Directions of Changes in Customs Control by Mirosława Laszuk

“…Complicated structures of global supply chains, new forms of criminal activity and the war in Ukraine confirm that it is primarily security that should be the goal of customs control. …”
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Al-Ḥudayyda sous occupation ottomane (1849-1918) by Patrice Chevalier

“…Having just a little hundred inhabitants originally, al- Ḥudayyda’s population grows to 42 000 people on the eve of World War I.Is the cohabitation under the Ottoman administration going to generate exchanges or borrowings between the various communities or not? …”
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Lieux et milieux dans le Théâtre de Béziers (XVIIe siècle) by Jean-François Courouau

“…The many soldiers present are an echo of contemporary difficulties (the Thirty Years War). They are generally presented as perturbing elements, as are the few ridiculed gentlemen, outcasts from the community.   …”
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De la « déportation-abandon » à la réintégration des « ex-koulaks » : les modulations de la répression à l’égard des paysans soviétiques (1930-1948) by Hélène Mondon

“…This research reveals the changes that occurred in the « special settlements » during the war and charts the process of the deportees’ liberation after eighteen years of exile, marking the end of the longest deportation initiated –and eventually defused– by Stalin.…”
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“Minorities”, the nation and Europe in the history textbooks of Germany, Spain and Turkey by Feride Durna

“…However, in the midst of crisis and war in Europe, mistrust and hostility are increasing, incited by right-wing populism and nationalism and these aims of the last century are slowly making their way into history textbooks. …”
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Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order by Tamer Kaşıkçı

“…The Western multilateral order (WMO), which was established under the leadership of the US after the Second World War, and remained unrivaled with the collapse of the USSR, has recently entered a multidimensional crisis process. …”
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The ‘one bright light’ of Life in a Dark Cell: Reading and Writing in Victorian and Edwardian English Prisons by Alice Bonzom

“…Between the 1850s and the eve of the First World War, whether penal administrators favoured or hindered reading, prison libraries filled up and pens were put to paper. …”
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An Attempt to Systematically Revisit the Process of Conceptualization and Political Maturation of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) by Andrea AMZA-ANDRÁS

“…The paper reflects on the role of the 3SI in the aftermath of the war on Ukraine and draws preliminary conclusions about the growth potential of the Initiative in the near future, both in political and geopolitical (integration of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) and in economic terms. …”
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SUCCESSION DISPUTE OF OBAS IN ISANLU KINGDOM, KOGI STATE AND NATION BUILDING 1971-1975 by MOSES, Ayorinde Emmanuel

“…Peaceful dialogue in resolving succession dispute must be emphasized instead of going to war, going to court, destruction of properties and lives. …”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…The main conclusion of this study is that although Dutch society substantially transformed (economically, socially, politically and culturally) during the 19th and early 20th centuries until the Second World War, it was both the agricultural calendar and the Roman Catholic regulations that determined Dutch marriage seasonality. …”
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La formation des paysagistes au premier Congrès international des architectes de jardins (1937) by Luisa Limido, Chiara Santini

“…Following the economic, political and social crisis caused by the First World War, the crisis of 1929, and the rise of a new public demand for open spaces for leisure, sports, and recreational activities, garden architects were called on to address profound changes in the commissioning and in the typology, objectives, and scale of landscape projects. …”
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“What’s in a Name?”: H.D.’s Re-Vision of Shakespeare by Claire Conilleau

“…Primarily known as a poet, H.D. wrote a lot of posthumously published autobiographical prose to disentangle herself from the enshrouding influence of Imagism and the “war trauma.” Shakespeare is a powerful ally for he embodies the intersection between the personal and the literary, the real and the fictional. …”
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Klang in Chopins Prélude op. 28, Nr. 2 by Johannes Quint

“…Chopins Prélude op. 28, Nr. 2 war schon oft Gegenstand satztechnischer Analysen. …”
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Britannia : Grandeur et infortune d’une allégorie nationale dans l’univers du cartoon britannique 1842-1999 by Gilbert Millat

“…It argues that between 1860 and the 1950s, Britannia striking a solemn pose, that of the Græco-Roman goddess created by Tenniel, exalted Victorian greatness and the early twentieth century great power twice victorious in the World Wars. On the other hand, since the inter-war years, Low and his followers had been challenging this supposedly immutable image. …”
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„Ven z pasivity!“ Český konzervativní velkostatek na začátku první světové války by Šárka Lellková

“… At the beginning of the First World War conflicts occurred inside the Party of Bohemian Conservative Great Landowners. …”
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Refugees, Labour and Sectarianism in Syria under the French mandate (1921-1950) by Seda Altuğ

“…This article analyses the Syrianization of post–World War One refugees in Syria under the French mandate (1921–1946) through their involvement in two interrelated fields: the labour they spent in the opening up of the Jazira to agriculture, and their engagement in the highly contested politics of the mid-1930s. …”
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Mugabe's victory spells doom for the media in Zimbabwe by George Nyabuga

“… This article explores recent events in Zimbabwe, the violence and intimidation that marred the 2002 presidential elections and the war Robert Mugabe, the country's president since independence in 1980, waged against whoever was opposed to or challenged his leadership - especially white farmers and journalists - in the run-up to the crucial polls. …”
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Une alliance de circonstance : l’Italie et les musulmans d’Albanie (1912-1920) by Renaud Dorlhiac, Fabrice Jesné

“…Abstract: Ruling an African empire recently formed, Italy sat foot also in Albania at the beginning of the First World War. While its military intervention aimed at securing the Adriatic Sea, it draws Roma to claim protection over the Albanian Muslims in front of the competing powers in the Balkans. …”
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The literary portrayals of Ivan Mazepa in Byron’s Mazeppa and Pushkin’s Poltava. A comparative analysis by Tatiana Krol

“…The juxtaposition of Mazeppa and Poltava explains ways in which details from Mazepa’s biography and exploits that inspired Byron’s creative imagination and kindled his desire to recount the story of Mazepa can be contrasted with Pushkin’s presentation of the same protagonist as generated by his own viewpoints on the political aspects surrounding the events of the Great Northern War, specifically the Battle of Poltava. The article applies Hans Robert Jauss’s concept of the horizon of expectations to examine the case of Pushkin’s reception of Byron. …”
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”If you don't care you’ll die” : The Concept of “Liveness” in Arnold Wesker’s Chicken Soup with Barley and John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger by Sarah-jane Coyle

“…Both plays represent dramas of emotion and were written by members of the “angry young men” movement, a term denoting a group of working-class dramatists, who used their work to express frustration with Britain’s outdated class system and post-war society. By employing close reading alongside literary and historical analysis, this article will argue that the “anger” of the angry young men is not just a descriptor for disaffected liberals but is part of a wider movement in these plays emphasising the importance of embodying “liveness” and vitality as a means of resisting the standardised culture of everyday capitalist life.…”
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