Title:The Contemporary Klezmer Revival in Kraków and Berlin as a Jewish / non-Jewish Encounter
Author(s):WALIGORSKA, MagdalenaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The present study addresses the most important mediations of klezmer which have not been given attention in the existing scholarship, mapping new functions and meanings ascribed to klezmer music, the representations this ...
Title:Contending for Laurels: Catharine Macaulay. History and feminism in eighteen-century, England
Author(s):ROBINS, WendyDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) was a significant female writer of the mid to late eighteenth century who is now becoming a figure of scholarly interest. Two recent monographs by Bridget Hill, (1992) and Kate Davies, (2005), ...
Title:'A Dangerous Man of the Enlightenment' : J.D. Åkerblad and Egiptology and Orientalism in times of revolutions
Author(s):THOMASSON, FredrikDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:I. The first part: The making of a diplomat and orientalist treats Åkerblad’s education, his initial diplomatic career and travels in East. The aim has been to give a broad background of what influenced both his political ...