Editor’s Welcome by Lorna Pairman, Angad S Chauhan

“…This special issue celebrates 20 years of NZMSJ publication, making us one of the longest-running medical student journals internationally. …”
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Brava gente brasileira e o “Brasil 500”: o espetáculo do descobrimento by Kátia da Costa Bezerra

“…Based on studies of Diana Taylor, Anthony Pagden and Jean Starobinski, this essay examines how the film Brava gente brasileira, dramatizes some of the conflicts present in the reenactment of the discovery during the celebrations of the “Brazil 500.” The purpose is to reflect on some of intertexts involved in the process of building a sense of Brazilianness.…”
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Ekologia w programach nauczania religii dla I klasy gimnazjum by Julisław Łukomski

“…The article includes characteritc of additional materials for catechists and teachers, especially ecological examination of conscience and analysis of the following issues: revealed law and natural law, ecological balance, rule of general destiny of goods, celebration in connection with ecology, ecological intuitions in saints’ opinions and attitiudes, histories of Christian ecological intuitions.…”
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Square variation of Brownian paths in Banach spaces by Mou-Hsiung Chang

“…We generalize this celebrated theorem of Levy to Brownian motion in real separable Banach spaces.…”
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IVAN IVANOVICH TUMANOV: A FAMOUS SPECIALIST IN THE PHYSIOLOGY OF ABIOTIC PLANT RESISTANCE by I. A. Kosareva

“…In 2014, the scientific community celebrated 120 years since the birth of a well-known expert in plant resistance physiology I. …”
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Steel Bubbles: Death, Inexhaustibility, and Dickens’s Idea of the Book in Sketches by Boz, First Series (1836) by Jeffrey Jackson

“…Sketches by Boz has been regarded as the book that qualified Charles Dickens as being among those paragons celebrated at Mrs Leo Hunter’s déjeuner in The Pickwick Papers: ‘real authors who had written whole books’. …”
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The Spell of the Ancestors at the “Feast of Victory” (Nemlaay): From Initiation Ritual to Community Blessings by Antonio J. Guerreiro

“…In the month of June 2004, the village of Long Tuyo’—the first village above the rapids in the upper Mahakam area—decided to commemorate the anniversary of its foundation on the site (1904) by celebrating the Nemlaay Festival.The Festival, lasting six days, forms an initiation ritual for the young men and boys, besides a celebration of the warrior group proper. …”
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SECONDARY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY COMPLEX: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT by Viktoria A. Pulkina, Nataliya E. Shulepova

“…This year this college has celebrated its 85th anniversary.…”
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Preface by P.G.R. de Villiers, D.F. Tolmie

“… On the occasion of his 80th birthday, this volume celebrates Kees Waaijman for his distinguished career and scholarship in Spirituality over a period of 60 years. …”
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MEISTER GEORGIY KARLOVICH (1873–1938) by R. G. Saifullin, A. I. Pryanishnikov, Yu. S. Svistunov

“…In 2013, we celebrate the 140th anniversary of one of the founders of the Saratov breeding school, Academician of the All-Unian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, its Vice President and Acting President Georgiy K. …”
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NIKOLAI IVANOVICH VAVILOV AT THE AMUR AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTAL STATION by O. O. Kletkina, V. T. Sinegovskaya

“…In this year, the Amur experimental station (presently All-Russia Soybean Research Institute) celebrates its 105th anniversary.…”
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Lessons from the History of Internet Studies by Allen Matthew

“…A Keynote Presentation given at the Open Literacy Digital Games, Social Responsibility and Social Innovation Symposium in celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the founding of Internet Studies at Curtin University. …”
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About Marie Skłodowska-Curie on the occasion of her 150th anniversary of the birth by Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha

“…On November 7, 2017, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of Marie Skłodowska-Curie’s birth. …”
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Dialetics and Structural Organization in the Ẹ̀bìbì Festival Performances of the Ẹ̀pẹ́ People in Lagos State, Nigeria by Babatunde Olanrewaju Adebua, Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa

“…Moreover, the variety of the festival celebrated by the Èpẹ́ ̣ people in the coastal area of the Ìjẹ̀bú people appears to have been neglected in previous studies of Ìjẹ̀bu festivals. …”
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Dancing to the Bhangra in New York City by Anjali Gera Roy

“…Born in London and raised in Queens and Long Island, Brooklyn based DJ Rekha, who is credited with pioneering bhangra, had been invited to perform at events like P.S. 1’s Warm Up Series, Central Park’s Summerstage, Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturdays, and the annual flagship Loving Day celebration held in New York City, recognized by Newsweek as one of the most influential South Asians in the US and received accolades from The New York Times, CNN, The Fader, The Village Voice, and The Washington Post.  …”
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Politics of Counter-Memory in Turkey: Docudramatizing the Past as a Panacea for Official Discourses? by Nuran E. Işik

“…The past of the Turkish Republic as well as the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (the founder of the Republic) have always been narrated though memory rituals, speeches and official announcements, celebrations, movies and reports which created an ensemble of practices re-dramatizing the historical events and figures. …”
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Why most African states may be at war with each other in 2063 by Francis Onditi, Shadrack Mulei Kithiia

“…Aside from the fact that, by then, many African states will be celebrating 100 years’ independence, this is also the year that the goals listed in the Agenda 2063 should have been achieved. …”
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Entre o violoncelo e o cavaquinho: música e sujeito popular em Machado de Assis by Idelber Avelar

“…Devoting special attention to a set of newspaper chronicles and to the stories “Um homem célebre” and “O machete”, the article postulates that Machado’s work was the first literary reflection on music as a pri- vileged cipher of nationality.…”
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Orality in the cultural area of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Ćurguz Jelena

“…The study demonstrates that there are numerous traces of the primary orality in the celebration of family and religious holidays (such as Slava), as well as various folk customs (local celebrations, feasts and fairs, folk competitions, masquerades, carolers, weddings and funerals), and in everyday socializing (e.g. in cafes and among neighbors). …”
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The development of tourism in Russia based on the event - events by V. A. Zhukov

“…The following types of tourism have highlighted: festivals, carnivals, parades, celebrations; conferences, forums, symposia, round tables; seminars, trainings, advanced training courses; sport competitions; concerts, film screenings, theater productions; anniversaries, weddings, celebrations; exhibitions, fairs, trade shows, presentations, business openings, receptions, events related to brand promotion, etc. …”
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