NEGAILESTINGASIS SOCIALINIS DIAGNOSTIKAS JEAN BAUDRILLARD (1929–2007)
In memoriam to Jean Baudrilllard (1929-2007)
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In memoriam to Jean Baudrilllard (1929-2007)
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The obituary remembers the leading Czech historian Jan Křen (1930–2020). He was one of a generation of historians which was initially influenced by Marxist views and which worked its way toward critical thinking in the 1960s. He joined the reformist movement during the Prague Spring, was expelled from the Communist party for his attitudes, and was working in a menial job in the 1970s and 1980s. However, he continued to devote himself to history privately. He was among the first signatories of the Charter 77 and was participating in the production of historical samizdat works and in “underground” historical seminars. Since 1989, he was intensively participating in scientific life as a researcher, lecturer and organizer. He established the Department of German and Austrian Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University, and was the director of the Institute of International Studies which the department transformed itself into for many years. He participated in activities of institutions focusing on past and present Czech(oslovak)-German relations and also cooperated with the newly established Institute for Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences as a member of scientific councils. Many of his works have been translated and published in Germany. In the 1960s, Jan Křen was dealing with, in particular, Czechoslovak emigration in the West during WW2, and later especially with the history of Czech-German relations and the history of Central Europe, which his impressive work "Two centuries of Central Europe" (Dvě století střední Evropy. Prague: Argo, 2005) was devoted to.
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The obituary is a reminder of Hana Havelková, a sociologist and one of the leading personalities of the Czech feminist thinking after the fall of the Communist regime. She was initially focusing on Critical Theory; since the 1990s, she was active in the community of the non-profit Gender Studies organization in Prague and the Slovak feministic magazine "Aspekt". In the beginning of the new century, she was the prime mover of the establishment and accreditation of the discipline of gender studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the Charles University in Prague, where she subsequently lectured until 2018. Hana Havelková was not an activist, but a scientifically oriented researcher interested in a mental definition and exact analysis of the gender as an organizational principle of the society at both institutional and symbolical levels. She studied the gender on topics such as the fate of the Czech women’s movement during the socialist era and after, dilemmas of feminism in Eastern Europe, the role of expert thinking in the formation of gender relations, or political participation issues. Initially, she was the only person in the Czech feminist environment to step out from the sole source of inspiration represented by Anglo-American authorities and the first introduce Italian, German and Austrian sources into this community. The authoress stresses the significance of Hana Havelková as a source of inspiration for Czech contemporary history, whose mainstream did not show any interest in a discussion with gender studies for quite some time, and her ability to cross interdisciplinary boundaries in this area.
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The article is a tribute to the historian Mihai Maxim, born on 9 November 1943 in Vorniceni, county Botosani. He attended high school at Iasi. In 1961 he became a student of the Faculty of History at the University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" from Iași being attracted especially by the ancient history. The course of his his career was influenced by the possibility of specializing in 1963 in the field of oriental studies in the Soviet Union. Thus, he continued his studies initially at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Baku (Azerbaijan),then at Lomonosov University in Moscow, where he specialized in osmanistic. From 1968 he became an intern at the Faculty of History of University of Bucharest, where he embraced his teaching career until his retirement in2011, being since 1976 assistant professor, university lecturer 1978, associate professor 1990 and teacher since 1993.
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Outstanding personality in the historical sciences in Romania, Professor Alexandru Barnea left us an impressive biography through content and valuable for the image of a exceptional specialist in the field.
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The article is dedicated to the memory of Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Professor, Doctor of Science in Philology Aleh Antonavich Lojka. Most of the life of the famous scientist and writer was associated with the Belarusian State University. A.A. Lojka entered the university in 1948 and until the end of his life considered himself a “university student”. The book “My BSU”, written in 2005–2006, remained unpublished. It includes memoirs “From my recollections of a university student”, “Memories from the socalled social life”, notes “In search of teaching skills” and “Philological poem”. The article for the first time provides information about the history and composition of this book, using archival material.
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This article is dedicated to the memory of Vera Alekseevna Kosova (1960–2021), a prominent Kazan linguist, the representative of the Kazan School of Linguistics. Her life as a researcher and educator was inextricably linked with Kazan University, where she worked on the important problems of the theory of word formation, starting from her PhD thesis written under the guidance of a famous scientist Emiliya Agafonovna Balalykina and dedicated to the functioning of word-formation categories in their interaction with other levels of the language. V.A. Kosova pursued her reflection on this problem in the subsequent monograph and doctoral thesis. She concluded about the inter-level nature of derivational processes and relationships and the important role of word-formation science in the process of cognition: word formation, according to her, is capable of opening categorical “corridors” to the secrets of the structures of linguistic consciousness before researchers. By elaborating and developing the achievements of Kazan linguists, V.A. Kosova was one step ahead of her teachers in her theoretical views on the above problem. She performed a comprehensive analysis of the concept of word-formation category and turned to the theory of nomination. She was also successful in teaching, worked a lot with Russian and foreign students, including those in abroad universities, and strengthened the cooperation between Russia and other countries. Under her guidance, eight theses were defended; she was the chairperson of the Thesis Council. For many years, V.A. Kosova was the deputy executive editor and a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta (Proceedings of Kazan University. Humanities Series). V.A. Kosova will remain forever etched in the memory of her relatives and colleagues because of her exceptional human qualities, such as great heartedness, cheerfulness, sincere affection, humanity, and responsiveness.
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Prin anii '60, în zilele de duminică, băcăuanii iubitori de activităţi de sală erau invitaţi prin mijloacele mass-media locale la conferinţele ţinute, de regulă la Casa de Cultură, de un' om devenit familiar pentru mulţi locuitori ai urbei: IULIAN ANTONESCU.
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In memoriam: Ştefan Cucoş (1936-1992). (Written by Viorel Căpitanu)
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In memoriam: LAURA BAZ FOTIADE (1930 ‒ 2002) ‒ Mariana Mangiulea
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In memoriam of Ruth Mirov (24. XI 1928 - 26. IX 2022)
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Doc. PhDr. Ivan Bajo, CSc. (25. 11. 1935 - 15. 7. 2022) bol moj pedagóg na vysokej škole - bol moj vzor pedagóga s praxou. Bol vzacnym prikladom špečiálneho pedagóga, ale aj milovnika prirody vysokych hér, o ktorych dokazal s humorom, jemu vlastnym, dlho rozprávať. On, milovnik vysokych hér, a ja, milovnik hlbokych podzemnych priestorov. Dlhoročné priatelstvo i viaceré roky spoločného putovania po Liptove mi pomohli presvedčit' ho (po neblahych skúsenostiach s jaskyniarmi) preskúmat' nepristupn jaskyňu v Janskej doline. Statocne pät’ hodin bojoval v tme a po veceri skonstatoval, Ze liezt' do tmy ho už nikto nepresvedči. Mne sa to už nepodarilo. A tak nase priatelstvo dalej pokracovalo hlavne na odbornej psychopedickej baze.
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