Z. Ivinskis: the first objective researcher of St. Casimir's life by Jonas Boruta

“…Later, authors—not excepting even the fairly critical and soberly-thinking famous bishop of Samogitia of the 19th century, Motiejus Valančius—merely repeated the poor information gathered by the first biographer. The Polish historian Fr. Papee evaluates the writings of Z. Ferreri and his followers as follows: "How nevertheless poor is the biography written by him! …”
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Art and Decolonial Worldviews: Transcultural Resistance in and Beyond the Installations of Hassan Hajjaj by Siobhán Shilton

“…Those whose work appears to conform to stereotypes, by depicting subjects such as the Islamic veil, Islamist terrorism and war, more easily gain international visibility (see, for example, Ben Soltane). Tunis-based art historian and curator Rachida Triki signalled, in 2009, an emerging tendency in the work of the latest generation of Tunisian and Maghrebi artists to resist “à la fois à l’uniformisation du goût opérée par le marché mondialisé de l’art, et au traditionalisme à visée identitaire” (Triki, “Art” 54). …”
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Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí as a Yorùbá Novelist by Lere Adeyemi

“…He is not only a storyteller, he is a literary historian. Every creative writer in Yorùbá society is admired and judged as competent or otherwise not only by writing in the medium of the language but by having captivating story line and on the basis of his/her use of ‘quality’ Yorùbá language (i.e. language full of proverbs and other rhetoric devices). …”
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La Société pour l’étude des Langues Romanes vue du lycée de Montpellier et de l’Académie d’Aix-en-Provence : Tourtoulon, Boucherie et le proviseur Foncin by Danielle Bertrand-Fabre, Lisa Bertrand

“…His experimental scientific approach is thus described, as well as his work as a historian with a view to writing a complete history about King James of Aragon. …”
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Tuzūkāt-i Tīmūrī as a Source on Chagatai Military Tactics, Late Fourteenth to Early Fifteenth Centuries by Leonid A. Bobrov, Aibolat K. Kushkumbayev, Zhaksylyk М. Sabitov, Myltykbayuly

“…The study discovers The Code is a composite work compiled from a text allegedly found in Arabia by Abu TalibTurbati in the early seventeenth century, subsequent comments of a translator and a copyist, some fragments of Timurid writings dated from the early fifteenth century, and corrections introduced by the Mughal historian Muhammad Ashraf Bukhari. The final version of Tuzūkāt-i Tīmūrī was completed between the mid-1620s and 1650s at the earliest. …”
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Was Grand Duchy of Lithuania a Federation? by Zenonas Norkus

“…The criticism of the federalist theory is grounded in the conceptual analysis of the state forms provided by the distinguished Lithuanian historian and law theorist Mykolas Rėimeris (1880-1945). …”
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The development of the research on the history of libraries: a handful of reflections from the French perspective by Jean-Dominique Mellot

“…A change in this situation came as late as the first decade of the 21st century and was greatly influenced by the works of the recently deceased historian Frédéric Barbier (1952–2023). Since that time, we have been witnessing a significant widening of perspectives, very much in line with the wish expressed by F. …”
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Être étranger dans 'La Nouvelle Héloïse' by Nathalie Ferrand

“…This great novel is populated by a multitude of foreign figures who correspond closely to those encountered by the historian Simona Cerutti in the course of her research for her book Étrangers: étude d’une condition d’incertitude dans une société d’Ancien Régime. …”
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The Fake History: Soviet Totalitarianism and the Memory of the Guerrilla War by Bernardas Gailius

“…The term "historical culture" was formulated by the German historian Jėim Riisen. It defines the role of history in organizing the worldview of society and forming its identity. …”
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Les Jeunes Tunisiens, une contre-expérience de la minoration ? Politisation des langues dans la presse francophone en Tunisie coloniale (1907-1912) by Sarra Zaïed

“…This article questions the idea that bilingualism is an essential asset to get out of a situation of undermining, and is part of what the historian Hassine Raouf Hamza has called “post-national history”, showing the richness of Tunisian political life without limiting it to a single “national movement”, by examining the rise of the Young Tunisians in another way. …”
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The Genealogy of Šemetas' in 15th-16th century by Saulė Viskantaitė-Saviščevienė

“…It is possible that they were associated with the well-known intellectual, historian, and annalist Maciej Stryjkowski. …”
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Pierre et carrières dans la Saintonge antique : identification, usages et diffusion by Jacques Gaillard, Egle Conforto

“…Was Saintonge stone exported far beyond its territory, as the historian Camille Jullian speculated? To answer this question, archaeologists working on stone supply outside of this region and who suspect a possible origin in Charente should familiarise themselves with our diagnostic methods. …”
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Genealogy of the Arab tribes living in Syria during the Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS)Typology of the Arab Tribes Living in the Levant during the Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS) Typology... by Akram sadat Hoseini, Yahya Mirhoseini

“…This Yemeni contingent estimated by the historian Hisham ibn al-Kalbi to number around 2,500 individuals sought to establish a permanent presence in the Levant. …”
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