Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai (1939-2020): Philosopher, Polymath, Humanist by Sanya Osha

“…Throughout the huge conference, I had been beside Irele, ravenously tapping into his wealth of knowledge and experience, plying him with an endless barrage of questions relating to our intellectual history and the key figures who had indelibly marked and shaped its trajectory. …”
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Kazakhstan segment of Soviet historiography of agrarian colonization of Steppe region in second half of XIX–early XX centuries: factors of genesis and evolution by S. A. Abselemov

“…In the study based on methodological approaches and practices of cultural and intellectual history it was possible to trace the influence of the ideological principles of the Soviet state on the perception of colonialists in the domestic scientific community as a source of absolute and relative evil, to identify the circumstances that led to the recognition of the thesis of voluntary accession of the region to Russia. …”
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The Contemporary Critical Reception of Walter Pater: Retrospective and Proleptical Views by Geoffrey Sadock

“…No longer burdened with the need to condemn his orientation, desire, or lifestyle, recent critics can readily appreciate the subtlety with which Pater interweaves intellectual history, aesthetic method, and sensual self-indulgence. …”
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