L’histoire photographique de l’Amérique selon Robert Taft (Photography and the American Scene, 1938) by François BRUNET

“…The epic and democratic dimensions of Taft’s social history are shown to merge in Taft’s treatment of Mathew Brady, “historian with a camera”, as a focal point and a kind of paradigm for photographic history.…”
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«On seven dashing blowing winds...» (About book by D. I. Petin «The History of the Omsk clan of Batyushkin») by A. A. Shtyrbul

“…The paper analyzes the monograph «The History of the Omsk clan of Batyushkin» prepared by the Omsk historian-archivist and public figure, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor D. …”
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«The Kolchak regime was based on the main ideological component — antiBolshevism, which in those conditions did not need additional clarification of the political program ...» by A. S. Puchenkov

“…Alexander Sergeevich Puchenkov is St. Petersburg historian, doctor of historical sciences, well-known expert on the Civil War in Southern Russia. …”
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Psychiatric poetics: mental healthcare and Giovanni Stanghellini's ‘Logics of Discovery’ by George Ikkos, Alastair Morgan

“…By contrast, in his two ‘Logics of Discovery’ papers, psychiatrist, psychopathologist and psychotherapist Giovanni Stanghellini brings to bear on clinical discovery and the healing alliance cultural historian Aby Warburg's approach to images (specifically, his Atlas of Mnemosyne) and philosopher Giorgio Agamben's analysis of the linguistic phenomenon of parataxis in Friedrich Hölderlin's poetry. …”
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In Defense of Thought: A Critical Review of Three Works in the Field of Method of Research in History by Yaghoub Khazaei

“…The adoption of the methodological patterns of natural sciences in history, weakening the position of criticism, Undermining the position of thought in history, ignoring the role of the historian as at least part of the process of producing history, etc. are the consequences of adopting a positivist approach in history. …”
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Power Struggle between China and the United States: Lessons of History by L. Estachy

“…Fernand Braudel, the economic historian, gave a key for reading the power struggles occurring today between the United States and China. …”
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L’Histoire de l’Espagne à l’épreuve du musée. Les expériences du Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2008-2023) by Nicolas Morales

“…Arte y poder en la posguerra española. 1939-1953, by art historian María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco, shows how the museum institution ‘makes and breaks’ the public representation of Spain's contemporary history. …”
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Mémoires et patrimonialisation d’un passé antéislamique : Mubârak al-Mîlî et l’ethnogenèse du peuple algérien by Aomar Hannouz

“…Yet the writings of another historian close to the Association of Algerian Ulemas, Mubârak al-Milî (d. 1945) were no less important. …”
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Old History of Culture and New Cultural History by Zenonas Norkus

“…This idea of culture invites a historian to consider culture not as a specific set of social phenomena that are concentrated in the particular "cultural institutions" or segment of society, but as an aspect which can be detected in any social phenomena. …”
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Islam i polityka w Maroku na początku XX wieku. Naṣīḥat ahl al-islām Muḥammada Ibn Ǧaʿfara al-Kattānīego (1857–1927) by Marek M. Dziekan

“…Among them, was a man partly associated with the court, but opposed to the passive politics of the sultans, Muhammad Ibn Ǧaʿfar al-Kattāni, a Salafi thinker and historian originating from the influential mystical Kattāniyya brotherhood. …”
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Stanisław Bednarski SJ and prof. Stanisław Kot: pupil and master by Stanisław Cieślak SJ

“…One of his college professors was a well-known historian, Prof. Stanisław Kot. The Jesuit and Prof. …”
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Transforming the Art of Fiction: Walter Besant, Professional Service and the Society of Authors by Richard Salmon

“…Founded in 1884 by the novelist and historian Walter Besant (1836–1901), the Incorporated Society of Authors went on to become the most successful and long-lasting professional association organized by and for the benefit of authors in Britain. …”
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Music Theory, Cultural Transfer, and Colonial Hybridity by Thomas Christensen

“…In this introductory essay, a number of cautionary reminders are suggested for any historian seeking to trace the reception of European music theory outside of its traditional borders. …”
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The Epoch and Personality of Peter the Great in Nikolay Charykov’s Research by O. A. Chernov

“…The article reviews the academic contribution of Russian historian and diplomat Nikolay Charykov (1855-1930) to our understanding of the reforms by Peter the Great. …”
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«The history cannot be rewritten, it can be added...» by Yu. Z. Kantor

“…Yulia Zorakhovna Kantor St. Petersburg historian, doctor of historical sciences, museologist and journalist, well-known expert on the history of international relations on the eve and during the Second World War, the author of the most complete and well-known biography of the red marshal M. …”
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Non-Fiction from a Historical Perspective: Situation of Lithuanian Statemen Amid Tragic Events of 1940–1941 by Юрате Ландсберґіте-Бехер

“…The following unresolved question is about the June Uprising against the Soviets during the invasion of the German army and the role of Colonel Kazys Škirpa in collaboration with Nazis or being their enemy. Historian and journalist Vidmantas Valiušaitis is engaged in the historical decoding of the Lithuanian Statehood path and building its own Mannerheim line, actually for predicting the fate of Ukraine and a new war with the Imperial ambitions of Russia in Europe. …”
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Extract from the Writings of Jean Alexandre Buchon and Spiridon Palauzov: In Search of National Dignity by Raia Zaimova

“…The paper explores particular aspects of the work of two 19th century historians (Jean-Alexandre Buchon and Spiridon Palauzov). …”
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'J.I. introduces very interesting concepts, but…': From the academic biography of J.I. Ioffe in the late 1930s by V.G. Ananiev

“…An episode from the academic life of Jeremiah Isaevich Ioffe, an outstanding Russian art historian and cultural theorist, related to the criticism of his book “Music of the Soviet Cinema” (1938–1939) was discussed. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…THE RECEPTION AND CRITIQUE OF HAYDEN WHITE’S NARRATIVISTIC-TROPOLOGICAL PROJECT Vytautas Žemgulis  Summary An American philosopher and historian of culture H. White is the most famous representative of narrativistic philosophy of history. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…THE RECEPTION AND CRITIQUE OF HAYDEN WHITE’S NARRATIVISTIC-TROPOLOGICAL PROJECT Vytautas Žemgulis  Summary An American philosopher and historian of culture H. White is the most famous representative of narrativistic philosophy of history. …”
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