Music Theory, Cultural Transfer, and Colonial Hybridity by Thomas Christensen

“…In this introductory essay, a number of cautionary reminders are suggested for any historian seeking to trace the reception of European music theory outside of its traditional borders. …”
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The Epoch and Personality of Peter the Great in Nikolay Charykov’s Research by O. A. Chernov

“…The article reviews the academic contribution of Russian historian and diplomat Nikolay Charykov (1855-1930) to our understanding of the reforms by Peter the Great. …”
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Non-Fiction from a Historical Perspective: Situation of Lithuanian Statemen Amid Tragic Events of 1940–1941 by Юрате Ландсберґіте-Бехер

“…The following unresolved question is about the June Uprising against the Soviets during the invasion of the German army and the role of Colonel Kazys Škirpa in collaboration with Nazis or being their enemy. Historian and journalist Vidmantas Valiušaitis is engaged in the historical decoding of the Lithuanian Statehood path and building its own Mannerheim line, actually for predicting the fate of Ukraine and a new war with the Imperial ambitions of Russia in Europe. …”
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'J.I. introduces very interesting concepts, but…': From the academic biography of J.I. Ioffe in the late 1930s by V.G. Ananiev

“…An episode from the academic life of Jeremiah Isaevich Ioffe, an outstanding Russian art historian and cultural theorist, related to the criticism of his book “Music of the Soviet Cinema” (1938–1939) was discussed. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…THE RECEPTION AND CRITIQUE OF HAYDEN WHITE’S NARRATIVISTIC-TROPOLOGICAL PROJECT Vytautas Žemgulis  Summary An American philosopher and historian of culture H. White is the most famous representative of narrativistic philosophy of history. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…THE RECEPTION AND CRITIQUE OF HAYDEN WHITE’S NARRATIVISTIC-TROPOLOGICAL PROJECT Vytautas Žemgulis  Summary An American philosopher and historian of culture H. White is the most famous representative of narrativistic philosophy of history. …”
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“The First Wave”: The Shibanid dominance in the Lower Volga region in 1361–1367 by Grinberg M.

“…The work of the Timurid court historian Muin al-Din Natanzi should be added. However, the information ин these sources is rather scarce on many issues for this period, and numismatic material and (to a less degree) archaeological data were widely used to expand the amount of information on the studied topic. …”
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Tourism and Erotic Imaginaries in Wartime Paris: French and Germans during the Occupation, 1940-1944 by Bertram M. Gordon

“…Although erotic imaginaries can be difficult for the historian to trace, some idea of them is provided in the diaries of Ernst Jünger, a well-known German officer and writer, who while stationed in Paris toured the city and seems to have had at least a few sexual encounters with local women along the way. …”
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Johann Franz Count von Würben and His Diary Entries from 1662 by Martin Bakeš, Jiří Kubeš

“…The authors therefore edited those parts of the diary that the Czech historian František Palacký collated during the 1820’s when he was working on the genealogical dossier that he subsequently dedicated to the House of Sternberg. …”
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Spirit și destin sub „teroarea istoriei” by Andrei Milca

“…He was reborn in the whole world from the Act of Creation: his life out of his birth-country is a ,,trial“, a test of labyrinth and, finally, the teacher was reconsidered like a great intellect, a spiritual historian of the Religions. In the year of his celebration we must approach by Eliade’s creation, without looking back in anger, because, now, he’s worth judged only by his books, not by the youth mistakes, which appear so petty comparative with his international career.…”
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سندھی سیرت نگاران کی کاوشوں کی تلخیص و ترجمانی by Ayesha Sadiqa, Tehmina Ghani

“…He was a renowned expert in Maghazi (accounts of the Prophet's battles) and a mentor to the famous historian, Imam Waqidi. In the second century Hijri, Imam Abu Mashar authored Kitab al-Maghazi, the first Seerat work by a Sindhi scholar. …”
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L’enfermement, vu de l’intérieur (XXe siècle) by Claire Dumas

“…As a consequence of this tragedy, the institution in Cadillac (Gironde) was definitely closed down in 1951.Christiane, a 20 year old nurse who started her professional life in the Bon Pasteur in Loos (Nord) in 1948, tells about the feeling alienation that affected her, as is common amongst professionals who work in exclusively feminine environment where very troubled girls are secluded and completely isolated from their families.Single motherhood was punished with the same type of repressive treatment, as Evelyne describes it when she lived in a secular maternal home in Clermont Ferrand (Puy de Dôme) in 1967.It is not until the nineteen seventies that a sketchy sexual education for girls started, simultaneously with the legalisation of contraception that came with the revolution in morals.All these stories, but Marguerite’s, were collected by Claire Dumas, caseworker for children and author with the historian Françoise Tétard, of the book: Filles de Justice, du Bon Pasteur à l’Education surveillée, 19e-20e siècle, published in 2009, Beauchesne – ENPJJ editors.…”
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Reading the diplomatic reports of Petras Klimas from Paris by Algis Kasperavičius

“… Petras Klimas (1891-1969) was one of the creators of independent Lithuania, as well as a historian and diplomat. In 1925-1940, he was the ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania in Paris. …”
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The ‘envers du décor’ of Suffragette Imagery: Anti-Suffrage Caricature by Abby Franchitti

“…This will be followed by the examination of the Anti-Suffragists’ utilization of caricature in contrast with Suffragette imagery.A study of this imagery enables the historian to analyze the values and convictions that were behind the anti-suffrage movement. …”
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State tax policy in Ukraine: historical and legal aspect (based on the example of the XX century) by G. L. Gufman

“…The scientific article is focused on the research of conceptual bases of public policy in Ukraine in the XX century in the historian legal discovery. The author has established that a financial and tax system, from the moment of declaration of the Soviet power in the territory of Ukraine, underwent serious transformation, the economic policy was directed to maintenance and strengthening of the power, preservation of an economic mechanism and creating favorable conditions for economic recovery. …”
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The Glacier Views of Jean-Antoine Linck – A Milestone for the Mont Blanc Glacier History from the 18th to the 19th Century by Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Heinz J. Zumbühl

“…Therefore, Linck was both an artist and a glacier historian.…”
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The Epistemological Status of Charisma in Historical Macrosociology by D. V. Kataev, V. O. Kalinina

“…The key question is addressed to the interdisciplinary connections in Weber's intellectual heritage — is the category "charisma” attributable to Weber the historian or Weber the sociologist?The clarification of the epistemological status of charisma, expressed in its dual character (phenomenon vs. ideal type), becomes possible thanks to the discussion of a corpus of the classic texts by two prominent German Weberologists — W. …”
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A brief essay on the administrative system of astrakhan kalmyks by Ivan Cherkasov: problem of authorship, reflection of the main stages of kalmyk history and features of public adm... by Evgeniy A. Gunaev

“…In this regard, the author, as it seems, is the Astrakhan historian of the 19th century — I. G. Cherkasov.The description of the main stages of Kalmyk history in the essay reflects the line of the official protective direction, when the actions of the Russian administration were supported, and the blame for the negative moments in Russian-Kalmyk relations was laid on the Kalmyks. …”
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Theoretical innovations of Zenonas Ivinskis by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“… Theoretical innovations of Zenonas Ivinskis The article deals with the theoretical attitudes and research methods of the most prominent interwar and exile Lithuanian historian Zenonas Ivinskis. It is an attempt to apply, for the first time, the methodology of John Rüsen, a German theoretician, i. e. to perceive an interaction of pragmatism, historism, and Überwindung des Historismus (overcoming of historism) for the analysis of Lithuanian historiography. …”
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La reescritura prismática del orfismo y sus dimensiones en la poesía de Carles Riba, Agustí Bartra y Josep Sebastià Pons by Marta López Vilar

“… According to historian of religions Marcel Detienne in his book The Writing of Orpheus, this figure is the origin of writing. …”
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