englischHow to become an artist and remain it a lifetime? Matthias Koeppel dedicated his life to be a painter and a writer of lyrics. He developed himself to a narrative artist, who picked up the alienation effect to point out to social drawbacks in a humorously way. Coming from

abstract painting, [...]

This volume examines the aesthetic and performative dimensions of Alevi cultural heritage from past to present, in an interdisciplinary framework and using a wide range of approaches. The chapters analyse traditional, contemporary and transnational developments of Alevi cultural expression including [...]

englischMore than 70 years after the end of the National Socialist dictatorship, research into this darkest chapter in German history in the field of law has so far hardly been carried out. This is surprising in view of the historical awareness that can otherwise be observed especially with regard [...]

englischUnlike stanzaic poetry in colloquial Arabic (zaǧal) from al-Andalus the very rich and diverse zaǧal tradition of the Arab East from its rise in the 12th century to the end of the Mamluk era has remained almost completely unexplored.

The present volume closes this lacuna. Hakan Özkan shows [...]

englischThis study provides a unique insight into the book culture of Aleppo in the 19th century. The document at the heart of this book is the ‘renewed register of the books endowed by ʿUthmān Pāshā’. This register allows a new perspective on what subjects were taught in madrasas and what subjects [...]

englischThis volume deals with historically specific forms of factual and fictional narration within literature and various non-literary media. The contributions address the question of how and why the respective medium, the historical context, socio-cultural norms, and aesthetic conventions can (or [...]

Since its foundation, Kemalism has played a significant role in the political and social life of the Republic of Turkey. At the same time, Kemalism is one of the most controversial terms in Turkish political life. It is connected to historical personalities like its eponym Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as [...]