Ecritures mémorielles et crise de la représentation : les écrivants descendants de harkis by Giulia Fabbiano

“…This transition from a second- hand discourse to a self-assumed one can be chronologically associated with the irruption of a new kind of mnemonic manifestation: (auto)biographical narratives. Writing becomes an instrument of communication and diffusion of an injured memory, in other words an activity which can inform on the contemporary processes of memorial and identity out-coming.…”
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De novo a data e o local de nascimento de Afonso I by Abel Estefânio

“…It is just a mere biographical formality. However, the investigation of this detail in the scientific field may be important for a biography of his parents. …”
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In search of space by J-A. van den Berg

“…This quest for an appropriate presentation of a relevant theologia habitus for the future workplace will be informed from the vantage point(s) of an interdisciplinary dialogue between practical theology and futures studies, as formulated and guided on the basis of narrative (auto)biographical accents. …”
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From Volmar to Omsk by roads of service: to the biography of State Councilor G. Ya. Galkin (1861–1919) by L. A. Bodrova, D. I. Petin

“…During the period of the active introduction of telegraph in Russia, he served from an ordinary practitioner to a senior manager. The biographical method became the main one in writing the article, based on its scientific genre. …”
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Da Lotta continua alla religione civile. La memoria di Peppino Impastato nelle storie di quattro militanti by Matteo Di Figlia

“…To do so, we will follow the biographical paths of four militants of Lotta continua, the political group in which Impastato was active until 1976, which was part of the vast and complex world of the Italian left outside the Communist Party. …”
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Piotr Stolypin and the National question in the Russian Empire in 1906-1911: new trends in Russian historiography by Ryšard Gaidis

“…Attention is focused on the biographical genre and on the issue how the national policy of P. …”
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Les ‘Ulamā’ et la propriété foncière en Ifrīqiya (Ier-IIIe/VIIe-IXe siècles) by Tahar Mansouri

“…The biographic sources (kutub al-tarāğim), which deal with the history of Ifrīqiya give us a great number of biographies of pious men. …”
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The Right Tone for the Hardest Moments: Louisa May Alcott’s New York Stories of Child Labor and Urban Benevolence in the Mid-1870s by Daniela Daniele

“…Devoid of moralism, Alcott’s tales also carry strong biographical accents, from her own experience of poverty to her own temperance journey and, most importantly, the humanistic spirit which she inherited from her parents’ own charity efforts.…”
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Kazatel a biskup Jindřich z Vildštejna († 1409): Životní osudy muže, který promlouval na pohřbu Karla IV. by Vojtěch Večeře

“… Heinrich von Wildenstein is known to have preached at the funeral of Charles IV in 1378, but there was no biographical study of this preacher until now. The paper focuses on portraying a life of the cleric, who maintained close contact with the papal curia in Avignon and Rome, who held three episcopal offices during his lifetime (in Krujä, Trieste and Pićan), and he also stayed in Bohemia in the 1370s. …”
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La jeunesse de Louise Michel : enjeux politiques des récits sur les origines d’une révolutionnaire by Sidonie Verhaeghe

“…In the last third of the nineteenth century, Louise Michel is the subject of an abundant and politically opposed discursive production. Particularly, biographical researches and narratives about her youth seek to determine an essence, a genetic heritage, or dispositions to revolutionary commitment. …”
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