Alcida Rita Ramos. Una vida de compromiso con la etnografía y con los pueblos indígenas by Luis Cayón

“…It highlights certain crucial moments in her biography to better understand her thinking and contributions to Americanist Anthropology. …”
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Castil-Blaze troubadour by Séverine Féron

“…The aim here is to identify the first outlines of the Provençal work and biography of Castil-Blaze.…”
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Viva Madiba, Viva ! by Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch

“…This short paper synthetizes Nelson Mandela's biography on the occasion of his 90th birthday. It retraces his formative years, his entry into politics and activism, his imprisonment by the apartheid regime, his triumphant liberation and his election as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. …”
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 Le temps du travail by Luca Rimoldi

“…Thus, in this article I will try, through critical analysis, to show how stories of trade unionists in their work and their involvement in trade union education reveal a continuous exchange between the public and private sphere, individual and collective dimension moreover, I will try to demonstrate how the trade union memory could be used to trace the biography of a place transformed by modernity.…”
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De novo a data e o local de nascimento de Afonso I by Abel Estefânio

“…However, the investigation of this detail in the scientific field may be important for a biography of his parents. Implying a thorough examination of the actual itinerary of Count Henry and Teresa, surely that will help to better understand their political role in an environment dominated by a succession crisis. …”
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The Centenary of the Birth of Professor Georgy I. Dorofeev by A. V. Gordienko

“…The author offers the reader the complete biography of this famous scientist. One of the most important scientific merits of G.I. …”
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St. Augustine by Serge Lancel by Kevin Roy

“… From text: The author, Serge Lancel of the University of Grenoble, is an acknowledged master of the ancient history of north Africa and has written major books on Carthage and Hannibal. This present biography of Augustine, translated from the French, is addressed to the common educated reader and is furnished with numerous erudite notes to inform the inquisitive where the evidence for his statements can be found. …”
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A data de nascimento de Afonso I by Abel Estefânio

“…No wonder that this article arise in the margins of professional historiography, despite having been the recent publication of the biography of D. Afonso Henriques, who came to renew the interest in the subject. …”
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Un-Haunted House : Spirits, Solid Citizens, and Babbitt by Russ Castronovo

“…The result is that the utopian longings associated with spiritualism are reconciled with the biography of the “solid citizen,” which, incidentally, was the working title for Babbitt.…”
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Tatyana Yakovlevna Serebryakova: a forgotten hemp expert by J. M. McPartland

“…Next to every great man stands a great woman, and Serebryakova was Vavilov’s hemp expert. Yet her biography has never been written, and many details are lost. …”
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Kally Forrest (2024) Lydia: An Anthem to the Unity of Women. Johannesburg: Jacana Media. ISBN 9781431434800. 230 pp. ZAR300.00 (paperback); US$ 19.55 (kindle) by Diane Cooper

“… In Lydia: Anthem to the Unity of Women, Kally Forrest documents the extraordinary life of the late Lydia Komape (Kompe), affectionately known as ‘Mam’ Lydia’. The biography chronicles her journey from her rural childhood, to her life as a trade unionist and a rural land restitution activist, to a member of South Africa’s first democratic parliament. …”
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De Conselheiro a Gentileza: o messianismo como ruptura das estruturas sociais do cotidiano by José Rogério Lopes

“…It tries to identify the elements that are disruptive of the daily structure in the biography of these two prophets and led to the configuration of their messianic worldviews. …”
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La vie, la mort et la résurrection des objets archéologiques by Anne-Lise Guigues, Zahra Hashemi

“…The Luristan bronzes provide an opportunity to reflect on the way in which the biography of objects can be written in the case of archaeological artefacts, as well as on the various definitions of the life of an object, from its manufacture to its burial, then from its rediscovery to its exhibition. …”
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The illnesses of Herod the Great by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…The possibility that Josephus’s classical description of Herod’s disease could be biased by “topos” biography (popular at the time), is discussed. The latter consideration is particularly relevant in determining the significance of the king’s reputed worminfested genital lesions. …”
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Construire le goût pour la Renaissance française : les pérégrinations des dames de Germain Pilon au xixe siècle by Justine Gain

“…In the nineteenth century, as the idea of a museum took shape in the Paris region, the first attempts at museography and restoration appeared. An object biography of four wooden sculptures of women attributed to Germain Pilon at the time provides an opportunity to explore these intertwined phenomena. …”
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As Camp as a Row of Pink Tents: Stephen’s Portrait of Mr W. S. by Samuel Slote

“….’, which is referenced within ‘Scylla’, and which also propounds a theory of Shakespeare’s artistic production in terms of his biography. Furthermore, like the various characters in Wilde’s story, Stephen’s theory is propelled primarily from the internal evidence of Shakespeare’s texts. …”
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Aux sources du sensationnel : Wilkie Collins lecteur de l’abbé Prévost ? by Shelly Charles

“…This study offers a new hypothesis about the « fact » upon which Wilkie Collins’s Basil is supposed to be founded and reads this first sensational novel not as an alleged biography but as a meticulous rewriting of an 18th-century newspaper anecdote : « Histoire du désespéré », published by Prévost in his journal Le Pour et contre. …”
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Psychologist. Pedagogue. Person. On the Anniversary of Tatiana Germanovna Goryacheva by E.O. Sedova

“…The article describes the milestones of her biography and marks out the main scientific interests, among them: psychology of abnormal development, neuropsychological correction, child psychosomatics. …”
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الصوتیات والمرئیات المتاحة عبر المواقع الاسلامیة : دراسة کمیة ونوعیة by د. فاطمة ابراهیم خمیس

“…This study deals with audiovisual files available on Islamic web sites, And What it involves of Recitations Of The Quran , The Prophet's Biography, Hadith, Fatawa, Fiqh ,Sunna, Anasheed And Prayers , speeches and lessons for scholars and, Sheikhs and preachers. …”
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Recordando o rei David: vivência coral e criatividade musical na Europa pós-carolíngia by Manuel Pedro Ferreira

“…This paper explores the presence of King David in the daily life and imaginary world of Latin medieval clergy, focusing on the Psaltery and those musical items (antiphons, sequences, tropes) newly inspired in David's biography as recorded in the Old Testament. Although referring both to pre-Carolingian mentality and to 16th-century humanism as mirrored in contemporary polyphony, it takes as its main object the liturgical repertory in existence around the 11th century. …”
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