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Archaeological studies Leiden University (ASLU) The Management of the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe

Perceptions of the indigenous communities on their involvement and use of traditional conservation practices

|| Simon Makuvaza || Leiden University Press

Since 1992, when the World Heritage Committee established its category of "cultural landscapes", scholarly debates have ensued on how they could best be managed. One approach, which appears to have gained significance over the past two decades or so, considers using traditional conservation practices as well as engaging local indigenous communities in the stewardship of these exemplary sites.

To examine the efficacy of this recent approach, this book explores the concept of indigenous communi...

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Iranian Studies Series A Story of Conquest and Adventure

the Large Farāmarznāme

|| Marjolijn van Zutphen || Leiden University Press

The Large Farāmarznāme (Farāmarznāme-ye bozorg), a poem from the Persian epic cycle dated to the late eleventh century, is hereby published for the first time in an English translation, in prose. The story tells how Farāmarz, a son of the famous Shāhnāme hero Rostam, conquers several provinces of India, before setting off on an extensive voyage over sea and land, leading his troops through a number of hazardous situations in various fictional countries. As a true epic hero, he displays...

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Archaeological studies Leiden University (ASLU) Akragas

Current issues in the archaeology of a Sicilian polis

2017 || Paperback || Natascha Sojc || Leiden University Press

Over the past few years, the archaeological and architectural investigation of ancient Akragas (modern Agrigento) in Sicily has gathered new momentum. This book brings together various researchers who investigate the Greek period remains of Akragas, an ostentatiously wealthy city state that was politically powerful and culturally formative.

The issues discussed range from methodological approaches and the interpretation of fresh field-data, to concerns of site maintenance and the reconstructio...

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Time, History and Ritual in a K’iche’ Community

contemporary Maya Calendar Knowledge and Practices in the Highlands of Guatemala

2018 || Paperback || Paul van den Akker || Leiden University Press

This work analyzes ritual practices and knowledge related to the Mesoamerican calendar with the aim of contributing to the understanding of the use and conceptualization of this calendar system in the contemporary K'iche' community of Momostenango, in the Highlands of Guatemala. The research presented here discusses the indigenous calendar system, forms of synergy between the Christian and the Highland Guatemalan calendar, the indigenous perception of history and continuity in time-related sy...

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Creating Capitals

The Rationale, Construction, and Function of the Imperial Capitals of Assyria

2020 || Paperback || Aris Politopoulos || Leiden University Press

The creation of new capital cities are watershed moments in the lives of ancient empires. Assyria, arguably the most successful imperial state of the ancient Near East, repeatedly engaged in capital creation. Capital creation denotes the development of a monumental capital, either in a new location or through the profound transformation of a pre-existing settlement. This volume focusses on the rationale, construction, and function of the imperial capitals of Assyria: Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, Ka...

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Tlamatiliztli: la sabiduria del pueblo nahua

Filosofia intercultural y derecho a la tierra (Mexico)

2021 || Paperback || Osiris Sinuhé González Romero || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar

El objetivo de este libro es el análisis sistemático del concepto de sabiduría desarrollado por el pueblo nahua de México, con base en la información proporcionada por las fuentes históricas y la evidencia arqueológica, pero también tomando en consideración tanto el conocimiento que existe en las comunidades nahuas contemporáneas, como el de los investigadores pertenecientes a los pueblos originarios de México. Esta investigación pretende demostrar de qué forma los procesos cogni...

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India after World History

Literature, Comparison, and Approaches to Globalization

2022 || Hardcover || Neilesh Bose || Leiden University Press

In the twenty-first century, terms such as globalization, global, and world function as key words at the cusp of new frontiers in both historical writing and literary criticism. Practitioners of these disciplines may appear to be long time intimate lovers when seen from pre and early modern time periods, only to divorce with the coming of Anglophone world history in the twenty-first century. In recent years, works such as Martin Puchner’s The Written World, Maya Jasanoff’s The Dawn Watch,...

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Ending Famine in India

A Transnational History of Food Aid and Development, c. 1890-1950

2023 || Hardcover || Joanna Simonow || Leiden University Press

The task of ending famine in India was taken up by many at the beginning of the twentieth century. Only decades earlier, famine in India had been believed to be a necessary evil. Now it was the reason for the increasing activities of doctors, nutritionists, social reformers, agricultural experts, missionaries, anti-colonial activists and colonial administrators, all involved in temporary relief and finding permanent solutions to famine.

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Parvin Etesami in the Literary and Religious Context of Twentieth-Century Iran

A Female Poet’s Challenge to Patriarchy

2023 || Hardcover || Zhinia Noorian || Leiden University Press

Parvin Etesami (1907-1941) is among the few Persian female poets, who has gained nationwide popularity, while her authorship was disbelieved. She is celebrated in a plethora of publications every year in Iran and beyond. Etesami is the only female poet who has remained part of the daily lives of people in her society for about a century. Her poetry appears in school curricula both before and after the Revolution of 1979. People use her poetry on social media, particularly in critical times. I...

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Nobel Genius

Prizes, Prestige and Scientific Practice

2024 || Hardcover || Nils Hansson e.a. || Leiden University Press

Awards shape careers, make research visible, and create role models. They provide evidence of prestige and credit and play a key role in evaluating individual scientists. Nevertheless, the understanding of prize cultures in science has remained surprisingly superficial. This book explores the prize cultures of the most famous scientific award worldwide: the Nobel Prize. It contributes to modern approaches in history and sociology of science that focus on the social context of scientific pract...