Nathan Badoud, Le temps de Rhodes. Une chronologie des inscriptions de la cité fondée sur lʹétude de ses institutions, Vestigia. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte Band 63, Verlag C.H. Bech, München 2015 (562 p.)

Author(s): Livia Buzoianu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 48-49/2015

The article is a review of Nathan Badoud's work, Le temps de Rhodes. A chronology of registrations of the city based on the study of its institutions. The book, which aims to arouse interest of Rhodian epigraphic material, is the result of a long and difficult process of analysis and ordering of information. It is the revised version of a thesis doctorate at the universities of Neuchatel and Bordeaux, supported by the author under guidance of prestigious names: Denis Knopfler and Alain Bresson. Inscriptions published rhodian (from Inscriptiones Graecae XII to 2012) and which constitutes the object of the paper signed by N.B. reach the impressive figure of 5000copies. The unitary character of the inscriptions is given by the Doric dialect (preserved until the sec. III AD), typology of texts (generally catalogs of magistrates and especially by dignitaries with religious functions). Therefore, it is a"Epigraphy of names", as the author remarks, in which the information is acquired value only "in the light of the attributable date". Hence the phrase “them temps de Rhodes ”became the title of the paper.

Florin Fodorean, Pannonia, Dacia și Moesia în izvoarele geografice antice, Editura Mega, Cluj‐Napoca, 2014, 259 p., ISBN 978‐606‐543‐459‐2

Author(s): Nelu Zugravu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 48-49/2015

This review presents the work of Florin Fodorean, Pannonia, Dacia and Moesia in ancient geographical sources. The paper analyzes the data from the two sources, in which it discusses each segment provincial road and makes extremely detailed comparisons between different parameters prove, indisputably, a perfect mastery of the field. Instead, the least familiar with the subject (the signatory of these lines is one of they), who cannot avoid this work for various reasons - scientific, didactic, etc. -, will have to show a lot of patience and attention to manage among "Listings", figures, percentages, values, frequencies, "cases", figures, tables which abounds in it; dry descriptions, standard expressions, annoying repetitions of the same information from one section to another.

Culture in crisis

Author(s): / Language(s): English Issue: 26/2021

Editorial

Author(s): Carla De Tona / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2021

The new issue of Migration Letters reflects again on the complexities of a post-Covid 19 world, characterized by the overlapping of old and new migratory experiences, divided along old and new configurations of racial, ethnic and religious stratification.

Ново учебно помагало по правопис за юристи

Author(s): Nadezhda Stalyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2021

The new textbook for law students includes a variety of topics related to contemporary key issues in the field of spelling and orthography in Bulgarian.

"Imaginarul Erotic în Romanul Românesc Postbelic" de Nina Corcinschi

Author(s): Carolina Dodu-Savca / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1-2/2020

Teza de doctor habilitat "Imaginarul erotic în romanul românesc postbelic" de Nina Corcinschi.

Sunuş: Göç ve Sinema

Author(s): Ayla Torun / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 3/2021

Migration cinema, which is based on the movement in a new area opened outside the borders of the national cinema, which is formed by the homogenization of the common culture lived within national borders, takes the interaction created by cultural encounters in its center. Based on the transitions and encounters between the homeland of departure and the new country reached, the studies on theorizing of migration cinema, which is based primarily on the country border and then on cultural interaction, have also been diversified based on these two concepts. Despite a meaning that has become independent from its origin and development process in today's global system and that includes the production, distribution and screening stages of the cinema industry with the influence of technological developments; The concept of transnational cinema characterizes immigration and immigrant cinema.Although cinematic transnationalism has come to encompass an internationality stemming from the multi-component conditions inherent in film production, transnational cinema studies continue to progress by preserving the thematic emphasis. Transnational cinema is the on-screen representation of real transnational processes and experiences of migration and exile, and is concerned with a broad field that encompasses phenomena that are certainly more interesting in their differences than in their similarities. The last decade, in which the subject of transnational cinema has been intensively addressed in many film and media schools and cinema studies, has shown that the discussion of the transnational field also brings the issue of the future of national cinemas. This field, which has been expanding and transforming with various scientific studies, is evolving towards "post-national" cinema by including national cinemas, which are gradually falling off the agenda under the influence of the dominant mainstream cinema together with neoliberal policies and globalization.In this special issue of Göç Magazine devoted to Göç and Cinema, there are studies that deal with the relationship between migration and cinema from various aspects.

Pleating Stylistic Functions, Or When Literature and Linguistics Collide

Author(s): Oana-Celia Gheorghiu / Language(s): English Issue: 11/2021

Many philological study programmes fall under two categories thatshould intertwine, but which often end up being worlds apart from eachother: language and literature. It’s in the name; and yet, sometimes,coordination fails, and polarisation makes room for barely guiseddisdain for the other. Fortunately, they reunite when stylistics ‘takes thefloor’: when literature cannot be construed in the absence of a soundlinguistic analysis of its features, and when linguistics cannot find itsmost complex application without resorting to the most elaborateexpressions of the written language, i.e., to fiction. Due to its linguisticand ideational complexity, the Modernist novel is clearly in desperateneed of such togetherness when it comes to looking into its intricacies,and Daniela Șorcaru’s study, Ways of Pleating Stylistics Functions (2021),proves successful in this compulsory endeavour

Netflix Games: Streaming Giant Expands to Gaming

Author(s): Adam Kysler / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

On July 20, 2021, Netflix, in their shareholder letter, claimed that they are in the early stages of further expanding into digital games. For Netflix, it is one of many ways to extend the number of subscribers to include gamers.

Беларуская лiтаратура – з пазiцый эстэтычных i этычных катэгорый / В.Ю. Бароўка, Аксiялогiя беларускай лiтаратуры: манаграфiя, Вiцебск 2020

Author(s): Hanna Hladkova / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 13/2021

Ogólnopolska konferencja naukowa „Problemy teorii i praktyki tworzenia prawa w Polsce. Konferencja poświęcona pamięci Doktora Macieja Kłodawskiego”, Szczecin, 14 maja 2021 roku

Author(s): Paweł M. Nowotko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 35 (3)/2021

Book review

Author(s): Xuan Li / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

Book review

Author(s): Villy Tsakona / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

Book review

Author(s): Mark Weeks / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

Украинско-болгарские отношения 1914–1944 гг. в освещении современной историографии

Author(s): Viкtor Savchenko,Oleksandr Trygub / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3-4/2021

Book Review

Imagination, geniuses and thought collectives

Author(s): Łukasz Mścisławski / Language(s): English Issue: 71/2021

In his book Wojciech Sady attempts to reconstruct the structure of the fundamental transformations that can be described as the relativistic and quantum revolution. Referring to rich historical material and Ludwik Fleck’s reflections on the development of scientific knowledge, the author tries to explain how it is possible that “scientists began to think differently than they had been taught.” Sady’s work, although not devoid of somewhat weaker points, is a brave and thought-provoking attempt to propose his own explanation of the mechanisms of the aforementioned transformations.

Novacene: The coming age of hyperintelligence—James Lovelock’s vision of posthumanism

Author(s): Roman Krzanowski / Language(s): English Issue: 71/2021

James Lovelock, who is famous for the Gaia hypothesis (1979), has written a new book entitled Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence (2019). It is an extended argument about an impending new epoch on Earth called Novacene in which biological life as we know it will evolve into lifeforms based on cyber technology (i.e., cyborgs) built from non-biological materials. Novacene may be seen as a development of the ideas presented in Lovelock’s earlier book A Rough Guide to The Future (2014). In Novacene, the Earth will be populated by cyborgs, which are self-replicating and self-improving mechanical systems that will eventually dominate and rule the Earth. These cyborgs will possess intelligence and knowledge beyond our understanding.

Duchowość bez ducha

Author(s): Michał Borek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 71/2021

Wesley Wildman’s and Kate Stockly’s book Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering is an interesting compilation and analysis of current research on technologies of spiritual experience. The book offers the latest advances in neuroscience, very bold predictions about the development of spirituality technology, and very far-reaching conclusions about the development of religion. The authors take an interdisciplinary approach to their work, touching on neuroscience, medical engineering, psychology, religion, and ethics. They do not shy away from the big philosophical, psychological, and ethical questions, and they specifically focus on questions of authenticity, meaning, safety, and social responsibility arising from the marriage of technology and spirituality. Modern neuroscience along with engineering has already created new areas of science-faith and technology-faith relationships. Spiritual alternatives in the form of technology are increasingly posing a fresh challenge to traditional spirituality and religion.

Czy (i komu) potrzebne są czasopisma naukowe? Kontekst nauk społecznych

Author(s): Jerzy Marian Brzeziński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2021

The article raises a few issues – essential in the author’s view – which are related to the place of scientific journals in the system of science, with special emphasis laid on the publishing practice of scholars representing the social sciences. The practice of overusing bibliometric indices with which individual journals are assigned – especially in evaluation procedures – is taken into account and subjected to criticism. The author strongly supports DORA (the declaration on research assessment) when it comes to the common practice of replacing peer review with a simpler and more effective procedure of using bibliometric indices (also to assess the performance of individual scholars). When employers (for instance, universities) exert pressure on scientists to obtain points from publications, this results in a number of pathological phenomena: the emergence of predatory journals and the appearance of ‘virtual’ teams of authors only pretending to collaborate. The article ends with the author's recommendations for young scientists on how to design their careers – including how to publish wisely in scientific journals.

Aktualne problemy czasopism naukowych w Polsce

Author(s): Maciej Żukowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2021

Scientific journals are and probably will remain the key research communication channel. In the social sciences and humanities, journals will not eliminate or marginalize books (monographs). Although measuring research results by means of lists and points is probably necessary, attempts should be made to at least counteract the downsides of running after points and impactitis. Publishing in prestigious international journals in English is important for participation in international research, but good journals in Polish should also be supported, especially those focused on the social sciences and humanities and addressing issues associated with culture and society. There are no strong arguments for the bureaucratic assigning of scientific disciplines to journals on the Minister’s list, and multidisciplinary journals should be supported. Open access to scientific journals has advantages, but it raises concerns about equal access of authors from poorer countries, and about quality. The joint efforts of researchers, publishers and governments are needed to fight against the pathology of predatory journals. Scientific journals in the field of the social sciences and humanities could accept shorter, concise texts, taking the role of books in these sciences into account.