Search for dissertations about: "secretary"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word secretary.

2. 1. In Their Majesties’ Service : The Career of Francesco De Gratta (1613-1676) as a Royal Servant and Trader in Gdańsk

   Author : Michał Salamonik; Heiko Droste; Piotr Wawrzeniuk; Karin Friedrich; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; De Gratta; Career; Network; Nobility; Merchants; Early Modern Times; Royal Mail; Postmaster; Mint Service; Credit; Potash; Royal Secretary; Poland-Lithuania; Brandenburg-Prussia; Baltic Sea; Italy; Poland; Gdańsk; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : This study analyses the administrative and economic career of Francesco De Gratta (1613–1676) as Royal Postmaster, Royal Secretary, and trader within the postal and fiscal systems of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This investigation focuses mainly on his network and career strategies and is based on various sources from a number of European archives and libraries, mainly those situated in Italy, Poland and Germany. READ MORE

4. 2. Topics in algorithmic, enumerative and geometric combinatorics

   Author : Ragnar Freij; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Discrete Morse theory; simplicial G-complex; centrally symmetric polytope; split graph; derangement; pattern packing; composition; finite poset; optimal stopping; secretary problem.; finite poset;

   Abstract : This thesis presents five papers, studying enumerative and extremal problems on combinatorial structures. The first paper studies Forman's discrete Morse theory in the case where a group acts on the underlying complex. READ MORE

5. 3. International Environmental Law and the Search for Harmony with Nature: A Critical Inquiry into the Metaphysical Underpinnings of the Legal Discourse on Environmental Protection

   Author : Moa De Lucia Dahlbeck; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; harmony with nature report; metaphysics; environmental protection; sustainable development; international environmental law; ethics; Spinoza; public international law; folkrätt; miljörätt;

   Abstract : For some time now, the world in general and international law in particular have witnessed one and the same widespread call for action. Both public and private interests claim that present-day standards and technology have proven insufficient for saving the natural environment. READ MORE

6. 4. Cardinal Decio Azzolino, Queen Christina of Sweden and the Squadrone Volante : political and administrative developments at the Roman Curia, 1644-1692

   Author : Marie-Louise Rodén; Princeton University; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Cardinal Decio Azzolino (1623-1689) has previously been known for his association with Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689). Thanks to the donation of the Azzolino Archive to the Biblioteca Comunale di Iesi in 1985 it is now possible to thoroughly study his career. READ MORE

7. 5. Courage of Faith : Dag Hammarskjölds Way in Quest of Negotiated Peace, Reconciliation and Meaning

   Author : Paul R. Nelson; Bo Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Faiths and ideologies; Profile; Way; White Book; existential-ontological dimension; faith and ethical mysticism; reverence for life; mystery of Jesus Christ; faithful realism; creative evolution; hermeneutics; negotiated peace; religious language and spiritual experience; diplomacy of reconciliation; human dignity imperative; UN Charter; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : Dag Hammarskjöld categorically affirmed in his undated letter which accompanied his manuscript that the entries in Vägmärken (Markings) “provide the only true ‘profile’ that can be drawn” of his personal spiritual form of life. My research focuses on Dag Hammarskjöld’s negotiations with himself and with God; his ultimate concern for self-knowledge and authentic existence, world-view, interpretation of reality, ethical praxis for human rights and a diplomacy of reconciliation. READ MORE