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Paper Trails: A Transimperial Legal Quest for the Franco Family’s Citizenship in the 19th Century

The long-standing provincial dragoman dynasty of the Francos has served at the French consulate in Chania, the capital of the Ottoman vilayet (province) of Crete, since the mid-18th century. Their legacy seemed to be in jeopardy when Monsieur Latten em…

“Ours” or One of “Theirs”: Contextualizing Belonging(s) among “Russian Germans” and Jews from the Former USSR in Bavaria

by Nino Aivazishvili-Gehne Our author is a social anthropologist. This blog post reflects on personal experiences during her fieldwork, exploring the complexities of post-Soviet identities and their political implications among people from the former USSR in Bavaria. “I’m out with older ladies again. The meeting is over and we take the underground together. There are five of us in total.1 The women tell me that they usually feel a bit reserved when an external person attends their events. That’s not the case with me. […]

La biblioteca di Federico da Montefeltro: i manoscritti aristofanei

Séance du 3 avril 2025 du séminaire Manuscrits en Méditerranée, par Maria Scotti (Université d’Urbino). L’obiettivo di questo studio è analizzare due dei tre manoscritti contenenti le commedie di Aristofane che un tempo erano conservati nella biblioteca di Federico da Montefeltro, signore di Urbino dal 1464 al 1482. Si tratta degli Urbinates Graeci 141 e 143, trasferiti nel 1657 nella Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana insieme agli altri manoscritti di Federico, per volontà di Papa Alessandro VII, e del celebre manoscritto Ravennas 429, conservato dal 1712 … Continuer la lecture de La biblioteca di Federico da Montefeltro: i manoscritti aristofanei

Nouvelle parution: Évagre le Pontique, Lettres.

La Section grecque et de l’Orient chrétien de l’IRHT est heureuse d’annoncer la parution récente de : Évagre le Pontique, Lettres. Lettre sur la foi, corpus des 62 Lettres et Grande Lettre, Introduction, édition des textes grecs et syriaques, traduction et notes par Paul Géhin (Sources chrétiennes 652), Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2025. Évagre le Pontique est un moine de la seconde moitié du IVe siècle ayant vécu les seize dernières années de sa vie au désert d’Égypte (2 ans à Nitrie et 14 … Continuer la lecture de Nouvelle parution: Évagre le Pontique, Lettres.

Serbia’s Protests as a Cultural Explosion: Symbols, Memory, and the Struggle for Meaning

by Katarina Damčević The protests in Serbia are not only political demonstrations; they are also fueling a ‘cultural explosion’. Symbols of protest, such as ‘Pumpaj!’ and ‘Ćaci’, have evolved from being peripheral phenomena to becoming central political symbols that challenge state narratives. These creative forms of resistance shape the collective memory and, consequently, the political landscape. For months, Serbia has been experiencing an eruption of protests, fueled by public outrage over state corruption, media control, and the erosion of legal institutions and judicial transparency. […]