How can historians of small spaces and cities focus on local events and issues and at the same time carry on conversations with peers in a disciplinar... [more]
Building on recent works that question a simplistic, White narrative of the history of academic oral history, this article focuses on the labors of Bl... [more]
This paper argues that the creation narrative oft he Fall in Genesis 2:4b-3:24 is not history and does not contain a doctrine of original sin. The doctrine of original sin as a theory of human nature needs a new foundation. The contemporary science of soc
The Portuguese presence spread deep roots within the evolution and the history of the city of Rio Grande. It was a fundamental framework to the shape of the society in this city. In the end of the XIXth century and beginning of the XXth, the Portuguese co
This article treats Stalin's contributions to dialectical and historical materialism. It argues that the latter found his theses of the 'enormous' role of ideas. and of the existence of social phenomena that do not belong either to the basis or to the
This article focuses on early British vegetation science, in particular on the British Vegetation Committee. In earlier histories of (plant) ecology, the period of the Committee's life, 1904-1913, renowned for its surveys and its maps, was depicted as a
A survey of recent news events involving science and religion is conducted with an aim toward analyzing the current state of;he science and religion dialogue. Recent events suggest that the dialogue has come to a crossroad's, achieving an unprecedented l
Perhaps the greatest irony about the contemporary religion-science dialogue is the fact char, despite their own strongly articulated denials, many thinkers implicitly accept the warfare thesis of A. D. White-that is, they agree with White that traditional
Ethnoarchaeological studies of pottery primarily focus on the ethnographic present, often disregarding the role of history in the production of material culture. This paper integrates information from historical sources and ethnographic interviews to bett
The distribution of projectile points over broad geographic areas yields important insights about Palaeoindian settlement pattern and history While; Traditionally viewed as a Great Plains adaptation, the data show that fluted points are far more common in
The aim of this essay is to review the work of the Israel Press Council. The essay considers the history of the Press Council, analysing the way it has developed, its work, and how it reached its current status. It is argued that the existing situation is
Paleoparasitology may be developed as a new tool to parasite evolution studies. DNA sequences dated thousand years ago, recovered from archaeological material, means the possibility to study parasite-host relationship coevolution through time. Together wi
The article addresses the relationship between architecture and time. It engages contemporary reflections about weathering, durability and ephemerality and it considers whether this line of research could not open towards new ways of picturing history. It
Statutory laws in colonial America required that servants be given a particular set of goods upon contract completion. These laws were innovative and unprecedented. Their purpose has been interpreted as an effort to discourage servants from premature depa
The flexible specialization approach to the structure and dynamics of the film industry has arguably become the dominant framework of analysis. In identifying a succession of waves of small production company formation and demise throughout the history of
This paper contains a survey of the most important works on Danish mathematics and and a short de description of a new archive of mathematical archival material at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The archive is especiall
The Danish Mathematical Society celebrated its 125th anniversary in 1998. This work presents an outline of the Society's history and goes into details on some selected episodes. Among other things the society is put in a Scandinavian context. Indirectly,