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James L. Smith deposited Anxieties of Access: Remembering as a Lake in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months agoThis article explores the nature of remembering as a lake, with a lake, or through a lake; the differential relationships, knowledge, and perspectives contained within; and the potentially troubling implications found at the intersection of scientific and humanistic perspectives on lake being. It also reflects on the totalizing nature of assuming…[Read more]
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Elton Barker deposited ON SPACE, PLACE, AND FORM IN HERODOTUS’ HISTORIES in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months agoThis article reflects on how our own technological developments can help us see Herodotus’ archetype of historical inquiry in a new light. It explores various aspects of place in the Histories—as spaces that are lived, constructed, and relational—to show how and why the idea of place can be such a powerful means for linking information and under…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited El Gran Capitán en las poesías neolatina y castellana del temprano Quinientos in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months agoLa valía militar y guerrera de Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, universalmente conocido por su apodo de Gran Capitán, comenzó a difundirse casi de inmediato en la literatura de los tiempos que le tocaron vivir, hasta el punto de que se podría considerar al héroe cordobés como “la primera figura contemporánea a cuyo alrededor se agolpa esa intensa ac…[Read more]
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Meral Ekincioglu replied to the topic Collective Memory & Historical Documentation on Diverse Women Architects (panel) in the discussion
Archives on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoDear all;
Here is our updated panel announcement: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/collective-memory-of-diverse-women-architects-practice-and-methods-tickets-151870584005
Looking forward to your comments & suggestions on our panel topic.
Best wishes.
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Julia Mattes deposited Pandemic Pictures The Justinian Plague and the Black Death in Art in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoThe Plague of Justinian began in 541 and quickly spread over the area of the late antique Mediterranean. There it continued in more than a dozen plague waves until the middle of the 8th century, causing much suffering and a great number of deaths. Academia traditionally debates it as the end of Antiquity. Isochronal, the effect of climate change…[Read more]
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Arantxa Serantes deposited Raciovitalismo poético y filosofía aplicada: El método Canvas (Psicología profunda desde el método filosófico de María Zambrano) in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoMétodo canvas para posibilitar una serie de dinámicas que permitan aplicar el método de María Zambrano desde el estudio homónimo realizado por Mª João Neves.
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Luis de Orueta commented on the doc Los Virreyes de América del Norte (Nueva España 1535-1821) in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoWhy is Access Limited?
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Ian Wilson deposited Review of ‘Even God Cannot Change the Past’: Reflections on Seventeen Years of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology, ed. Lester L. Grabbe in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoReview of said book.
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Ian Wilson deposited Remembering Kingship: Samuel’s Contributions to Postmonarchic Culture in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoKingship has been a political mainstay in human history, even when peoples have lacked monarchic rulers. This essay examines the book of Samuel as a source for the cultural history of ancient Judah, focusing on the question of how Samuel’s representations of monarchy would function for its readers in the early Second Temple era. In this era, w…[Read more]
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Marie Tanner deposited April 2021 Renaissance Quarterly review of “Sublime Truth and the Senses Titian’s Poesie for King Philip II of Spain” in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months ago“Tanner weaves a compelling scholarly narrative, spellbinding in its encyclopedic circumference….her text provides comprehensive historical and ideological context to comprehend the paintings as they would have been understood by their highly educated sixteenth-century patron and Renaissance humanist viewers.” Renaissance Quarterly, Volume…[Read more]
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Mia Ridge deposited The contributions of family and local historians to British history online in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoCommunity history projects across Britain have collected and created images, indexes and transcriptions of historical documents ranging from newspaper articles and photographs, to wills and biographical records. Based on analysis of community- and institutionally-led participatory history sites, and interviews with family and local historians,…[Read more]
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Adelheid Heftberger deposited Archiving For an Unknown Future. The State Film Documentation of the GDR (SFD) in the group
Archives on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoI will mainly focus on a collection of films made between 1972 and 1985 by the Staatliche Filmdokumentation (SFD)—the State Film
Documentation unit—which survived as part of the collection of the Staatliches Filmarchiv der DDR (SFA), the former national film archive
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Reading Mistress Elizabeth Bourne Marriage, Separation, and Legal Controversies in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago*Reading Mistress Elizabeth Bourne Marriage, Separation, and Legal Controversies,* Edited by Cristina León Alfar and Emily G. Sherwood, Routledge 2021, The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions. “Reading Mistress Elizabeth Bourne tells the story of Mistress Bourne’s petition for divorce, its resolution, and her ongoing di…[Read more]
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Marie Tanner deposited Titian’s Mythological Paintings for KIng Philip II of Spain in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThe publication of my book, Sublime Truth and the Senses: Titian’s Poesie for King Philip II of Spain, ( Harvey Miller: 2019), with a new reading of the heightened meaning of ecstatic imagery for the Hapsburg court, coincides with the exhibition of Titian’s magnificent mythological paintings that are reassembled for the first time since 1704 a…[Read more]
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Marie Tanner deposited Titian’s Mythological Paintings for KIng Philip II of Spain in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThe publication of my book, Sublime Truth and the Senses: Titian’s Poesie for King Philip II of Spain, ( Harvey Miller: 2019), with a new reading of the heightened meaning of ecstatic imagery for the Hapsburg court, coincides with the exhibition of Titian’s magnificent mythological paintings that are reassembled for the first time since 1704 a…[Read more]
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Marco Fornaciari deposited Progredir ou perecer: modernidade, aceleração da história e etnocentrismo em Sid Meier’s Civilization / Progress or perish: modernity, historical acceleration and ethnocentrism in Sid Meier’s Civilization in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoO presente artigo propõe-se a analisar o primeiro jogo da franquia de videogames Sid Meier’s Civilization, concentrando-se em demonstrar a fundamentação de sua representação do tempo histórico em concepções sobre a “aceleração da história” que Reinhart Koselleck considera terem surgido apenas com a modernidade, mas que no jogo são universaliza…[Read more]
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Andreas Wagner started the topic Conference "Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History #dlh2021", March 1-5 in the discussion
Legal history on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoI should have posted this much earlier here, but registration is still open. Beginning today at 15:30 UTC, and going on throughout this week, we are hosting a virtual conference on digital legal history.
Programme, book of abstracts, and other details can be found at https://www.rg.mpg.de/dlh2021.
Admission is free of charge and registration is…[Read more]
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Jeremy Fradkin deposited Protestant Unity and Anti-Catholicism: The Irenicism and Philo-Semitism of John Dury in Context in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThis article examines the religious and political worldview of the Scottish minister John Dury during the English Revolution of the mid-seventeenth century. It argues that Dury’s activities as an irenicist and philo-semite must be understood as interrelated aspects of an expansionist Protestant cause that included Britain, Ireland, continental…[Read more]
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Jeremy Fradkin deposited Protestant Unity and Anti-Catholicism: The Irenicism and Philo-Semitism of John Dury in Context in the group
Reformazing on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThis article examines the religious and political worldview of the Scottish minister John Dury during the English Revolution of the mid-seventeenth century. It argues that Dury’s activities as an irenicist and philo-semite must be understood as interrelated aspects of an expansionist Protestant cause that included Britain, Ireland, continental…[Read more]
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