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Constructing History: The Use of the Past as a Model for the Present in the Icelandic Sagas
The Icelandic sagas can be read and interpreted in many ways. This article examines the sagas both as literary expressions of a longstanding oral tradition and as part of a collective and cultural memory.
Michael Riber Jørgensen
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An Algebra of Hierarchical Graphs and its Application to Structural Encoding [PDF]
We define an algebraic theory of hierarchical graphs, whose axioms characterise graph isomorphism: two terms are equated exactly when they represent the same graph.
Bruni, Roberto +2 more
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Investigating proxies for retail investor attention in financial markets
Abstract Investor attention influences financial markets but “depends on where you search” (Ben‐Rephael et al., The Review of Financial Studies, 2017, 30, 3009). We explore various retail investor attention proxies and their correlations with company characteristics and market reactions.
Daniel Cahill +2 more
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The Icelandic Sagas as a Subject for Undergraduate Study [PDF]
While medieval studies has dramatically expanded its scope and the texts taught as part of its subject over the past few decades, the study of Icelandic saga literature is still a fringe discipline, particularly in North American academe.
Sexton, John P.
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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Opferbeschreibungen in christlichen Schriften
The article analyses Christian influences as they can be observed in the narrations of traditional Icelandic Sagas from the early Christian period. It gives special attention to rituals of offering as these are depicted in the Landnámabók (dating from ...
Jón Aðalsteinsson
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Aggregates. Definition and modelization
Il contributo si propone di illustrare la natura e la modellizzazione degli aggregati, la cui comprensione è stata un processo lento. Gli aggregati, a causa della complessità della loro modellizzazione, furono solo brevemente trattati nel modello ...
Lapo Ghiringhelli
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Religion, Alfar and Dvergar [PDF]
En este artículo apuntamos a explorar la conexión entre dos tipos de entidades míticas colectivas, los álfar y los dvergar. Ponderamos críticamente la fiabilidad de las distintas fuentes y analizamos el modo en que esos seres son presentados en algunos ...
Barreiro, Santiago Francisco
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Welcome to the Anthropozine! DIY Booklets as an Alternative to the Peer‐Reviewed Publication
ABSTRACT Peer‐reviewed publications remain the most accepted form of knowledge production and distribution in academia today. But such formal publications are often deeply exclusionary, especially for undergraduate and early graduate students as well as scholars tackling highly stigmatized subjects.
Nicholas C. Kawa
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La diplomazia culturale di Luchaire nella Firenze di primo Novecento
The paper is focused on the network of transnational intellectual relations and the political-cultural activity of Luchaire in Florence from the foundation of the French Institute (1907) to his departure for Paris in the post-war period.
Monica Pacini
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