'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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Spirit și destin sub „teroarea istoriei” by Andrei Milca

“…The mystery of this ,,collaborationism* can be explained nowadays — and we’ll understand that the scientist and the pioneer of Myths and Religious Ideas History is one of the most ,,collateral victim of his age. …”
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Literatura parenetică. Modelele bizantin, occidental și național by Eugen Simion

“…The conceptual term of Middle Ages (id est an age of darkness, mysticism, scholastics, spiritual asceticism) is revised; it is shown, according to historian Le Goff, that the respective age was one of cathedrals, therefore of real creation in which, besides the representative types (the saint and the knight), a third emblematic character came into being: the solitary thinker, the meditative spirit who, looking for a model of existence, brings back the ideas, virtues and myths of Antiquity and, at the same time, thinks of himself in relation with the Divinity. …”
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The Roman catastrophe of 1527 in the Italian Wars, or Sacco di Roma: analysis of the historical interpretation of the event by several contemporaries by Pavlov Kirill Vladimirovich

“…As an appendix to the study, there is a translation from Italian into Russian of Vettori’s dialog fragment by the same name “Sacco di Roma”, in which the diplomat expresses his ideas about the papacy through the mask of a fictional character – the Florentine Antonio.…”
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Mémoires et patrimonialisation d’un passé antéislamique : Mubârak al-Mîlî et l’ethnogenèse du peuple algérien by Aomar Hannouz

“…Yet the writings of another historian close to the Association of Algerian Ulemas, Mubârak al-Milî (d. 1945) were no less important. …”
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Old History of Culture and New Cultural History by Zenonas Norkus

“…Geertz), culture is an aspect of social reality, represented by the authoritative patterns for action and symbols. This idea of culture invites a historian to consider culture not as a specific set of social phenomena that are concentrated in the particular "cultural institutions" or segment of society, but as an aspect which can be detected in any social phenomena. …”
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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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Extract from the Writings of Jean Alexandre Buchon and Spiridon Palauzov: In Search of National Dignity by Raia Zaimova

“…The paper explores particular aspects of the work of two 19th century historians (Jean-Alexandre Buchon and Spiridon Palauzov). …”
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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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Z. Ivinskis: the first objective researcher of St. Casimir's life by Jonas Boruta

“…Rabikauskas) reveals the personality of Prince Casimir as kindred in his ideas to famous Christian politicians of the 20th century, such as Charles de Gaulle, Robert Schuman, and Alcide de Gasperi. …”
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Kazan University in the early 1870s as seen by a Kievan Master of Science: Some comments on the Master's thesis defense by I.V. Luchitsky by S.I. Luchitskaya

“…The publication of the handwritten sources is essential for several reasons: firstly, they bring to light some new facts about the historian’s biography; secondly, they give an idea of the thesis defense procedure in the post-reform Russia; thirdly, they describe the daily life of the Kazan University in the early 1870s, thus being a valuable source for historians. …”
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Lithuania's Image in Modem History Schoolbooks of Russia by Nerijus Šepetys

“… This article analyses Russian schoolbooks of history, which have been received from the bilateral Lithuanian-Russian Commission of Historians in 2007. The group comprises more than ten books selected by the Russian historians, all of which (except the textbook of Russian history) are used in Russian schools (mainly in secondary schools) up until these days. …”
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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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Historia y derecho en la investigación sobre las monarquías ibéricas by Darío G. Barriera, Guillaume Gaudin, Pilar Ponce Leiva

“…This interview with the Argentine historian Darío G. Barriera aims to review the historiographical framework in which the political history of the Catholic Monarchy has developed since the 1990s in the context of Spanish America. …”
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About the History of Design through teaching and innovation by Alberto Caruso

“…The aim of this article is to reflect on two different but complementary aspects of the work of the historian of industrial design: his role as a researcher on the one hand, and the one as a lecturer on the other. …”
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Immanuel Wallerstein's Theory of the Capitalist World-System by Darius Žiemelis

“…The theory of the Capitalist World System (CWS), initiated by the American sociologist and historian I. Wallerstein (b. 1930), who started his career researching the contemporary history of Africa, is one branch of the CHS. …”
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L’historien et le jeu-vidéo by Julien Lalu

“…Offer a historical step of analysis of the object-game to grab in what the historian can use this medium to understand stakes of the representations of past in popular culture. …”
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Discussion about Belarussian Church autocephaly during Nazi occupation of Belarus by I. V. Petrov

“…A book by the Belarusian church historian Andrey Pukanov is devoted to this period of history. …”
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The concept of 'Russification' as understood by Professor P.V. Znamensky by T.M. Nekhorosheva

“…This article analyzes the concept of Russification in the works of Pyotr Vasilyevich Znamensky (1836–1917), a historian and professor of the Kazan Theological Academy. …”
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La prison de Guingamp, de l’ombre à la lumière by Emmanuel Laot

“…The prison was built by the Côtes-du-Nord department and opened in 1841 thanks to Charles Lucas, general inspector of prisons, Louis Lorin, departmental architect and Alexis de Tocqueville, the great French historian, thinker and publicist. We owe them this humanist architectural design of the idea that a prison is not simply a place of confinement. …”
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