In our globalized world, a unique type of intercultural encounter has emerged: that between the speaking body and the foreign language. From Vladimir Nabokov and Maxine Hong Kingston to Yoko Tawada, writers have vividly captured the tensions and possibilities of this encounter—where tongues are “murderous” and words become feasts. Accented Speech in Literature, Art, and Theory offers an analysis of speaking, writing, and performing with an accented tongue. Through an evocative blend of ...

The identification of ceramic imports within prehistoric and historic assemblages has long been the primary indicator for identifying connections between different sites and regions. Yet this has fostered a presence/absence diagnosis for contact between different communities. Approaches such as post-colonial perspectives and network analysis, which focus on the nature of the connections, are now beginning to offer more meaningful ways of considering past interactions. These approaches can bri...

Bij het beantwoorden van medisch-ethische vragen kan het helpen om te

kijken naar de ontwikkeling van het denken hierover. Aangezien de wortels van

onze geneeskunde in de Oudheid liggen, presenteert Florian Steger een

verzameling bronteksten. Ze laten de belangrijke tradities zien die zijn

vastgelegd in studieboeken. De dagelijkse praktijk en ervaringen van

patiënten worden getoond aan de hand van inscripties, ooggetuigenverslagen

en materiële overblijfselen. Steger begint bij de vroegste b...