
humanities and cultural studies
The Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies combines English and American studies, philosophy, history, media studies, art studies, cultural studies, German studies and literature studies. In these areas, too, digitalization is increasingly changing the way we work. Digital publishing and image databases are already established elements. The Internet plays an essential role in the way knowledge is created, represented and communicated. You will find a wide range of questions, exciting topics and numerous publications with scientific relevance in this category. If you also want to publish your work, dissertation, bachelor thesis, master thesis or textbook in the field of humanities and cultural studies, then contact us.
The Lübeck cloth trading company Joachim Nicolaus Stolterfoht and its economic and social environment during the continental blockade 1806-1813
The period of Napoleon's continental blockade from 1806 to 1813 is presented in the literature, especially in older publications, as a period of total decline for the Hanseatic merchant class. On the basis of the data of three companies handed down in the archives of Lübeck and Hamburg and other documents from that time, the author shows that the continental blockade triggered a general trade crisis, but that it was still possible with a company policy adapted to the situation...
€29,90
Between transnational relations and rival nationalization strategies. Identification processes of 'Russians' in Estonia (1991-2007)
May 2014 - Political crisis and armed conflict in Ukraine. While the rebels in eastern Ukraine are portrayed in the European media as "pro-Russian" separatists, they simply describe themselves as Russians. Russia urges Ukraine to dialogue with all "Ukrainians". NATO wants to arm and sends protection troops to the Baltic States. What collective identity is being fought for? When the multinational empire - the Soviet Union - collapsed in the course of the democracy movement in 1991, the identification processes...
€49,90
Cologne in the First World War. Changes in the city and the life of the citizens 1914-1918
"There is no end to the making of many books!" This quote from Ecclesiastes 12 could be used to comment on the appearance of new literature on Cologne during World War II. However, it does not apply to the time of the First World War. A detailed description of this part of Cologne's history has so far been missing - although a book about Düsseldorf during the First World War was already available in 1927. This study aims to fill...
€59,90
Textbooks as Mediators in the Intellectual Project of History Education
How can a tool for analyzing history textbooks be developed from sociocultural theory? How can such a tool be applied to a sample of ten grade 11 South African history textbook chapters, which deal with the history of race and racism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? This volume explores the theoretical development and practical application of a five-dimensional model for history textbook analysis. It draws on interdisciplinary concepts such as higher order mental functions, empathy, author positioning,...
€49,90