Siege und Niederlagen, Irrtümer und Erkenntnisse nach 30 Jahren Geschlechtergeschichte. Eine Bilanz

Die Geschlechtergeschichte blickt mittlerweile auf eine mehr als fünf Jahrzehnte überspannende Entwicklung zurück. Wenn Geschlechtergeschichte inzwischen auch bis in die Schulbücher und in die Einführungen zum Geschichtsstudium Eingang gefunden hat, nimmt sie im Fach dennoch weiterhin eine ambivalente Position ein: Sie war einerseits an wichtigen theoretischen Entwicklungen maßgeblich beteiligt (Alltagsgeschichte, historische Anthropologie, linguistic turn, cultural turn, postcolonial turn), andererseits haftet ihr bis heute der Ruch der politisch gefärbten und daher tendenziösen und „unsoliden“ Wissenschaft an. Im Panel soll es darum gehen, wichtige Stationen der Entwicklung der Geschlechtergeschichte (von der Frauen- zur Geschlechtergeschichte, von der feministischen zur akademischen Forschung, von der Etablierung zur Kritik der Kategorie Geschlecht, vom Um-Schreiben der Geschichte zur Historiographie der Geschlechtergeschichte usw.) nachzuvollziehen sowie die wichtigsten Erträge der geschlechtergeschichtlichen Forschung zu beleuchten und Felder zu benennen, in denen die geschlechtergeschichtliche Forschung die Geschichtswissenschaft insgesamt beeinflusst und verändert hat. Dies soll in zwei Etappen realisiert werden: Im ersten Panel sollen wichtige Leistungen der Geschlechtergeschichte innerhalb der Geschichtswissenschaft beleuchtet und deren Rezeption innerhalb der pluralisierten geschichtswissenschaftlichen Ansätze diskutiert werden. In einem zweiten Schritt sollen wichtige Entwicklungen innerhalb der Geschlechtergeschichte themen- bzw. problemspezifisch präsentiert und diskutiert werden. Dies soll in Form einer round table-Diskussion erfolgen. Dabei richtet sich der Blick v.a. auf den bundesdeutschen Raum, ohne aber internationale Entwicklungen dabei außer Acht zu lassen.

The Secular State Under Siege: Religion and Politics in Europe and America

Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through the process of secularization, secularism is challenged today by the return of public religion. This cogent analysis unravels the nature of the connection, disconnection, and attempted reconnection between religion and politics in the West. In a comparison of Western Europe and North America, Christianity and Islam, Joppke advances far-reaching theoretical, historical, and comparative-political arguments. With respect to theory, it is argued that only a “substantive” concept of religion, as pertaining to the existence of supra-human powers, opens up the possibility of a historical-comparative perspective on religion. At the level of history, secularization is shown to be the distinct outcome of Latin Christianity itself. And at the level of comparative politics, the Christian Right in America which has attacked the “wall of separation” between religion and state and Islam in Europe with the controversial insistence on sharia law and other “illiberal” claims from some quarters are taken to be counterpart incarnations of public religion and challenges to the secular state. This clearly argued, sweeping book will provide an invaluable framework for approaching an array of critical issues at the intersection of religion, law and politics for advanced students and researchers across the social sciences and legal studies, as well as for the interested public.

El elefante : Un caso paradigmático en la historia del contacto entre las culturas de la India, Grecia y Roma

La historia del conocimiento que el mundo mediterráneo, primero Grecia y luego Roma, tuvo de la India, comienza en forma paulatina con la llegada, por ejemplo, de objetos de marfil. A partir de la expedición de Alejandro, tiempo en el que ya circulaban fantasiosas historias, vinieron las cosas reales, como el elefante, que no dejaron menos pasmados a los occidentales. Un seguimiento de las actitudes de ambas culturas en relación con el elefante ayuda a comprender la mentalidad de una y otra, y también la situación histórica en que experimentaron el contacto

El elefante : Un caso paradigmático en la historia del contacto entre las culturas de la India, Grecia y Roma

La historia del conocimiento que el mundo mediterráneo, primero Grecia y luego Roma, tuvo de la India, comienza en forma paulatina con la llegada, por ejemplo, de objetos de marfil. A partir de la expedición de Alejandro, tiempo en el que ya circulaban fantasiosas historias, vinieron las cosas reales, como el elefante, que no dejaron menos pasmados a los occidentales. Un seguimiento de las actitudes de ambas culturas en relación con el elefante ayuda a comprender la mentalidad de una y otra, y también la situación histórica en que experimentaron el contacto

El elefante : Un caso paradigmático en la historia del contacto entre las culturas de la India, Grecia y Roma

La historia del conocimiento que el mundo mediterráneo, primero Grecia y luego Roma, tuvo de la India, comienza en forma paulatina con la llegada, por ejemplo, de objetos de marfil. A partir de la expedición de Alejandro, tiempo en el que ya circulaban fantasiosas historias, vinieron las cosas reales, como el elefante, que no dejaron menos pasmados a los occidentales. Un seguimiento de las actitudes de ambas culturas en relación con el elefante ayuda a comprender la mentalidad de una y otra, y también la situación histórica en que experimentaron el contacto

Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph records of the Holocene part of the composite sediment core TMD from lake Tso Moriri (NW India) and of modern surface samples from the Tso Moriri region

The high-altitude lake Tso Moriri (32°55'46'' N, 78°19'24'' E; 4522 m a.s.l.) is situated at the margin of the ISM and westerly influences in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Human settlements are rare and domestic and wild animals are concentrating at the alpine meadows. A set of modern surface samples and fossil pollen from deep-water TMD core was evaluated with a focus on indicator types revealing human impact, grazing activities and lake system development during the last ca. 12 cal ka BP. Furthermore, the non-pollen palynomorph (NPP) record, comprising remains of limnic algae and invertebrates as well as fungal spores and charred plant tissue fragments, were examined in order to attest palaeolimnic phases and human impact, respectively. Changes in the early and middle Holocene limnic environment are mainly influenced by regional climatic conditions and glacier-fed meltwater flow in the catchment area. The NPP record indicates low lake productivity with high influx of freshwater between ca. 11.5 and 4.5 cal ka BP which is in agreement with the regional monsoon dynamics and published climate reconstructions. Geomorphologic observations suggest that during this period of enhanced precipitation the lake had a regular outflow and contributed large amounts of water to the Sutlej River, the lower reaches of which were integral part of the Indus Civilization area. The inferred minimum fresh water input and maximum lake productivity between ca. 4.5-1.8 cal ka BP coincides with the reconstruction of greatest aridity and glaciation in the Korzong valley resulting in significantly reduced or even ceased outflow. We suggest that lowered lake levels and river discharge on a larger regional scale may have caused irrigation problems and harvest losses in the Indus valley and lowlands occupied by sedentary agricultural communities. This scenario, in turn, supports the theory that, Mature Harappan urbanism (ca. 4.5-3.9 cal ka BP) emerged in order to facilitate storage, protection, administration, and redistribution of crop yields and secondly, the eventual collapse of the Harappan Culture (ca. 3.5-3 cal ka BP) was promoted by prolonged aridity. There is no clear evidence for human impact around Tso Moriri prior to ca. 3.7 cal ka BP, with a more distinct record since ca. 2.7 cal ka BP. This suggests that the sedimentary record from Tso Moriri primarily archives the regional climate history.

Ocean and river gardens : a history of the marine and fresh-water aquaria, with the best methods for their establishment and preservation ...

Pt. II has title: River gardens; being an account of the best methods of cultivating fresh water plants in aquaria.

Memoirs and services of the Eighty-third regiment, county of Dublin, from 1793 to 1907, including the campaigns of the regiment in the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada, and India.

This Memoir ... was originally arranged and prepared for publication from September, 1793 ... to September, 1863, by Brevet Major Edward William Bray ... The later history ... has been collected from the Authentic Records preserved in the Regimental Orderly Room.

The life of Edward earl of Clarendon, in which is included, a continuation of his History of the grand rebellion.

Mode of access: Internet.

A bibliography of British municipal history : including gilds and parliamentary representation / by Charles Gross.

Includes index.

The new university for London; a guide to its history and a criticism of its defects,

Mode of access: Internet.

Historia parlamentaria de los Congresos Mexicanos de 1821 a 1857 /

Facsimile of 1877 edition.

Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York : procured in Holland, England, and France /

Includes index.