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Kulturwissenschaft
Editor: Mackensen, Michael; Ortisi, Salvatore
Handbuch der Provinzialrömischen Archäologie
I. Quellen, Methoden, Ziele
The Archaeology of the Roman Provinces is a young discipline. As an academic subject, it has rapidly achieved great successes in the field of excavation and research and has...
The Sculptor’s Workshop
Carved marble was a major part of the economy of Roman cities. The material was supplied by local and regional quarries but little is known of the workshops in which the carving...
Cultural Interactions in Medieval Georgia
Situated between the mountain ranges of the Caucasus, the country of Georgia was constantly exposed to contacts with both nearby cultures and such far-away realities as the...
Endangered Iranian Languages
This edited volume brings together work by theoretical linguists and field linguists who share a strong commitment to the scientific documentation and investigation of endangered...
Columnar Sarcophagi from Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias in Caria (modern Turkey) has a remarkable body of relief-decorated marble sarcophagi of the Roman Imperial period. This monograph presents the sarcophagi decorated...
In cooperation with: Lemaire, A.; Goubin, Y.
Le théâtre d’Aphrodisias: Les structures scéniques
The book is dedicated to the Theatre building at Aphrodisias and in particular its stage building. Dated by its two inscriptions between 30 and 27 BC, the theatre’s original stage...
,Rasse‘ und Raum
Topologien zwischen Kolonial-, Geo- und Biopolitik: Geschichte, Kunst, Erinnerung
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Wissen entsteht nicht unabhängig von Räumen, sondern ist schon in seiner Formierung selbst an Prozesse der...
Wissensraum Film
The present volume „Wissensraum Film“ („Film as Knowledge Space”) concentrates on two aspects: knowledge and spaces in film. Main focus lies on the relevance of a relational...
Konversion in Räumen jüdischer Geschichte
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Der Band dokumentiert die Beiträge der wissenschaftlichen Tagung ‚Konversion in Räumen jüdischer Geschichte‘....
Grenzgänge
Androgynie – Wahnsinn – Utopie im Romanwerk von Huda Barakat
Hudā Barakāt’s novels are complex and densely woven texts that focus on the obsessions and inner conflicts of their protagonists. The first monograph dealing with the Lebanese...
Übertragungsräume
Medialität und Raum in der Moderne
In this volume, whose authors explore conceptions of space from the 18th to the 20th century, focusing on the role of the body and the senses as well as the importance of the...
Autorität der Autorschaft: Heinrich Glarean als Vermittler seiner Musiktheorie
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Die Arbeit widmet sich am Beispiel der 1547 in Basel gedruckten musiktheoretischen Schrift „Dodekachordon“ den...
Leben und Handeln im Alltag von Kairo
Sozialwissenschaftliche Analysen einer Gesellschaft im Umbruch
Under the influence of political and social discourses as a result of 9/11 and the Orientalist allegations on the part of Arab intellectuals, Lars Gaiser developed a new...
Ornamentale Purpurwirkereien
De variis purpureis segmentis, paragaudis, clavis et ceteris ornamentis cum ornamento
The textile finds from Egypt provide a special quantitative and qualitative value to the ornamental purple textiles. They can be counted as a chief representative of ornamental...
Die Ehrenbögen in Pompeji
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Fünf Bogenbauten zieren als Ehrenmonumente zentral gelegene Plätze Pompejis. Seit langem sind sie bekannt und...
»Gott liebt das Handwerk«
Moral, Identität und religiöse Legitimierung in der mittelasiatischen Handwerks-risala
The present book is the first large-scale research on the Central Asian crafts’ risala, a pre-Soviet code of conduct, and describes the crafts spiritual and social roots by...
Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung
This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented...
Etruskisch-italische und römisch-republikanische Häuser
In contrast to the tombs and shrines, the pre-Roman houses of Italy have been poorly studied. Although Etruscan studies have for some time been concerned with living quarters of...
Treasures of the Ferrell Collection
James Ferrell has collected Greek and Roman antiquities for many years to satisfy his life-long interest in ancient history. His collection is particularly important for its...
Rollenbilder in der athenischen Demokratie
Medien, Gruppen, Räume im politischen und sozialen System. Beiträge zu einem interdisziplinären Kolloqium in Freiburg i.Br., 24. bis 25. November 2006
This volume contains eight papers under a common focus: the complexity of image- and role- construction in classical Athens. The development of democracy came along with a growing...