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Teju Cole: “I Have Experienced Great Freedom Precisely In Swiss Villages”, Alexandra Kedves Jun 2020

Teju Cole: “I Have Experienced Great Freedom Precisely In Swiss Villages”, Alexandra Kedves

Swiss American Historical Society Review

A metal railing of a viewing terrace is plowing with hard strokes over the panorama picture of Helvetian mountain tops. On another, an orange protection-net covers a construction site. Slats of a shutter traverse the view on yet another photography. And over the postcard idyll of the lake of Brienz a foghorn pushes white and big.


Two Early Nineteenth Century Overseas Emigrants From Näfels, Kanton Glarus, Switzerland: Walter Marianus Hauser And The Colony At Red River, Canada, Susanne Peter-Kubli Jun 2020

Two Early Nineteenth Century Overseas Emigrants From Näfels, Kanton Glarus, Switzerland: Walter Marianus Hauser And The Colony At Red River, Canada, Susanne Peter-Kubli

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Walter Marianus Hauser (1777-1850) was a member of Näfels’ elite society that had gained its wealth and prestige from the foreign military service of Swiss and occupied important public offices in the Canton. At the start of the nineteenth century, that group increasingly lost its importance. While its social prestige endured and its members such as the von Müller, von Bachmann, and von Hauser continued to use their titles of nobility, their economic base, that is highly paid officer positions in foreign military service, had disappeared.


In Memorium . . . Ilse M. Bachmann (Née Langhans) (December 21, 1932-October 12, 2019), Monika Bachmann Jun 2020

In Memorium . . . Ilse M. Bachmann (Née Langhans) (December 21, 1932-October 12, 2019), Monika Bachmann

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Ilse Margarete Langhans was born in Allenstein, East Prussia (in present-day Poland), on December 21, 1932, the only daughter of Wilhelm Langhans and Margarete Emelie Issler. Her father was Oberstadtsgaertner (head city gardener) in nearby Koenigsburg until he was drafted into the German Army during World War II and killed in action, leaving behind Margarete, Ilse, older brother Juergen, and younger brother Dieter to fend for themselves when they and thousands of other ethnic Germans fled Russian forces invading East Prussia in the winter of 1944.


From Näfels To The United States: Emigrant Portraits From A Town In Switzerland’S Canton Glarus, Susanne Peter-Kubli Jun 2020

From Näfels To The United States: Emigrant Portraits From A Town In Switzerland’S Canton Glarus, Susanne Peter-Kubli

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Only a few, and mainly quite confusing, details are available about Feldmann’s life in Näfels and also about the date of his emigration. It derives, in part, from the fact that two people by the same name were living in Näfels. Both were butchers by profession and both had married women by the last name Müller. Checking the marriage and baptismal records of Näfels finally clarified the matter.


In The Turmoil Of The Civil War: Swiss Emigrant Daniel Schmid Of The Union Army, Fabian Braendle Jun 2020

In The Turmoil Of The Civil War: Swiss Emigrant Daniel Schmid Of The Union Army, Fabian Braendle

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Swiss immigrants to the United States fought in the American Civil War on both sides. About 6,000 fought on the side of the Union, while the number of those who joined the Confederacy is not known.1 Some even rose to prominence reaching the rank of General. Daniel Schmid, a common soldier, who was born in 1834 in the Swiss town of Buchs, Canton St. Gallen, and joined the Union Army of the North. In his autobiography that he wrote for his numerous brothers in Switzerland, Schmid provided much detail about his war experience. It was quite common at the time …


In Memorium: Sabine Jessner Schlinger (1924-2019), Peter Sehlinger Jun 2020

In Memorium: Sabine Jessner Schlinger (1924-2019), Peter Sehlinger

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Sabine Luise Marianne Jessner Sehlinger died in Indianapolis on November 3, 2019. She was a professor of French history; the first woman president of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences; president of the Swiss-American Historical Society; several times president of the Indianapolis Wellesley Club; and the author of articles in historical journals and a biography of Edouard Herriot, French prime minister in the 1920s.


Back Cover Jun 2020

Back Cover

Swiss American Historical Society Review

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End Matter Jun 2020

End Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

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Annual Swiss Days At The Woodrow Wilson Center, Naseer Ahmad Jun 2020

Annual Swiss Days At The Woodrow Wilson Center, Naseer Ahmad

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Since 1864, Geneva has played an important role in international affairs in modern history. The city is also famous for the set of rules known as the “Geneva Conventions.” It is also the birthplace of Henri Dunant, the co-founder of Red Cross, who received the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. Dunant played a significant role in the First Geneva Convention, as he was in charge of accommodating the attendees.


Editor's Preface, Samuel Mitchell Apr 2020

Editor's Preface, Samuel Mitchell

Studia Antiqua

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Front Matter Apr 2020

Front Matter

Studia Antiqua

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Full Issue Apr 2020

Full Issue

Studia Antiqua

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Synthetic Ignatius: Recovering Pagan And Johannine Influences In The Ignatian Epistles, Samuel Mitchell Apr 2020

Synthetic Ignatius: Recovering Pagan And Johannine Influences In The Ignatian Epistles, Samuel Mitchell

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.


Josephus's Blunting Of Amalek And Phinehas The Zealot In Jewish Antiquities: A Statement Against Nationalism, Jacob Inman Apr 2020

Josephus's Blunting Of Amalek And Phinehas The Zealot In Jewish Antiquities: A Statement Against Nationalism, Jacob Inman

Studia Antiqua

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Evaluating Deafness In The Hebrew Bible: A Semantic Analysis Of Iiחרשׁ, Tyler Harris Apr 2020

Evaluating Deafness In The Hebrew Bible: A Semantic Analysis Of Iiחרשׁ, Tyler Harris

Studia Antiqua

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Canidia: Meta-Muse Of Anti-Elegy, Hanna Seariac Apr 2020

Canidia: Meta-Muse Of Anti-Elegy, Hanna Seariac

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.


Judahite Aniconism: A Determining Factor In Tensions Between The Am HāʾĀreṣ And The Haggôlāh, Jacob Fuge Apr 2020

Judahite Aniconism: A Determining Factor In Tensions Between The Am HāʾĀreṣ And The Haggôlāh, Jacob Fuge

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.


Pomegranate Imagery: A Symbol Of Conquest And Victory, Makayla Bezzant Apr 2020

Pomegranate Imagery: A Symbol Of Conquest And Victory, Makayla Bezzant

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.


Greatest Among Gods And Men: The Reception Of Xenophanes’S Theology By Anaxagoras And Diogenes, Zakarias D. Gram Apr 2020

Greatest Among Gods And Men: The Reception Of Xenophanes’S Theology By Anaxagoras And Diogenes, Zakarias D. Gram

Studia Antiqua

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Editor's Preface, Haley Wilson-Lemmón Apr 2020

Editor's Preface, Haley Wilson-Lemmón

Studia Antiqua

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Front Matter Apr 2020

Front Matter

Studia Antiqua

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Full Issue Apr 2020

Full Issue

Studia Antiqua

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The Family Of God: A Christian Tradition As A Greco-Roman Phenomenon, Haley Wilson-Lemmón Apr 2020

The Family Of God: A Christian Tradition As A Greco-Roman Phenomenon, Haley Wilson-Lemmón

Studia Antiqua

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Approaching The Joseph Smith Translation: A Comparative Study Of Matthew 4:1–12, Julia Chiou Apr 2020

Approaching The Joseph Smith Translation: A Comparative Study Of Matthew 4:1–12, Julia Chiou

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.


Editor's Preface, Haley Wilson-Lemmon Apr 2020

Editor's Preface, Haley Wilson-Lemmon

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Apr 2020

Front Matter

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Apr 2020

Full Issue

Studia Antiqua

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Friends, Foes, And Trading Partners: The Exchange Of Architectural Styles Between Herodian Judaea And Nabataean Petra, Rachel Huntsman Apr 2020

Friends, Foes, And Trading Partners: The Exchange Of Architectural Styles Between Herodian Judaea And Nabataean Petra, Rachel Huntsman

Studia Antiqua

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A Samaritan Temple To Rival Jerusalem On Mount Gerizim, Jolynne Minnick Apr 2020

A Samaritan Temple To Rival Jerusalem On Mount Gerizim, Jolynne Minnick

Studia Antiqua

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Comparing Greco-Roman Uterus Votives And Byzantine Uterus Amulets, Heta Björklund Apr 2020

Comparing Greco-Roman Uterus Votives And Byzantine Uterus Amulets, Heta Björklund

Studia Antiqua

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