Hermie C. van Zyl: Nuwe-Testamentikus aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat by D. F. Tolmie

“…Hermie C. van Zyl, Professor in New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, is presented. After a brief biographic overview, his academic contribution is discussed under the following headings: Synoptic Gospels, Hermeneutics, New Testament Studies as academic discipline; editorial activities; Bible translation and public theology. …”
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Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco by Federico Bossert

“…This article analyzes the importance of the Gran Chaco to ethnologist Alfred Metraux by drawing on his personal letters and correspondence. In light of this biographical context, the article discusses the unrelenting place of the Chaco as an object of ethnological interest for Metraux from his first field trip (1922) to his final ethnographic project (1963), and explores the impact of his relationship with Swedish anthropologist Erland Nordenskiöld.…”
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GRIGORY ANDREEVICH LEVITSKY by L. I. Orel, E. V. Truskinov

“…This article is a biographical essay about a prominent scientist - the cytogeneticist G. …”
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Joseph Fouque (1755-1819) rentoileur de tableaux au Musée du Louvre by Aude Briau

“…Among the specialists of the new institution, Joseph Fouque (1755-1819) took a great part in support’s restoration. Such a biographical approach can help considering the restoration methods at that time.…”
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Sir James Lighthill and modern fluid mechanics: a memorial tribute by Lokenath Debnath

“…This memorial tribute commemorates Sir James Lighthill the man and the mathematical scientist. A brief biographical information is presented with my personal reminiscences. …”
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Flaubert en Allemagne : un parcours avec Kurt Drawert by Florence Vatan

“…Drawert weaves numerous aesthetic and biographical connections with Flaubert. An exemplary writer in terms of his demanding aesthetic, Flaubert also offers, in Drawert’s eyes, an early critique of the failings of the capitalist world and of the violence of scientistic reason.…”
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Enlightenment and Identity : Franklin, Work, and Play by Michael Zuckerman

“…America was seen by Europeans as a place of possibility from the first and none better than Benjamin Franklin proved these democratic dreams could become reality, recent biographers seeing him as the first American. Yet Franklin was a man of many identities and many masks, to please his publics and rise in the world. …”
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Modes de résolution des tensions identitaires en formation : le cas des reconversions vers le métier d’enseignant by Muriel Deltand

“…Based on biographical interviews with professionals involved in training schemes preparing them for a reconversion to the teaching profession, the article analyses the identity strategies and the moments of self-deliberation with oneself that they put in place to deal with the identity tensions that learning the new profession generates in them. …”
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La duquesa de Abrantes, una francesa entre España y Portugal by Francisco Lafarga

“…After providing information on the biographical aspects of the Duchess of Abrantes’ large literary output, attention is paid to her Souvenirs d’une ambassade et d’un séjour en Espagne et en Portugal, with the aim of unveiling the extent of the author’s direct knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese matters –notwishtanding the importance of bookish sources–, the voyager’s real concern about the particular situation of both countries and the parallelisms that she establishes between them.…”
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