Le bracelet de Taga by Elric Geraudie

“…When the object’s journey is examined from a biographical angle, a succession of social roles emerges, raising questions about the singularisation of objects, their agency as “trophies” and their place among non-agonistic gifts.…”
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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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ANTHROPOLOGY OF VISUAL SELF-OBJECTIFICATION OF THE PAINTER (BASED ON WORKS BY ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI) by O. M. Goncharova

“…The principles and methods of philosophical and anthropological research in combination with biographical, historical and comparative, iconographic, figurative and stylistic methods were used when writing the article. …”
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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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