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David Gorlaeus (1591-1612)
(2012)
When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. ...
Dutch Atlantic Connections, 1680-1800 : Linking Empires, Bridging Borders
(2014)
This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access. Dutch Atlantic Connections reevaluates the role of the Dutch in the Atlantic between 1680-1800. It shows how pivotal the Dutch were for the functioning of the ...
Emerging Memory
(2016-03-01)
This incisive volume brings together postcolonial studies, visual culture and cultural memory studies to explain how the Netherlands continues to rediscover its history of violence in colonial Indonesia. Dutch commentators ...
Frans Hals or not Frans Hals
(2024)
Frans Hals is hailed as one of the three greatest painters of the Dutch seventeenth century along with Rembrandt and Vermeer. Of all seventeenth-century Dutch painters, Frans Hals is also the most controversial in as far ...
Watañi lāntaṃ
(2023)
Contacts between Tocharian A and B and Khotanese and Tumshuqese, four languages once spoken in today’s Xīnjiāng Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, lack a comprehensive treatment and are still a controversial ...
Noncommutative Geometry and Particle Physics
(2025)
This book provides an introduction to noncommutative geometry and presents a number of its recent applications to particle physics. In the first part, we introduce the main concepts and techniques by studying finite ...
Among Digitized Manuscripts. Philology, Codicology, Paleography in a Digital World
(2019)
If you work with digital photos of manuscripts or archival materials, Among Digitized Manuscripts provides the conceptual and practical toolbox for you to create a state-of-the-art methodology and workflow. No previous ...
Protecting the Fatherland: Lawsuits and Political Debates in Jülich, Hesse-Cassel and Brittany (1642-1655)
(2021)
This open access book presents a comparative analysis of the use of fatherland terminology in a political and legal context in Jülich, Hesse-Cassel and Brittany from 1642 to 1655. Fatherland terminology includes words such ...
Nuel Belnap on Indeterminism and Free Action
(2014)
In this introduction to the Outstanding contributions to logic volume devoted to Nuel Belnap’s work on indeterminism and free action, we provide a
brief overview of some of the formal frameworks and methods involved in ...
Playful Identities
(2015)
In this edited volume, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day ...
The Skandapurāṇa Volume IV
(2018)
Skandapurāṇa IV presents a critical edition of Adhyāyas 70-95 from the Skandapurāṇa , with an introduction and annotated English synopsis.
The text edited in this volume includes the myths of Viṣṇu’s manifestation as the ...
The Politics of Famine in European History and Memory
(2025)
This is the first book to bring together groundbreaking scholarship focusing on the various ways in which famines result from political decision-making, and how the threat, occurrence, relief, or memory of famine is ...
Recollecting Resonances : Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters
(2014)
Over time Dutch and Indonesian musicians have inspired each other and they continue to do so. Recollecting Resonances offers a way of studying these musical encounters and a mutual heritage one today still can listen to.
The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678)
(2013)
The art of Samuel van Hoogstraten
Foundations of Quantum Theory: From Classical Concepts to Operator Algebras
(2017)
Quantum physics; Mathematical physics; Matrix theory; Algebra
Performances of Peace: Utrecht 1713
(2016)
Performances of Peace: Utrecht 1713 aims to rethink the significance of the Peace of Utrecht (1713) by exploring the nexus between culture and politics. This book is available in Open Access.
Nietzsche and Kant as Thinkers of Antagonism
(2024)
The question of antagonism, struggle and dissensus, and their place, limits and value for democracy, has divided deliberative from agonistic theories in recent years and remains the main source of the impasse between them. ...
Animals in Dutch Travel Writing, 1800-present
(2023)
Apart from humans, animals play a pivotal role in travel literature. However, the way they are represented in texts can vary from living companions to metaphorical entities. Existing studies mainly focus on the representation ...
Twisted Isospectrality, Homological Wideness, and Isometry
(2023)
The question of reconstructing a geometric shape from spectra of operators (such as the Laplace operator) is decades old and an active area of research in mathematics and mathematical physics. This book focusses on the ...
Onze vriend op de pauwentroon
(2023)
Reading the news about Iran today one can hardly imagine that relations between the Netherlands and Iran were excellent until 1979. Mohammed-Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Persia, was known in The Netherlands as a visionary ...
Postcolonial Netherlands
(2011)
The Netherlands is home to one million citizens with roots in the former colonies Indonesia, Suriname and the Antilles. Entitlement to Dutch citizenship, pre-migration acculturation in Dutch language and culture as well ...
Issue Mapping for an Ageing Europe
(2015)
Issue Mapping for an Ageing Europe is a seminal guide to mapping social and political issues with digital methods. The issue at stake concerns the imminent crisis of an ageing Europe and its impact on the contemporary ...
Painting and Publishing as Cultural Industries
(2016)
The Dutch Republic was a cultural powerhouse in the modern era, producing lasting masterpieces in painting and publishing-and in the process transforming those fields from modest trades to booming industries. This book ...
The Monastery Rules
(2018)
"The Monastery Rules discusses the position of monks and monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies. Using the monastic guidelines (bca’ yig) as primary sources, this book examines the impact of Buddhist monastic ...
Productive Fandom
(2018)
This book offers a media ethnography of the digital culture, conventions, and urban spaces associated with fandoms, arguing that fandom is an area of productive, creative, and subversive value.
Syntax of Dutch
(2012)
The Syntax of Dutch will be published in at least seven volumes in the period 2012-2016 and aims at presenting a synthesis of the currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned with language ...
Syntax of Dutch
(2012)
The Syntax of Dutch will be published in at least seven volumes in the period 2012-2016 and aims at presenting a synthesis of the currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned with language ...
The Making of the Humanities : volume II From Early Modern to Modern Disciplines
(2012)
This much-awaited second volume investigates the changes in subject, method and institutional context of the humanistic disciplines around 1800, offering a wealth of insights for specialists and students alike. Point of ...
Aquaponics Food Production Systems
(2019)
This open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic ...
Literary Hispanophobia and Hispanophilia in Britain and the Low Countries (1550-1850)
(2020)
Spain has been a fruitful locus for the European imagination for centuries, and it has been most often perceived in black-and-white oppositions -- either as a tyrannical and fanatical force in the early modern period or ...
Language Planning as Nation Building
(2019)
The decades around 1800 constitute the seminal period of European nationalism. The linguistic corollary of this was the rise of standard language ideology, from Finland to Spain, and from Iceland to the Habsburg Empire. ...
Early Printed Narrative Literature in Western Europe
(2020)
The shift from hand-written to printed books left its mark on narrative literature in Western Europe. The essays in this volume address developments in the history of early printed narrative texts as well as publication ...
The Hackable City
(2019)
This open access book presents a selection of the best contributions to the Digital Cities 9 Workshop held in Limerick in 2015, combining a number of the latest academic insights into new collaborative modes of city making ...
Marine Carbon Biogeochemistry
(2019)
This open access book discusses biogeochemical processes relevant to carbon and aims to provide readers, graduate students and researchers, with insight into the functioning of marine ecosystems. A carbon centric approach ...
Sonic Skills
(2019)
It is common for us today to associate the practice of science primarily with the act of seeing—with staring at computer screens, analyzing graphs, and presenting images. We may notice that physicians use stethoscopes to ...
Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
(2019)
This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence. This book, LNCS 11429, is part III of the proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2019, ...
Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development
(2018)
This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed ...
Finding the Limits of the Limes
(2019)
This open access book demonstrates the application of simulation modelling and network analysis techniques in the field of Roman studies. It summarizes and discusses the results of a 5-year research project carried out by ...
The Look of Lyric: Greek Song and the Visual
(2016)
The Look of Lyric: Greek Song and the Visual addresses the varied modes of interaction between ancient Greek lyric poetry and the visual arts as well as more general notions of visuality. Readership: Students and scholars ...
The Early Reception and Appropriation of the Apostle Peter (60-800 CE)
(2020)
The Early Reception and Appropriation of the Apostle Peter (60-800 CE) investigates the interdisciplinary history of the reception of Peter from the first century up to Charlemagne, revealing as much about Peter as about ...
De netwerkkracht van de Rotterdammer in het sociale domein
(2019)
In Hoofdstuk 1 worden de achtergronden van het NWO programma Slimme sturing (Smart governance) en de Zorgtransitie besproken, die de aanleiding vormden voor de opzet van het onderzoek ‘Lokaal bestuur en eigen kracht in ...
Compound Histories
(2017)
Compound Histories: Materials, Governance and Production, 1760-1840 explores the intertwined realms of production, governance and materials, placing chemists and chemistry at the center of processes most closely identified ...
Atlas
(2019)
Public libraries want to contribute to an inclusive and innovative society and aim to enable their patrons to acquire the necessary 21st century skills. Dutch public libraries are therefore gradually adding more and more ...
Syntax of Dutch: Verb and Verb Phrases. Volume 2
(2015)
Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases consists of three volumes. Volume 1 opens with a general introduction to verbs, including a review of various verb classifications and discussions on inflection, tense, mood, modality ...
Border Deaths
(2019)
Border deaths are a result of dynamics involving diverse actors, and can be interpreted and represented in various ways. Critical voices from civil society (including academia) hold states responsible for making safe ...
Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan
(2018)
The bursting of the economic bubble in the 1990s shook the very foundation of the post-war economic 'miracle' and marked the beginning of a gradual shift in the environmental consciousness of the Japanese. Yet, it by no ...
Jus Post Bellum: Mapping the Normative Foundations
(2014)
The successful transition from armed conflict to peace is one of the greatest challenges of contemporary warfare. The laws and principles governing transitions from conflict to peace (jus post bellum) have only recently ...
Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society
(2024)
The influence of austerity measures and neoliberal ideologies has sparked discussions about the relevance and value of academic institutions, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Universities are redirecting ...
The Roots of Nationalism: National Identity Formation in Early Modern Europe, 1600-1815
(2016)
This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in various European contexts between 1600 and 1815. Contributors challenge the dichotomy between ...
Beijing Garbage: A City Besieged by Waste
(2019)
Why do central and local government initiatives aiming to curb the proliferation of garbage in Beijing and its disposal continue to be unsuccessful? Is the Uberization of waste picking through online-to-offline (O2O) garbage ...
New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies
(2012)
This book is the first monograph on the theme of “new materialism,” an emerging trend in 21st century thought that has already left its mark in such fields as philosophy, cultural theory, feminism, science studies, and the ...
Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires
(2011)
"In recent decades the history of premodern states and empires has undergone major revision. At the heart of this process stood the court, encompassing the household as well as government institutions. This volume for the ...
Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases. Volume 1
(2015)
Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases consists of three volumes. Volume 1 opens with a general introduction to verbs, including a review of various verb classifications and discussions on inflection, tense, mood, modality ...
Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times
(2023)
Disasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through media such as chronicles, pamphlets, newspapers, poems, drawings, and prints. Nowadays, we ...
Digital Media, Denunciation and Shaming
(2025)
This book offers a common set of concepts to help make sense of online shaming practices, accounting for instances of discrimination and injury that morally divide readers and at times risk unjust and disproportionate harm ...
Gender, Migration and Categorisation
(2013)
All people are equal, according to Thomas Jefferson, but all migrants are not. In this volume, twelve eminent scholars describe and analyse how in countries such as France, the United States, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the ...
Fading Foundations: Probability and the Regress Problem
(2017)
epistemic justification; infinite regress; epistemology; ethics; metaphysics; philosophy
Noordbrabants Historisch Jaarboek 39
(2022)
This colloquium focuses on urban and princely space in the Duchy of Brabant in the late Middle Ages and early modern period. The focus is on how territorial developments were perceived in different social milieus. After ...
Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases. Volume 3
(2016)
The Syntax of Dutch aims at presenting a synthesis of the currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned with language description and not with linguistic theory, and provides support to all ...
The Making of the Humanities, Volume III. The Modern Humanities
(2014)
This comprehensive history of the humanities focuses on the modern period (1850-2000). The contributors, including Floris Cohen, Lorraine Daston and Ingrid Rowland, survey the rise of the humanities in interaction with the ...