Byzance, la Bulgarie, les Balkans

Author(s): Vasilka Tapkova-Zaimova / Language(s): French,Russian,German

The book "Byzance, la Bulgarie, les Balkans" is a collection of more than 70 selected works, devoted on the Byzantine Empire, Bulgaria and the Balkans in the Middle Ages of the eminent doyen of Byzantine and medieval studies prof. Vasilka Tapkova-Zaimova. The collection includes articles published during the period 1979-2009 and is a kind of continuation of the issued in 1979 work "Byzance et les Balkans a partir du VIe siecle" by renowned London Publishing House "Variorum Reprints".

Национална митология и национална литература. Сюжети, изграждащи българската национална идентичност в словесността от ХVІІІ и ХІХ век

Author(s): Nikolay Aretov / Language(s): Bulgarian

This book examines the main plots in Bulgarian literature of 18th and 19th centuries through which the Bulgarians were building and still build their self-image and their mental maps. These plots and the main figures in them formed one relatively homogeneous mythical structure, presented in the literature. From this perspective, this study examines key tests in the national canon, from Paisius of Hilendar to Ivan Vasov and beyond.

Monumentality versus Economic Vitality: Was a Balance Struck in the Late Antique City?

Author(s): Marlia Mundell Mango / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Hindu istenek, sziámi tigrisek. Balogh András 70 éves

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Hungarian

Professor András Balogh had Seventy years old in 2014. His department published a volume for his birthday. This book contains the studies of his colleagues (47).

Háborúk, békék, terroristák

Author(s): / Language(s): German,Hungarian,Italian

This book made for the seventieth birthday of Gábor Székely, Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, contains 51 studies. His colleagues wish him Happy Birthday.

Nemzetek és birodalmak. Diószegi István 80 éves

Author(s): / Language(s): French,German,Hungarian

This book has been published as Festschrift on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Professor István Diószegi. 47 of his colleagues have contributed studies to this book dealing with the manifold questions István Diószegi has raised regarding the history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Eszmék, forradalmak, háborúk. Vadász Sándor 80 éves

Author(s): / Language(s): Russian,Hungarian

Sándor Vadász was 80 years old in 2010. His colleagues greeted him with studies. At the end of the volume there is an interview with professor Vadász about his life.

The Ancient Egyptian Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor. Morphology of Classical Egypt

Author(s): Sergei Ignatov / Language(s): English

The main corpus of the study represents a source study of pHermitage 1115, containing the text, which describes the encounter and the discourse of an Egyptian man with a deity. The text is considered in a dialogue with the texts of the epoch, i.e. the principle is followed that in order to understand an ancient text, one has to study all the other ones that are accessible. The uniqueness of the presented papyrus lies in the fact that it contains the most ancient evidence of prayer and of sacrifice, committed without the mediation of priests and is the most ancient story, describing a meeting of a man with a deity, without the human deserting his body. As compared to other religious texts, mentioning similar encounters in the process of the transformation into the hereafter, in pHermitage 1115 the Egyptian crosses the south-eastern boundary of the inhabited world and finds himself in the realm of the deity. Traditionally, the text is considered to be the most ancient specimen of adventure literature, but a careful analysis discloses, that it is an esoteric text, which describes mechanisms for trespassing the Worlds, throws light on the nature of the deity and its world, and guides the human beings by instructing them as to how to conduct themselves under such extraordinary situations. And most importantly, the papyrus reveals the image of Egypt such as it appears in the eyes of the Egyptian and of the deity.

The Body of God : Word and Image in Ancient Egypt. Lectures Delivered at New Bulgarian University

Author(s): Sergei Ignatov / Language(s): English

The Egyptian state is the living body of God, i.e. of the king. This is the presumption of this book. The Egyptian state is the living body of God, i.e. of the king. This is the presumption of this book. The founder of Egyptology, Jean-Francois Champollion, once wrote: “In such inquiries one can progress with the help of facts only, and monuments are the only reliable facts... ” This is perhaps the best definition of Egyptological studies: patient and conscientious study of the monuments of ancient Egypt. The monuments of ancient Egyptian culture are located primarily in the Nile valley. The evidence of Egyptian penetration far south into ancient Nubia, ancient Syria, Phoenicia and Palestine to the east, imported Egyptian artifacts in the eastern Mediterranean lands, are also of interest to Egyptology. ...

Két világ kutatója. Urbán Aladár 80 éves

Author(s): / Language(s): Hungarian

The volume includes studies for Urban Aladár's birthday. The professor deals with the American history and with Hungary in the 19th century, first of all with the revolution in 1848-1849. The colleagues of professor Urban from ELTE and from the other universities and instituts in Hungary have wroten various studies from the Hungarian and the world history of the 19th and 20 centuries to the respect of Aladár Urbán.

Közép-európai arcképcsarnok. 20. század

Author(s): / Language(s): Hungarian

This book presents 27 portraits from Central Europe of 20th century. What is Central Europe? It's not easy to determine it. This region was always in the crossfire of dispute. Central Europe resembles Egyptian dying and rising gods, but the region exists and it has given many distinguished personalities to Europe and the World. The book presents this richness.

BYZANTINOBULGARICA I

Author(s): / Language(s): English,French,Russian

Volume 1 of BYZANTINOBULGARICA series.

Gender a demokracie: 1989 – 2009

Author(s): Michaela Appeltová,Nina Bosničová,Kristýna Ciprová,Jitka Gelnarová,Eva M. Hejzlarová,Alexandra Jachanová Doleželová,Kateřina Machovcová,Jana Smiggels Kavková,Linda Sokačová,Alena Wagnerová / Language(s): Czech

Příspěvky ve sborníku, který právě otevíráte, jsou diferencovány nejen generačně, - mezi nejstarší a nejmladší autorkou je rozdíl skoro padesát let -, ale i stylem psaní, používáním zcela jiných obratů i zdůrazňováním jiných detailů. Je dokladem toho, že v této republice se již etablovala tematika gender i feminismu, že veřejnost i média se o problematiku žen zajímají, ženy se samy organizují a učí se, či se již naučily zakládat občanská sdružení a organizace, jimiž se prosazují. Dostaly se z letargie, či naučené pasivity, která se objevovala v předchozích desetiletích, kdy iniciativu za všechno přejímal stát. Svým způsobem je tento sborník imponujícím přehledem toho, co se již podařilo a současně i základem historie, která se teprve tvoří a píše. [...]

Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Proceedings Volume: 12th LUMEN International Scientific Conference Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice | RSACVP 2019 | 15-17 May 2019 | Iasi – Romania

Gu Hongming prekursorem idei fuzji cywilizacji. Konfucjanizm jako ratunek dla Zachodu i świata

Author(s): Marek Tylkowski / Language(s): Polish

An intellectual biography of one of the most influential Chinese political and social thinkers at the turn of XIXth/XXth centuries.

Praktyki cielesne w sufizmie

Author(s): Beata Abdallah-Krzepkowska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The body occupies a crucial and special place in the Sufi tradition. It is seen as a Gateway leading from the outer dimension of reality (ẓāhir) to the inner dimension (bāṭin), bearing within itself a microcosm that is a mirror image of the macrocosm. Mystics recognize the dual nature of the body — on the one hand, it is a source of obstacles to the individual’s rise above trivial needs and desires, while on the other hand, it provides a means of transgression into the world of immaterial reality. As a boundary point between two worlds, the body can become a means of achieving closeness. The various bodily practices employed by Sufis bear traces of similarity to other mystical practices. This is not surprising, given the inclusive nature of Sufism, readily adapting the practices of local spiritual traditions. It was no different in India, where Islam appeared in the 8th century and entered into dialogue with Hindu traditions, both at the level of intellectual exchange between representatives of Islam and Hinduism, and at the level of mutual interpenetration between the practices of adepts of Sufism and Hinduism. This closeness bore fruit both in the joint practice of spirituality and in the attempts made by Akbar and his great-grandson Dārā Shikōh to combine the teachings of the two religious traditions. Today it is difficult to determine the paths of mutual influence or to say with certainty whether a particular practice is the result of influence or arose independently. The article constitutes an overview of the bodily practices of Sufism and a reflection on their possible origins and similarities to Indian traditions.

Cesty mimo mapu

Author(s): Daniela Kolenovská / Language(s): English,Czech Publication Year: 0

If at the end of the 20th century you wanted to know whether Moscow or the authentic extreme left had been more powerful in postwar Central Europe, you had to go to Russia. The promising partial opening of the Soviet archives began a trend and researchers let themselves be seduced by the vision of uncovering the secrets of Bolshevism’s success. The symbolic representation of this vision was an imaginary map of the blank spaces in Soviet history.

Prínos myšlienok Friedricha Wilhelma Augusta Fröbela pre predškolskú pedagogiku

Author(s): Ivana Prachárová / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

The paper deals with the delimitation and access to the historical bases of pre-school education, whose author is the momentous German pedagogue F. W. A. Froebel and points to the importance of his pedagogical work for contemporary pedagogy. Article presents eminent thoughts influencing the establishment of kindergartens, which have become the principal fundamentals of institutional education of preschool children around the world. In the paper are 1. delineated documents that deal with the topic and present the state of the issue in Slovakia as well as abroad; 2. formulated bases of projected research in the area in question from the acquired knowledge.

Vie et rêve, « vases communicants »

Author(s): Maria Tronea / Language(s): French Publication Year: 0

This paper explores the relationship between reality and dream, between the real and the unreal in the Francophone imaginary. It describes the evolution of this relationship in all its aspects and approaches starting from the Romantics. The analysis is based on Francophone literature in Belgium, which is characterized by an intricate tension between the real and the unreal. Ulenspiegel’s Legend by Charles De Coster is considered to be the founding text on human propensity to dream and it paves the way for Modernist aesthetic theories. The same approach can be found in Maurice Maeterlink’s works where the threshold between reality and unreality is widely discussed. Franz Hellens, who promoted the fantastic in his works, wrote what can be termed as an extension of surrealism in Belgian literature, while Michel de Ghelderode associated onirism with painting-ness. The power of dreams in Marguerite Yourcenar’s characters relied on the theory of the communicating vessels, and Jean Ray adopted a classical fantastic centered on the paranormal. The paper ends with Paul Willems whose works are imbued with onirism and magic realism.

Coordonate multilingve în învățământul românesc

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian

Volumul de față reprezintă o premieră în peisajul editorial românesc, fiind o radiografie a învățământului românesc din perspectiva limbilor studiate și a oportunităților disponibile de găsire a unui loc de muncă pentru cunoscătorii de limbi străine. Cercetarea întreprinsă de un colectiv de 30 de autori prezintă în amănunt, inclusiv prin mijloace grafice și fotografii, valorificând sursele de informare disponibile, pregătirea multilingvă în România – la nivel preuniversitar, universitar și postunivesitar, precum și în context extrașcolar –, la aceasta adăugându-se o analiză amănunțită a competențelor lingivistice și a inserției pe piața muncii din România. Cele șapte anexe completează și sintetizează informațiile cuprinse în capitolele cărții.Cartea se adresează, așadar, nu doar profesorilor de limbi străine sau angajatorilor, ci și tuturor acelora care sunt interesați să afle detalii riguros documentate despre prezența limbilor materne și moderne în mediul educațional și profesional românesc, în contextul unui mediu european și internațional dinamic din punct de vedere economic, social și politic, în care cunoașterea limbilor străine de către cetățenii români, dar și cunoașterea limbii române de către cetățenii străini care studiază și lucrează în România reprezintă un element care poate asigura o bună inserție pe piața educțională și a muncii.The present volume is unique on the Romanian publishing market, as it is a comprehensive overview of the Romanian education system from the perspective of the languages present in the curricula and of the opportunities for insertion on the labour market available for language proficient individuals. The result of research undertaken by a group of 30 authors, the book provides extensive details on and a cross-regional comparison of the opportunities for studying languages at pre-university, university and extracurricular level, with valuable appendices that complement and summarize the information presented throughout the book.The volume is therefore aimed not only at foreign language teachers or employers, but also at all those who are interested in finding out rigorously documented details about the presence of languages in the Romanian educational and professional environment, against the background of a dynamic economic, social and political European and international context, in which proficiency in foreign languages by Romanian citizens, as well as the mastery of the Romanian language by foreign citizens studying and working in Romania, are key elements that may ensure a good insertion on the educational and labor market.