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ABSTRACT This study aims to identify lesions confined to the internal structures of bones. A radiographic analysis was performed on 219 archaeological, historical period skeletons from southern Finland. Although the study examines nearly all preserved skeletal elements using plain radiographs, it does not incorporate computed tomography.
Kati Salo +2 more
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925
Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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The Past Requires Reconciliation
Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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This paper explored patterns and factors of arts and creative engagement in and outside school among young people across 73 countries. Using data from the OECD PISA, we found that countries with higher in‐school engagement rates also had higher out‐of‐school engagement rates and that factors of engagement operate across different levels, with a ...
Hei Wan Mak +3 more
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Criminalising ‘Conversion Therapy’
An increasing number of jurisdictions have introduced legal bans on so‐called ‘conversion therapy’ practices. Yet significant uncertainty and disagreement persist among legal scholars, policymakers and advocates about whether criminal law is an appropriate tool in this area and, if so, how it should be used.
Ilias Trispiotis, Stuart Goosey
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Disciplining Desire: Rethinking Racial Capitalism Through Black Queer Resistance
ABSTRACT In Black communities, heteronormativity installs the belief that Black people are inherently straight, erasing Black Queer histories. Despite its significance, homophobia remains underexamined in racial capitalism discourse, which neglects the interplay of race, gender, sexuality, and capital.
Seon Yuzyk
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The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1
Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
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ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna +7 more
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The everyday life and customs of Constantinople Patriarchs in the second half of the 19th century
The author of the article analyzes the church conflicts between Greeks and Bulgarians in the second half of the 19th century. It is rather interesting to have an overlook of everyday life, customs and material status of the Constantinople Patriarchs of ...
Venediktov Vadim Yuriyevich
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