"In 1961, President Kennedy named Edwin O. Reischauer the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Already deeply intimate with the country, Reischauer hoped to establish a more equal partnership with Japan, which had long been maligned in the American imagination. Reischauer pushed his fellow…
In 1961, President Kennedy named Edwin O. Reischauer the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Already deeply intimate with the country, Reischauer hoped to establish a more equal partnership with Japan, which had long been maligned in the American imagination. Reischauer pushed his fellow …
Diese Monographie untersucht die Mobilität griechischer Gelehrter, Pepaideumenoi, vom 1. bis zum 4. Jh. n. Chr. Dabei wird die erforderliche oder auch bewusst billigend in Kauf genommene Mobilität im Kontext der Ausbildung zum Arzt, Juristen, Philosoph oder Sophisten ebenso bele…
"Diese Monographie untersucht die Mobilität griechischer Gelehrter, Pepaideumenoi, vom 1. bis zum 4. Jh. n. Chr. Dabei wird die erforderliche oder auch bewusst billigend in Kauf genommene Mobilität im Kontext der Ausbildung zum Arzt, Juristen, Philosoph oder Sophisten ebenso bel…
"Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan's identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Th…
"Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan's identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Th…
"Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan's identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Th…
The central figure in this volume is that of Gratian, whose monumental compilation of canon law sparked off the revival of legal studies in the medieval West. In other collections of essays, Stephan Kuttner dealt with the development of canon law in the two centuries that follow…
"Traditional Indian pāṇḍitya (scholarship) has a long and distinguished history, but is now practically extinct. Its decline is remarkably recent--traditional pāṇḍitya flourished as recently as 150 years ago. The decline is also paradoxical, having occurred precipitously followi…
"Traditional Indian pāṇḍitya (scholarship) has a long and distinguished history, but is now practically extinct. Its decline is remarkably recent--traditional pāṇḍitya flourished as recently as 150 years ago. The decline is also paradoxical, having occurred precipitously followi…