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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Return migration and repatriation: Myths and realities in the interwar Syrian mahjar in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoThe concept of return is an intoxicating analytic for scholars, for several reasons. The idea that migrants return home creates opportunities to reclaim them from the hegemony of the bordered nation-state. For diaspora theorists, return works as a rebuttal to the field’s preoccupations with exile and loss. Migrants return home all the time, t…[Read more]
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Fazil Jamal deposited Rights of the Child under International Law in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoGovernment of India: Ministry of Education,
National Mission on Education through ICT, e-Pathshala PG Programme, Course on International Human Rights Law,
Module on Rights of the Child under International Law
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Mostafa Abedinifard, Omid Azadibougar, Amirhossein Vafa (eds.). Persian Literature as World Literature in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoPersian literature used to be visibly worldly when Persian was a lingua franca in a vast space from Balkan to China. With the British colonialism in the India and the rise of nation states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Persian lost its status and became more national in various contexts. In Iran it only got worsened with sanctions,…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Mostafa Abedinifard, Omid Azadibougar, Amirhossein Vafa (eds.). Persian Literature as World Literature in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoPersian literature used to be visibly worldly when Persian was a lingua franca in a vast space from Balkan to China. With the British colonialism in the India and the rise of nation states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Persian lost its status and became more national in various contexts. In Iran it only got worsened with sanctions,…[Read more]
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Sebastian Nordhoff replied to the topic Business Models for Open Access Books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoI read the report. The Association of University Presses finds that University Presses are providing great value and that their average cost per book is 20,000$. Of these, 15,000$ are covered by subsidies and the rest via prints sales etc.
They report 50% of book costs are overhead and acquisition. Work directly related to the creation of a book…[Read more]
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Nicholas S.M. Matheou deposited Hegemony, Counterpower & Global History. Medieval New Rome & Caucasia in a Critical Perspective in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoThis chapter analyses Global Byzantium by situating the medieval empire of New Rome in the history of statehood’s generalisation worldwide. Arguing that statehood remains the implicit mental furniture of History at a macro-civilizational scale, and so more or less at the micro too, the chapter proposes the dual concepts of hegemony and c…[Read more]
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Cagdas Dedeoglu deposited Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoIn the last two decades, the concept of ecological citizenship has become a recurrent theme in both popular and academic discussions. Discussions around the prospects of, and limitations to, ecological citizenship have mostly focused on the idea of political agency and the civic responsibility of individuals in relation to their environments, with…[Read more]
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Christina Drummond replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoOPERAS is hiring a Community Manager to facilitate community consultation and engagement related to Open Access eBook Usage (OAeBU) data. https://www.operas-eu.org/calls-and-job-opportunities/community-manager-oa-ebook-usage-oaebu-data-trust/
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Steve McCarty deposited Peace Dialogue among Religions: Influence of Religions on Laws and Moral Values in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoIllustrated script of a stage play created by the author, a peace dialogue among an American Christian, an Israeli Jew, a Saudi Arabian Muslim, and a Japanese Buddhist. It draws from the conflict resolution process pioneered by Johan Galtung and practiced in Peace Studies classes taught by the author and others at Osaka Jogakuin University. It…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Peace Dialogue among Religions: Influence of Religions on Laws and Moral Values in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoIllustrated script of a stage play created by the author, a peace dialogue among an American Christian, an Israeli Jew, a Saudi Arabian Muslim, and a Japanese Buddhist. It draws from the conflict resolution process pioneered by Johan Galtung and practiced in Peace Studies classes taught by the author and others at Osaka Jogakuin University. It…[Read more]
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Stephanie Leite deposited ReMobilizing the Future—Mastery Project in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReMobilizing the Future is the third project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the systems and policies that facilitate and…[Read more]
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Daniel Gorman replied to the topic Job: Contemporary Publishing Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Libraries in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThis sounds like it was/is an interesting position. Were you looking specifically for people with library science degrees, or could people with other credentials apply? (History PhD candidate brainstorming alt-ac jobs over here!)
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Daniel Gorman replied to the topic Online Conference: The Art Museum in the Digital Age in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoSounds like an interesting conference. Were any sessions filmed for YouTube, Vimeo, or other streaming platforms?
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Stephanie Leite deposited ReDesigning the Future—Mastery Project in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReDesigning the Future is the second project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the grand challenges we must overcome to achieve…[Read more]
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Stephanie Leite deposited ReDesigning the Future—Mastery Project in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReDesigning the Future is the second project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the grand challenges we must overcome to achieve…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Business Models for Open Access Books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoA significant new report has come out from TOME: Report: The Cost to Publish TOME Monographs https://aupresses.org/news/report-the-cost-to-publish-tome-monographs/
I am looking forward to reading this closely and suspect it might generate some discussion! I’d be interested to hear any thoughts anybody has.
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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
Latin America and the Caribbean 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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Wout Dillen deposited DH Benelux Journal 4. The Humanities in a Digital World in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThe fourth volume of the DH Benelux Journal. This volume includes seven full-length, peer-reviewed articles that are based on accepted contributions to the 2021 virtual DH Benelux conference. Contents: 1. Editors’ Preface (Wout Dillen, Margherita Fantoli, Marijn Koolen, Marieke van Erp); 2. Introduction: The Humanities in a Digital World (Lorella…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Culture and National Development in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoNigeria as a developing country is on the fast track to the attainment of development, or supposedly so. In this endeavour, priority is inevitably placed on science and technology as the only routes for the attainment of this dream. Such one track minded disposition is mouthed to the exclusion of other factors that contribute to the development of…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited The Theatre and Sustainable Human Development: Fumes of Fuel and Boundless Love as Paradigms in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThe performing Arts encompass a wide range of disciplines which are invariably synonymous with creativity, thus, creativity is the hallmark of performance. For the sake of clarity, Performing Arts comprise Theatre Arts, Music, Dance and Choreography and the electronic media of Radio, Television and film commonly referred
to as the audio-visual…[Read more] - Load More