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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited La vida es sólo fantasía: La crisis y la autoinvención humana in the group
Environmental Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoSpanish abstract: Una reflexión evolucionista y cognitivista sobre el papel de la imaginación y de la autorrepresentación en la identidad humana, en la creación de verdades, y en la gestión de las crisis—en el seno de una realidad humana, realidad interaccional y comunicativa, que siempre ha tenido mucho de realidad virtual (avant la lettre y avan…[Read more]
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RONALD VINCE deposited The Sacrifice of Isaac as Psycho-Moral Drama in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThe horror of the situation at the center of the story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis has historically prompted a myriad of attempts to reconcile the apparently sadistic demands of God with normal human sensibilities. The tension–both in the story itself and in critical reactions to the story–is inherently dramatic, but the…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited ‘Solar’: Irremediable historicidad in the group
Environmental Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoSpanish abstract: ¿Llegará a tiempo la energía solar sostenible? ́Solar ́ de Ian McEwan trata los ribetes picarescos de la ciencia occidental, con un tema casi cósmico de trasfondo, y con una vida complicada en primer plano. El protagonista, encarnación de la ciencia actual, es un pícaro moderno, que reúne en sí todos los extremos de la condición…[Read more]
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Anita Savo started the topic CFP for New England Medieval Consortium 2022: Medieval Ecologies in the discussion
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoNew England Medieval Consortium 2022: Medieval Ecologies
October 8, 2022
Colby College
Waterville, METhis conference will provide an opportunity for medievalists working across a range of disciplines and geographic areas to join in conversation about premodern ecologies and their literary historical representations, as well as their material…[Read more]
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Anita Savo started the topic CFP for New England Medieval Consortium 2022: Medieval Ecologies in the discussion
Environmental Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoNew England Medieval Consortium 2022: Medieval Ecologies
October 8, 2022
Colby College
Waterville, METhis conference will provide an opportunity for medievalists working across a range of disciplines and geographic areas to join in conversation about premodern ecologies and their literary historical representations, as well as their material…[Read more]
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John Aerni-Flessner deposited A Trasnational History of Stock Theft on the Lesotho-South Africa Border, Nineteenth Century to 1994 in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoStock theft has long been a problem along the Lesotho–South Africa border. From Moshoeshoe I’s cattle-raiding in the nineteenth century through to the start of the democratic era in Lesotho (1993) and South Africa (1994), the idea that stock theft is both prevalent and an international problem has been generally accepted by one and all. This art…[Read more]
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