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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
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Confederate Memory

, 2017
This year as a CWI Fellow, I’ve been doing a lot of research and thinking on Civil War memory, specifically that of Confederate memory. When doing this work, the question at the back of my mind is always: How should monuments, symbols, and other examples
Ortman, Olivia
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When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
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Naming, Blaming, and Claiming: The Columbus Monument and the Struggle for Diversity Rights in Syracuse, New York

Panorama, 2022
Kristina Borrman
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Writing about a Prime Minister: Reflections on How Malcolm Fraser PM Happened

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
In 1989 I published Malcolm Fraser PM, a study of the way that prime minister Fraser worked. In this note I muse about the back story, about the processes involved in writing a study of a recently defeated prime minister, explaining how the book was written and what could be learnt from the interactions with Fraser.
Patrick Weller
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Public Monuments of Rudolf Valdec

Civitas Crisiensis : radovi Zavoda za znanstvenoistraživački i umjetnički rad Koprivničko-križevačke županije u Križevcima, 2014
U članku se razmatraju javni spomenici kipara Rudolfa Valdeca (Krapina, 8. ožujka 1872. - Zagreb, 1. veljače 1929.) i Roberta Frangeša - Mihanovića, prvog hrvatskog modernog kipara. Riječ je o radovima Valdeca nastalim kratko nakon povratka sa školovanja u Beču i Münchenu, od 1899. godine kada izrađuje svoj prvi javni spomenik pjesnika Antuna Nemčića u
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The Troubles and Beyond: The impact of a museum exhibit on a post‐conflict society

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland.
Laia Balcells, Elsa Voytas
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Split, Monument, Other (Contemporary Artistic Interventions on Public Monuments in Split)

Anali Galerije Antuna Augustinčića, 2015
Spomenik je duhovno-materijalni proizvod koji baš i nema 'privilegij' biti neutralan. Uglavnom je ostvaren kao prostor reprezentacije i počesto pripada reprezentacijskom prostoru kakve institucije, grada ili države. Izvorno je začet kao kôd ideologije ili fizička manifestacija određene skrivene ili pak sasvim transparentne agende, no u prostoru ...
Prančević, Dalibor, Kesić, Božo
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Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
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Monuments devoted to artists in public spaces around museums: A nineteenth-century strategy to enhance the urban space of art districts

RIHA Journal, 2014
Monuments to kings or military heroes have always been positioned in main squares and avenues, whilst those erected to famous cultural figures were a novelty introduced in the Enlightenment and Romanticism, placing busts or sitting monuments to writers ...
Lorente, J. Pedro
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