Haunted by History

Haunted by History

Author: Cyrill Buffet

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 1998-04-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1789203759

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Europe is a continent weighed down by the shadows of its past, its wars, the traditional enmities, the suspicions of neighbours fuelled by historical memories. This has immediate consequences for the understanding and representation of the past: journalists, politicians, historians often apply simplistic, pre-conceived patterns, i.e., myths, to current events, resulting in distorted and misleading analyses. This volume exposes the way some historical myths, such as Balance of Power, Rapallo, the Special Relationship, the Franco-German Couple, the Peril of Islam, are used to blur, not to clarify our understanding of international affairs, even to manipulate contemporary politics.


UNESCO Without Borders

UNESCO Without Borders

Author: Aigul Kulnazarova

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1317281586

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was established in 1945 with twin aims: to rebuild various institutions of the world destroyed by war, and to promote international understanding and peaceful cooperation among nations. Based on empirical and historical research and with a particular focus on history teaching, international understanding and peace, UNESCO Without Borders offers a new research trajectory for understanding the roles played by UNESCO and other international organizations, as well as the effects of globalization on education. With fifteen chapters by authors from cross-disciplinary and diverse geographical areas, this book assesses the global implications and results of UNESCO’s educational policies and practices. It explores how UNESCO-approved guidelines of textbook revisions and peace initiatives were implemented in member-states, illustrating the existence of both national confrontations with the new worldview promoted by UNESCO, as well as the constraints of international cooperation. This book provides an insightful analysis of UNESCO’s past challenges and also indicates promising future research directions in support of international understanding for peace and cooperation. As such, it will be of key interest to researchers, postgraduate students, academics in the fields of international and comparative education, education politics and policies, and to those interested in the historical study of international organizations and their global impact. The book will also appeal to practitioners, especially those who conduct research on or work in post-conflict societies.


Television Across Europe

Television Across Europe

Author: Jan Wieten

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2000-12-11

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780761968856

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Combining institutional textual and audience analysis, this book introduces students to the factors which have shaped television's development in contemporary Europe, and invites them to assess the issues that are at stake in its future. Divided into three parts, the book moves from the European broadcasting environment, through current patterns and trends in programming and programme making, to TV genres and issue-specific broadcasting. Incorporating a range of pedagogical devices: boxes of key facts, activities and notes for further reading, Television across Europe offers an essential introductory guide to television in Western Europe.


The Making, and Remaking, of a Multiculturalist

The Making, and Remaking, of a Multiculturalist

Author: Carlos E. Cortés

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780807742518

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Carlos Cortes has been involved in the growth of multiculturalism from the 1960s to the present day. He is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside. Available in-person in California and by request. Cortes has written the compelling story of his life in this thought-provoking collection of essays about diversity, society, and education. In many ways, Cortes's personal and professional story is the story of the multicultural movement itself. Containing thirteen momentous essays, this volume gives witness to the struggles and successes that Cortes and many others have experienced while striving to create a place for the voices, values, and visions of racial and ethnic groups in our culturally diverse nation and shrinking world.


MISCELLANEA PHILOLOGICA GRAECA ET LATINA. IN HONOREM FLORICAE BECHET

MISCELLANEA PHILOLOGICA GRAECA ET LATINA. IN HONOREM FLORICAE BECHET

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Publisher: Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 6061612729

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Volumul de față a prins contur cu mai mulți ani în urmă, la ceas aniversar, ca recunoaștere a confraților, omagiu adus de discipoli, dar al prietenilor închinat clasicistei Florica Bechet.


Envisioning Brazil

Envisioning Brazil

Author: Marshall C. Eakin

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2005-09-16

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 0299207730

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Envisioning Brazil is a comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States. Focusing on synthesis and interpretation and assessing trends and perspectives, this reference work provides an overview of the writings on Brazil by United States scholars since 1945. "The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States," provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. "Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the various academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in an international perspective. "Bibliographic and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a selective bibliography.