G. P. FEDOTOV ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNING ELITE by E. M. Amelina

“…The article analyses the transformation of the Russian management elite from the point of view of the famous Russian historian, sociologist and philosopher G. P. Fedotov (1886–1951). …”
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How far it is gone in the Soviet historiography from H. Lowmianski's study about the genesis of Lithuanian state by Edvardas Gudavičius

“…Only in 1959 did a study by the Russian historian V. Pashuto appear in Moscow, which provided limited possibilities for Lithuanian historians to work in this direction. …”
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Book Review: Decolonizing the Mind (by Sandew Hira) by Patrick Delices

“…This non-Westernised narrative is deeply discussed in Decolonizing the Mind : A Guide to Decolonial Theory and Practice by decolonial scholar, economist, historian and activist Sandew Hira. The aim of Hira’s Decolonizing the Mind is to deeply engage decolonial theory and practice as an alternative to the prominent thinking of the West as illuminated in liberalism and Marxism. …”
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Le Musée européen des copies de Charles Blanc comme « pendant » du Louvre by Elisa Rodríguez Castresana

“…The project, mainly imagined by the French art historian and director of the École des beaux-arts Charles Blanc, was opened in April 1873 and remained open barely nine months. …”
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Kosta Nikolić’s Book Krajina (1991–1995). An Extended Review by Savković Mirko

“…The book was written by a Belgrade-based historian and published by two Croatian publishers, one of which is the national coordinating body of the Serbs in Croatia and the other the country’s leading progressive publisher. …”
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Postscript on the «Siberian Century»: response to Alexey Sushko by P. A. Eltsov

“…The article contains a reply to the critical comments by Alexey Sushko on the translation of the separate chapter from the book «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia» by the American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov. Replying to the comments of Alexey Sushko, the author additionally explains some key ideas of his book…”
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Johannes Hoornbeeck, a monumental 17th Century Dutch theologian: continuities in his thinking on doctrine and life by J. W. Hofmeyr

“…In a later article, the focus will move to his contributions as a systematic theologian, as an historian, as a missiologist, and as a socially engaged theologian with an irenical and ecumenical orientation, in spite of him being a strong polemicist. …”
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Writing, rewriting and revisiting the Cold War in Tom Stoppard’s Squaring the Circle. Poland 1980-81 (1984) by Jean Du Verger

“…While history is an account of events the playwright, like the historian, is nevertheless left speculating on the gaps and cracks that separate the actual experience from the recollection of the events under consideration. …”
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Un établissement pénitentiaire singulier dans «l’archipel punitif» de l’armée française en Algérie : L’établissement des fers de Douera puis de Bône (1855-1858) by Nadia Biskri

“…Although these centers of detention did not last more than three years, this place of punishment for deviants to the military order has proven for the historian to be a real observatory of a penitentiary experiment in a colonial situation. …”
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Die Filistynse plaag in 1 Samuel 5-6: medies-teologiese verlarings

“…We thus consider that the 1st century AD Jewish-Roman historian, Josephus, was correct when he stated that the Philistine epidemic was dysentery: bacillary dysentery is a disease caused by a micro-organism which spreads from person to person by way of oral-faecal infection in a situation where there is poor hygiene, as was probably the case in 11th century BC Philistia. …”
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L’historien et le jeu-vidéo by Julien Lalu

“…Offer a historical step of analysis of the object-game to grab in what the historian can use this medium to understand stakes of the representations of past in popular culture. …”
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«Cold War 2.0» and neo-kennanite approach to Russia: Siberia and Russian Nation by A. V. Sushko

“…The article contains the analytical commentary on Russian translation of the separate chapter from the book «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia» by American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov. It analyzes critically the reasons, according to Peter Eltsov, why in the historical perspective the collapse of Russia is possible…”
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A «new society will come»: C.L.R. James in American Civilisation by Matteo Battistini

“…A Caribbean communist, historian of the black and Pan-Africanist movements, C.L.R. …”
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Solo Songs by Count Julijan Pejačević in the Našice Local History Museum by Andrea Rakitić

“…Although he is remembered primarily as a royal chamberlain and family historian, he was also a pianist and a composer. His musical oeuvre consists of at least 70 works (though some sources would point to far more), including solo songs and piano pieces, most of which are today lost due to a plethora of reasons concerning the history of the Pejačević family library. …”
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“True fiction” – the memory and the postmemory of traumatic war events in a picturebook by Magdalena Howorus-Czajka

“…The transcription of the Second World War memory into picturebooks is especially interesting for me as a historian of art. I analyse the artistic styles adapted by the artists to express difficult topics, such as the holocaust, the horror of concentrations camps, hunger, fear, loss of family, death. …”
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The epidemic of Justinian (AD 542): a prelude to the Middle Ages by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…The symptoms of the disease, as described by various contemporary writers (especially the historian and confidant of the emperor, Procopius, and the two church historians, John of Ephesus and Euagrius), are discussed. …”
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Eltsov P. A. Siberian Century / trans. from Engl. by A. V. Sushko

“…The article presents the translation of a separate chapter from the book of the American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov, «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia», which caused a strong resonance in Russia. …”
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Nieznane polonika kanadyjskie – William John Rose i jego archiwalna spuścizna by Tomasz Pudłocki

“…Unknown Canadian Polonica – William John Rose and his archival legacy Abstract The author discusses the archival legacy of William John Rose (1885–1968), a Canadian Slavist, historian and sociologist, showing its usefulness in researching the history of science and the relations between Polish scholars and scientists from Anglo-Saxon countries. …”
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Discussion about Belarussian Church autocephaly during Nazi occupation of Belarus by I. V. Petrov

“…A book by the Belarusian church historian Andrey Pukanov is devoted to this period of history. …”
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Newspaper cartoons as a reflection of political change during the first democratic elections in South Africa by Cornelius van Heerden

“…The following view of Schoonraad et al (1989:15: "A collection of cartoons covering a particular period, will present an unequalled graphic history of political and current events" They also add that the state of any nation is reflected by its newspaper cartoons Geipel 1972 argues that to the historian, cartoons represent priceless primary source of information about fleeting modes and morals of the passing generations. …”
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