FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE SNAKE: A LIFE HISTORY OF COBRA MANSA "COBRINHA" MESTRE OF CAPOEIRA

This dissertation is a cultural biography of Mestre Cobra Mansa, a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira angola. The intention of this work is to track Mestre Cobrinha's life history and accomplishments from his beginning as an impoverished child in Rio to becoming a mestre of the tradition-its movements, music, history, ritual and philosophy. A highly skilled performer and researcher, he has become a cultural ambassador of the tradition in Brazil and abroad. Following the Trail of the Snake is an interdisciplinary work that integrates the research methods of ethnomusicology (oral history, interview, participant observation, musical and performance analysis and transcription) with a revised life history methodology to uncover the multiple cultures that inform the life of a mestre of capoeira. A reflexive auto-ethnography of the author opens a dialog between the experiences and developmental steps of both research partners' lives. Written in the intersection of ethnomusicology, studies of capoeira, social studies and music education, the academic dissertation format is performed as a roda of capoeira aiming to be respectful of the original context of performance. The result is a provocative ethnographic narrative that includes visual texts from the performative aspects of the tradition (music and movement), aural transcriptions of Mestre Cobra Mansa's storytelling and a myriad of writing techniques to accompany the reader in a multi-dimensional journey of multicultural understanding. The study follows Cinezio Feliciano Pe anha in his childhood struggle for survival as a street performer in Rio de Janeiro. Several key moves provided him with the opportunity to rebuild his life and to grow into a recognized mestre of the capoeira angola martial art as Mestre Cobra Mansa ("Tame Snake" in Portuguese). His dedicated work enabled him to contribute to the revival of the capoeira angola tradition during the 1980's in Bahia. After his move to the United States in the early 1990's, Mestre Cobrinha founded the International Capoeira Angola Foundation, which today has expanded to 28 groups around the world. Mestre Cobra returned home to Brazil to initiate projects that seek to develop a new sense of community from all that he has learned and been able to accomplish in his life through the performance and study of capoeira angola.

Recueil de lettres et de pièces originales, et de copies de pièces indiquées comme telles dans le dépouillement qui suit.

Contient : 1 Lettre de « LOYS » XI à « Du Boischage,... Escript au Plessis du Parc, le XVIIe jour de decembre » ; 2 Lettre de « LOYS » XI à « Du Boschaige,... Escript à Bouay, le XIme jour de decembre, heure de midi » ; 3 Lettre de « LOYS » XI à « Du Bochage,... Escript au Plessis du Parc, le XIIIe jour de novembre » ; 4 « Declaration du roy LOUIS unziesme en faveur du legat, cardinal St Pierre in Vincula, portant pouvoir audit legat d'exercer ses facultez, quoyque ledit legat ne luy en ait demandé sa permission, comme il est de coustume, et sans qu'il soit tiré à consequence » ; 5 Lettres du roi « LOYS » XI, accordant « tout le droit de dixme qui pouvait « compecter et appartenir » audit roi « à cause des mines du mur de Barres », à « Ymbert de Batarnay, escuier, seigneur Du Bouchage,... Donné au Plessis du Parc lez Tours, le Xme jour de novembre, l'an de grace mil CCCC. soixante seize » ; 6 Lettre de « POLHAIM » à « Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Bruges, le VIIme jour de janvier l'an IIII. XX. » ; 7 Etats de payement de diverses pensions, 1475 ; 8 « Copia de una lettra mandata per lo gram maestro de Rodi a la Signoria. Datum Rabes, in la provincia de Jocolosi, die octavo mensis januarii » ; 9 Lettre de « PIERRE DE ROHAN » à son « compere Du Bouchaige,... Paris, le XIIIIe jour de juing » ; 10 « Les plus necessaires Ediffices qui sont requis à estre faiz pour le present, soubz le bon plaisir et vouloir du roy nostre sire, en la place du Mont Saint Michel » ; 11 « Double du mandement » de LOUIS XI, « pour servir d'acquit vallable aux receveurs ordinaire et des aides en Berry... Donné à Arras, le XIe jour d'avril, l'an de grace mil CCCC. soixante dix huit » ; 12 Lettre de « G. AURE, abbé du Mont St Michiel », à Ymbert de Batarnay, seigneur Du Bouchage ; 13 Minute de lettres de LOUIS XI en faveur de « Jaques Alart,... collecteur et receveur de la table de la Bulle à Parpignen » ; 14 Lettre de « AYMAR DE POYTIERS » à « Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Amboyse, le XXVme jour de jung » ; 15 Lettre de « JEHAN DE R. » à « Du Botchage,... Escript à Mysillac, le penultime jour d'octobre » ; 16 Lettre de PIERRE VIII DE RANCHICOURT, « evesque d'Arras », à « Du Bouschage,... Escript à Paris, ce Xe de jenvier » ; 17 Lettre de JEAN BOUCHARD, « evesque d'Avrenches », à « l'archevesque de Vienne... Escript au Mans, ce XXVe jour de juing » ; 18 Lettre en italien de « BERTUTIUS GABRIEL, miles, orator venetus... domino de Bozaglia, Christianissime Majestatis Francorum consiliario... Scripto a Paris, a di XVIIII mazo 1480 » ; 19 Lettre en italien de « BERTUZI GABRIEL, cavallier, ambassador veneto... domino de Bozaglia, Christianissime Majestatis Francorum consiliario. Scripto a Corbelli, a di VI. mazo 1480 » ; 20 Copie d'une sentence des « commissaires et generaulx des monnoyes », demandant l'élargissement de « Pierre Barrillet de Xaincoins,... prisonnier en la Conciergerie du palais à Paris, pour raison de certains crimes et maleffices à lui imposez, touchant la fabrifficacion des monnoyes... Fait en la chambre des monnoyes... le cinqme jour d'aoust, l'an mil IIII.C.LXXIX » ; 21 Lettre de LOUIS XI, ordonnant la main levée sur les biens meubles et immeubles de « Jehan de Xaincoins,... Donné à La Mote d'Egry, le XXVIIIe jour de juillet, l'an de grace mil CCCC. quatre vings » ; 22 Lettre de « Frere JEHAN, serviteur de [l'] eglise de Saint Pol... au roy » Louis XI. « De Tours, le XXe jour de fevrier » ; 23 Lettre des « chappelains, lez tresorier et chappitre de Lusarches... au roy » Louis XI. « Escript à Lusarches, le VIIIme jour de juing » ; 24 Lettre de « FALCON,... au roy » Louis XI. « Escript en vostre cité d'Aix, le XXVme de decembre » ; 25 Trois Formules de serments ; 26 Lettre de « MATTRON, POLHAIM, JO. DE EYNNATTEN, doctor... à... l'evesque d'Arby et Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Bois le Duc, le XXIIIe jour de may, l'an IIII.XX. et ung » ; 27 Lettre de « WOLFGANUS DE POLHAIM,... domino de Buschage,... Datum Arras, in Natiffitate Domini » ; 28 Lettre adressée à « DU BOUSAJE » par son « bon et loial cousin... Escript à Espyneul, le XXVIe d'avril » ; 29 Lettre de « JEHANNE DE CHALON » à « Du Bochage,... Escript à Saint Rambert, le XVIIe jour d'avril » ; 30 Placet pour « Pierre de Roquebertin » ; 31 Lettre en espagnol du « doctor DE VILLALO » au roi Louis XI ; 32 « Le Rolle de la crue de trente honmes de gens de guere du chasteaust de Montmeylhan » ; 33 Lettre de « HUGUE DE CHALON » à « Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Noseroy, le IIIIe jour de juillet » ; 34 Placet présenté au roi relativement aux « abuz et exaccions qui ont esté faictes ou pays d'Angolmoys » ; 35 Reconnaissance de munitions de guerre, donnée par « Estienne de Poysieu,... Onné... le XIe jour de may, l'an mil IIII.C.LXXV » ; 36 Lettre de « PHELIPPE DE GIENES » à « Du Bouchage,... Escript à Franchise, le XVIe jour de novembre » ; 37 Lettre de « GLAUDE DE MOLINS,... à monseigneur d'Alby et à monseigneur Du Bouchaige,... et à maistre Jacques Couctier,... Escript à Amboise, ce merquedi XXIe jour de juing » ; 38 Lettre de « FRANÇOYSE DE DINAN » et « JEHAN DE R... » à « Du Bouchage,... Escript à Nantes, le XVIIe jour de decembre » ; 39 État des lances que « Denis Le Breton,... a eu charge de paier... le premier jour de janvier [M]CCCC.LXXVIII » ; 40 Lettre de « DE BRION,... à Du Bochage,... Escript à Valance, ce XVIIIe de decembre » ; 41 Copie d'une lettre de « LOYS » XI au seigneur « de La Rochefoucault,... Donné à Namur, le XXIIIme jour d'octobre » ; 42 Mémoire sur le sieur « La Mouche » ; 43 Lettre relative à l'arrivée d'envoyés du duc d'Autriche, datée de « Boloigne, le XXVIe jour de septembre » ; 44 Placet pour « Thierry de Baexen » ; 45 Saisie, au nom du roi, de l'«abbaye de la caza Dieu et prieuré de Saint Mont », par « Anthoine de Chasteauneuf,... seneschal de Beaucayre, et Estienne Pasqual,... Le XVIIe jour d'avril mil IIII.C.LXXIX »

Donald Ziraldo Fonds, 1968-2012, n.d.

Donald J. P. Ziraldo, C.M., BSc., LLD was born in St. Catharines, Ontario on October 13, 1948 to Fredrick and Irma (Schiratti) Ziraldo. He graduated Denis Morris High School in St. Catharines in 1967, and received his B.Sc. in Agriculture at the University of Guelph in 1971. In 1974, Ziraldo was running Ziraldo Nurseries when he met Austrian born schoolteacher, chemist and winemaker Karl J. Kaiser. They realized that there was a gap in the premium varietal wine market and decided to plant a premium traditional European variety of grape vine species, the Vitis vinifera. This was an innovation in the Niagara region because the current wine producers were not using premium European grapes at the time. Ziraldo and Kaiser founded and then formally incorporated Inniskillin Wines Inc. in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on July 31, 1975. Ziraldo successfully lobbied General George Kitching, CEO of the LCBO, for a winery license. In 1975, Kitching granted him a winery license, the first in Ontario since Prohibition ended. From the beginning, there was a division of labour where Kaiser focused on the winemaking and Ziraldo focused on the marketing and promotion of the wines. Ziraldo also became president of the company. Ziraldo and Kaiser worked on improving their winemaking techniques and promoting their products and company. Ziraldo has been called ‘one of the founding fathers of the Canadian wine industry’, and it is widely acknowledged that both men played a large role in the success and growth of the Canadian wine industry. Together they pioneered the estate winery movement in Canada. A major turning point Inniskillin came in 1984 when Karl Kaiser successfully harvested the first Icewine crop from frozen grapes on the vine and bottled Eiswein Vidal (Icewine). In 1990, Inniskillin received worldwide recognition for this Icewine when their 1989 Vidal Icewine won the most prestigious award in the wine world, the Grand Prix d’Honneur, given at Vinexpo in France. This victory has been called ‘the award heard round the world’ and it launched Inniskillin into the international wine arena. At the same time, this helped lift the profile of Canadian wines in general. Inniskillin not only became Canada’s leading producer of Icewine, but it also became known for producing ‘one of the world’s great wines’. After the 1990 award, Ziraldo began a major public relations campaign to promote Inniskillin and build Icewine into a worldwide brand. He travelled broadly every year to promote the brand and products and networked extensively with politicians, celebrities, chefs, sommeliers, etc. To ensure worldwide and long-term success, Ziraldo introduced Icewine to Asia and the United States which were new markets. He developed a new Icewine glass with George Riedel. Tony Aspler has called Ziraldo ‘Canada’s Wine Ambassador’. Ziraldo was President of Inniskillin Wines Inc. (Niagara) from 1975 to 2006. In 1992, Inniskillin merged with Cartier Wines, and in 1993 Cartier Inniskillin Vintners Inc. merged with T.G. Bright & Co. Limited, forming the new company Vincor International Inc. Inniskillin wines was now a subsidiary of Vincor. Ziraldo became a Director at Vincor International Inc. from 1993 to 2004. From 1989 to the mid 1990s, Ziraldo also became President of Inniskillin Napa, in Napa Valley, California. Inniskillin purchased Napa Valley vineyards and produced wines under the Terra label. In 1994, Ziraldo set up a subsidiary estate winery of Inniskillin in Oliver, British Columbia which was called Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Inc. He became President of the winery. This started as a partnership between Inniskillin and the local Inkameep Indian Band in the Okanagan. In 2006, Ziraldo left Inniskillin and since that time he has been involved in other Icewine related ventures such as running Ziraldo Estate Winery and producing Ziraldo Riesling Icewine 2007. He also is in partnership with the Niagara based Equifera Estate Winery to produce Equifera Icewine. His most recent projects include planting Picolit grapes in his parent’s hometown, in a project called Picolit Di Fagagna and becoming Managing Director of the Senhora Do Convento Port Winery in Portugal. Donald Ziraldo was instrumental in the creation of the Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) in Ontario and was its founding Chair from 1988-1995. The VQA was established as a regulatory and appellation system which secured the quality and origin of Canadian wines made under this system. The VQA designation and bottle label gave the consumer confidence that the wines they were purchasing were 100% local products. The VQA system was set up first in Ontario and then in British Columbia.

Letter - E.C. Schmon to Arthur A. Schmon, 20 September 1917

The letter discusses friends and some who have been conscripted. She describes her activities for the day. She mentions she has been reading Ambassador Gerard's "My four Years in Germany". This letter is labelled "4th".

Emma Hamilton, a Model of Agency in Late Eighteenth-Century Europe

Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) eut un impact considérable à un moment charnière de l’histoire et de l’art européens. Faisant preuve d’une énorme résilience, elle trouva un moyen efficace d’affirmer son agentivité et fut une source d’inspiration puissante pour des générations de femmes et d’artistes dans leur propre quête d’expression et de réalisation de soi. Cette thèse démontre qu’Emma tira sa puissance particulière de sa capacité à négocier des identités différentes et parfois même contradictoires – objet et sujet ; modèle et portraiturée ; artiste, muse et œuvre d’art ; épouse, maîtresse et prostituée ; roturière et aristocrate ; mondaine et ambassadrice : et interprète d’une myriade de caractères historiques, bibliques, littéraires et mythologiques, tant masculins que féminins. Épouse de l’ambassadeur anglais à Naples, favorite de la reine de Naples et amante de l’amiral Horatio Nelson, elle fut un agent sur la scène politique pendant l’époque révolutionnaire et napoléonienne. Dans son ascension sociale vertigineuse qui la mena de la plus abjecte misère aux plus hauts échelons de l’aristocratie anglaise, elle sut s’adapter, s’ajuster et se réinventer. Elle reçut et divertit d’innombrables écrivains, artistes, scientifiques, nobles, diplomates et membres de la royauté. Elle participa au développement et à la dissémination du néoclassicisme au moment même de son efflorescence. Elle créa ses Attitudes, une performance répondant au goût de son époque pour le classicisme, qui fut admirée et imitée à travers l’Europe et qui inspira des générations d’interprètes féminines. Elle apprit à danser la tarentelle et l’introduisit dans les salons aristocratiques. Elle influença un réseau de femmes s’étendant de Paris à Saint-Pétersbourg et incluant Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, Germaine de Staël et Juliette Récamier. Modèle hors pair, elle inspira plusieurs artistes pour la production d’œuvres qu’ils reconnurent comme parmi leurs meilleures. Elle fut représentée par les plus grands artistes de son temps, dont Angelica Kauffman, Benjamin West, Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, George Romney, James Gillray, Joseph Nollekens, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Lawrence et Thomas Rowlandson. Elle bouscula, de façon répétée, les limites et mœurs sociales. Néanmoins, Emma ne tentait pas de présenter une identité cohérente, unifiée, polie. Au contraire, elle était un kaléidoscope de multiples « sois » qu’elle gardait actifs et en dialogue les uns avec les autres, réarrangeant continuellement ses facettes afin de pouvoir simultanément s’exprimer pleinement et présenter aux autres ce qu’ils voulaient voir.

Estrategias políticas y costo beneficio económico en el proceso de la firma de un tratado comercial. Estudio de Caso TLC Colombia - Corea del Sur (2009-2013).

Este estudio de caso analiza en qué medida la firma del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Colombia y Corea del Sur obedece a estrategias políticas y/o costo beneficio económico por parte de este último. La hipótesis en el presente trabajo es que la firma del TLC entre ambos países se debe a la existencia de intereses compartidos. Por un lado, existen intereses económicos, debido a que Corea del Sur es un actor racional que busca siempre maximizar sus beneficios a través del aumento del tamaño de sus mercados. En este sentido, Colombia le sirve como plataforma para exportación de productos coreanos utilizando los acuerdos comerciales ya establecidos. Así mismo, existen intereses políticos que son permeados por medio de la cooperación internacional y que le pueden servir al Estado surcoreano en un proceso de búsqueda de legitimar de su imagen dentro del Sistema Internacional vis-a-vis de su relación con Corea del Norte. Este trabajo será de tipo descriptivo y explicativo. Para el desarrollo se utilizará la metodología cualitativa, ya que se ahonda en las especificidades del caso para entender cómo se dio éste fenómeno en particular. Como fuentes de recolección de información se utilizan entrevistas y análisis de documentos oficiales de la Embajada de Corea y discursos del Embajador Choo Jong Youn.

Los procesos de securitización de las FARC como amenaza en Colombia (2006-2014)

El objetivo principal de esta monografía es comprender los procesos de securitización en Colombia en el periodo 2006-2010. Se analizarán los discursos securitizadores del segundo gobierno del presidente Uribe y del primer gobierno del presidente Santos y las percepciones en el hemisferio hacia estos discursos. Estas percepciones no permitieron que el proceso de securitización de Uribe considerando a las FARC como una amenaza terrorista fuera aceptado en su totalidad por el hemisferio, mientras que el proceso de securitización de Santos considerando a las FARC como grupos al margen de la ley si lo fue. Este análisis se realizará con el apoyo de la teoría de securitización desarrollada en 1998 por los autores Barry Buzan, Waever y de Wilde.

La diplomacia cultural como herramienta para el mejoramiento de la relación económica de Colombia con Corea del Sur y Australia

Esta investigación se preocupa por dilucidar la función de la diplomacia cultural como herramienta para mejorar la relación económica de Colombia con Corea del Sur y Australia. Así, se analiza a la diplomacia cultural y lo que hace Colombia en esta materia en ambos países; así como el estado de la relación económica de Colombia en un periodo de ocho años con dichos países, y cómo las acciones culturales colombianas podrían llegar a mejorar dicha relación económica. De esta manera además del desarrollo conceptual de diplomacia cultural y los indicadores económicos, a saber; exportaciones; Inversión Extranjera Directa y turismo; se corrió un modelo de regresión lineal para saber si efectivamente hay relación entre ambas variables y una contribución final que consiste en una propuesta de generación de indicadores de gestión a utilizarse al momento de implementar la diplomacia cultural como herramienta en política exterior.

Mutamenti politico-istituzionali nella Venezia Giulia e a Trieste tra Tito e gli americani alla luce delle nuove testimonianze documentarie da Washington, 1944-1954

“La questione di Trieste”, ovvero la questione del confine italo-yugoslavo all’indomani della seconda guerra mondiale costituisce da lungo tempo oggetto di attenzione e di esame da parte della storiografia italiana e straniera. Con alcune importanti eccezioni, la ricostruzione complessiva di quelle vicende ha visto il più delle volte il prevalere di un approccio storico-diplomatico che ha reso difficile comprendere con chiarezza i rapporti e le interdipendenze fra contesto locale, contesto nazionale e contesto internazionale. Attraverso la lettura incrociata dell’ampia documentazione proveniente dai fondi dei National Archives Records Administration (NARA) questo studio tenta una rilettura delle varie fasi di sviluppo della questione nel periodo compreso tra il giugno del 1945 e l’ottobre del 1954 secondo una duplice prospettiva: nella prima parte si concentra sulla politica americana a Trieste, guardando nello specifico a due aspetti interni tra loro strettamente correlati, la gestione dell’ordine pubblico e la “strategia” del consenso da realizzarsi mediante il controllo dell’informazione da un lato e la promozione di una politica culturale dall’altro. Sono aspetti entrambi riconducibili al modello del direct rule, che conferiva al governo militare alleato (GMA) piena ed esclusiva autorità di governo sulla zona A della Venezia Giulia, e che ci appaiono centrali anche per cogliere l’interazione fra istituzioni e soggetti sociali. Nella seconda parte, invece, il modificarsi della fonte d’archivio indica un cambiamento di priorità nella politica estera americana relativa a Trieste: a margine dei negoziati internazionali, i documenti del fondo Clare Boothe Luce nelle carte dell’Ambasciata mostrano soprattutto come la questione di Trieste venne proiettata verso l’esterno, verso l’Italia in particolare, e sfruttata – principalmente dall’ambasciatrice – nell’ottica bipolare della guerra fredda per rinforzare il sostegno interno alla politica atlantica. Il saggio, dunque, si sviluppa lungo due linee: dentro e fuori Trieste, dentro 1945-1952, fuori 1953-1954, perché dalle fonti consultate sono queste ad emergere come aree di priorità nei due periodi. Abstract - English The “Trieste question”, or the question regarding the Italian - Yugoslav border after the Second World War, has been the object of careful examination in both Italian and foreign historiography for a long time. With a few important exceptions, the overall reconstruction of these events has been based for the most part on historic and diplomatic approaches, which have sometimes made it rather difficult to understand clearly the relationships and interdependences at play between local, national and international contexts. Through a comparative analysis of a large body of documents from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park MD, this essay attempts a second reading of the various phases in which the question developed between June 1945 and October 1954, following a twofold perspective: the first part focuses on American policy for Trieste, specifically looking at two internal and closely linked aspects, on the one hand, the management of ‘law and order’, as well as a ‘strategy’ of consent, to be achieved through the control of all the means of information , and, on the other, the promotion of a cultural policy. Both aspects can be traced back to the ‘direct rule’ model, which gave the Allied Military Government (AMG) full and exclusive governing authority over Venezia Giulia’s Zone A. These issues are also fundamental to a better understanding of the relationships between institutions and social subjects. In the second part of the essay , the change in archival sources clearly indicates a new set of priorities in American foreign policy regarding Trieste: outside any international negotiations for the settlement of the question, the Clare Boothe Luce papers held in the Embassy’s archives, show how the Trieste question was focused on external concerns, Italy in particular, and exploited – above all by the ambassador – within the bi-polar optic of the Cold War, in order to strengthen internal support for Atlantic policies. The essay therefore follows two main lines of inquiry: within and outside Trieste, within in 1945-1952, and outside 1953-1954, since, from the archival sources used, these emerge as priority areas in the two periods.

Los asilados de las embajadas de Europa Occidental en Chile tras el golpe militar y sus consecuencias diplomáticas : El caso de Suecia

Given the expectations that western governments had in the reforms being implemented by the Unidad Popular, the September 1973 coup d’état in Chile caused a great international outcry. The violence and repression that accompanied the military coup produced a worldwide repudiation of the military junta. Sweden stood out most consistently among the countries that declared their opposition to Chile during the period of the dictatorship by continuously denouncing the violations to human rights. In this context, Sweden’s Ambassador to Chile, Harald Edelstam, played a very important role in saving the lives of hundreds of Chilean citizens and foreign nationals who sought refuge from the regime’s bloody repression. Making use of the privileges he enjoyed as a diplomat, Edelstam confronted the military authorities to release people wrongfully sentenced to the death penalty. As a result, he was declared persona non grata and forced to leave Chile. This was the beginning of a long and controversial diplomatic relationship that lasted until the return of democracy in Chile in 1990. This article is a first attempt at understanding how human rights violations affected bilateral relations between Chile and Sweden with respect to the diplomatic efforts of Ambassador Harald Edelstam.

Espaço e focalização em The ambassadors, de Henry James

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A política externa da primeira República e os Estados Unidos: a atuação de Joaquim Nabuco em Washington (1905-1910)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Gurupá: das ruínas aos cemitérios

Posterior ao Tratado de Madrid (1750), o governo do Marquês de Pombal (1750-1777) implanta o projeto moderno nacional de caráter imperial nas colônias portuguesas. O Tratado de Madrid reconhecia a situação real na América Latina e encaminhou o trabalho das comissões de limites. O capitão-geral, na época do Estado do Grão-Pará e Maranhão, Francisco Xavier Mendonça Furtado foi ator decisivo do projeto político e militar, segurando a região à coroa portuguesa, e executava o projeto pombalino contra os jesuítas ("Estado de Deus") e as condições agrestes da região. A partir dos traços que o empreendimento político e ideológico deixou, o nosso estudo compara três vozes: as cartas do Governador Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado, a obra do escritor paraense Dalcídio Jurandir e a trilogia romanesca de Alfred Döblin, a fim de analisar como as incursões ideológica e estética configuram a mediação entre a realidade histórica e a representação nas narrativas de ficção. Essa comparação se realiza no contexto de uma região que liberou as mais altas e fecundas fantasias da historia cultural da humanidade (as Amazonas, El Dorado, o tesouro do Rei Salomão e o boom da borracha), a fim de traçar as fantasmagorias diante das ruínas da realidade, confrontar o imaginário coletivo e a ficcionalização individual.

Die praktische Komponente deutscher Verständigungspolitik: Leopold von Hoesch in Paris

Diese Arbeit versucht, die Bedingungen und Umstände des deutsch-französischen Verständigungsprozesses zwischen Ruhrbesetzung und Locarno-Vertrag zu erklären, und geht dabei besonders auf den deutschen Gesandten in Paris, Leopold von Hoesch, und seinen Einfluss ein.

Citation Searching: Search Smarter & Find More

At the University of Connecticut, we have been enticing graduate students to join graduate student trainers to learn how to answer the following questions and improve the breadth of their research: Do you need to find articles published outside your primary discipline? What are some seminal articles in your field? Have you ever wanted to know who cited an article you wrote? We are participating in Elsevier's Student Ambassador Program (SAmP) in which graduate students train their peers on "citation searching" research using Scopus and Web of Science, two tremendous citation databases. We are in the fourth semester of these training programs, and they are wildly successful: We have offered more than 30 classes and taught more than 350 students from March 2007 through March 2008.