The industrial connections in Donald Judd's art

This paper examines the context and impact of the industrial materials and processes of the mid-twentieth century on Donald Judd's works, focusing on galvanized steel, cellulose nitrate paints, anodizing, and the RAL color matching system. Exploration of the industrial materials and methods Judd utilized provides a greater understanding of his processes, choices, and ultimately his art, its care, and legacy.     

Empire Redefined: Part 1

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch East India Company exerted monopolistic control over spices and coffee, with huge financial returns for those who invested in the company. Also during this time, a combination of business factors emerged to allow the early distribution of published works to gain hold and become a viable commercial enterprise. The early years of Dutch publishing are not well known but when examined they parallel the historical context in which geopolitical empires were the norm. The story of the start of a modern day publishing house is examined through the dual histories of two Dutch business ventures that thrived and failed during a turbulent time of colonial exploitation.     

陈垣对中国宗教史研究的贡献

宗教史研究是陈垣先生史学研究中用功最勤、成就最突出的范畴。他的贡献主要表现在以下几方面：用科学方法解决了中西回历相互对照；用文字勘同方法解决了伊斯兰教、景教、一赐乐业教、火袄教、摩尼教的古今异译，分清了各教之间的差别；用进步的史观阐明域外各国、各族人入华后的“华北”，为中华民族形成提供了历史依据；发掘了数以百计的重要史料。     

唐传奇"史才"考论

唐传奇作者之"史才"不等同于历史学意义上的史学才能,却又与史学联系密切。从唐代史官制度与文学之关系的角度来考察,小说家"史才"当从"假小说以寄笔端"中求取,其实质包孕史学传承、历史意识生成、历史笔法借鉴等涵义。     

历代广东词人综录

通过勾稽史料,检阅多种总集、别集、选本、方志、馆藏目录及目录学著作,可以考得五代以迄民国时期广东词人至少三百八十四家。     

迟子建小说的"记忆"呈现

在迟子建小说的想象艺术中，有关童年与历史记忆的书写是其中重要的组成。作家通过对视角择取、意象营造等记忆呈现方式的技术化处理，展现出的不仅是那个独特时代环境下带有鲜明地域和化印记的人类最为生动鲜活的生存场景，同时更多展露出的则是作家对于现实社会的凝重思索和对人性温情的热切渴望。     

The Structural Adjustment of Football in Zambia: Politics,Decline and Dispersal, 1991–1994

Abstract

This paper explores multiple and complex relationships between football (soccer), politics, and the economy in postcolonial Zambia. Based on archival and oral sources collected in Zambia, the paper argues that President Frederick Chiluba’s government failed to support football development when it came into power in 1991 because it was elected on a platform of liberalizing the collapsing national economy. Chiluba privatized state-owned companies that were sponsoring the game resulting in the plummeting of the local standards and migration of talented footballers abroad in search of better livelihoods. Furthermore, the paper argues that while the exodus of talented footballers led to the deterioration of the standards of the local league, their transnational experience boosted the performance of the Zambia national football team. This led to the emergence of one of the best national teams the country has ever had. Unfortunately, this particular team perished in the Gabon air disaster in 1993 following the government’s disinvestment in the game. However, a few months after the disaster, the country managed to rebuild a national football team, which emerged as runners up to Nigeria in the 1994 African Cup of Nations final as a result of a large pool of local and foreign-based football players.     

Disentangling Race: Re-Narrating Apartheid Sport?

Abstract

This paper involves a search for interracial entanglements in South African sport and considers how these experiences may be narrated. The paper comprises three sections. The first provides an overview of traditional narratives of apartheid and apartheid sport that focus on race as a perpetual marker of social division. The second section shifts attention to the gaps, blind spots, mistakes, paradoxes, ironies, anomalies, ambiguities and invisibilities in the structures of apartheid that allowed for racial encounters and entanglements. The paper concludes with a discussion about the methodological and political implications of incorporating racial entanglements into narratives of apartheid sport.     

《庸言》书业广告考略

《庸言》作为梁启超1912年从日本回国后创办的当时中国发行量最大的政论刊物,风行一时,影响甚大。《庸言》除了刊登政论、新闻、时评等文章外,也刊载了丰富多彩的书业广告。文章从广告的视角,分析《庸言》书业广告的类型、技巧、特征及其时代写照,管窥社会背景和政治文化变迁。     

以图画为本位的文学--图画书的演变史

中国原创图画书开始走向世界,但中国图画书的历史可能比西方更早。图画书本质上是一种出版现象,在中西方不同文化背景中有不同的呈现方式。中西方图画书同源于儿童读物的插图,随着出版科技的进步和读图时代的到来,从“出版热”逐渐形成“文学热”,从“文字的儿童读物”演化为“图画书的儿童文学”,在新世纪交流融合中发展为儿童文学的典型样式——绘本。中国原创图画书的复兴有其深刻的历史文化背景和深厚的民族文学传统,建设中国特色的图画书评价标准和理论体系应该提上议事日程。