सच्ची रामायण, पेरियार ई. वी. रामासामी की बहुचर्चित और सबसे विवादास्पद कृति रही है। पेरियार रामायण को एक राजनीतिक ग्रंथ मानते थे। उनका कहना था कि इसे दक्षिणवासी अनार्यों पर उत्तर के आर्यों की विजय और प्रभुत्व को जायज ठहराने के लिए लिखा गया और यह गैर-ब्राह्मणों पर ब्राह्मणों और महिलाओं पर पुरुषों के वर्चस्व का उपकरण है। यह किताब हिंदी में 1968में ‘स…[Read more]

This essay focuses on territorial conflicts between European masonic bodies outside Europe, and on the impact of these conflicts on inner-European masonic relations. The period between c. 1870 and c. 1930 marks the height of the European expansion respectively the age of ‘high imperialism’. It also marks the first wave of decolonization. The tid…[Read more]

This essay focuses on territorial conflicts between European masonic bodies outside Europe, and on the impact of these conflicts on inner-European masonic relations. The period between c. 1870 and c. 1930 marks the height of the European expansion respectively the age of ‘high imperialism’. It also marks the first wave of decolonization. The tid…[Read more]

How did (Western) European freemasonries on a transnational level came to terms with the idea of a closer union of the European peoples? Concepts of “Europe” and “Europeanness” were the background music of the formation of masonic pan-European networks, building on transnational encounters either by individual freemasons (in the Universala Framaso…[Read more]

Presentation in the working group “History of Science in Early South Asia” at https://www.chstm.org/early-south-asia on Dec. 19th 2022.

El Teatro Bufo es un género de estilo mixto, satírico y musical emparentado con la zarzuela, el sainete, la parodia y el apropósito. Se desarrolló en Cuba durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y constituyen un capítulo muy personal de la vertiente costumbrista de la cultura cubana. En la Universidad Central «Marta Abreu» de Las Villas (Cuba)…[Read more]

ntroducción: Los procesos de enseñanza aprendizaje e investigación científica actualmente requieren de fuentes actualizadas y servicios de información altamente relevante a los investigadores. La Dirección de Información Científico Técnica de la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas ha identificado como problemática la poca efectividad q…[Read more]

This article analyses the connections between the worlds of fine art and fashion through the complex interconnections between the Parisian-Eastern European creative exile. It follows the common threads between Ukrainian-Jewish artist and fashion designer Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979) and prominent inter-war Parisian Romanians: namely, Tristan T…[Read more]

This article demonstrates the interplay between national, international and transatlantic dimensions within fraternalism. From the late nineteenth century, masonic lodges took part in the broader push towards the formation of transnational organisations and institutions. They were mainly based in western and southwestern Europe. However,…[Read more]

This article demonstrates the interplay between national, international and transatlantic dimensions within fraternalism. From the late nineteenth century, masonic lodges took part in the broader push towards the formation of transnational organisations and institutions. They were mainly based in western and southwestern Europe. However,…[Read more]

proofs, to be published in a volume 2023

Gotteshäuser en miniature? Architekturbezug, Funktion und Medialität der sogenannten Tempelmodelle der südlichen Levante, in: Jens Kamlah/Markus Witte (Hg.), Sacred Architecture in Ancient Palestine from the Bronze Age to Medieval Times (ADPV 49), Wiesbaden 2023, 153-234.

The transition towards open access to research articles has become a
question of how, rather than why and the rise of transformative agreements
has enabled publishers to strike agreements with large institutions and
national research organisations to provide open access and authorship to
their members. In this post, Arthur J. Boston puts…[Read more]

El diseño de servicios y productos de información conforman la categoría ofertas de información. El diseño de estas para el ambiente Web, centrado en los usuarios, potencia la usabilidad y la participación de dichos usuarios. Se analizan cuatro disciplinas y se exponen sus puntos de contacto: Diseño de ofertas de información, Arquitectura de info…[Read more]

Los estudios sociales acerca del desarrollo comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe conforman un campo científico que ha sido poco estudiado y delimitado. Su constitución tiene un carácter interdisciplinar, permeado por la actividad de científicos procedentes de diversas áreas del saber y su análisis permite identificar perspectivas – limitaci…[Read more]

The seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]

The seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]

Moroccan linguistic situation goes back to the ancient times of colonization. The country has suffered a lot during this era from political, economic, and even social influences. As a result, this made Morocco distinctive and diversified in its sociolinguistic phenomena. We can find Diglossia, code-switching, borrowing, bilingualism, Triglossia,…[Read more]

Although he was the first professor of Tibetan in Europe as well as the chair of Sanskrit at the Collège de France, Philippe-Édouard Foucaux (1811-1894) is little remembered today; Bernard le Calloc’h, in a series of biographical articles on Foucaux, has described him as “un Angevin oublié.” Nevertheless, Foucaux’s published works, especial…[Read more]

El desarrollo tecnológico tiene entre sus principales ejemplos la tecnología móvil. Es por ello que, en la última década se incrementó el uso de aplicaciones para dispositivos móviles. Se identifica una presencia considerable de desarrolladores de aplicaciones móviles, con la finalidad de aumentar la visibilidad de sus diseños realizados en funci…[Read more]