In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, when a new style of Persian poetry was developing in the Persianate world, several erudite literary critics appeared in India, whose meticulous critiques of Persian poetry was unprecedented in the long history of Persian literature. A close study of the works produced by these critics reveals their vast…[Read more]

This book brings together thirteen contributors from diverse backgrounds – mean and women born in Cameroon, England, Scotland, South Africa, Zambia. What they all have in common is years of service within their respective communities, working individually and within projects and programmes, with both young people and adults to build social c…[Read more]

In this essay, we illustrate how the European Summer University in Digital Humanities at the University of Leipzig (hereafter referred to as “ESU”) under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Burr has set forth a set of values that have built and continue to model a collaborative, communal, and compassionate future for higher education. We ide…[Read more]

In this paper, I argue that Hygieia has to be viewed as a full goddess in Greek religion and medicine, with a special focus on her position within the Asklepios cult. I will examine her identity, to which scholars attribute several labels like goddess, abstraction and personification. I further argue that Hygieia’s role in performing incubation r…[Read more]

The present paper aims to investigate the role of anthropology in the development of Ritual Studies as an inter-disciplinary platform, with a focus on ritual dynamics by using a historiographic description, focusing on thetransition of Greco-Roman to Christian culture. This study attempts to shed light not only on the contributionof anthropology…[Read more]

In this short article I argue that the UK government’s decision not to update the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) is more than a missed opportunity. It weaponises the GRA, now an effective instrument of assimilation and containment. The failure to reform the GRA seems like a maintenance of the status quo, but given that the circumstances have s…[Read more]

In this short article I argue that the UK government’s decision not to update the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) is more than a missed opportunity. It weaponises the GRA, now an effective instrument of assimilation and containment. The failure to reform the GRA seems like a maintenance of the status quo, but given that the circumstances have s…[Read more]

La retórica constituye un elemento fundamental para el análisis del discurso con una aplicación educativa de amplio espectro en las áreas de: literatura, filosofía, política, publicidad, periodismo, educación o derecho. La nueva retórica constituye una lógica de lo valorativo. Lo anterior hace pertinente la enseñanza de la nueva retórica…[Read more]

La creación del proyecto de investigación “Sistema de Superación de las Televisiones Locales para potenciar el Proyecto de Desarrollo Local: SSTv” tuvo una implicación directa en la formación de profesionales de la información dentro de la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas. Se planteó como objetivo del estudio: sistematizar las ex…[Read more]

Los adolescentes por lo general no cuestionan la información que tienen disponible, fundamentalmente a través de Internet. A partir de un análisis de los Programas de Estudio de Filosofía I y II del Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades, subordinado a la Universidad Nacional autónoma de México, se evidencia la importancia que se le atribuye a la refle…[Read more]