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How do marginalized communities across the globe use the medieval past to combat racism, educate the public, and create a just world? Jonathan Hsy advances urgent academic and public conversations about race and appropriations of the medieval past in popular culture and the arts. Examining poetry, fiction, journalism, and performances, Hsy shows how cultural icons such as Frederick Douglass, Wong Chin Foo, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Sui Sin Far reinvented medieval traditions to promote social change. Contemporary Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and multiracial artists embrace diverse pasts to build better futures. “Makes the crucial move of tying medievalism studies readings to social and racial justice work explicitly … innovative and greatly needed in the field.” Seeta Chaganti, author of Strange Footing “A major accomplishment that belongs on the shelves of every person who believes in antiracism.” Geraldine Heng, author of The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages

The present work delivers a versatile, accurate and reliable wind tunnel facility that is particularly developed to test different flow control techniques for drag reduction in precisely adjustable test conditions. Skin friction changes of 0.4% are resolved, which is comparable to the most accurate reported studies in liquids. this high accuracy is verified through a comprehensive uncertainty analysis. Subsequently, various passive and active flow control strategies are investigated.

For more than two hundred years, the eighteenth-century polymath Mikhail Vasil’evich Lomonosov (1711–1765) has been glorified in Russian culture as the “father” of Russian science, literature, and, more generally, learning. This study traces the evolution of Lomonosov’s imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the attitudes toward the meaning and significance of science in Russian culture, as well as about the rise of a Russian national identity, of which Lomonosov became an outstanding symbol. Steven Usitalo argues that Lomonosov’s fame has surpassed any realistic association with the known details of his life; he is of interest primarily as a symbolic figure who fulfilled the tangible intellectual and emotional requirements that Russian pride demanded in a national myth.

"Studies in the Middle East" is a one-year programme at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut (NEST). In honour of its 20th anniversary, academics and teachers from the NEST and from Germany met at Georg-August University in Göttingen and in the nearby Coptic Orthodox Monastery in Höxter-Brenkhausen to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and possible ways to initiate a spiritual new beginning in this crisis and war-ridden region. The present volume offers various contributions that were made on the subject.

The monograph concerns the standardization of Polish accounting and is the result of many years of scientific research conducted by the authors, focusing, among others, on the development of paradigms and general standards that allow accounting to be an effective tool for identifying processes and resources, their measurement and communication of information on the financial position and financial performance of economic entities, oriented both on profit (business entities) and on achieving socially useful goals (public finance entities). The scientific research conducted for the needs of this monograph was, in its general objective, to indicate whether, how and to what extent the studies prepared by the project teams for the Committee, originating from academic circles, including in particular from the Łódź School of Accounting, affect the standardization of accounting in Poland. In the specific objectives, they were to show whether and to what extent the documents in question (standards and positions) are applied in practice, what is their impact on the quality of information prepared and presented in financial statements. They fit into the global trend of research and regulatory activities on the subject of global harmonization/standardization of accounting principles. In detail, the research covers the problems of valuation and presentation of information in the scope of: tangible fixed assets, intangible assets, unfinished assets, construction services, cash flows, green energy certificates, the principle of a fair and clear picture and fair value. The monograph uses in particular survey questionnaires and document analysis, and also penetrates the Internet environment.

The edited volume Political ecologies of the far right engages with the alarming convergence of far-right thinking and the ecological crisis in contemporary society. Growing out of the first international conference on political ecologies of the far right, the volume gathers crucial insights from authorities in the field as well as promising early career researchers. With cases ranging from ethnographical accounts of fossil fuel populist protest, historical analysis of the evangelical support for fossil fuels to interrogations of the settler colonial identities and material conditions defended by far-right actors around the world, the book provides scholars, students and activists with ways to understand and counter these developments.

Luigi Pareyson has so far been little known in the German-speaking world, although his works have been translated into many languages, as he is undoubtedly one of the founders of modern philosophical hermeneutics, along with Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. Because of his intellectual diversity, he has inspired many of his students, who include Umberto Eco and Gianni Vattimo, and opened up to them a broad spectrum ranging from idealist approaches to hermeneutics and aesthetic theory. The volume provides a diverse but at the same time coherent sketch of important motifs of his philosophy: the main features of his interpretation of Fichte and Schelling, the foundations of his "ontology of freedom," his philosophical hermeneutics of religious experience, the basic lines of his aesthetics, and finally considerations concerning the social function that philosophy would have. Like a common thread, an intellectual attitude of wonder runs through all these contributions. It is the attitude of not fully comprehending human existence and its freedom, the evil in history, the phenomenon of exuberant beauty, the interpretive power of myth, the inevitable otherness of the other and of the self itself. And it is precisely this astonishment that has led people - from the beginning until today - to philosophize.

This research offers an integral analysis of the aesthetic thought of the director, playwright and art theorist Nikolaj Nikolaevic Evreinov. The work focuses on the analysis of the treaty The revelation of art, written in Paris in the 1930s, which represents the greatest testimony of the author's research in the aesthetic field. Henceforth, a connection is offered between the known aspects of Evreinov's theatrical thought, relating to the period of the avant-garde in Russia, and others, of a broader nature, which have long been precluded from being known. Through insights on the Russian theatrical history of the early 20th century, reflections touching textual criticism, the history of aesthetic thought and Russian criticism, the complex figure of an artist emerges against the background of the culture expressed by post-revolutionary Russian emigration. An artist who, as an intellectual, begins a dialogue with the Western European cultural tradition. This book thus intends to restore the visibility, as well as an exegetical and historiographic completeness, of Evreinov’s rich legacy as a writer, a philosopher and a critic.

In the complex world of military strategy, success often hinges not on isolated decisions but on the interaction of competing choices. Game Theory and the Art of War explores the powerful analytical framework of game theory as a practical tool for military decision makers operating in environments where outcomes depend on the choices of multiple actors. Drawing on real-world scenarios across military, political, and economic arenas, this volume presents a rigorous yet accessible examination of strategic choice. It avoids dense mathematics in favor of narrative clarity, intuitive explanation, and historical case studies that illuminate key concepts. From battlefield tactics to planning sessions, unlock the secrets of game theory and discover how to model conflicts, anticipate your opponents’ moves, devise optimal strategies to achieve your objectives, and win.

This multilingual booklet presents a section of a comprehensive information platform on living and working in eight countries of the Danube region called DANUBE COMPASS. It provides an overview of basic information for easier orientation within the Slovenian healthcare system. Zdravje v Sloveniji is intended for users that are not familiar with the Slovenian healthcare system and are facing language barriers as well as for healthcare professionals who want to improve access to information and services for non-Slovenian speakers.

These are the proceedings of the workshop “Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces” held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The contributions treat the chronologies of all important Mycenaean palatial complexes as well as of other coeval settlements in Greece and the Near East, thus providing the necessary preconditions for all kinds of fundamental historical studies on Mycenaean Greece during the palatial period.

This book focuses on how young children play and have fun while indulging in digital worlds, discovering and problem-solving with a variety of narratives and interfaces encountered on these digital playgrounds. These playful encounters are richer experiences than one might expect. Through engaging with digital interfaces, children expand their visual and verbal vocabulary, plus develop an embodied vocabulary that emerges out of the interactions. The book presents two sets of approaches in how to collect data with young children, and it proposes five key aspects, vocabulary, design, play, interaction and attachment, which cover the base of children’s play with current digital technologies.

Die Reihe besteht seit 1980 und setzt ihren Schwerpunkt auf Arbeiten zur theoriebasierten Beschreibung der Grammatik und Lexik slawischer Gegenwartsprachen. Sie umfasst Monographien, thematische Sammelbände und Tagungsbände. Publiziert wird in jenen slawischen Sprachen, die der Thematik und dem Zielpublikum am besten entsprechen, und darüber hinaus auf Deutsch und Englisch. Publikationsvorschläge und Manuskripte werden vom Herausgeber und einem fachlich kompetenten ExpertInnenkreis begutachtet.

This book contains the art and science in current standards of surgical treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. It explains the clinical role of surgical resection during multimodal treatment in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, novel surgical techniques including extended pancreatectomy and minimally invasive surgery, risk of cancer in IPMN, and the clinical importance of liquid biopsy.

The incidence of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases is steadily increasing. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is one example of a chronic inflammatory disease, which primarily affects the intestine but may also affect extraintestinal organs. The exact pathogenesis of IBD is currently unknown. However, it is clear that the pathogenesis is complex, involving barrier defects, changes in the intestinal microbiome, and chronic immune activation. This book aims to summarize basic aspects of these complex interactions between barrier function, microbiome, and the immune system. Of note, there is currently no cure for IBD. However, several therapies have evolved in the last years, which are overall able to-at least temporarily-suppress IBD. These therapies and the underlying mechanism are discussed.