Article
History
Tatiana Chudakova, Cassandra Hartblay, Maria Sidorkina
Summary: This essay examines rupture from three perspectives. Firstly, it explores how rupture has been used and debated as a theoretical concept in understanding the collapse of the Soviet Union, and how it applies to the present moment. Secondly, it discusses the impact of the war on political and social relationships and the risks faced by free expression in Russia. Lastly, it observes the rupture caused by the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 on ethnographic fieldwork in Russia and calls for a comprehensive scholarly approach that integrates various analytical scales, digital and geographic locations, and diverse perspectives.
Article
History
Luciana Lang, Laura Fenton, Penny Tinkler
Summary: This article explores the impact of researchers' engagement with the stories they encounter in research, introducing the concept of 'research resonance' to describe the experience of living with research participants' stories and lives. Based on data from the 'Girlhood and Later Life' project, the researchers reflect on their experience of living with 'sociological memories' through music elicitation exercises and life history narratives. Their accounts address the personal challenges and effects of life history research on a professional level.
WOMENS HISTORY REVIEW
(2023)
Book Review
Area Studies
Andre Lecours
NATIONALITIES PAPERS-THE JOURNAL OF NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Magnus Marsden
Summary: Based on fieldwork and interviews conducted in Israel, the USA, and the UK, this article explores the role of Jewish traders from Afghanistan in the country's international trade connections in the 20th century. It discusses the key gathering points of the traders, the reorientation of trading networks during the Cold War, and the significance of Muslim-Jewish relations in facilitating their involvement in trade.
HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
(2023)
Article
History
Simo Muir
Summary: This article analyzes how Finnish Jews defined their position during the Second World War and how they suppressed knowledge of Jewish refugees' treatment and their own volatile positions during the war through creating a positive narrative.
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Cecile de Morree
Summary: This essay examines the topic of sexual violence in Middle Dutch literature through analyzing the play 'Lanseloet van Denemerken' and discusses how gender, status, and space create an unsafe situation for the female protagonist who is raped by the male protagonist. It also investigates how scholars in Middle Dutch literature handle the sensitive topic of rape and raises awareness of the influence of modern rape myths on interpretations of medieval texts.
DUTCH CROSSING-JOURNAL OF LOW COUNTRIES STUDIES
(2023)
Article
History
Nick Evans
Summary: Will Russia's invasion of Ukraine bring about a rupture in how we write and teach the history of medieval Northern Eurasia? Dominant accounts of the region's medieval history invoke ruptures, such as the Mongol invasion, in the service of state-centred narratives. This essay explores the uses of rupture in the historiography of medieval Northern Eurasia and addresses the problematic legacy of Eurasianist ideas. It also points to a counter-tradition of Northern Eurasian historiography that could provide resources for a less ethnocentric and statist approach to the region today.
Article
History
Noah Lubinsky
Summary: This article proposes a methodology for reaching historicity by tracing the use of synthetic testosterone in gender affirming care for trans people. It demonstrates the usefulness of this method by analyzing mentions of synthetic testosterone in the South African Medical Journal from 1963 to 2003 and its relationship with the state and the law in South Africa, particularly in the advocacy efforts of the Cape Town Transsexual/Transgender Groups for self-identification.
GENDER AND HISTORY
(2023)
Article
History
Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy
Summary: This article discusses the intersections between gender, disability, and care labor in the slaveholding societies of the British Caribbean from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. Although slaveowners devalued aged and disabled bondswomen, they were crucial to the healthscape of the plantation.
GENDER AND HISTORY
(2023)
Article
History
Nicola Karcher, Kjetil Braut Simonsen
Summary: The article discusses the concept of redemptive antisemitism as a model of explaining the world, and considers it as a major ideological precondition for the Holocaust. By analyzing three Norwegian case studies, it emphasizes the importance of conspiracy beliefs and the potential for violence in redemptive antisemitism.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Nimrod Tal
Summary: This article explores the significance of Jewish-Ethiopian historical narratives in understanding the social reality of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. By analyzing archival sources, the study uncovers the grassroots emergence of these narratives and their role in the integration efforts of the Jewish Ethiopian community. The research demonstrates that including historical perspectives strengthens the Zionist historical narrative and helps it withstand unprecedented challenges.
Article
History
Deirdre Clemente
Summary: This article explores the role of Chambers of Commerce in promoting and protecting the fashion industries in Miami, Miami Beach, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles in the first half of the twentieth century. The Chambers actively cultivated a national image as a fashion mecca through the promotion of sportswear, attracting tourists, business owners, and potential residents. They facilitated collaborations between members, organized fashion shows, and promoted shopping districts, thereby shaping the economic, social, cultural, and geographic landscapes of these cities.
JOURNAL OF URBAN HISTORY
(2023)
Article
History
Alexis A. Ferguson
Summary: This article examines the theorisation of natural laws in mid-nineteenth century British physiology and argues that it creates a 'preliminary cisness' in Victorian sexual science. By examining George Eliot's Adam Bede alongside works by Herbert Spencer and George Henry Lewes, the article suggests that Eliot presents social sympathy as an alternative to the ethical risks of pre-cis sex.
GENDER AND HISTORY
(2023)
Article
History
Mikkel Hoghoj, Mikkel Thelle
Summary: This article introduces the concept of 'material politics' and argues that analyzing the various ways in which material networks, architecture, and devices have shaped Nordic welfare societies can enhance our understanding of welfare as a socio-cultural and historical phenomenon. The article surveys recent interdisciplinary research on the interconnections between materiality and power and presents two empirical cases related to urban water and bathing in 20th century Denmark to illustrate the applicability of material politics in the field of welfare history.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY
(2023)
Article
History
Sean Griffin
Summary: In mid-2020, Patriarch Kirill consecrated a new church that merged Orthodoxy and Communism, depicting Soviet soldiers receiving supernatural help from Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary during World War II. This surprising fusion created a harmonious and unified version of the past, bringing together two opposing ideologies that were traditionally seen as bitter enemies.
Article
Area Studies
Yoram Fried
Summary: The 1949 Israeli-Syrian armistice agreement established a mixed armistice commission to oversee the implementation of the agreement. As a result, demilitarized zones were created for local Arab villagers. The fate of these villagers was influenced by the interests and involvement of the IDF, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Syrian government, and UN observers.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
(2023)
Article
History
Sarah Osten
Summary: This essay examines the solidarity with the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Mexico City in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, shedding new light on the contested meanings of 'revolution' in Mexico's politics, society, and culture during the late Cold War period.
Article
History
Jakob Egholm Feldt
Summary: This study explores a pragmatic and processualist perspective on the interpretation of historical sources. It analyzes Horace M. Kallen's book 'The Book of Job as a Greek Tragedy' as an instance of pragmatist historical inquiry and engages with recent processual and evental approaches to history. The study conceptualizes historical sources as 'actor-events' and demonstrates how cultural historians can perceive them as actors that evoke meaning and as events that unfold. It also highlights the simultaneous significance of diverse temporalities and the emergence of truth in historical sources related to future cultural and social struggles.
RETHINKING HISTORY
(2023)
Article
History
Brandon Kinney
Summary: In July 1951, the American Midwest was hit by one of its worst floods in history, causing significant damage and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. German citizens also donated to the relief effort, expressing gratitude to the American people for their postwar humanitarian assistance and wanting to repay a small fraction of what they owed. The American government, in the midst of a propaganda battle with the Soviet Union, saw value in publicizing these donations as evidence of German-American friendship and the success of their humanitarian policy in Germany during the early Cold War.
Article
History
Michael Paul Leadbetter, Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan
Summary: Mountains and highlands are not restrictive environments, but provide unique opportunities for creative transformation of societies. Highland communities are well-connected to the wider world and engage in radical changes to their landscapes and societies. This challenges our understanding of highland communities and their relationships with modern nation-states.
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HISTORY
(2023)
