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Lesson resources - WebPages - hswanim2
Lesson resources - WebPages - stage2
George Soros on The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
George Soros extends his “theory of reflexivity” from abstraction to application in the realm of investing. His book, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets, offers a timely look at the credit crisis that reached crescendo in 2008. His views fall between prescience and vindication. Nevertheless, he concedes fallibility
Dress and the African diaspora network
This is the website for the AHRC-funded Dress & the African Diaspora Network, which provides a series of focussed research forums for new and established researchers to “discuss the consumption, production, collection and display of dress, textiles and beauty regimes” of the African diaspora. The network aims to identify new areas of study and create scholarly information resources for the field.
Eras journal
Eras Journal is a full-text e-journal produced by postgraduate students at the School of Historical Studies, Monash University in Australia. At May 2009 there are nine issues freely available online, dating from 2002 - 2007. The most recent issue has only abstracts available. The journal covers History; Archaeology and Ancient History; Religion and Theology; and Jewish Civilisation, and also publishes book reviews. Freely available article titles include: The Diary Network in Sixteenth and Seve
staatsvertrag.at : eine akustische Webausstellung zur Nachkriegsgeschichte in Österreich
Staatsvertrag.at: eine akustische Webausstellung zur Nachkriegsgeschichte in Österreich (State treaty: an acoustic Web exhibition on post-war history in Austria) is an online exhibition of historical sound samples presented by Österreichische Mediathek, the audio-visual archive of the Technical Museum of Vienna. The site offers samples that convey the mood of the period 1945 to 1955 in Austria, not only in terms of the international treaty that saw Austria's rebuilding under Allied occupation
German history in documents and images
German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) exhibits primary sources online to present a narrative of Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. The site includes historical narrative overviews and original German texts, accompanied by new English translations. Short secondary historical narratives are prepared by a variety of current scholars who are specialists in relevant fields. The site is divided into ten sections according to historical time periods, w
Goethe-Institut : Deutschland Erlesen
Text and the City: a literary map of Germany is an English translation of the German website, Deutschland Erlesen. The English site is presented by the Goethe Institute in London. The site provides selections from recent and contemporary well-known writers, who hail from, or are associated with, fourteen German towns and cities: Berlin; Bremen; Dresden; Frankfurt am Main; Hamburg; Cologne; Bonn; Leipzig; Mannheim; Heidelberg; Munich; Rostock; Stuttgart; and Weimar. There are some references t
British library : German and Austrian exile periodicals 1933-1945
German and Austrian Exile Periodicals 1933-1945 is a research site posted by the German Section of the British Library. It provides a listing of German-language periodicals written and produced by Nazi-era exiles from Germany and Austria, which are held at the British Library. This resource will prove of interest to those researching the history of both German and German Jewish culture outside of Germany during the Nazi period. These periodicals were published in London, Paris, Copenhagen and
Ernst Barlach Gesellschaft Hamburg
This is the homepage of Ernst Barlach Association concerning the life and works of the German expressionist artist, Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), who was persecuted during the early Nazi period for creating so-called 'degenerate art.' Barlach's work was banned by the Nazi party because his works carried an anti-war theme in the period leading up to the Second World War. His pacifist stance stemmed from his experiences in the First World War. In the section, 'Vita,' the site provides a summary of
Ferdinand Freiligrath Briefrepertorium
Ferdinand Freiligrath Briefrepertorium is a website which aids research on the German writer and poet, Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810-1876), who was a friend of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). In the 1840s he became more political and attracted the attention of Karl Marx (1818-1883); historians will note Freiligrath's letters with Engels about Marx, which are listed here. This site posts a research index to Freilgrath's published and unpublished correspondence, including letters, visiting
Friedrich Naumann foundation
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) is a non-profit organisation that promotes liberal democracy, peace, respect for human rights, rule of law, and social and economic freedom. It seeks to uphold and explore the ideas of Friedrich Naumann, the nineteenth and early twentieth century German Protestant thinker who espoused liberalism and remedies for social ills in non-Marxist, bourgeois arguments for progressive reform. The site provides a history of the foundation established in Naumann's ho
Heimito von Doderer Gesellschaft
This is the website of the Heimito von Doderer Society. Some of the features in English are still under construction and students are often referred to the German version of the website. Despite this, there is still a wealth of information here about the Austrian author Heimito von Doderer (1896-1966), probably best known in the U.K. for his novel 'Die Dämonen' ('The Demons') (1956). Details are given about membership of the Society and its annual prize: 'The Heimito von Doderer Prize for Liter
Primary sources on copyright in five jurisdictions 1450-1900
This website is “a digital archive of primary sources on copyright from the invention of the printing press (c. 1450) to the Berne Convention (1886) and beyond”. Funded by the AHRC, this ambitious and extensive database includes digital images and commentary for key texts in the evolution of intellectual property law pertaining to five modern jurisdictions: Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the United States. Documents include “privileges, statutes, judicial decisions, contracts
German Jewish travelling cultures in the diaspora, 1919-1939
This very short PDF document describes the background to the AHRC funded project “German Jewish Travelling Cultures in the Diaspora, 1919-1939”. The project examines Jewish interwar travel writing with its comingling of modernity and nostalgia and looking beyond the German nation state, sees Europe as “a powerful Jewish historical landscape“ offering “communists, Zionist travellers and middle-class tourists“ alike conflicting alternative Jewish futures.
Translators' library
The Translators' Library is a digital collection of translations into Spanish and Catalan of a wide variety of texts. The aim is to offer teaching materials and research resources. Texts have been selected on the basis of their importance in the universal history of literature and thought, or because of the relevance of the translator. For research and teaching purposes it is interesting that the site has made available both historical and recent translations. Each text is accompanied by a bio-b
Forests and Chases of England and Wales c. 1000 to c. 1850
The website "Forests and Chases of England and Wales, c. 1000 to c. 1850" is a project pursued by dr. John Langton and dr. Graham Jones from the University of Oxford, a multidisciplinary survey into mapping medieval forests and their survival into the modern era. The groundbreaking research reveals the landscape history of Britain and Wales throughout the centuries but also social, economic and cultural aspects of human relationship with the forests and the environment. Detailed information abou
Humanimalia : a journal of human/animal interface studies
Humanimalia is a full-text peer-reviewed ejournal, freely available online and published from DePauw University. Humanimalia aims to publish three times per year, and the first issue was published in August 2009. This online journal publishes HTML papers and reviews on the topic of human-animal encounters, covering fields such as contemporary philosophy, cultural studies, sci-art, and storytelling. Example articles available in the first issue include: 'Animal Farm's Lessons for Literary (and
Dictionary of African Christian biography
The Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB) is a free online reference resource aiming to record the untold stories of African Christians who have impacted the history of the African church, and of Christianity more widely. Presented as an electronic database browsable by name of subject or region, it covers all denominations and branches of African Christianity, including the missionary movement, from earliest times to the present. The DACB aims to foster an understanding of African Ch
