20th century, c 1900 to c 1999

Realms of Strangers: Readers, Language, and Trickery in Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī

This is a book about strangeness and strangers in the Maqāmāt of Ḥarīrī, an Arabic compendium of literary fiction from the 6th/12th century, featuring in fifty episodic narratives...

Vor- und frühgeschichtliche Befestigungen 28

Wallanlagen im Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart

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Der Band liefert eine Zusammenfassung aller oberirdisch erhaltenen vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Wallanlagen des...

Von Panopolis bis ans ,Ende der Welt‘

Festschrift für Klaus Peter Kuhlmann. Zum 80. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Weggefährten

The fifth volume in the Studia Panopolitana series (Occasional Paper 5) is a festschrift presented to Klaus Peter Kuhlmann on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The articles by...

Writing as Re-enchantment: The Arabic and Turkish Novel’s Neo-Sufi Response to Secular Modernity

This study examines the revival of Sufism in the Arabic and Turkish novel during the second half of the 20th century. A picture is drawn where Sufism forms a main source of...

Egon Altdorf 1922–2008

Die Kunst der inneren Erneuerung: Skulptur, Graphik, Glasfenster, Lyrik

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Der hundertste Geburtstag von Egon Altdorf hat seinen Sohn veranlasst das Gesamtwerk seines Vaters von einem...

The Maqāmāt of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī

Authorship, Texts, and Contexts

Through investigations of manuscripts, this book explores important aspects of the life of Badîʿ al-Zamân al-Hamadhânî’s Maqâmât. The broad concerns of the book are divided into...

Oscillating Bodies

Understanding Tunisian Society through its Novels (1956-2011)

Oscillating Bodies reads together the depiction of human bodies in arabophone and francophone Tunisian novels. This produces an understanding of Tunisian society from the...

Ein leises Geräusch wie ein Gefühl des Sehnens

Dichtung und Zeugenschaft zum faschistischen Konzentrationslager in Libia Coloniale

Arabic poetry about the Italian concentration camps in Libia Coloniale is often understood primarily as a historical source, thereby neglecting the poems' literary merits. A Soft...

Der Mythos Niko Pirosmani

Auf den Spuren eines kuriosen Künstlerlebens im Georgien der Jahrhundertwende. Übersetzt aus dem Georgischen von Heinz Fähnrich

Today, Niko Pirosmani (1865-1919) is considered one of the most important painters in the history of 20th century art. As a self-taught, penniless vagabond and artist in life, his...

Zwischen den Welten

Kindheit in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit

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Das Buch erzählt Leben aus der Perspektive des Älterwerdens, wenn die Kinder aus dem Haus sind – eine...

The Textile Centre Akhmim-Panopolis (Egypt) in Late Antiquity. Material Evidence for Continuity and Change in Society, Religion, Industry and Trade

Proceedings of the international conference organised by Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in cooperation with Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Göttingen, 28–30 September 2017

The fourth occasional paper in the Studia Panopolitana series focuses on Akhmîm-Panopolis as one of Egypt’s major textile centres. The volume contains the proceedings of the...

Decoding DA’ISH

An Analysis of Poetic Exemplars and Discursive Strategies of Domination in the Jihadist Milieu

Why do Jihadists compose poetry and what role does poetry play in the transmission of the jihadist ideology? Decoding DĀʿISH is located at the intersections of the literary, the...

Nach der Stunde Null

Aus Nachkriegserfahrungen für Syrien lernen? Learning from Post-war Experience for Syria? Denkmalpflege, Archäologie und Städtebau als internationale Aufgabe. Heritage Conservation, Archaeology and Urban Planning as International Responsibility

“After the Zero Hour – Learning from Post-war Experience for Syria? Heritage Conservation, Archaeology and Urban Planning as International Responsibility” is the proceedings of...

Reise durch Nubien – Fotos einer Expedition um 1900

Travels in Nubia – Photographs of an expedition around 1900

Nubia around 1900, sunken worlds on rediscovered photographs from the Egyptian Museum Berlin; in the course of indexing the museum's photographic archive, 340 photographs from an...

Shepheard’s of Cairo

The Birth of the Oriental Grand Hotel

The book provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of the art, architecture and design of the legendary Shepheard’s Hotel of Cairo. Until recently, there had been little...

Die jungen Kosmopoliten

Prozesse von Aneignung und Abgrenzung in der zeitgenössischen türkischen Literatur

Young authors from Turkey question boundaries, they are challenging borders between nations, between humans, between times. Their works reflect a new zeitgeist which is often...

Die Entblößung der Wörter

aš-Šidyāqs literarische Listen als Kultur- und Gesellschaftskritik im 19. Jahrhundert

How do word lists matter for Arabic literature? From the perspective of Literary and Cultural Studies, this monograph approaches the literary word lists of Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq...

Der hygienische Imperativ

Gesundheitsversorgung und -aufklärung der Muslime des ausgehenden Zarenreichs (1864-1917)

The attempt to establish a health system on the basis of modern European scientific medical standards meant a great adaptation challenge for the traditional people in the Russian...

Geschichte des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Jena 1846-1962

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Das 1846 auf Initiative des Jenaer Professors Carl Wilhelm Goettling gegründete Archäologische Museum der...

Ein Künstlerpaar zwischen den Weltkriegen

Der Bildhauer Arnold Hensler und die Fotografin Annie Hensler-Möring

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Die Reihe „Kunstgeschichte Wiesbaden“ stellt mit diesem Band das Werk eines Bildhauers vor das mit der Stadt...