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Amel Abbady deposited “‘You cannot assimilate Indian ghosts’ : a magical realist reading of Louise Erdrich’s The Night Watchman” in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoIn The Night Watchman (2020), Louise Erdrich continues to blur the lines between history and fiction as she has done in several of her novels. Erdrich introduces the reader to several magical elements that appear to be entirely real: two ghosts, a dog that talks, and an unearthly powwow with Jesus as one of the dancers. The main objective of this…[Read more]
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Review: Zoila Farfán y Andrés Medina. Al servicio de la Iglesia y la Educación Superior chilena. Crónica de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción. Concepción: Ediciones UCSC, 2021. in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoLa formación del ser humano constituye una de las acciones más amplias y complejas, constituida como un acto multidimensional de maestros y discípulos que animan a una comunidad, en este caso, la universidad. Esta institución es un espacio de búsqueda del saber y el conocimiento. Su esencia de enseñanza y aprendizaje ha construido unive…[Read more]
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Review: Zoila Farfán y Andrés Medina. Al servicio de la Iglesia y la Educación Superior chilena. Crónica de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción. Concepción: Ediciones UCSC, 2021. in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoLa formación del ser humano constituye una de las acciones más amplias y complejas, constituida como un acto multidimensional de maestros y discípulos que animan a una comunidad, en este caso, la universidad. Esta institución es un espacio de búsqueda del saber y el conocimiento. Su esencia de enseñanza y aprendizaje ha construido unive…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited Public Humanities EcoGothic at the Coast in Ireland and Wales in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThe Gothic clings to Irish and Welsh coasts and finds voice through strange stories. Centuries of accumulated death and tragedy forms a dense web of sorrow with particularly prolific roots in the literature, songs, and stories of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These traditions resonate within the longer history of lives and vessels lost…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited La Breve crónica de Juana de Castilla y la fecha de nacimiento de la princesa (1462) in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoEl presente trabajo pretende probar que la fecha de nacimiento de la princesa Juana de Castilla, hija de Enrique IV y de Juana de Avís, habitualmente señalada el 28 de febrero de 1462, no se produjo este día, sino una semana después, el 7 de marzo del mismo año. La fecha de febrero procede de una fuente muy tardía, como son los A…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited A Spanish Literature Gem in the Heart of the Ozarks: Amadís de Gaula (Venezia, 1533) in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoOne of the most astonishing scenes in Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quijote de la Mancha occurs when the priest and the barber, in order to counteract the mental deterioration of their friend Don Quijote, decide to burn his books about chivalry and knighthood, which, in their opinion, were driving Don Quijote to insanity.
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Ostap Kushnir deposited Russland kann diesen Krieg nur verlieren in the group
Soviet and Russian history and culture on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoSeit fast vier Monaten herrscht Krieg in der Ukraine. Ein Blick in die Geschichte zeigt, warum Putin glaubt, dem Land die Eigenstaatlichkeit absprechen zu können – und weshalb sein Vorhaben nur scheitern kann.
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Duncan Money deposited “Ain’t I a Bastard, Well I Received My Training in Aussie”: The Life of Frank Maybank, an Australian Trade Unionist in Central Africa in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThis article examines the working life of Frank Maybank (1901-94), a self-described Australian trade unionist on the Central African Copperbelt. Maybank was in many ways a worker of the world, he lived and worked in several countries and did all manner of jobs. The job he held the longest was General Secretary of the whites-only mineworkers’ u…[Read more]
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Tensiones de la Guerra Fría: Chile y la Primavera de Praga (1968) in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThis article analyzes the reception and reactions in the Chilean political
debate to the so-called “Prague Spring”, especially in the National Congress, in
August 1968. Methodologically, the historical study consults primary sources,
documents from the Historical Archive of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Tensiones de la Guerra Fría: Chile y la Primavera de Praga (1968) in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThis article analyzes the reception and reactions in the Chilean political
debate to the so-called “Prague Spring”, especially in the National Congress, in
August 1968. Methodologically, the historical study consults primary sources,
documents from the Historical Archive of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
and press of the time, new…[Read more] -
EJ Thomas started the topic Alt-Ac Job Posting: Partner and User Support Specialist ITHAKA (JSTOR/Artstor) in the discussion
Academic Job Market Support Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoHello all! I’m a former academic and now the manager of the Partner and User Support Team at ITHAKA. We support resources you are probably familiar with, including JSTOR, Artstor, JSTOR Forum and Portico. We’re currently hiring for our Partner and User Support Specialist role, the role I started in 6 years ago when I made the decision to leave my…[Read more]
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Francesca Falk deposited Einleitung in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months ago1970 wurde die Schwarzenbach-Initiative nur knapp verworfen. Sie war der Auftakt zu einer bis heute anhaltenden Reihe von «Überfremdungsinitiativen», die Generationen von Menschen mit Migrationsgeschichte traumatisiert haben. In diesem Buch sprechen Zeitzeug:innen der Schwarzenbach-Initiative über ihr Leben im Provisorium. Sie erzählen von prek…[Read more]
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Anna-Mari Vesterinen started the topic CfP on the impact of pandemics – Helsinki University Press in the discussion
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoCall for book proposals
Helsinki University Press (HUP) is soliciting proposals for original research, across multiple disciplines, on the cultural, economic, social, and political dimensions of pandemics. We welcome proposals for monographs, short monographs, and edited volumes. Dissertations and conference proceedings will not be considered.We…[Read more]
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Rita Singer deposited “The Devil may take Snowdon”, or: inscribing touristic disappointment in Victorian visitors’ books in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoHistorically, tourism in Wales was invigorated by the reinvention of mountain scenery during the Romantic period when travellers gained new perspectives of the terrain from higher ground. It is also during this period that inns and guesthouses began keeping visitors’ books in which guests evaluated their surroundings and their hosts’ good ser…[Read more]
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Norberto Barreto Velázquez started the topic Convocatoria 1er Congreso Latinoamericano de Estudios Sobre Estados Unidos in the discussion
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoConvocatoria1er Congreso Latinoamericano de Estudios Sobre Estados UnidosFecha: 21 y 22 de septiembre de 2022Modalidad online La Red Latinoamericana de Estudios sobre Estados Unidos RELAESE, en cooperación con la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, lo invitan cordialmente a participar en el Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Estudios sobre Es…[Read more]
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Cara Jordan started the topic How to Write a Cover Letter for an Academic Job in the discussion
Academic Job Market Support Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoApplying for an academic job? The process can often be opaque and, unless your advisor is particularly helpful, you might feel alone in the process.
Never fear! In a recent blog post, former art history professor and department chair Matt Shoaf tells you how to research, write, and avoid common mistakes when applying for jobs as a…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited La Segunda República, Beevor la Guerra Civil in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoSpanish abstract: La Segunda República española duró no del 31 al 36, sino del 31 al 39, aunque la etapa de la guerra civil (1936-1939) tiene otro carácter, y quizá haya que llamarla a ésa la tercera república. Es normal por tanto que una historia de la guerra civil empiece con una historia de la República. Vemos aquí la perspectiva que sobre el…[Read more]
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Luis de Orueta deposited Las Hermanas Livermore in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoEspaña, a finales del siglo XVIII, todavía era un imperio colonial. El comercio con las provincias de ultramar estimulaba la venida de irlandeses, prusianos, suecos, holandeses, marselleses y sobre todo ingleses, que fundaban Casas de Comercio con españoles. Pero con la aparición de Napoleón en la escena europea, Inglaterra impuso el “blo…[Read more]
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Manuel Loyola deposited 200 años después. Los Andes en la encrucijada de las Independencias. Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile, España in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoEntre los años 2020-2022 se han llevado a cabo diversos eventos conmemoratorios de las independencias nacionales, regionales o locales, sin que se haya efectuado un encuentro que los englobara. Este fue el objetivo del Seminario Internacional 200 años después. Los Andes en la encrucijada de las Independencias (Sevilla, diciembre 2021) que ahora da…[Read more]
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