Abstract Nation and nationhood are among the most frequently studied concepts in the field of intellectual history. At the same time, the word ‘nation’ and its historical usage are very vague. The aim in this article was to develop a data-driven method using dependency ...

Abstract This paper examines aspects of how language, translations, narratives, and plagues have been in interplay in the past, with a view to setting out some possible lessons for today. It looks at two types of practices. First, when people make plague-related transla...

This research monograph is an intellectual history of the theory of the state and the theory of political science of Professor Rudolf Kjellén (1864–1922), who was once one of Europe’s most well-known academics. The dissertation rediscovers the original contexts and scie...

Published together with University of Jyväskylä/Open Science Centre. Museums are one source of leisure, with visits forming activities for local community members in their free time, as well as touristic attractions for visitors on vacation. For many people, museums are...

The article analyses the emergence of decorum as a central concept of rhetorical theory in the early 16th-century writings of Erasmus and Juan Luis Vives. In rhetorical theory, decorum shifted the emphasis from formulaic rules to their creative application in concrete c...

This article illustrates how changes in the use of vegetal temper in Bronze Age earthen architecture in Crete are a key line of evidence for investigating the appearance of architectural craft specialization. The macroscopic study of sundried mudbricks is combined with ...

In Forum: Chinese Feminism under (Self-)Censorship: Practice and Knowledge Production. Non peer reviewed

BACKGROUND: Previous population-based studies on second primary cancers (SPCs) in urothelial cancers have focused on known risk factors in bladder cancer patients without data on other urothelial sites of the renal pelvis or ureter. AIMS: To estimate sex-specific risks ...

This chapter considers the threats posed to heritage sites by anthropogenic change. Anthropocene changes confront researchers and communities alike with a collapse in distinctions between cultural and natural heritage. Examples include a recent novel, the climate strate...

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the uses of the past in the debates over justice and retribution, discussing the reception of ancient texts in modern discussions. One of the most persistent narratives of Western history is the civilizing narrative, the story o...