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Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism
Literary Celebrity in the Netherlands
|| Paperback || Rick Honings || Leiden University Press
Although there has always been a fascination for famous people, the invention of modern celebrity culture goes back to the nineteenth century. During Romanticism the position of the author changed, but, with the phenomenon of the fan and associated fandom coming into existence, also that of the public.
In "Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism" Dutch literary celebrity culture is analysed and embedded in the international discourse on this subject. This book supplies the Dutch dynamic to th...
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Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka
Navigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society
2022 || Paperback || Nadeera Rupesinghe || Leiden University Press
Navigating Pluralities marks a break in understanding the history of Roman-Dutch law in Sri Lanka. Methodologically, it challenges socio-legal studies that concentrate on major jurisdictional conflicts alone, emphasizing the lived experience of everyday practices of judicial forums. It uncovers the navigation of plural practices in the Landraad, a judicial forum set up by the Dutch East India Company in seventeenth-century Sri Lanka. A choice of laws came into play in that forum, that choice ...
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Japan’s Practice of International Law
2022 || Paperback || Hidehisa “Harry” Horinouchi || Leiden University Press
Diplomacy is a series of crises, and the navigational beacon for a nation is international law. This book is a collection of articles on six selected international legal issues concerning Japan. It addresses various issues, including self-defence, post-war legal issues, chemical weapons, the law of the sea, consular immunities, and hijacking. It is a legal documentary through which the reader can look into the minds of Japanese officials challenged by one crisis after another.
As a coherent wh...
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Father of Persian Verse / druk 1
rudaki and his Poetry
2010 || Paperback || S. Tabatabai e.a. || Leiden University Press
Abu Abdollâh' Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki (c. 880 CE-941 CE) was a poet to the Samanid court which ruled much of Khorâsân (northeastern Persia) from its seat in Bukhara.
He is widely regarded as "the father of Persian poetry, for he was the first major poet to write in New Persian language, following the Arab conquest in the seventh and eighth centuries, which established Islam as the official religion, and made Arabic the predominant literary language in Persian-speaking lands for some two...
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Hidden complexities of the Frankish castle / druk 1
social aspects of space in the configurational architecture of Frankish castles in the Holy Land, 1099-1291
|| Paperback || Eva Mol || Leiden University Press
Dit volume in de ASLU-serie bestudeert Frankische kastelen met als doel het in kaart brengen van de relatie van de toenmalige bewoners met de geconstrueerde ruimte. Dit onderzoek biedt nieuwe inzichten in het functioneren van het fort, zowel in de functie als bescherming tegen vijandige machten, als de invloed van het gebouw op het gedrag van de bewoners binnen de muren van deze kastelen.
- Met een uitgeklede versie van dit werk won Eva Mol de Leidse Universitaire Scriptieprijs in het jaar 20...
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Turning over a new leaf / druk 1
change and development in the medieval book
2012 || Paperback || Rosamond McKitterick e.a. || Leiden University Press
Wat kunnen we concluderen over de lezer aan de hand van een onderzoek naar de lay-out van een middeleeuwse tekst? Mogen we aan de hand van een collectie van een bibliotheek conclusies trekken over de cultuur waarin deze collectie werd samengesteld?
Gedurende de middeleeuwen waren manuscripten voor boeken voortdurend onderhevig aan veranderingen. Deze kwamen voort uit nieuwe inzichten in bijvoorbeeld het gebruik van koppen bij teksten of de toepassing van hoofdstuknummering.
Met de focus op de...
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Conflict and development in iranian film / druk 1
2013 || Paperback || Kamran Talattof e.a. || Leiden University Press
Dit deel in de serie Iranian Studies onderzoekt de filosofische onderbouwing en filmische technieken die kenmerkend zijn voor Iraanse film. Het laat zien hoe thema's als martelaarschap en oorlog, gender en sociaal beleid in Iraanse cinema worden benaderd, en hoe de regisseurs ze met behulp van een verscheidenheid aan technieken behandelen. Er wordt een overzicht gegeven van de poëtische en mystieke dimensies van Abbas Kiarostami's films. Daarnaast wordt beschreven wat de effecten van de Isla...
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Applying shari'a in the west / druk 1
facts, fears and the future of Islamic rules on family relations in the west
2013 || Paperback || Maurits S. Berger || Leiden University Press
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Archaeological studies Leiden University (ASLU) Troubled Waters
developing a New Approach to Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
2017 || Paperback || Jonathan Sharfman || Leiden University Press
This volume of the ASLU series examines perspectives on maritime and underwater cultural heritage (MUCH) in southern Africa and proposes new management approaches to advance protection and public engagement. By redefining the maritime historical narratives in countries that have predominantly interpreted their maritime past through colonial shipwrecks, it is possible to create an environment in which stakeholders become active participants in heritage management. The application of a broad ma...
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Cape Conflict
Protest and Political Alliances in a Dutch Settlement
2019 || Paperback || Teun Baartman || Leiden University Press
In the historiography of the period of Dutch rule in the Cape of Good Hope, from 1652 until 1795, Cape burghers are represented as the perpetual underdogs bristling against the rule of a restrictive Dutch East India Company (VOC). But was this relationship really so antagonistic?
The author places Cape colonial society in the wider context of the Dutch Republic and, in doing so, compares the political structures, institutions and dynamics of the Republic and its overseas settlement. He shows ...