Doctoral Experiences in Finland - Prijzen

Stalin's Ghosts

Stalin's Ghosts examines the impact of the Gothic-fantastic on Russian literature in the period 1920-1940. It shows how early Soviet-era authors, from well-known names including Fedor Gladkov, Mikhail...

Doctoral Experiences in Finland

This volume is a collection of essays on obtaining a PhD degree at a Finnish university. The contributors share the common background of coming to Finland from abroad especially for the purpose of tak...

The Letter of the Law

This book combines legal as well as political and theoretical questions in a variety of contexts, ranging from legal issues in the early modern period to critical explorations of law/s, justice and te...

Orientalism Versus Occidentalism

This book highlights the role of cultural representations and perceptions, such as when Iran is represented in the French media as a rogue state obsessed with its nuclear programme, and when France is...

De eerste eeuwen van Rhoon

Bude and Stratton in Old Picture Postcards

Geschiedenis van Drenthe

Drenthe treedt omstreeks 800 de geschiedenis binnen als in een officieel stuk de naam 'Threant' (Drenthe) wordt gebruikt. Gedurende de volgende 700 jaar is Drenthe het speelveld van onder andere de bi...

Wien / Penzing und Rudolfsheim-Funfhaus in alten Ansichtkarten

Ancient Greece and China Compared

Ancient Greece and China Compared is a pioneering, methodologically sophisticated set of studies, bringing together scholars who all share the conviction that the sustained critical comparison and con...

Curriculum as Cultural Practice

Initiatives that deconstruct and challenge the dominance of Western cultural knowledge in curriculum are gaining momentum, and though some of the most potent challenges come from the field of postcolo...

Roy Strong

For nearly half a century, Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. Yet remarkably little is known about his life before the Swinging Sixties when he burst upon t...

A Social History of England

What was life really like in England in the later Middle Ages? This comprehensive introduction explores the full breadth of English life and society in the period 1200-1500. Opening with a survey of h...