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Christopher S. Rose deposited Trial by Virus: Colonial Medicine and the 1883 Cholera in Egypt in the group
Digital Middle East & Islamic Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThis article explores how public health was transformed in Egypt soon after its occupation by Great Britain in 1882. Over the course of the nineteenth century, the Egyptian state had invested substantially in health to boost the nation’s economic and military strength, and, especially after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, to address E…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited गोगा जी की मेड़ी और नाथपंथी आंबेडकरवादी साधु in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoएम्स से चिकित्सा शास्त्र की डिग्री लेने वाले नाथपंथी एकआम्बेडकरवादी साधु से संबंधित यात्रा संस्मरण।
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Goga ki Medi and a Nathpanthi Ambedkarite sadhu in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoA team of journalists led by Pramod Ranjan, editor, FORWARD Press, is touring India to explore Bahujan India and its culture. The team invites FP readers to join this odyssey. We will keep you posted with what we see and learn through regular reports and articles. Here is a report by Pramod Ranjan from Rajasthan
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Ian Willis deposited When Peppertrees were all the rage in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoIn the 1890s, Camden Municipal Council started beautifying the town area by planting various trees, including peppercorns. These cultural plantings defined the local urban landscape for decades, yet only a handful remain today.
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Ian Willis deposited When Peppertrees were all the rage in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoIn the 1890s, Camden Municipal Council started beautifying the town area by planting various trees, including peppercorns. These cultural plantings defined the local urban landscape for decades, yet only a handful remain today.
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Pramod Ranjan deposited ज्ञान निर्माण की प्रक्रिया: विश्वविद्यालय बनाम पिछड़े क्षेत्र और समुदाय in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoइस लेख में यूनिवर्सिटियों में सामाजिक न्याय की अवहेलना के कारण होने वाले नुकासान की चर्चा की गई है। लेख में कहा गया है कि प्राध्यापकों का मुख्य काम शिक्षण, यानी ज्ञान की व्याख्या करना है। ज्ञान का निर्माण एक सतत प्रक्रिया है, जो समाज में घटित होती है, यूनिवर्सिटियां भी इस प्रकिया का उतना ही अंग हैं, जितना किसी किस…[Read more]
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Jake Benson started the topic “Taking the Past into the Future”: Hybrid Symposium, 11–12 May 2023 in the discussion
Digital Middle East & Islamic Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoTaking the Past into the Future: Studying, Preserving, and Understanding Islamicate Manuscripts
Thursday 11 May, 10am-5pm and Friday 12 May 10am-4.30pm BST
University of Edinburgh
This two-day symposium hosted between the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) will feature…[Read more] -
Pramod Ranjan deposited Triveni Sangh in Literature and the Literature of Triveni Sangh in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoTriveni Sangh’s activities were primarily confined to Bihar, parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, adjoining Bihar, were also influenced by it. At the political level, the Triveni Sangh’s mission was carried forward by the Shoshit Dal, founded by Jagdev Prasad in 1967 in Bihar.
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Ian Willis deposited Colonial hotel is still serving in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe Plough and Harrow Inn at 75-79 Argyle Street is the second oldest hotel in Camden and is still on the original site. The Camden Inn (1841) was the first hotel in Camden. Located on the Great South Road, the Plough and Harrow was part of the fabric of Macarthur’s private village of Camden within the Cowpastures. By the early 20th century,…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Colonial hotel is still serving in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe Plough and Harrow Inn at 75-79 Argyle Street is the second oldest hotel in Camden and is still on the original site. The Camden Inn (1841) was the first hotel in Camden. Located on the Great South Road, the Plough and Harrow was part of the fabric of Macarthur’s private village of Camden within the Cowpastures. By the early 20th century,…[Read more]
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Elton Barker deposited Journeying through Space and Time with Pausanias’s Description of Greece in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoSometime in the second century CE, Pausanias of Magnesia (modern-day Turkey) wrote the Description of Greece. Ostensibly a tour of the places to see on the Greek mainland, the Description also provides historical accounts related to the topography through which Pausanias moves. Little attention has been given to how these building blocks of…[Read more]
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Martin Roland deposited Der Dürnsteiner Stiftbrief. Multimedia im Mittelalter (2010) in the group
Archives on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe multimedia aspects of one of the most beautifully illuminated charters is in the focus of this paper.
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Martin Roland deposited Medieval Grants of Arms and their Illuminators in the group
Archives on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoTh is essay deals with the relevance of medieval grants of arms in art history, focusing on the aspects of innovation and quality. Th e fi rst part discusses the origins of innovative prototypes that did not yet match the quality of later grants of arms. Th e second part presents a selection of qualitative landmarks in the history of grants of…[Read more]
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Kristof D'hulster deposited Licit Magic – GlobalLit Working Papers 16. Ziya Pasha, Reformist and/or Reactionary? Translations from the Hürriyet & Ḫarābāt in the group
Ottoman and Turkish Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThis working paper presents a full and annotated translation of two titles by 19th-century Ottoman author-cum-statesman Ziya Pasha: (1) a newspaper article written in exile, modern in terms of format and reformist in terms of tenor and providing an staunch and iconoclastic critique of Ottoman language and literature, and (2) the versified preface…[Read more]
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Kristof D'hulster deposited Licit Magic – GlobalLit Working Papers 16. Ziya Pasha, Reformist and/or Reactionary? Translations from the Hürriyet & Ḫarābāt in the group
Digital Middle East & Islamic Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThis working paper presents a full and annotated translation of two titles by 19th-century Ottoman author-cum-statesman Ziya Pasha: (1) a newspaper article written in exile, modern in terms of format and reformist in terms of tenor and providing an staunch and iconoclastic critique of Ottoman language and literature, and (2) the versified preface…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden History, Journal of the Camden Historical Society. March 2023 v5n5 in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoCamden History is the Journal of the Camden Historical Society NSW. The journal is published bi-annually, an anthology of historical stories about people and places drawn from Camden and district. The current edition includes Cowells Camellia Nursery; Onslow Assembly Hall, Camden; JD Rankin; Artwork Life Blood; Frederick Sharpe; CD Noble; Photo essay.
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Ian Willis deposited Camden History, Journal of the Camden Historical Society. March 2023 v5n5 in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoCamden History is the Journal of the Camden Historical Society NSW. The journal is published bi-annually, an anthology of historical stories about people and places drawn from Camden and district. The current edition includes Cowells Camellia Nursery; Onslow Assembly Hall, Camden; JD Rankin; Artwork Life Blood; Frederick Sharpe; CD Noble; Photo essay.
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Ian Willis deposited A marvellous Edwardian building in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe former Foresters’ Hall occupies one of the most prominent sites in the Camden Town Centre at 147 Argyle Street on the corner of Oxley Street and Argyle Street. On its opening in 1908, the hall was considered the best in New South Wales by the Order of Royal Foresters.
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Ian Willis deposited A marvellous Edwardian building in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe former Foresters’ Hall occupies one of the most prominent sites in the Camden Town Centre at 147 Argyle Street on the corner of Oxley Street and Argyle Street. On its opening in 1908, the hall was considered the best in New South Wales by the Order of Royal Foresters.
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Ian Willis deposited The Enduring Face of the Camden Showgirl in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe Camden Miss Showgirl competition is, in many ways, an anachronism from the past. It has survived for 49 years under the onslaught of feminism, post-modernism, globalization and urbanisation. A worthy feat indeed.
The competition is still popular, and the local press is always a strong supporter. The 2010 Camden Showgirl competition attracted…[Read more] - Load More