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ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
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Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
This article analyses the communicative power of eyebrows in ancient Rome within the framework of broader research into gestures from the same period. Our research uses the corpus of Latin literature to describe evidence of gestures in said texts.
M. Antonia Fornés Pallicer +1 more
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ABSTRACT In this article, I draw on multi‐sited and remote ethnography in the cities of Munich in Germany and Hanoi in Vietnam to analyze how young hip hop artists transform cities as sensory contact zones through rap and dance. I show how young Vietnamese‐Germans amplify sensory contact zones in the diasporic city of Munich through the sounds, visuals,
Sandra Kurfürst
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Aaron Michael Butts, ed., Semitic Languages in Contact
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Alessandro Bausi
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The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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The term “anti-Semitism” is in fact a misnomer, since it implies antipathy towards all people of Semitic origin. Not all conflicts between Jews and non-Jews should be seen as due to anti-Semitism.
A. du Toit
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Two Faces of the Anti‐Inclusion Neoconservative Coin in Brazil: Neoliberalism and Far‐Right
ABSTRACT Brazil has recently experienced the resurgence of the far‐right, a movement that has also occurred in other countries around the world. Given this context, this article seeks to understand the factors that enabled the union among neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and the far‐right in Brazil, demonstrating that in times of economic crisis the ...
Eloisio Moulin de Souza
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The most common approach when analyzing literary antisemitism is to explore the “image of the Jew” in literary texts. At a closer look, this focus entails several problems, ranging from a neglect of other anti-Semitic elements in the text, to the risk ...
Franka Marquardt
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Abstract On February 28, 2026, a major regional war broke out involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. While the theory of structural realism considers this conflict the product of shifting power dynamics, this article argues that it is better explained by what we term diversionary rhetorical entrapment.
Bulent Aras
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Between typology and diachrony : some formal parallels in Hebrew and Maltese [PDF]
Hebrew and Maltese are obliquely related members of the Semitic language family. Past comparative research inspired by Bible translation highlighted in atomistic fashion a number of common traits in these two languages.
Borg, Alexander
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