« French belongs to no one, French belongs to everyone ». Sur l’attractivité de la littérature médiévale aux États-Unis by Marion Uhlig

“…But how to increase the attractiveness of Medieval literature in French when it doesn’t belong to the students’ cultural heritage? This testimony reviews the potential solutions that my colleagues and I considered during my stay as Assistant Professor of Medieval French at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between 2013 and 2015. …”
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Astrotheology as a prophetic wormhole that relates spacetime to eschatological transformation by A.C. Pieterse

“… One of the peculiarities that comes to the fore in reflecting on Scripture and the behaviour of fundamentals in the natural world is the way space and time mutually interact and the scriptural testimony about the essence of the resurrected Christ relating to time and space as found in 1 John 1:2. …”
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Aḥmad Muḥammad Nu‘mân et la construction d’une identité nationale yéménite by François Burgat

“…The testimony of Ahmed Num’an, co-founder of the Free Yemeni Movement addresses two different issues. …”
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Una novela-testimonio dominicana sobre la dictadura de Trujillo : El Masacre se pasa a pie de Freddy Prestol Castillo by Lauro Capdevila

“…It is now being studied in dominican secondary schools. In this testimony-novel, to use the term coined by Miguel Barnet, the author reports in the first person the massacre of some 12 000 to 20 000 supposedly Haitians by Trujillo's henchmen in 1937. …”
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Qu’imite-t-on dans une traduction ? by Camille Fort

“…The translator will not attempt to delete what, in the text, constitutes a testimony to or dialogue with the linguistic and literary conventions of the time, but they will bring the text into a certain present – that of the aesthetic event. …”
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Portrayals of Qing Battles by Michaela Pejčochová

“…Their biography is a vital testimony to the complex processes of looting, appropriation, confiscation, damage and rediscovery, which affected numerous artworks and their collections in the tumultuous period of the last century. …”
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Vestiges de collections by Margaux Dumas

“…While the objects, through their materiality and presence, may then be considered witnesses to the past, their absence also constitutes a testimony of sorts.…”
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Interview of Robert Ivany, Army Aide to US President Ronald Reagan (1984-1986) by Pierre-Marie Loizeau

“…Ivany loses sight of the man in full. His testimony nevertheless provides a rare and original look from within and should be read as a starting-point for further analysis.…”
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The “grave of oblivion”: Remembering the English Civil War in Sir Thomas Fairfax’s Short Memorials (1699) by Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille

“…This article looks at Sir Thomas Fairfax’s Short Memorials, in which the General of the New Model Army justifies his military conduct and decision not to vote the execution of Charles I (1649). Fairfax’s testimony abounds in silences and historical inaccuracies; yet, and possibly for this reason, it provides valuable insights into the mechanisms of remembrance and oblivion. …”
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Les lieux d’origine du devoir de mémoire by Sébastien Ledoux

“…Questions surrounding its starting point have produced a certain amount of scientific literature centered on the origins of the term, which it associates with the testimony of concentration camp survivors. This association was furthered by a discursive memory of the term which, during the 1990s, primarily designated things referring to the memory of the Holocaust. …”
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Répression et résurgence du judaïsme dans Daniel Deronda : les voies de la masculinité sont-elles impénétrables ? by Gilbert Pham-Thanh

“…George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda constitutes an inspiring testimony to 19th-century patriarchal society. It explores the fault lines of the British androcentric system through the diegetic itinerary of its eponymous hero and his compatriots, who cut unremarkable figures of respectability. …”
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L’archéologie verticale ou l’étude des graffiti anciens : du document iconographique à la source historique (xie‑xvie siècles) by Aymeric Gaubert

“…The study of graffiti can be approached from three distinct perspectives: as a material heritage (graphic production), a cultural heritage (historical testimony), and an intangible heritage (gesture). Each of these dimensions represents a noteworthy lapidary archive, and the study of graffiti is now the subject of a developing science: graffitology.…”
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Faisabilité et disparités des reconversions de l’architecture carcérale française by Alban Prin

“…The preservation of prison buildings has become a topical issue since the French State has accelerated the process of renewing its real estate stock, threatening the destruction of these buildings, and leading to the mobilization of researchers to ensure that these built testimonies do not disappear. In a tense land context, the compromise found was often that of conversion, posing the question of the difficult balance between respect for the existing and the adequacy of the new uses of the conversion programme. …”
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L’intimité, la fiabilité et les paroles des femmes : quand les violences conjugales rencontrent les institutions by Alessandra Gribaldo

“…Self-governance and reflexivity make testimony intelligible and legally significant and make women reliable victims. …”
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Lire et être lu. Littérature et catastrophe dans le Journal d’Hélène Berr by Zoé Egelman

“…Reading the texts in Berr’s bookshelf alongside the diary deepens the impact of Berr’s testimony by illuminating some of Berr’s most complex thoughts and transforms the meaning of literary works in the context of the Occupation and Jewish persecution in Paris. …”
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Edward Jurgens i Karol Ruprecht. Polacy z wyboru wobec polskich ruchów niepodległościowych w XIX wieku by Tadeusz Stegner

“…Their attitudes were a testimony to the changes in the attitude of the newcomers from Germany towards their new homeland. …”
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La vaisselle en terre cuite utilisée au xive s. à l’hôpital Saint-Julien de Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) by Magali Gary

“…The need to make a mark on some pitcher handles represents its most striking testimony.…”
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History and Memory in the Novels of Gabriela Adamesteanu by Roumiana L. Stantcheva

“…The study shows that Adamesteanu’s thematic polyphony reveals the individual memory of the characters as a testimony of the public memory of separate groups, some of them sharing a more modern worldview, while others preserving traditional stances. …”
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