Digitaalisen arkkitehtuurin kuvalähteillä by Hanna Hyvönen

“…Luon artikkelissani katsauksen tutkimuksiin, joissa on tartuttu arkkitehtien digitaalisten työvälineiden ja taiteen historian suhteisiin. Hahmottelen myös aihepiirin tulevan tutkimuksen mahdollisia suuntia. …”
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Review on: Tagirova L. F. (2011). Cantonal Chiefs of Bashkiria: The National Regional Elite of the First Half of the XIX century, 164 by Elena V. Godovova

“…A review of the monograph by Ufa historian L. F. Tagirova "Cantonal chiefs of Bashkiria: the national regional elite of the first half of the nineteenth century", published in Ufa in 2011, is presented. …”
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Migrations and Nations: Historical Perspectives on Current Border Crossings1 by Christa Wirth

“…In this keynote address, I discuss how historians can inform current public debates and how these debates in turn shape the research of historians. …”
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Kurt Erdmann (1901-1964) by Jens Kröger

“…He became one of the leading art historians on Oriental carpets and published numerous major studies which were widely read. …”
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Traveler and geographer Ibn Said al-Maghribi by مجيد شهاب

“… Ibn Said, the traveler, poet, writer, geographer, and historian, Andalusian in origin and environment. He is Ali Ibn Musa bin Muhammad Abd al-Malik bin Saeed. …”
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THE USE AND ABUSE OF HISTORY: CLIO BEHIND ICTY BARS by Miloš Ković, Draga Mastilović

“… The task of this article is to examine the academic value and factual reliability of the reports Background, Politics, and Strategy of the Sarajevo Siege, 1991-1995 and Highlights of Deliberations in the Assembly of Republika Srpska Relevant to the Indictment of Ratko MLADIC, 1991- 96, produced by historian Robert J. Donia, for the purposes of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. …”
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Stephennie Mulder, The Shrines of the ʿAlids in Medieval Syria by Zayde Antrim

“…Mulder argues that the form this ecumenical architecture took – the shrine (mashhad) – is uniquely suited to inclusive and polyvalent devotional practices, but at the same time, because of its very flexibility and popularity, presents a particular challenge to the architectural historian.…”
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Un château et des chevaux : sauvegarde et valorisation du patrimoine écrit du haras de Pompadour by Gisèle Drigeard, Véronique Latreille de Lavarde

“…There is an exceptional literary heritage at the national stud farm of Pompadour and Nicole de Blomac, who is a historian and specialist in horses, was well aware of it. …”
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Le XVIIIe siècle et les décrets de Nueva Planta : accommodement et dissidence by Joaquim Albareda Salvadó

“…However, how does the image of a prosperous Catalonia, of which foreign travelers inevitably speak during the 18th century, and that the historian Pierre Vilar described in a splendid manner, fit into the story of a heavy repression by the Bourbons? …”
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Brazilian Foreign Policy from Lisbon to Bandung by Marcelo Alves de Paula Lima

“…The author acted both as a norm entrepreneur who problematized Brazilian belonging to the West and a practical-intuitive historian who used the past to show that the ties uniting Brazil to Asia and Africa were tighter than those uniting it to Europe.…”
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History and Changeability of the Past by Marcello Flores

“…The problem of truth, from the point of view of a historian, arises in clearly different forms compared to those of scientists and probably also of social scholars of other disciplines. …”
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Corporeidad, herencia y educación : la representación de la infancia en tres poemas castellanos del siglo XIII by Jezabel Koch

“…Ways that not only allow to rectify founding assertions of the French historian, but also become signs of the imaginary and knowledge of a XIII century prone to men earthly condition.…”
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Wspomnienie pośmiertne prof. zw. dr hab. Mieczysław Tanty (* 19. lipca 1928 – † 22. kwietnia 2015) by Jarosław Rubacha

“… Obituary – Professor Mieczysław Tanty (* 19 July 1928 - † 22 April 2015) This obituary outlines the professional career and work of the outstanding Polish historian and Slavic studies scholar, Professor Mieczysław Tanty (19.07.1928–22.04.2015).   …”
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J.F Ade Ajavi and the UNESCO general history of Africa: some personal reflections by Ahmed Ibrahim, Hassan

“…Ade Ajayi, a distinguished historian, administrator, intellectual and builder of institutions; a renaissance man and a gentleman. …”
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Two letters from Otto Neugebauer to Thomas Eric Peet on ancient Egyptian mathematics by Hollings, CD, Parkinson, RB

“…We describe two letters of 1926 from the historian of mathematics Otto Neugebauer to the Egyptologist Thomas Eric Peet (Griffith Institute Archive, Oxford: Peet MSS 4.9). …”

The Ptolemy painting? Alexander's “right-hand man” and the origins of the Alexander Mosaic by Thomas, JJ

“…It is argued that Ptolemy I is perhaps the strongest candidate on historical grounds, and that interesting connections can be drawn between the mosaic and the historian Kleitarchos, who worked at the Ptolemaic court. …”

The logician in the archive: John Venn’s diagrams and Victorian historical thinking by Dunning, D

“…Like the overlapping circles of his famous diagrams, English probability theorist, logician, and historian John Venn (1834–1923) operated at a site of productive intersection. …”

Alfred D. Chandler, Founder of Strategy: a Lost Tradition and Renewed Inspiration by Whittington, R

“…Yet, unlike the two other pioneers they identify, Kenneth Andrews and Igor Ansoff, Chandler stood firmly outside the discipline, working as a business historian, not as a strategist. Remarkably, it is Chandler's work that resonates most strongly in the discipline today and, I shall argue, still offers the most powerful inspiration for scholarly work in the future. …”

Ascent of money [videorecording] / by Ferguson, Niall, BBC Active (Firm)

“…In this fresh, revelatory series, historian and Harvard professor Niall Ferguson reveals everything you need know about money. …”

Family Firms, Global Networks and Transnational Actors. The Case of Alexander Fraser (1816-1904). Merchant and Entrepreneur in the Netherlands Indies, Low Countries and London by Roger Knight

“…His importance to the historian – and the business historian in particular – stems from a number of factors. …”
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