Building on eighteenth-century philosophical traditions, Victorian aesthetics were often posed as an antidote to the vicissitudes of the Industrial Revolution and the political and economic demands of the marketplace, and in most cultures undergoing modernization the Beautiful has often functioned in opposition to the forces of power and…[Read more]

Will students raised on social media still read English literature?
• What is the role of English/American literature in the PRC, India,
Australasia, the USA?
• What is the role of English language in relation to other global
and local languages?
• What is the role of decolonising efforts?
• How do our respective state apparatuses affect…[Read more]

This is a general presentation of the TYPARABIC project funded by the ERC through the first Advanced Grant won by Romania in SH6 for 2021-2026

This is a discussion of the first printed Arabic Akathist to the Mother of God that has recently turned out in a private collection. This is a book printed ca. 1745-1750 by the care of the Patriarch Sylvester of Antioch in the press of a Greek Orthodox monastic community, either in Bucharest, Romania, or in Beirut Lebanon.

In the history of old Romanian painting, the icon of Saint John the Baptist with scenes from his life from Budești‑Josani occupies a very important place due to its exceptional artistic quality, as well as the Slavonic inscription with the master’s signature and date. The inscription, in a very poor state of preservation, has already been part…[Read more]

This article is a reflection on the presentation offered at the 2019 Association for
Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) Conference where the origins and meaning
of the word Km.t1 was debated. This examination seeks to identify syncretism as the
proposed and superior method of interpreting ancient text, specifically the Medu…[Read more]