Bøger udgivet af Peter Lang

This comparative study of the history of the Catholic Church in China and Vietnam from the seventeenth to the twentieth century opens up new perspectives for the understanding of the presence of Christianity in Asia. The author narrates the biographies of a number of outstanding missionaries and Christians from China and Vietnam and tries to understand them in their respective historical backgrounds by applying the principle of mutual illumination: the experience of China may help to understand the Vietnamese reality and vice versa. In this way some interesting similarities between European missionaries and local Christians are revealed. At the same time the parallel biographies from China and Vietnam throw a light on the peculiar cultural and political contexts of Christianity in the two nations. The book, based on recent research in several languages, is a pioneering attempt at writing comparative ecclesiastical history in Asia and offers an insightful synopsis, occasionally even including observations on Japan and Korea. The study presents new questions and fields for further research, including native church leadership, Christian architecture, arts, and literature, and common theological vocabularies. The work discloses hitherto unnoticed spiritual links between China and Vietnam.

Whilst there is a significant and growing body of literature on teacher resilience, there is considerably less literature on why long service career teachers choose to stay in their profession. This book aims to explore, through the personal narratives of four resilient long service teachers, why this might be and it has implications for school leaders, pupil attainment, policy makers, ITE educators and of course, both pre-service and inservice teachers. The book identifies key themes and lessons which emerge from their stories and makes a number of recommendations which may benefit a range of stakeholders, not the least of which are teachers themselves. Throughout this book, which is based on the author¿s doctoral research, the concept of teacher professional identity emerges as a framework which offers considerable promise to those investigating the resilience of teachers. This book contends that the manifestation of a professional identity, which enables teachers to construct, reconstruct and manage multiple identities over time, will be crucial to teachers¿ ongoing resilience if they are to continue to function purposefully and effectively, in the future.

East Asia has been a growing focal point of geopolitical conflict since the 1940s, and today increasingly sits at the heart of the global economy and high tech as rising regional powers challenge the centuries-old primacy of the Western world. With half a millennium of Western dominated order in the region facing unprecedented challenges and possibly nearing its end, it is now more than ever essential to understand the history behind it and its objectives. This book undertakes the task of elucidating the complex and little-known history of the West¿s involvement in the Asia-Pacifi c, providing context critical to understanding contemporary developments.

Postkartengroße Edelstahltäfelchen fallen aufmerksamen Passantinnen und Passanten russischer Groß- und Kleinstädte seit 2014 ins Auge. Gewidmet sind die Erinnerungszeichen an den Hausfassaden jenen Menschen, die im Zuge der sowjetischen Repressionen aus ihren Wohnungen verschleppt wurden. Ihre Namen bringt das partizipative Gedenkprojekt Poslednij Adres (dt. Letzte Adresse) mit den Tafeln zurück zu den vormaligen Wohnadressen. Dieses Buch verortet Poslednij Adres als neue und innovative Form des zivilgesellschaftlichen Gedenkens innerhalb der russischen Erinnerungslandschaft und geht dabei von verschiedenen Perspektiven aus der Frage nach, welche Bedeutung dem Projekt für das Erinnern an den staatlichen Terror der Sowjetunion in Russland beigemessen werden kann.

In the eighteenth century, Ireland¿s elite could choose from a wide range of wines, but their favourite was claret ¿ the red wine of Bordeaux. Whereas Britain¿s wine drinkers turned to port in this period, and Americäs elite filled their glasses with Madeira, in Ireland, claret flowed in the social world of the privileged classes. This book looks back to earliest times to trace the story of how and why a French wine became what Jonathan Swift fondly called «Irish wine». Exploring the social life of claret in Georgian Ireland through a range of period sources reveals the social meanings attached to this wine and expands our knowledge of Ireland¿s fascinating food history.

«This book offers an excellent gathering of research and perspectives, creating an innovative polyhedron to approach both the traditional and the new realities of the Galician stage. Indispensable not only for theatre scholars but also for research on any period of Galician literary history.»(Iolanda Ogando, University of Extremadura, Spain)«A volume that offers an overview of the most recent research on Galician theatre. In addition to including studies on dramatic literature and bringing to light unpublished texts, it presents works that review the dramatic historiography, that value the philological criterion in the processes of production or that make visible the work of women in theatrical creation.»(Eugénia Vasques, Lisbon¿s Film & Theatre School, Portugal)Nas últimas décadas, a produción teatral galega diversificouse de modo notábel relativamente ás propostas, temáticas e estéticas presentadas ao público, ben como no que atinxe aos modelos de xestión das unidades de produción. Ao mesmo tempo, os estudos globais do feito escénico ultrapasaron os límites tradicionais do paradigma filolóxico para proxectaren olladas máis escenocéntricas ou asentadas no cruzamento das dimensións literaria e espectacular.Nun marco como o descrito, este libro presenta un mosaico de perspectivas e analistas que, en conxunto, pretenden oferecer unha visión transversal e actualizada do teatro galego. Así, á recuperación de textos esquecidos de autores canonizados ou á necesaria revisión da historiografía dramática acrecéntanse capítulos sobre a edición, a tradución literaria e escénica, as relacións do teatro galego con outros xéneros e outros sistemas, a intervención das mulleres no campo escénico ou o grao de fidelidade ao criterio filolóxico nos procesos de produción espectacular.