Gerty Cori, a Life Dedicated to Chemical and Medical Research by Juan Núñez Valdés

“…The objective of this article is to complete the scarce existing biographies about this woman with new data that highlight the most outstanding events of her life, quite a few of which are still largely ignored. …”
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Cultos a filósofos griegos antiguos en Diógenes Laercio: evidencias y funciones by Sergi Grau

“…In Diogenes Laertius’ biographies of philosophers, however, the epigram is the usual mean to enshrine the apotheosis of a philosopher. …”
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Circles, networks, and relations of Jerzy Giedroyc and “Kultura” by Iwona Hofman

“…The analysis covered the entire period of the Institute’s operation (1946-2000), comparing the internal periodization of the activity with the changes of the authors in the “Kultura” circle, which made it possible to distinguish between the friendly and home circle and three authors’ circles. The diaries, biographies, and letters provided the grounds to emphasize the significance of the network for building the position of “Kultura” as an opinion-forming magazine and a place of help for emigrant writers. …”
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Contemporary dialogue with the employer. Selected trends in the labour market by Monika Christoph

“…The basis and justified context for formulating such a statement is the analysis of dynamic changes in the sphere of human work and their professional biographies, the new dimension of which is clearly marked in the area of the modern environment of the organization. …”
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L’Any Jaume I. Une mobilisation commémorative et ses premiers effets historiographiques by Stéphane Péquignot

“…Numerous editions of documents, biographies and digests, but also more erudite studies, have provided an opportunity to examine the period using new critical tools and have substantially altered the historiographic lens through which it can be viewed. …”
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Commodification of place and self-change in residents of Balestier. by Poon, Cheryl Shuwen.

“…Through the study of their biographies or life stories, I discovered that for some, they developed an unconfident self and others instead, developed a confident self. …”
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A bird’s eye view on Muslim scholarship in Southeast Asia by Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah, Mohd Muhedat, Khaled Ahmad

“…In this study, we will take a look at the biographies and contributions of 10 prominent scholars who played significant roles in the development and progress of the societies in the Malay Archipelago as well as the dissemination and better understanding of Islamic teachings among the people at that time. …”
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"With footsteps marking roundabout paths": Jewish poetry on Crimea by Finkin, J

“…Crimea holds a powerful interest for these two poets as a locus of discussion about land and territory, about the connection (or lack thereof) of Jews to a landscape that is in a sense "beyond the Pale", both familiar and exotic, and a place of personal escape or refuges in these poets' own biographies. Moreover, their conscious engagement with the great Eastern European literary landmarks of Crimea - Alexander Pushkin's "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray" and Adam Mickiewicz's "Crimean Sonnets" - makes these important texts for understanding Jewish cultural movement in the early twentieth century.…”

The Buraku Issue in Modern Japan by Neary, I

“…biography of Matsumoto Jiichiro Written by an internationally recognized specialist on Buraku studies, this book casts new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation. …”

Learning within communities of scholars : academic career as an educational process. by Ismail, Ismi Arif, Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza, Omar, Zoharah, Krauss, Steven Eric, Abiddin, Norhasni Zainal

“…We wanted to understand how communities of practice in academia provide an educational process for academics. Their biographies are valuable in revealing the learning experiences of academics surviving the academia. …”
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COX ARCHITECTS : Selected and Current Works / by Dobney, Stephen, editor 208043, Cox Architects 512433

Vincenzo Consolo e Giose Rimanelli: quadri di letteratura comparata fra viaggio, emigrazione ed esilio by Rosina Martucci

“…Cette étude propose une comparaison entre la biographie et le parcours littéraire de Vincenzo Consolo et ceux de Giose Rimanelli. …”
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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Jørgen Riber Christensen

“… This kind of films mixes the genre biopic with historiography, as they dramatize authentic historical figures and their personal as well as political lives. Cinematic biographies of this kind may create controversies as veracity can have fallen victim to the needs of the film script and the box office. …”
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«L’Erba voglio» (1971-1977): un gruppo di desiderio nella stagione dei movimenti by Monica Pacini

“…It aims to reconstruct the network of cultural, political and personal relations which paved the way for its creation and circulation in 1970s Italy. Drawing on the biographies and writings of Elvio Fachinelli, Lea Melandri and Luisa Muraro, the article examines periodisations; the connections and divergences between anti-authoritarianism, psychoanalysis and feminism; gender and generational relations in the period between the “Long ’68” of the students’ and workers’ movement; the neo-feminism of groups and collectives; and the student and youth movement of 1977. …”
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Querying the Origins of Orientalism: Recent Approaches to the History of Representations by Zoltán Biedermann

“…The most promising aspects to take note of are the appearance of new primary materials especially in Portugal, and the increasing intertwinement of European biographies with Asian societal and cultural processes.…”
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Repetita iuvant by Guagni, Marco

“…Starting from this question, the paper explores how various developments in the Buddha’s biographies have led to enlarge the meanings that the whole hagiographic corpus intends to convey. …”
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Mkatashinga: Narratives of the Mutiny in ANC Camps in Angola (1983/84) by Luvuyo Zantsi

“…The information that recently came out of the memoirs and biographies of former soldiers paints a more nuanced picture that reveals the situation to be more complex than the ANC's official view and those of its distractors. …”
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Poéticas anfibias. Bilingüismo y autotraducción en cinco poetas contemporáneos de expresión italiana, catalana, castellana y gallega by Marisa Martínez Pérsico

“…I present some linguistic biographies of poets from the historical communities of Spain, as well as from Italy and Latin America interviewed for this research: Fabio Morábito (Italy-Mexico), Gigliola Zecchin (Italy-Argentina), Yolanda Castaño (Spain: Galicia), Josep Maria Rodríguez (Spain: Catalonia) and Vanna Andreini (Italy-Argentina). …”
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Review: Birgit Griese, Hedwig Rose Griesehop & Martina Schiebel (Eds.) (2004). Perspektiven qualitativer Sozialforschung [Perspectives of Qualitative Research] by Michael Appel

“…This collection of papers gives an insight into the inter-disciplinary debate from the "Interuniversitäres Netzwerk Biographie und Lebensweltforschung" (INBL) (Inter-University Network of Biographical and Lebenswelt Research), which is comprised of investigative groups from the Universities of Bremen, Göttingen and Bielefeld. …”
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THE LEADER OF THE SOCIALIST-REVOLUTIONARIES. RETURN FROM OBLIVION by BORIS ALEKSEEVICH Myasoyedov

“…One and a half years from number are presented to attention of readers of the World of New Economy magazine to number biographies of those who the works created economic science in Russia.In articles about Pervushin, Chuprov, Chetverikov, Chayanov, Bogdanov the author tries to draw attention to their persons and works, their place in the history of Russia.The next story - about Victor Mikhaylovich Chernov, the professional revolutionary, the leader of Social Revolutionaries and the author of the agrarian program.…”
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