The Historical Imagination
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In this article, we present a new perspective on how to combine inquiry-based, problem-oriented learning with practices in the Humanities. Our particular interest is how the initial phase of finding "the problem" can be undertaken in a... more
Michel Foucault's early writing on dreams and imagination is one of the often neglected aspects of his work. In this paper, I give an overview of his "Dreams, Imagination and Existence" essay, accompanied by a discussion of his writings... more
The following essay sketches varieties of imagination operative in the best architectural work. It was published in Warehouse Journal, a student-edited journal produced annually by the Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba.... more
This essay addresses the way the imagination as a faculty is utilized for a creative ritual space. In so doing, this essay engages contemporary theories of imagination while contextualizing Abhinavagupta and Mahesvarananda.
The focus of my contribution is Karel van Mander’s pen-and-ink-drawing representing Night, which served as the model for the final engraving in Jacob Matham’s series of the four times of the day. Printed in 1601 with the imperial... more
THIS TECH BREAKS US OUT OF THE MATRIX – WE ARE MANIFESTING AT SEED LEVEL – BREAKING OUT OF PREDETERMINATION.
This article analyzes a new form of historical representation that we term “limbotopia” (by analogy with utopia and dystopia). Limbotopia is a genre of the “broad present,” in which history seems to come to a standstill and characters... more
Esta dissertação propõe analisar a imaginação histórica de Paul Gilroy, um intelectual afro-britânico integrante da teoria pós-colonial. Submete-se sua obra à seguinte questão: como e por que Paul Gilroy escreve a história? A fim de... more
This study is devoted to an analysis of the relationship between Daurian Gothic and far-right ideology in Central Eurasia. The Daurian Gothic is a romantic trend in art, characterized by a gothic atmosphere and plots about war associated... more
El discurso de la historia oficial argentina está atravesado por una multiplicidad de eventos y problemas "del origen" que aparecen y desaparecen según necesidades pragmáticas y políticas de interpretación. En este trabajo exploro el... more
The ancient city of Chersonese located in the south-western extremity of the Crimea is an Orthodox shrine related to the baptism of Prince Vladimir of Kiev. This article argues that the key factor leading to the sacralization of this city... more
The process of consolidation of the vernacular languages in the West runs almost in parallel with the exponential increase in the amount of manuscripts copied for lay audiences and the ever growing role played by images in profane texts... more
Michael Scot is considered to be the most outstanding scholar in the entourage of Emperor Frederick II and so as key figure of research and translation activities at the court of the Hohenstaufen monarch. The medieval historiography... more
This is a 3,000 word piece I wrote for the E-International Relations website. It discusses Benedict Anderson's theory of nationalism, and his famous claim that nations are "imagined communities." I agree with Anderson. Nations are indeed... more
Th e aim of this research is to understand how sixth grade students use their imagination skills in the historical thinking process and, by doing so, how they construct the past. In this respect, fi rst, an exhibition/museum was visited... more
A discussion of Bodei's book about the imagination of other people's lives
The European concept of despotism originating in antiquity was associated with one part or another of Asia for a long time. In its first parts the book tells the long-term history of the idea and of its extension over more and more... more
Straipsnyje aptariamos aplinkybės, XXI a. sukūrusios prielaidas intensyvesniam istorikų ir rašytojų dialogui, o taip pat – atvėrusios naujas erdves bendrai mokslininkų ir menininkų veiklai, kuriant šiuolaikinės Vaka- rų visuomenės... more
English This paper proposes a dialogue with Ana María Lorandi’s ethnohistorical work, analyzing the ethnographic core of both Ethnohistory and Historical Anthropology. From a contemporary ethnographic critique, I suggest that this... more
In the first week of October 2012, Amitav Ghosh visited Amsterdam to give a keynote address on “Confluence and Crossroads: Europe and the Fate of the Earth” organised by the European Cultural Foundation. Ghosh, who graduated in Social... more
As an outcome of anthropological fieldwork, this paper analyzes three institutions located in peripheral places within the Argentine religious field. Analytically, they can be labeled as esoteric groups, because their imaginaries and... more
Üsküdar Dergisi, 5. Sayı, 2017/2. ss. 85-90.
ABSTRACT Based on the discography produced by the Brazilian Christian group Vencedores Por Cristo in the 1970s, we are going to investigate how the homo viator theme articulates the ethical perspective expressed by the motive of the... more
Dubbelreview P. Rietbergen, Clio's stiefzusters [2015] en D. Rijser, Een telkens nieuwe oudheid [2016]
The chivalric order of the Temple captures the collective imagination about alternative interpretations of history, hidden secrets, and global conspiracies like no other historical community. Countless adaptations in literature, movies,... more
The Comparative Literature Department and The Program in Judaic Studies at Yale University will be hosting an international conference on The Rise of Nationalism and the Nineteenth-Century Jewish Literary Imagination. The gathering... more
This article examines the relevance of alchemy, astrology, and magic to Roger Bacon according to the opinions of contemporaries, of posterity, and in the history of research to the present day. The few known facts of Roger Bacon’s life... more
The idea that time and history move forward is a cornerstone of critical economic perspectives -- but what happens to the present when the past catches up with it? "History in Financial Times" pursues this question in connection with... more