L’intercession (shafāʻa) sous les Omeyyades d’al-Andalus à travers quelques récits historiques by Omayra Herrero

“…Based on examples selected from historical chronicles and biographical dictionaries, this article attempts to identify the most propitious conditions for political intercession under the Umayyads of al-Andalus. …”
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L’identification en justice à l’époque abbasside by Mathieu Tillier

“…This article investigates through biographical and legal Iraqi sources how the main protagonists of the judiciary under the Abbasids in the 2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries were identified, both in proceedings and in communication between judges. …”
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Modos subordinados de acceso a los clásicos en Los príncipes valientes de Javier Pérez Andújar by Jessica Cáliz Montes

“…To illustrate the subtle ways in which the Classics were approached, Javier Pérez Andújar’s first novel, between biographic essay and autofiction novel, revolves around two main ideas: common experiences of Spanish children of the seventies and the author’s discovery of his literary calling. …”
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Les lettres de Newman by Jacqueline Clais-Girard

“…It has taken the Birmingham Oratory almost fifty years and seven editors to complete a task that Newman himself had started as early as 1825 and that his friends and/or biographers had attempted at different times.This collection — « the finest collection (of letters) in the English language » — comprises about 20,000 letters in 32 volumes, making it necessary for the average reader to refer to selections ; two have been published in the last fifty years and the more recent one, translated under the aegis of the Association Française des Amis de Newman, was published for the centenary of Newman’s death that the French public may get to know the person of the cardinal in the context of the time.…”
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‘Her Room Was Her World’: Nellie Sloggett and North Cornish Folklore by Simon Young

“…First, to bring together all the biographical information about Sloggett. Second, to make the point that Sloggett’s writing is useful for folklorists: she has, since her death, been neglected even by south-western scholars. …”
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History of Lithuanian press of national rennaisance and its creator: a subjective version by Domas Kaunas

“…The letter provides rich biographical data on Martynas Jankus. …”
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Book Review by Muhammed Haron

“…These scholars covered snippets of these personalities’ lives that included brief background notes and other biographical information. …”
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La experiencia cuencana como "rito de paso" de la migración académica española a Ecuador by María del Rocío Pérez-Gañán, María Jara Rodríguez-Fariñas

“…Within the framework of a global knowledge economy that generates asymmetric processes of concentration, expulsion and instrumentalization of human potential, this study attempts to understand, through a biographical method (analysis of the seven stories of migration of Spanish academics), the mechanisms activated in the dynamics of North-South academic mobility, in these processes of qualified labor migration, expelled in a search for professional advancement, to later access an academic career in the country of origin.…”
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Sur les traces des savants d’Agadez au tournant du XXe siècle. Traduction d’un manuscrit de Bukhārī Tānūdé (écrit vers 1967-1969) by Salao Alassane

“…Preserved at the Department of Arabic and Ajami Manuscripts (MARA) of the Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines of the Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, this text sheds light, in the form of short biographical notes, on the training and career of several Muslim scholars from the city of Agadez who lived mainly between the early 19th century and the 1920s (c. 1214-1344 AH).…”
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De Conselheiro a Gentileza: o messianismo como ruptura das estruturas sociais do cotidiano by José Rogério Lopes

“…It also emphasizes the importance of the biographical study of religious leaders for the discussion of the concept of messianism, which is crucial for the issue of the urban context of religiosity in the present.…”
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Frank Capra and Elia Kazan, American outsiders by Yves Carlet

“…Based on the two men’s autobiographical accounts, together with their films and biographical writings about them, this article examines the routes by which they sought entry into the dominant culture. …”
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