Theoretical innovations of Zenonas Ivinskis by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…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. The criticism of pragmatism and the substantiation of historism are clear in his scientific heritage; he devoted special works to the theoretical problems and the analysis of the development of historiography. …”
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Lithuanian, Russian, Polish istoriography with respect to the Poland - Lithuania union by Mečislovas Jučas

“…According to this historiography, the biggest part of the territory and population belonged to the Russian ethnos. …”
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Uprising in Tashkent in October 1917 according to memoirs of S. V. Sazanov by E. A. Vorobyeva

“…The presented source is also important due to the fact that there are serious discrepancies in the historiography of the October uprising in Tashkent, descriptions of this event are conflicting and contradictory. …”
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Katolická církev v českých zemích a její vztahy k moderně, nacionalismu a nacionálnímu socialismu v meziválečném období. by Jaroslav Šebek

“… The study deals with the historiography reflection of the metamorphoses of the position of the Catholic church in Bohemia after 1918. …”
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Coup (d'etat) in the Baltic States (1926, 1934): Similarities and Differences by Zenonas Butkus

“…Neither in Estonian nor in Lithuanian historiography can the above trends be observed; critical analysis of the coup is prevailing in both. …”
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Le Conseil Métropolitain pour l’Opportunité Éducative (METCO) à Boston : intégration raciale et libéralisme de banlieue, 1966-1996 by Sarah Harakat

“…Founded in Boston in 1966, this program organized the transportation of mostly African-American schoolchildren to predominantly white suburban schools eager to enroll them to meet capacity. While existing historiography has focused on white opposition to transportation strategies used to promote racial integration, the history of the suburbs which chose busing to diversify their schools remains to be written.In this sense, Boston presents a valuable case study in the 1970s, since it saw both the most virulent anti-busing urban revolt in the United States, and the expansion of the METCO busing program, now recognized as a national model of racial integration. …”
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Politics of Counter-Memory in Turkey: Docudramatizing the Past as a Panacea for Official Discourses? by Nuran E. Işik

“…The first part of the paper deals with the historical background whereby Turkish historiography employed symbolic forms of legitimation as modes of power and domination. …”
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«Kept to distribute 44 copies of proclamations...»: about the biography of Omsk revolutionary Nadezhda Terekhova (Belonogova) by M. M. Stelmak

“…Despite the very significant contribution to the activities of the RSDLP, the biography of this revolutionary is not reflected in historiography, her name was not included in the official Soviet historiography, although many associates, and sometimes opponents in their memoirs mentioned it, even after several decades. …”
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O ritual do batismo em Portugal na Baixa Idade Média e nos inícios do século XVI by Francisca Pires de Almeida

“…The ritual of child baptism is still lacking attention in Portuguese historiography. In this article I will focus on its evolution during the Middle Ages, from the moment Saint Augustine of Hippo drew its foundations, until the sixteenth century and the pressure exerted by the Protestant Reformations on the Catholic Church.…”
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The lssue of Suprašl Monastery Confessional Subordination and Character at the beginning of the 16th Century by Genutė Kirkienė

“… In historiography, Suprasi Monastery (the administrative district of Grodno, currently Poland near Bialystok) is almost universally treated as the center of Orthodoxy of the GDL of the 16th century, and its founder Aleksandras Chodkevičius (Pol. …”
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Rec. ad op.: Kuzembayuly A., Abil’ E., Alibek T. The Siberian ulus and Kazakhs: Problems of ethnic continuity and historical memory by Maslyuzhenko D.N.

“…The reviewed monograph is an important stage in the formation of modern Kazakh historiography on the issues of further study of the late medieval history of Western Siberia. …”
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Old Vilnius in the Perspektive of Nations' Historical Consciousness by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“… The article deals with the newest historiography on the analyses of Vilnius history through the use of multiperspective methodology (Multiperspektivität).   …”
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Peníze v životě měšťanek předbělohorského období by Michaela Hrubá

“…The introduction takes account of the interest of historiography in researching women’s issues in early modern towns in general. …”
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Colonization as a Factor of Russian History in the Understanding of the Scholars of the 19th – early 20th Centuries by Nina S. Tsintsadze

“…It is concluded that the colonization theory has expanded and enriched historiography with historical, geographical and regional studies. …”
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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

“…At the same time, individual events and versions of events indicated in the Short Essay are not accurate or controversial from the point of view of the subsequent development of historiography. Despite some inaccuracies, in some aspects of the description of Kalmyk history in the essay there are important, in our opinion, conclusions that need further research from the national historiography. …”
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The Entente’s Support for the White Armies in Southern Russia (Late 1918–1919) by G. G. Popov, T. G. Chshiev, O. Yu. Kazenkov

“…This comprehensive source base enables a reassessment of some long-held views in Russian historiography regarding the Entente's intervention in the Black Sea region. …”
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The Soviet-British Relations at the Turn of 1917/1918: Key Issues and Untapped Opportunities by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…The author emphasizes that position of the British political elites regarding the seizure of power in Russia by Vladimir Lenin and his supporters was not as straightforward as it was portrayed by the Soviet and Russian historiography: the British politicians faced a dilemma since they did not want to see Russia either as a neutral country or an enemy. …”
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On the nature of civilization in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“… The article by the medievalist historian presents a critical review of the reports on the nature of civilization in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Polish, Russian, German, and Lithuanian historiography based on the definition of civilization by the Polish theorist of history, Feliks Koneczny ("Civilization is a method of arranging communal life"), and proves that this civilization was neither Western-Latin nor Eastern-Byzantine, but, rather, quite an independent one, with its own necessary minimum of European values.   …”
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O não espaço em Wesley Peres: narrativas líricas em deslocamento by Rosane Carneiro Ramos

“…This essay aims to address the issue of space in Wesley Peres‟ Casa entrevértebras (2007), by showing how the lyrical narrative, through non referentialand metaphorical language, can introduce new questions to the subject.Furthermore, ina broader perspective, it intends to briefly present sometheoretical principles of lyricism in narratives and the displacement undergoneby lyrical novels in national literary historiography as well.…”
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Trading Zones and the Stickiness of Ideas by Sarah Williams Goldhagen

“…Ranging from current historiography and its role in pedagogy, to the different agendas that inform architecture practice and the architecture competition in our time, this conversation provides a series of powerful leads for further investigation.…”
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