Archéologies maghrébines et relectures de l’histoire. Autour de la patrimonialisation de Paul-Albert Février by Clémentine Gutron

“…By analysing the professional path and work of the learned archaeologist and historian of late antiquity with the numerous political and academic reappropriations of his work by contemporary authors, this paper analyzes the question of history, its relationship to the past, its uses and the «need for history» in the Maghreb. …”
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Religion and the Future of Nigeria: Lessons from the Yoruba Case by J.D.Y. Peel

“… This paper presents an illuminating analysis of the place of religion in Yoruba social and political life, and why the Yoruba experience represents a great ex­ample to the rest of Nigeria, particularly the religiously-volatile north of the country. …”
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The genesis of the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław, Poland by Paweł E. Tomaszewski

“… Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of Polish Academy of Sciences celebrated its 50th anniversary in November 2016. The paper presents the history of the Institute going backward to the history of other ten scientific institutions from which the Institute was finally founded in 1966. …”
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Breaking the Spell of Past Misdeeds: A Hauntological Reading of The House of the Seven Gables by Justyna Fruzińska

“…Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables is a text about haunting on many levels: Hawthorne himself is haunted by his family history and by the literary influence of British gothic; the house is haunted by literal ghosts, signaling the unresolved nature of past events; the novel’s characters are haunted by the family history and their own unfulfilled futures. …”
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Histoire et épistémologie des savoirs locaux et autochtones by Marie Roué

“…In this paper, we will attempt an anthropological history of the concept of “local knowledge”, from the first research dedicated to the botanical or zoological knowledge of “traditional” peoples carried out in the 50’s, to the outburst of interest on behalf of actors as disparate as the World Bank, conservation and development NGOs, governments, biodiversity managers, not to mention the main stakeholders, i.e. indigenous peoples and local specialised groups.Through the history of different networks that contributed to developing the concept of local knowledge, traditional or indigenous ecological knowledge, we will highlight precursors and replace them in their heuristic context. …”
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Centra, zázemí a periferie hospodářského života raně novověké společnosti v zemích České koruny. O smyslu hospodářských dějin raného novověku by Václav Ledvinka

“… The paper evaluates the representation of early modern economic history at the 12th congress of Czech historians in Ústí nad Labem in September 2022 and responds to opinions about the current decline of the discipline of economic history and its replacement by the “new” cultural history. …”
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An Afrocentric Critique of World Systems Analysis as a Critical Theory in International Relations by Makhura Rapanyane, Kgothatso Shai

“…This central focus is driven by the need to bring about a fair and justifiable explanation of the theory and appreciation by examining the work critically as the most persuasive theory in international relations. The aim of this paper is to bring about world system analysis as the best tool in analysing the world politics, understanding world history and key reasons for imperialism, and why core countries such as the United States of America (USA), China and etc., often intervene in world crises through grants and other forms of aid. …”
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Ichthyoarchaeological perspectives on roles of fish and red meat during Indus Civilization in Gujarat, India by G. S. Abhayan, Pramod P. Joglekar, Pramod P. Joglekar, P. Ajithprasad, S. V. Rajesh, Pankaj Goyal, Brad Chase, Jeevan Kharakwal, Prabodh Shirvalkar

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The New “Other” the Endorsement of Islamophobia in American Political Discourse by Hatice Altundal Erkmen

“…Although the 9/11 gave a fresh impetus to Islamophobia, and since then, it has been on the rise, its history is as old as the history of Orientalism in America. …”
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Comparative Study on Traffic Prediction Using Different Models by Jiao Zhtiofan

“…Traffic flow prediction (TFP) is a complex and critical field that is of great significance for urban planning, management, and resource allocation. This paper discusses the development history and optimization strategies of TFP models. …”
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Dark Matter: A Primer by Katherine Garrett, Gintaras Duda

“…About 80% of the Universe's gravitating matter is nonluminous, and its nature and distribution are for the most part unknown. In this paper, we will outline the history, astrophysical evidence, candidates, and detection methods of dark matter, with the goal to give the reader an accessible but rigorous introduction to the puzzle of dark matter. …”
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Démolir, transformer ou conserver ? by Olivia Puel

“…Today, churches are, at all levels of the territory, an inescapable testimony of the Middle Ages. This paper invites to consider the real consequences of the French Revolution on this religious built heritage. …”
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Michel Foucault se historiografiese benadering as lens in historiese ondersoeke by Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel

“…Attention will also be given in this paper to Ricoeur’s notions on historiography. …”
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Afficher la couleur : le rouge by Annick Madec

“…Men and women who think of themselves as members of the « people » don’t listen without some impatience to the discourses that bring discredit on them. This paper offers to examine what James C. Scott calls a piece of subaltern discourse. …”
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“Little Mecca” in China: Religious central places of the Hui Muslims by Jianping Wang

“…There is only one Mecca in Islam. However, in the history of Islam in China, there has occurred a phenomenon wherein Chinese Muslims have bestowed the title of “Little Mecca” upon local centers of Islam in various regions, such as Linxia (formerly Hezhou) in Gansu, Xining in Qinghai, and Shadian in Yunnan. …”
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Des usines à la campagne aux villes industrielles by Laure Bonnaud, Emmanuel Martinais

“…The main aim of this paper is to relate the history of a part of the environmental French law, the one which govern the urban development in the vicinity of the dangerous chemical plants. …”
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Alexandre Parkhomenko (Leonid Loukov, 1942) : la guerre civile en Ukraine revue et corrigée by Eric Aunoble

“…Hence, how the original revolutionary history would be linked with the new patriotic discourse? …”
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Spinozism, Kabbalism, and Idealism from Johann Georg Wachter to Moses Mendelssohn by Mogens Laerke

“…The paper studies the historical background for the ‘idealist’ reading of Spinoza usually traced back to British and German Idealism. …”
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«El Camino que nos une»: una historia política del Qhapaq Ñan by Oscar Espinoza Martín

“…This paper focuses on how the Qhapaq Ñan, both text and artefact simultaneously, is linked to the history of contemporary Peru and specific narratives about road systems, integration, and Indigenous communities. …”
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L’économie de la connaissance aux États-Unis : concepts, institutions, territoires by Martine Azuelos

“…Yet the United States has maintained a leadership which, this paper argues, is rooted in the development of a specific intellectual and institutional history. …”
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