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The Faidherbe Statue And Memory Making In Saint-Louis-Du-Sénégal, 1887–2020, Kalala J. Ngalamulume Jan 2023

The Faidherbe Statue And Memory Making In Saint-Louis-Du-Sénégal, 1887–2020, Kalala J. Ngalamulume

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Covid-19 And Colonial Legacies In West Africa, Kalala J. Ngalamulume Jan 2023

Covid-19 And Colonial Legacies In West Africa, Kalala J. Ngalamulume

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Review Of 'John M. Janzen. Health In A Fragile State: Science, Sorcery, And Spirit In The Lower Congo. Madison: University Of Wisconsin Press, 2019. Xviii + 262 Pp. $21.95. Paper. Isbn: 978-0299325046.', Kalala J. Ngalamulume Jan 2022

Review Of 'John M. Janzen. Health In A Fragile State: Science, Sorcery, And Spirit In The Lower Congo. Madison: University Of Wisconsin Press, 2019. Xviii + 262 Pp. $21.95. Paper. Isbn: 978-0299325046.', Kalala J. Ngalamulume

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Pandemic, Plague, Pestilence And The Tropics: Critical Inquiries From Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences, Anita Lundberg, Kalala J. Ngalamulume, Jean Segata, Arbaayah Ali Termizi, Chrystopher J. Spicer Jan 2021

Pandemic, Plague, Pestilence And The Tropics: Critical Inquiries From Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences, Anita Lundberg, Kalala J. Ngalamulume, Jean Segata, Arbaayah Ali Termizi, Chrystopher J. Spicer

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The Tropics have long been associated with exotic diseases and epidemics. This historical imaginary arose with Aristotle’s notion of the tropics as the ‘torrid zone’, a geographical region virtually uninhabitable to temperate peoples due to the hostility of its climate, and persisted in colonial imaginaries of the tropics as pestilential latitudes requiring slave labour. The tropical sites of colonialism gave rise to urgent studies of tropical diseases which lead to (racialised) changes in urban planning. The Tropics as a region of pandemic, plague and pestilence has been challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The novel coronavirus did not (simply) originate in …


Review Of Perspectives On West Africa's Ebola Epidemic - Understanding West Africa's Ebola Epidemic: Towards A Political Economy. Edited By Ibrahim Abdullah And Ismail Rashid., Kalala J. Ngalamulume Jan 2020

Review Of Perspectives On West Africa's Ebola Epidemic - Understanding West Africa's Ebola Epidemic: Towards A Political Economy. Edited By Ibrahim Abdullah And Ismail Rashid., Kalala J. Ngalamulume

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The 'Devès Affair' In Saint-Louis-Du-Senegal: A Critical Assessment Of The Sources, 1902-1911, Kalala J. Ngalamulume Jan 2018

The 'Devès Affair' In Saint-Louis-Du-Senegal: A Critical Assessment Of The Sources, 1902-1911, Kalala J. Ngalamulume

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This article examines the validity and reliability of the testimonies and sworn depositions that the Peuvergne administration produced in July 1910 as evidence justifying Justin Devès’s suspension and removal from office as mayor of Saint-Louis, capital of French Senegal. The main argument here is that the “Devès Affair” was based on spurious charges. The article places the conflictin the broader context of the political and economic competition between the French colonial administration and the Bordeaux firms, on the one hand, and the Devès network, on the other.


Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters Wth Cannibals In The North Atlantic World By Kelly L. Watson (Review), Ignacio Gallup-Diaz Jul 2016

Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters Wth Cannibals In The North Atlantic World By Kelly L. Watson (Review), Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

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Interrogating The Historical Revisionism Of The Hungarian Right: The Queer Case Of CéCile Tormay, Anita Kurimay Jan 2016

Interrogating The Historical Revisionism Of The Hungarian Right: The Queer Case Of CéCile Tormay, Anita Kurimay

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The article examines the historical processes and the motivations of contemporary Hungarian politicians to officially rehabilitate the memory of Cécile Tormay, the internationally acclaimed writer and founder of Hungary’s conservative women’s movement. Through tracing the politics of remembering Tormay since World War II it demonstrates how Tormay’s recent reemergence as a new national icon was intimately tied to a decisive shift in the direction of Hungarian politics from a pro-Western stance to one that is openly hostile towards Western liberalism. Tormay, part of the ruling elite in the authoritarian interwar Horthy regime, was a fierce anticommunist, antisemite, and staunch nationalist …


Androids And Intelligent Networks: Artificial Slaves By Kevin Lagrandeur, Elly Truitt Apr 2014

Androids And Intelligent Networks: Artificial Slaves By Kevin Lagrandeur, Elly Truitt

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The Incarnation Of Time, Elly Truitt Jan 2013

The Incarnation Of Time, Elly Truitt

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Celestial Divination And Arabic Science In Twelfth-Century England: The History Of Gerbert Of Aurillac’S Talking Head, Elly Truitt Jan 2012

Celestial Divination And Arabic Science In Twelfth-Century England: The History Of Gerbert Of Aurillac’S Talking Head, Elly Truitt

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The legend of Gerbert of Aurillac’s oracular head reveals significant information about contemporary medieval attitudes toward foreign knowledge from outside of the Latin Christian West, and in particular about the quadrivium, astral science, and celestial divination. In particular, William of Malmesbury’s account—the most well-known in the medieval period—demonstrates the extent to which scientific knowledge from the Arabic tradition had penetrated the intellectual climate of England in the early twelfth century.


Review Of Histoires Prodigieuses (Edition De 1561), By Pierre Boaistuau, Edited By Stephen Bamforth, Annotated By Jean Céard, Elly Truitt Jan 2012

Review Of Histoires Prodigieuses (Edition De 1561), By Pierre Boaistuau, Edited By Stephen Bamforth, Annotated By Jean Céard, Elly Truitt

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Fictions Of Life And Death: Tomb Automata In Medieval Romance, Elly R. Truitt Mar 2010

Fictions Of Life And Death: Tomb Automata In Medieval Romance, Elly R. Truitt

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While automata appear in medieval European textual sources in many different settings, they frequently cluster around tombs, memorials and other places associated with the dead. In several different literary examples, automata expose the unstable definitions of ‘life’ and ‘death’ and reveal contemporary ideas about the complexity and permeability of these categories.


The Garden Of Earthly Delights: Mahaut Of Artois And The Automata At Hesdin, Elly Truitt Jan 2010

The Garden Of Earthly Delights: Mahaut Of Artois And The Automata At Hesdin, Elly Truitt

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Review Of Indian Conquistadors: Indigenous Allies In The Conquest Of Mesoamerica, Edited By Laura E. Matthew And Michel R. Oudijk, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz Jan 2010

Review Of Indian Conquistadors: Indigenous Allies In The Conquest Of Mesoamerica, Edited By Laura E. Matthew And Michel R. Oudijk, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

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A Legacy Of Strife: Rebellious Slaves In Sixteenth-Century Panamá, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz Jan 2010

A Legacy Of Strife: Rebellious Slaves In Sixteenth-Century Panamá, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

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The Providence Of God Regarding The Universe. Part Three Of The First Principal Part Of The Universe Of Creatures (Review), Elly Truitt Jul 2009

The Providence Of God Regarding The Universe. Part Three Of The First Principal Part Of The Universe Of Creatures (Review), Elly Truitt

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Review Of The Natural And The Supernatural In The Middle Ages, By Robert Bartlett, Elly Truitt Jun 2009

Review Of The Natural And The Supernatural In The Middle Ages, By Robert Bartlett, Elly Truitt

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The Virtues Of Balm In Late Medieval Literature, Elly Truitt Jan 2009

The Virtues Of Balm In Late Medieval Literature, Elly Truitt

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This article argues that balm, or balsam, was, by the late medieval period, believed to be a panacea, capable of healing wounds and illnesses, and also preventing putrefaction. Natural history and pharmacological texts on balm from the ancient and late antique periods emphasized specific qualities of balm, especially its heat; these were condensed and repeated in medieval encyclopedias. The rarity and cost of balsam, from antiquity through the medieval period, and the high rate of counterfeiting also demonstrate its high demand and significance in medicine and religious ritual. Travel writing and itineraria from the early and central medieval periods added …


Review Of Empires Of The Atlantic World: Britain And Spain In America 1492-1830, By John H. Elliott, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz Apr 2008

Review Of Empires Of The Atlantic World: Britain And Spain In America 1492-1830, By John H. Elliott, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

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“Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” By Constance Bouchard, Elly Truitt Jan 2007

“Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” By Constance Bouchard, Elly Truitt

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Review Of Slavery And Salvation In Colonial Cartagena De Indias, By Margaret M. Olsen, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz Oct 2005

Review Of Slavery And Salvation In Colonial Cartagena De Indias, By Margaret M. Olsen, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

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‘Trei Poëte, Sages Dotors, Qui Mout Sorent Di Nigromance’: Knowledge And Automata In Twelfth-Century French Literature,, Elly Truitt Apr 2004

‘Trei Poëte, Sages Dotors, Qui Mout Sorent Di Nigromance’: Knowledge And Automata In Twelfth-Century French Literature,, Elly Truitt

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Review Of The Sugar Industry And The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, 1775-1810, By Selwyn H. H. Carrington, Madhavi Kale Feb 2004

Review Of The Sugar Industry And The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, 1775-1810, By Selwyn H. H. Carrington, Madhavi Kale

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Keeping The City Totally Clean: Yellow Fever And The Politics Of Prevention In Colonial Saint-Louis-Du-Senegal, 1850-1914, Kalala J. Ngalamulume Jan 2004

Keeping The City Totally Clean: Yellow Fever And The Politics Of Prevention In Colonial Saint-Louis-Du-Senegal, 1850-1914, Kalala J. Ngalamulume

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This article explores the ways in which French colonial authorities met the life and death challenge. represented by the re-emergence of yellow fever epidemics in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal at a time when physicians knew very. little about the etiology, diagnosis, transmission and treatment of most infectious and parasitic diseases. The discussion focuses on changing strategies and policies designed to address yellow fever threats, the attitudes and priorities of the authorities, the limits of 'colonial medicine' and the responses of. people affected by sanitary measures. The article argues that because of the ignorance of the etiology and epidemiology of yellow fever, policies were …


Review Of Wages Of Violence: Naming And Identity In Postcolonial Bombay, By Thomas Blom Hansen, Madhavi Kale Nov 2003

Review Of Wages Of Violence: Naming And Identity In Postcolonial Bombay, By Thomas Blom Hansen, Madhavi Kale

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The Spanish Attempt To Tribalize The Darién, 1735-50, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz Jan 2002

The Spanish Attempt To Tribalize The Darién, 1735-50, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

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Spanish officials in eastern Panama believed that Christianized Indians would serve as surrogates for Spanish settlers or troops, and their attempts to administer the region were grounded upon establishing alliances with selected Indian leaders. At the same time, pirates and other intruders also saw the need for alliances with Indian men in order for their endeavors to succeed. Through a process in which Europeans and Indians played an equal part, the early modern period saw the creation of several new indigenous leaders. The chieftains who interacted with outsiders were forced to create new ways of ruling on the ground as …


“Haven’T We Come To Kill The Spaniards?” The Tule Upheaval In Eastern Panama, 1727-1728, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz Jan 2001

“Haven’T We Come To Kill The Spaniards?” The Tule Upheaval In Eastern Panama, 1727-1728, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

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Investigates a Tule Indian uprising that took place in eastern Panama in 1727. The Indians' motivations for this uprising were varied and complicated and not simply the result of the instigations of mestizo pirate Luis García (as was alleged by the governor of Darién and historians, who have read his account of the events). The violence that spread across the isthmus was caused by the instability inherent in the Spanish colonial policy of tribalization. This policy relied on the Spanish authorities' co-opting men who claimed to be tribal leaders. These leaders, however, were unable to contain the Indians once they …


Review Of Women And Labour In Late Colonial India: The Bengal Jute Industry, By Samita Sen, Madhavi Kale Nov 1999

Review Of Women And Labour In Late Colonial India: The Bengal Jute Industry, By Samita Sen, Madhavi Kale

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"Capital Spectacles In British Frames": Capital, Empire And Indian Indentured Migration To The British Caribbean, Madhavi Kale Jan 1996

"Capital Spectacles In British Frames": Capital, Empire And Indian Indentured Migration To The British Caribbean, Madhavi Kale

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