This dissertation traces the emergence of transnational political institutions among Arabophone Ottoman emigrants living in New York City, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires, and analyzes the development of a long-distance nationalist politics among emigrant activists during and after World War I. Using socially-produced primary materials written and…[Read more]

Acknowledging the central role art from around the globe played in the production of the modern, this seminar will engage with the emergent art historical, methodological, and theoretical literature shaping the history of modern art after the global turn. Particular case studies of regional art movements (in e.g. Cuba, Brazil, India, Japan, Iran,…[Read more]

Artists around the world grappled with the modern, working through local concerns and struggles but continually engaged with counterparts in Europe, North America, and across the “global South.” This course will introduce art, artists, movements, and institutions of modernism from approximately 1880 to the present and from outside of the nor…[Read more]

In the area of dispute resolution, the U.S. FTAs with Arab countries share some commonalities. However, the US – JO FTA clearly differs from other U.S. FTAs with Arab countries. Areas of difference include treatment of perishable goods, appeal, panel report, and implementation of panel report. The dispute settlement mechanism in the US – JO FTA…[Read more]

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) includes several provisions concerning trade facilitation such as advance ruling, duty drawback, use of information technology, post clearance audit, and single window.One important aspect of USMCA is the inclusion of de minimis threshold for imports. De minimis is a valuation ceiling for goods…[Read more]

The question this article addresses is how the WTO supports and deals with digital trade. This article briefly discusses the historical advancement of the Internet, defines the concept of digital trade and its development in the international market. The article then analyzes how existing WTO agreements have dealt with digital trade. The article…[Read more]

Arab countries are attempting to broaden their engagement in the multilateral trading system in a manner that has many implications. Not only have some Arab countries either acceded or are in the pipeline of acceding to the World Trade Organization (WTO), but their new commitments coincide with reorientations in their economic strategies. The…[Read more]

The objective of this article is to examine the implications of the intellectual property provisions in the US–Jordan Free Trade Agreement (US–JO FTA) and whether they serve as a template for other Arab countries who will be concluding free trade agreements with the USA. My claim in this article is that the intellectual property part of the US–…[Read more]

E-commerce offers economy-wide benefits. World Trade Organization (WTO) members recognized the benefits e-commerce offers and have developed a work program to facilitate the development of e-commerce. However, WTO efforts to facilitate e-commerce have stalled, leading to a slower than anticipated progress.

The Jordanian Law of Commercial Agents and Intermediaries No. 28 of 2001 covers all forms of sale contracts through intermediaries. This law provides express restrictions and protective provisions on the conduct by local agents of internal commercial agency activities. However, these statutory protections are granted only to registered agencies…[Read more]

While acknowledging the difficulties cities face, Leading the Inclusive City mounts a powerful case that cities do have tools at their disposal for ameliorating inequality, advancing social justice, promoting environmental responsibility, and bolstering community empowerment. Susan Marie Martin thinks citizens of all cities will find this book…[Read more]

Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, On the Commodity Trail explores the colourful and fascinating histories of everyday objects. Susan Marie Martin finds the author’s writing style, which includes historical ironies, and parallels between concepts and lived experience, have created a text accessible to a broad, curious readership.

Texto para a edição online da revista Glosas a propósito do motete Heu me Domine para quatro vozes de Vicente Lusitano. Lusitano terá nascido em Olivença (ainda sob o domínio português) tendo desenvolvido a sua carreira musical em Itália e, mais tarde, em Estugarda já convertido ao Protestantismo. Este breve estudo propõe, assim, uma análise d…[Read more]

In an ideal society, all inhabitants would be treated equally, but in reality there are divisions with groups of varying dominance, whether clear or hidden. Usually the dominant groups, powerful either by political, cultural or social hegemony create the narrative of ‘otherness’ and pass laws, some of which could be discriminatory. This is esp…[Read more]

Starting from the critique of Enlightenment from Horkheimer/Adorno to Foucault, this essay discusses implications of such critique for the most eminent figure of Serb enlightenment, Dimitrije (Dositej) Obradović. Topics: Politics towards Josef II’ enlightened despotism, the misunderstanding about Obradovic’ championship of a popular literary…[Read more]

Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung der Geschichte der deutsch-slovenischen Diglossie in Innerösterreich im 16. und 17. Jh.

Gaining access through musical practices.

El presente trabajo estudia la presencia de comida y bebida en las dos églogas carnavalescas de Juan del Encina (1468-1529), Égloga representada en la noche postrera de Carnal y la de Antruejo o Carnestollendas. El objetivo es establecer una suerte de catálogo provisional de los diversos usos escenográficos de la alimentación, así como su varia…[Read more]

Este trabajo analiza los espacios dramáticos del teatro de Juan del Encina, sus funciones y su potencialidad escénica. La noción de «espacio dramático» deriva de la teoría semiótica, que considera las referencias locativas en el texto dramático como parte del espacio ficticio teatral y examina el modo en el que todas ellas conjugan el espacio…[Read more]

Me propongo en estas páginas realizar un análisis de los elementos teatrales preservados en la Égloga de Cristino y Febea de Juan del Encina. El objetivo de este trabajo es recuperar los elementos teatrales de la Égloga de Cristino y Febea para demostrar que, pese a la casi ausencia de acotaciones explícitas, Juan del Encina sí tiene prese…[Read more]