala
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100 Years of Element Zero: Andreas von Antropoff's Neutronium and the Naming of the Neutron
Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, EarlyView.Congratulations to the 100th Anniversary of the publication of Andreas von Antropoff's element 0, “–“! This contribution provides a historical account of the concept of element zero and the naming of the neutron. The concept of element zero is 100 years old, having a first documented appearance in a 1926 publication by Andreas von Antropoff, while the ...
Holger Kohlmann
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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The social life of money for children
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
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