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Aby Warburg 150
Aby Warburg is regarded as one of the great pioneers of modern cultural studies. This book brings together texts by many of the most renowned researchers in the field who have been …
Body, Gender, Senses
The body, touch and its sensations are present, sometimes viewed in contradictory ways, both expressed, visualized, and rejected, in early modern art and literature. In seven …
Exiting Violence
What have the world’s major religions to say against violence and in the promotion of peace? Whatresources and initiatives for overcoming conflict and violence have emerged thanks …
Tea Cultures of Europe: Heritage and Hospitality
"No matter where you are in the world, you are at home when tea is served." -- Earlene Grey Tea has its very own significance in every consumer’s life. However, above all, tea …
3D Ultrasound in Prenatal Diagnosis
Initially known for its beautiful images of the faces of babies, 3D ultrasound has, however, become an important tool in prenatal diagnosis for its ability to image fetal organs …
Animal industries
This book examines an extremely topical phenomenon, the massive industrial exploitation of animals, from a previously neglected perspective. It explores the history and development …
A Mirror of the Jewish Religion: A Critical Edition and Translation of Christian Petter Löwe’s “Speculum Religionis Judaicæ” (1732)
In 1732, Christian Petter Löwe, a Jewish convert to Lutheranism, published his Speculum Religionis Judaicæ (Mirror of the Jewish Religion), a description of the Jewish religion and …
The ›magister equitum‹ in the Roman Republic
The magister equitum, a subordinate to the Roman dictator during the Roman Republic, has been little studied to-date, in part due to the scattered and antiquarian nature of the …
Digressions in Classical Historiography
Although digressive discourse constitutes a key feature of Greco-Roman historiography, we possess no collective volume on the matter. The chapters of this book fill this gap by …
The Ancient World Revisited: Material Dimensions of Written Artefacts
Written artefacts are traditionally studied because of their content. Material aspects of these artefacts enrich the study of ancient history in many ways. Eleven case studies in …
Late Antique Textiles from the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library
MPER XXXIV, 2 presents knowledge of textile dyeing in Late Antique Egypt (ca. 300–800 CE) based on interdisciplinary research on 30 Late Antique textiles from the Papyrus …
Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner as Music Critics
The music reviews of Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner are central documents of 19th-century German musical culture. This book takes a closer look at the way these texts were …