Search for dissertations about: "commemoration"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word commemoration.

  1. 6. Knowledge and Acknowledgement : The Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide

    Author : Vahagn Avedian; Forskarskolan i historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Armenian Genocide; 1915; politics of memory; identity; collective narratives; memory; history; Law and justice; reconciliation; Recognition; reparation; Responsibility;

    Abstract : How come that the Armenian genocide, a century old issue, is still a highly topical question, academic as well as political, in our days? My dissertation intends to follow the development of the Armenian question since WWI, with focus on the past half century, starting on the 50th commemoration day on April 24, 1965. The aim is to understand how the question has evolved during these years, identify the driving factors and the participating actors in the process of politics of memory. READ MORE

  2. 7. The Medal in Early Modern Sweden : Significances and Practices

    Author : Ylva Haidenthaller; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medals; medal art; Sweden; early modern period; visual culture; materiality; art anthropology; visual media; gift giving; memoria; numismatics; self-fashioning; uses of art; emblem;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses medals issued between 1560 and 1792 in Sweden and studies the practices and roles related to these objects. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the varying uses and functions of early modern medals by applying a long-term perspective that connects Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical medals. READ MORE

  3. 8. John Rufus and the World Vision of Anti-Chalcedonian Culture

    Author : Jan-Eric Steppa; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of the Christian church; here; visions; holy man; propaganda; hagiography; Anastasius I; Zeno; Peter the Iberian; Severus of Antioch; John Rufus; Gaza; Palestine; asceticism; monasticism; monophysitism; anti-Chalcedonianism; Chalcedon; Patristics; Byzantine Empire; Late Antiquity; Kristna kyrkans historia; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Abstract : The present study deals with the works of John Rufus, disciple of Peter the Iberian at Gaza. There are three works preserved from him, composed in Greek at the turn of the sixth century, and preserved in Syriac: the Life of Peter the Iberian, the Commemoration of the Death of Theodosius, and the Plerophories. READ MORE