englisch‘Turkish Studies’ deal with the history, culture, religions, languages and literature of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey. The scope of the book includes everything relating to Turkey, e.g. Kurdish, Armenian, Greek or Jewish matters, as well as its relations with the Turkic [...]
more informationenglischThe study of ancient heroes in film provides an eminent contribution to our understanding of the present by identifying the upheavals, conflicts, crises and resolution strategies that manifest themselves in heroic figures. This volume approaches heroizations by examining political leadership [...]
more informationenglischFrom its discovery in the mid-18th century onwards, the black-glazed pottery of ancient Greece set several trends in the history of taste in Europe. This was also especially true in the Victorian era, which took a systematic interest in copying not only shapes and décors of the pots but also [...]
more informationenglischFrom its discovery in the mid-18th century onwards, the black-glazed pottery of ancient Greece set several trends in the history of taste in Europe. This was also especially true in the Victorian era, which took a systematic interest in copying not only shapes and décors of the pots but also [...]
more informationenglischThe study of ancient heroes in film provides an eminent contribution to our understanding of the present by identifying the upheavals, conflicts, crises and resolution strategies that manifest themselves in heroic figures. This volume approaches heroizations by examining political leadership [...]
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englischReligion as a discontinued model – that is how the narrative of modernity likes to see it. Empirically, the situation is more complex: even if secularisation often makes religious institutions appear as losers, important areas of religion have proven to be innovative and productive. How, [...]
more informationenglischReligion as a discontinued model – that is how the narrative of modernity likes to see it. Empirically, the situation is more complex: even if secularisation often makes religious institutions appear as losers, important areas of religion have proven to be innovative and productive. How, [...]
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englischThe original preserved monumental Hellenistic cult group in the sanctuary of the goddess Despoina in Lycosura is of high importance for the archaeological research. Pausanias is considered as the only literary source about the cult group, which was created by the artist Damophon and was [...]
more informationenglischThe original preserved monumental Hellenistic cult group in the sanctuary of the goddess Despoina in Lycosura is of high importance for the archaeological research. Pausanias is considered as the only literary source about the cult group, which was created by the artist Damophon and was [...]
more informationVorstellungen von Reinheit und Unreinheit sind wichtige Strukturelemente antiker religiöser Traditionen. In ihrer einfachsten Form regeln sie die physische Präsenz von Individuen und Objekten in heiligen Bezirken oder an anderen Orten, an denen dies gesellschaftlich geboten scheint. Aufgrund ihres [...]
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