Versicherungsrechtliche Studien

In der Buchreihe “Versicherungsrechtliche Studien“ wird zu Themen aus dem Fachbereich der Rechtswissenschaft publiziert. Die Herausgeber sind Professor Gerrit Winter sowie Professor Robert Koch. Sie beschäftigen sich in ihrer Forschung mit den Bereichen deutsches und ausländisches Privatversicherungsrecht, bürgerliches Recht sowie Rechtsvereinheitlichung und -vergleichung. Diese Themen spiegeln sich in den Studien der Reihe wider.

83 publications

Dialoghi / Dialogues

Im Kontext kulturwissenschaftlicher Forschung setzt sich die Reihe “Dialoghi / Dialogues“ aus dem Gebiet der Romanistik mit der Literatur und Kultur Frankreichs und Italiens auseinander. Dabei werden sowohl Studien zu Einzelpersonen wie z.B. Machiavelli, Casanova und Maria de' Medici als auch zu historischen und literaturwissenschaftlichen Themenstellungen veröffentlicht. Die Reihe wird von Professor Dirk Hoeges herausgegeben, der zu Philologie, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften forscht und lehrt. Homepage des Herausgebers: Prof. Dr. Dirk Hoeges

17 publications

Conflict and Peace

ISSN: 2575-6796

This series highlights leading-edge conflict transformation and peacebuilding work that is achieved through engaged scholarship in the contemporary world. Volumes in the series demonstrate the relationship between conflict and systemic issues related to culture, society, the environment, politics, history, and economics. The series emphasizes the lived experience of conflict transformation and peacebuilding for practitioners, as well as novel ways of representing the spectrum of lived experiences of people involved in conflict transformation and building. These volumes show the relationship between theory and practice, consider a variety of modes and domains of communication and interaction, and are written to engage multiple audiences.

2 publications

Générations futures, Paix et Environnement / Future generations, Peace and the Environment

ISSN: 2736-3279

The purpose of this collection is to promote the work carried out by the Normandy Chair for Peace, which investigates the rights of future generations and Peace with the Earth. Resolutely open to the international scene and committed to multidisciplinarity, the Normandy Chair for Peace will publish here the proceedings and scholarship it has coordinated in fields as varied as: the legal protection of the planet, the rights of indigenous peoples, the rights of nature, animals, success stories, and environmental peace-building. This collection strives for coherence among the various transformations currently under way in international, regional and national legal systems with a view toward establishing sustainable protection of the environment, environmental rights and the future. The collection also explores protection of the future human condition along with bioethical issues that are constantly renewing the legitimate fields of law. Drawing on the immemorial wisdom of Humankind, this collection intends to promote all types of work illustrating the imperative of civilization according to which: "We shall have peace on Earth when we live in Peace with the Earth". Cette collection a pour objet de promouvoir les travaux menés par la Chaire Normandie pour la Paix qui œuvre pour le droit des générations futures et la Paix avec la Terre. Résolument ouverte à l’international et inscrite dans la pluridisciplinarité, la Chaire Normandie pour la paix publiera ici les travaux scientifiques qu’elle aura coordonné dans des domaines aussi variés que　: la protection juridique de la planète, des droits des peuples autochtones, des droits de la nature, des animaux, des success stories, de la construction de la paix environnementale. Elle œuvre pour une mise en cohérence de différentes transformations actuellement en cours au sein des systèmes juridiques internationaux, régionaux à nationaux en vue d’instituer une protection durable de l’environnement, des droits environnementaux et de l’avenir. Elle est également ouverte à la protection de la condition humaine future et aux questions de bioéthique qui ne cessent de renouveler les champs légitimes du droit. Prenant appui sur la sagesse immémoriale de l’Humanité, cette collection entend promouvoir tous types de travaux illustrant cet impératif de civilisation selon lequel　: «　Nous aurons la paix sur Terre lorsque nous vivrons en Paix avec la Terre　».

7 publications

Conflict and Consciousness

8 publications

Das Alte Testament im Dialog / An Outline of an Old Testament Dialogue

ISSN: 1662-1689

This series intends to promote and stimulate the scientific dialogue between the Old Testament and its interrelated subjects. The interest is focused on the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament and on its relationship with the human sciences. In addition to theology, anthropology and ethics and aside from areas relating to psychology, pedagogy, sociology, economics, historiography, music and linguistics, there are some important points of reference to scientific questions, including medicine. This international series will publish not only monographs and conference volumes but also theses and dissertations in German, English, Italian and Romanian. Of vital importance is the desire that these volumes address themselves not exclusively to specialists, but to the general interested reader. Diese Reihe will den wissenschaftlichen Dialog zwischen dem Alten Testament und benachbarten Fächern fördern. Im Mittelpunkt des Interesses stehen der weit verzweigte Dialog zum Neuen Testament sowie die wechselseitige Beziehung mit den Humanwissenschaften, die durch die Vielschichtigkeit des Alten Testaments hervorgerufen wird. Dazu gehören neben der Theologie, Anthropologie und Ethik auch Gebiete wie Psychologie, Pädagogik, Soziologie, Ökonomie, Geschichtsschreibung, Musikwissenschaften und Sprachforschung. Aber auch zu naturwissenschaftlichen Fragen wie beispielsweise in der Medizin gibt es einige wichtige Bezugspunkte. In diese international ausgerichtete Reihe werden sowohl Monographien und Tagungsbände als auch Dissertationen und Habilitationen in deutscher, englischer, italienischer und rumänischer Sprache aufgenommen. Ein wichtiges Anliegen ist es, dass sich die Bände nicht ausschliesslich an Fachleute richten, sondern eine breitere wissenschaftlich interessierte Leserschaft ansprechen.

12 publications

Education and Struggle

ISSN: 2168-6432

"WE ARE THE STORIES WE TELL. The series "Education and Struggle" focuses on conflict as a discursive process where people struggle for legitimacy and the narrative process becomes a political struggle for meaning. But this series will also include the voices of authors and activists who are involved in conflicts over material necessities in their communities, schools, places of worship, and public squares as part of an ongoing search for dignity, self-determination and autonomy. This series focuses on conflict and struggle within the realm of educational politics based around a series of interrelated themes: indigenous struggles; western-Islamic conflicts; globalization and the clash of worldviews; neoliberalism as the war within;colonization and neocolonization; the coloniality of power and decolonial pedagogy; war and conflict and the struggle for liberation. It publishes narrative accounts of specific struggles as well as theorizing "conflict narratives" and the political production of meaning in educational studies. During this time of global conflict and the crisis of capitalism, Education and Struggle promises to be on the cutting edge of social, cultural, educational and political transformation. Central to the series is the idea that language is essentially a dialogical production that is formed through a process of social conflict and interaction. The aim is to focus on key semiotic, literary andpolitical concepts as a basis for a philosophy of language and culture where the underlying materialist philosophy of language and culture serves as the basis for the larger project that we might call dialogism (after Bakhtin’s usage). As the late V.N. Volosinov suggests “Without signs there is no ideology”, “Everything ideological possesses semiotic value” and “individual consciousness is a socio-ideological fact”. It is a small step to claim, therefore, “consciousness itself can arise and become a viable fact only in the material embodiment of signs”. This series is a vehicle for materialist semiotics in the narrative and dialogue of education and struggle."

39 publications

China, Europa und die Welt – Literaturen und Kulturen im Dialog / China, Europe and the World – Literatures and Cultures in Dialogue

ISSN: 2569-1961

In times of globalization and cultural contemporaneity, the series China, Europe and the World – Literatures and Cultures in Dialogue, is an intercultural forum for the communication of academic voices regarding the "China dialogue". It builds a world-wide bridge between scholars and varied academic traditions, continuing the dialogic research between and among Chinese, European, and those scholars from other parts of the world. As a research network, the series also serves as a platform for academic exchange in fields of cultural, literary, linguistic, translational and historical studies. Manuscripts within the series’ range of topics are welcome and will be published after peer review. Vol. 1 and 2 have been published in the series Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten. Übersetzung – Vermittlung – Rezeption. In Zeiten der Globalisierung, aber auch der Erfahrung kultureller Identitäten versteht sich die Reihe China, Europa und die Welt – Literaturen und Kulturen im Dialog als ein interkulturelles Forum für die Vermittlung und den Austausch von Primärliteratur, Übersetzungen, Forschungsergebnissen, Rezeptionen und Kommentaren zum „China-Dialog". Sie schlägt eine Brücke zwischen interessierten Wissenschaftler/inne/n und einschlägigen Wissenschaftstraditionen in Fortführung des dialogischen Forschungsauftrags zwischen China, Europa und anderen Ländern auf der Welt. Schließlich präsentiert sie als Wissenschaftsnetzwerk eine Plattform für den akademischen Kulturaustausch mit Beiträgen aus den Bereichen der Kultur-, Literatur-, Sprach-, Übersetzungs- und Geschichtswissenschaft. Manuskriptvorschläge sind willkommen und können bei den Herausgebern eingereicht werden. Band 1 und 2 sind in der Reihe Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten. Übersetzung – Vermittlung – Rezeption erschienen.

4 publications

Descolonizar los Estudios cubanos interdisciplinarios/Decolonizing Interdisciplinary Cuban Studies

This series publishes scholarly and creative contributions to the global field of Cuban Studies. Written in English or Spanish (or a combination), the titles in this series include monographs, edited volumes, translations of academic studies and works that combine academic and creative work around a theme or concept. The series centres on the concept of decolonization, and represents a turn towards perspectives that steer clear of cultural hegemonies and that are built on a multiplicity of voices, ideas and projects that are all integrated on equal terms and on the basis of inherent rigour. In this sense, the series aims to decolonize Cuban Studies by allowing for productive dialogue between scholars in the arts, social sciences and humanities in Cuba, and between Cuban scholars and Cubanists elsewhere. It privileges approaches and concepts that recognise ecologies of knowledge – the multiple and complex interactions between knowledge and power in Europe, the US and Latin America and the Caribbean – and it especially encourages perspectives from the Global South. It embraces interdisciplinarity and co-production and creates a unique space for local and peripheral visions of Cuba to be seen. The mission of the series is to provide a place for dialogue and new collaborations in the broad field of Cuban Studies through linking the local, the national and the transnational in productive conversations designed to decolonize our understanding of Cuba. Esta colección publica contribuciones académicas y creativas al campo global de los Estudios cubanos. Escritos en inglés o español (o una combinación), los títulos de esta colección incluyen monografías, volúmenes editados, traducciones de estudios académicos y trabajos que combinan trabajos académicos y creativos en torno a un tema o concepto. La colección parte del concepto de descolonización, que representa un giro hacia una visión despojada de hegemonismos culturales, sustentada en la multiplicidad de voces, ideas y propuestas que la integran en igualdad de condiciones y preeminencia científica. En tal sentido, la colección tiene como objetivo descolonizar los Estudios Cubanos al permitir un diálogo productivo entre académicos en las artes, ciencias sociales y humanidades en Cuba, y entre académicos cubanos y cubanistas en otros lugares. Privilegia enfoques y conceptos que reconocen las ecologías del saber –las múltiples y complejas interacciones entre saber y poder en Europa, Estados Unidos y América Latina y el Caribe– y alienta especialmente las perspectivas del Sur global. Abarca la interdisciplinariedad y la coproducción y crea un espacio único para que se vean las visiones locales y periféricas de Cuba. La misión de la colección es proporcionar un lugar para el diálogo y nuevas colaboraciones en el amplio campo de los Estudios cubanos a través de la vinculación de lo local, lo nacional y lo transnacional en conversaciones productivas diseñadas para descolonizar nuestra comprensión de Cuba.

2 publications

Interdisziplinärer Dialog - Ethik im Gesundheitswesen

In der modernen Medizin und Pflege nimmt der Wissenszuwachs über den Menschen rasant zu und ständig eröffnen sich neue Handlungsmöglichkeiten. Moralische Fragen werden dabei auf der individuellen und sozialen Ebene aufgeworfen: Welche der zur Verfügung stehenden Handlungsmöglichkeiten ist die einem Menschen angemessene? Wie weit soll der medizin-technische Fortschritt gehen, und wie lässt er sich von der Gesellschaft finanzieren und fair verteilen? Antworten auf diese den Menschen und die Gesellschaft in ihrem moralischen Kern betreffenden Fragen zu suchen, ist eine grosse ethische Herausforderung für die Menschen in der Postmoderne im Kontext einer pluralistischen Gesellschaft. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist der interdisziplinäre Dialog aller Betroffenen heute besonders dringlich. Er ist Voraussetzung für verantwortliches Handeln in Medizin und Pflege. Die vorliegende Buchreihe Interdisziplinärer Dialog Ethik im Gesundheitswesen soll zu diesem Dialog einen aktiven Beitrag leisten. Publiziert werden Kongressberichte, Tagungsbände, Dissertationen, Festschriften etc., welche sich interdisziplinär mit moralischen Problemen und Fragestellungen des Gesundheitswesens auseinandersetzen. Ausserdem bietet die Reihe Platz für konkrete Handlungsvorschläge zu einzelnen Krankheitsbildern und verschiedenen Problemfeldern des Gesundheitswesens. Theorie und Praxis sollen gleichgewichtig zu Wort kommen. Es werden Manuskripte in deutscher, französischer und englischer Sprache aufgenommen. Homepage: Dialog Ethik, Interdisziplinäres Institut für Ethik im Gesundheitswesen

11 publications

Kulturelle Dialoge

1 publications

Sprache im Kontext

In der Reihe “Sprache im Kontext“ erscheinen Monographien und einschlägige Sammelwerke zur Linguistik. Es werden Forschungsergebnisse der Soziolinguistik, Psycholinguistik und Textlinguistik präsentiert. Mit Veröffentlichungen unter anderem zu den Bereichen Sprache und Politik, Vorurteilsforschung und Diskriminierung, Genderforschung, Mehrsprachigkeit und Fremd- und Fachsprachendidaktik bietet die Reihe ein breites Spektrum angewandt-sprachwissenschaftlicher Themen. Sie wird herausgegeben von Professorin Ruth Wodak und Professor Martin Stegu.

44 publications

Moderne – Kulturen – Relationen

Die Reihe Moderne – Kulturen – Relationen befasst sich im Fachbereich Theologie mit der Sozialwissenschaft christlicher Prägung. Die Monographien und Sammelbände der Reihe beschäftigen sich mit theoretischen Reflexionen und Praxisanwendungen einer Sozialethik und Ethik als Verantwortung in der Moderne. Schwerpunkte sind dabei beispielsweise Jugendkriminalität und Ethik in der Wirtschaft. Die Reihe erscheint in deutscher, französischer und spanischer Sprache.

22 publications

The City as Place: Emotions, Experiences, and Meanings

ISSN: 2632-0924

The purpose of this series is to examine the city as a lived place. Specifically, we are interested in the ways in which the city is invested with meaning through everyday lived experiences. The series is particularly interested in submissions that focus on the perceptual and felt dimensions of urban places through exploring the experiential, emotional, sensory, and affective dimensions that contribute to how people behave in, feel about, and move around in cities. Books in this series will interrogate the relationship between people and place through a focus on the diverse ways in which subjective and intimate feelings are fundamental constituents of the urban experience. We encourage authors to examine the city as a lived place from a range of different perspectives, and to be inclusive of individual and collective voices in the city to better understand the historical development and contemporary evolution of diverse urban settings. Some of the questions we seek to explore through the series include, but are not restricted to: How is the city experienced, by whom, and how does this change over time? Who shapes the experience of the city and for what reasons? How do individual and shared joy, fear, pride, nostalgia, disgust, or other emotions, shape the meanings attributed to urban spaces? How does the lived experience of, and emotional connections to, urban places inform the way particular spaces within cities are preserved and memorialized, or alternatively demolished and redeveloped? In what ways is our understanding of the lived experience of the city sharpened through the lens of comparative, transnational, and global approaches? The series seeks to examine the real and the imaginary, the representational and the non-representational, the historical and the contemporary, the remembered and the recreated in all historical periods including research on the twenty-first-century city. The series is open to work covering all geographic areas, and we encourage authors, where possible and relevant, to situate their studies in comparative, transnational, or global perspectives. Books may be published in English or in French. Series Editors: Dr Rebecca Madgin, Urban Studies, University of Glasgow and Dr Nicolas Kenny, History, Simon Fraser University. Advisory Board: Dr Anneleen Arnout (Radboud), Prof. Katie Barclay (Macquarie), Prof. Steven Cooke (Deakin), Prof. Nicole Eustace (NYU), Prof. Sian Jones (Stirling), Dr James Lesh (Melbourne), Prof. Piroska Nagy (Québec à Montréal), Dr Joseph Prestel (FU Berlin), Prof. Roey Sweet (Leicester), Prof. Astrid Swenson (Bayreuth).

4 publications

Ordnungspolitische Dialoge

Die Buchreihe “Ordnungspolitische Dialoge“ widmet sich im Bereich der Betriebswissenschaft und Politikwissenschaft international ausgerichteten Studien zur Sozialen Marktwirtschaft. Herausgeber der Reihe ist Professor Ralph Wrobel, der sich in seiner Forschungsarbeit unter anderem mit Ordnungspolitik und Institutionenökonomie, Systemwettbewerb, EU-Wirtschaftspolitik und Transformationsprozessen beschäftigt.

6 publications

Interkultureller Dialog

ISSN: 1866-752X

17 publications

Europäische Bildung im Dialog

Ziel dieser Buchreihe ist es, den bildungswissenschaftlichen Diskurs vor dem Hintergrund des europäischen Integrationsprozesses in international-vergleichender Perspektive voranzubringen. Angesichts der aktuellen wirtschaftlichen und politischen Entwicklungen in Europa sehen sich Bildung und Forschung vor neue Herausforderungen gestellt: Die politische und wirtschaftliche Reduzierung von Bildung und Bildungsforschung auf technisch verwertbares Humankapital sowie auf die Messung von Bildungsleistung verstellt zunehmend den Blick für die Bedingungen von Ungleichheit v.a. entlang der Dimensionen soziale Klasse, Ethnizität und Staatsangehörigkeit. Die Buchreihe legt einen deutlichen Fokus auf komplexe theoretische Fundierungen und empirische Rekonstruktionen jener Mechanismen und Strukturen, die zu einer Perspektivverengung von Bildungspraxis, Bildungspolitik und Bildungsforschung führen und so strukturell und kulturell verankerte klassen-, migrations- und geschlechtsspezifische Ungleichheiten ebenso legitimieren wie verfestigen. Eine transdisziplinäre Ausrichtung der Buchreihe soll ermöglichen, dass theoretische und forschungsmethodische Weiterentwicklungen aus der Perspektive einer kritisch-reflexiven vergleichenden Bildungsforschung aufgezeigt und diskutiert werden können.

13 publications

Issues in Systematic Theology

This series emphasizes issues in contemporary systematic theology but is open to theological issues from the past. Works in this series seek to explore such issues as the relation of reason and revelation, experience and doctrine, the meaning of revelation, method in theology, Trinitarian Theology, the doctrine of God, Christology, sacraments and the Church. Of course other issues such as ecumenical relations or specific doctrinal studies on topics such as predestination or studies evaluating particular influential theologians may be considered. Authors whose work is critical, constructive, and ecumenical are encouraged to consider this series. One of the aims of this series is to illustrate that Christian systematic theologians from different denominations may seek and find Christian unity through dialogue on those central issues that unite them in their quest for truth. This series emphasizes issues in contemporary systematic theology but is open to theological issues from the past. Works in this series seek to explore such issues as the relation of reason and revelation, experience and doctrine, the meaning of revelation, method in theology, Trinitarian Theology, the doctrine of God, Christology, sacraments and the Church. Of course other issues such as ecumenical relations or specific doctrinal studies on topics such as predestination or studies evaluating particular influential theologians may be considered. Authors whose work is critical, constructive, and ecumenical are encouraged to consider this series. One of the aims of this series is to illustrate that Christian systematic theologians from different denominations may seek and find Christian unity through dialogue on those central issues that unite them in their quest for truth. This series emphasizes issues in contemporary systematic theology but is open to theological issues from the past. Works in this series seek to explore such issues as the relation of reason and revelation, experience and doctrine, the meaning of revelation, method in theology, Trinitarian Theology, the doctrine of God, Christology, sacraments and the Church. Of course other issues such as ecumenical relations or specific doctrinal studies on topics such as predestination or studies evaluating particular influential theologians may be considered. Authors whose work is critical, constructive, and ecumenical are encouraged to consider this series. One of the aims of this series is to illustrate that Christian systematic theologians from different denominations may seek and find Christian unity through dialogue on those central issues that unite them in their quest for truth.

11 publications

Towards a Universal Civilization

This series aims to promote an integration of sciences, humanities, and a discussion of the diversity of religions and cultures. We encourage an interdisciplinary approach, perceived as a means to seek common truths in reference to individual life and the life among local and national communities. We are interested in texts, monographs and collections of texts that debate the forms of experiencing the self in relation to itself, to other people, and towards nature and culture. We hope to open up an opportunity for a dialogue instrumental in the philosophical search of the intellectual points of agreement.

7 publications

Psychoanalyse im Dialog

ISSN: 2235-6908

Die Psychoanalyse entstand im Spannungsfeld zwischen verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Bereichen, namentlich Psychologie, Pädagogik, Philologie und Philosophie auf der einen, Medizin und Biologie auf der anderen Seite. Heute ist Psychoanalyse ein vielgestaltiges Praxisfeld und ein verzweigtes Forschungsgebiet über das grosse Gebiet der Psychotherapieforschung hinaus. Gesprächs- und Kulturanalyse, Neurowissenschaft und evolutionäre Psychologie, Bildungswissenschaften und Evolution der Moral, Textanalyse und Interpretation, Erzähl- und Religionsforschung gehören zum Interessenspektrum und verlangen häufig Expertise, die im Dialog mit den Nachbarwissenschaften entsteht. Umgekehrt profitieren Psychologie, Philosophie, Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaft, Theologie, Medizin und Medienforschung von psychoanalytischen Konzepten, Modellen und Befunden aus den Werkstätten psychoanalytischer Forschung. Die Psychoanalyse bietet eine Fülle differenzierter Beobachtungen und theoretischer Konzepte, die für andere Disziplinen anregend und weiterführend sind. Psychoanalyse im Dialog bedeutet aber auch Psychoanalyse im kontroversen Dialog - ein Dialog zwischen den verschiedenen Fachwissenschaften, die voneinander unterschiedene Erkenntnisziele verfolgen. Auf diese Weise befördert Psychoanalyse eine kritische Argumentationskultur. Die Reihe «Psychoanalyse im Dialog» ist ein Publikationsforum für wissenschaftliche Studien theoretischer und empirischer Art, in denen psychoanalytisches Denken und Wissen auf neuen Feldern fruchtbar wird. Die Reihe ist offen für wissenschaftliche Monographien, Anthologien und Mehrautorenwerke zu interdisziplinären Projekten. Sie lädt aber auch dazu ein, innovative Formen wissenschaftlicher Darstellung zu erproben – hier hat das psychoanalytische Denken noch ungehobene Schätze zu bieten – und innovative Formen des Dialogs zu führen, zum Beispiel zwischen Kunst und Wissenschaft.

16 publications

Human Right Studies

Among the broad structural transformation processes at the global level, the international legal recognition of human rights occupies an exceptionally prominent position. The dimensions of this process include standard setting, the functioning of sophisticated machineries for the promotion and protection of human rights, the development of a specific international case-law as well as new priorities of the political agenda. The human rights paradigm is at the heart of a new set of interrelated principles, which are equally valid at both the domestic and the international levels – such as the rule of law, democratic principles and the responsibility to protect – and of great strategic visions, as human development and human security. New functions, such as human rights monitoring, election observation, fact-finding and inquiry have already been admitted to international practice. This series intends to foster the publication of volumes that investigate the multiple facets of a strongly evolving reality, and stimulate the production of new and innovative ideas. It offers to highlight how the human rights paradigm is at times used and at times disregarded or exploited in cases and situations that regard among others those belonging to vulnerable groups (immigrants, asylum seekers, persons with disabilities), NGOs and human rights defenders’ advocacy, intercultural dialogue, governance of world economy, bio-technologies and peace operations. Those studies which adopt inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches, in accordance with the fundamental principle of interdependence and indivisibility of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, will be favored. Among the broad structural transformation processes at the global level, the international legal recognition of human rights occupies an exceptionally prominent position. The dimensions of this process include standard setting, the functioning of sophisticated machineries for the promotion and protection of human rights, the development of a specific international case-law as well as new priorities of the political agenda. The human rights paradigm is at the heart of a new set of interrelated principles, which are equally valid at both the domestic and the international levels – such as the rule of law, democratic principles and the responsibility to protect – and of great strategic visions, as human development and human security. New functions, such as human rights monitoring, election observation, fact-finding and inquiry have already been admitted to international practice. This series intends to foster the publication of volumes that investigate the multiple facets of a strongly evolving reality, and stimulate the production of new and innovative ideas. It offers to highlight how the human rights paradigm is at times used and at times disregarded or exploited in cases and situations that regard among others those belonging to vulnerable groups (immigrants, asylum seekers, persons with disabilities), NGOs and human rights defenders’ advocacy, intercultural dialogue, governance of world economy, bio-technologies and peace operations. Those studies which adopt inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches, in accordance with the fundamental principle of interdependence and indivisibility of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, will be favored. Among the broad structural transformation processes at the global level, the international legal recognition of human rights occupies an exceptionally prominent position. The dimensions of this process include standard setting, the functioning of sophisticated machineries for the promotion and protection of human rights, the development of a specific international case-law as well as new priorities of the political agenda. The human rights paradigm is at the heart of a new set of interrelated principles, which are equally valid at both the domestic and the international levels – such as the rule of law, democratic principles and the responsibility to protect – and of great strategic visions, as human development and human security. New functions, such as human rights monitoring, election observation, fact-finding and inquiry have already been admitted to international practice. This series intends to foster the publication of volumes that investigate the multiple facets of a strongly evolving reality, and stimulate the production of new and innovative ideas. It offers to highlight how the human rights paradigm is at times used and at times disregarded or exploited in cases and situations that regard among others those belonging to vulnerable groups (immigrants, asylum seekers, persons with disabilities), NGOs and human rights defenders’ advocacy, intercultural dialogue, governance of world economy, bio-technologies and peace operations. Those studies which adopt inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches, in accordance with the fundamental principle of interdependence and indivisibility of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, will be favored.

4 publications

Monographs in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language

ISSN: 1056-5019

This series will publish original work in theoretical and applied linguistics—both diachronic and synchronic—covering topics in the fields of phonology, morphology, lexis, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. It will include philosophical studies in contemporary epistemology, belief and mental representation, rule following, realism, anti-realism, thought and intention, truth, and reference. The volumes will provide a forum for research and discussion of the many related developments between the disciplines of linguistics and philosophy, featuring their respective contributions to the understanding of natural language. This series will publish original work in theoretical and applied linguistics—both diachronic and synchronic—covering topics in the fields of phonology, morphology, lexis, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. It will include philosophical studies in contemporary epistemology, belief and mental representation, rule following, realism, anti-realism, thought and intention, truth, and reference. The volumes will provide a forum for research and discussion of the many related developments between the disciplines of linguistics and philosophy, featuring their respective contributions to the understanding of natural language. This series will publish original work in theoretical and applied linguistics—both diachronic and synchronic—covering topics in the fields of phonology, morphology, lexis, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. It will include philosophical studies in contemporary epistemology, belief and mental representation, rule following, realism, anti-realism, thought and intention, truth, and reference. The volumes will provide a forum for research and discussion of the many related developments between the disciplines of linguistics and philosophy, featuring their respective contributions to the understanding of natural language.

1 publications

Ikeda/Soka Studies in Education

The Peter Lang series in Ikeda/Soka Studies in Education engages with and takes its name from Ikeda Daisaku (1928–2023) and his many contributions to education as well as from the heritage of ideas and ideals from Makiguchi Tsunesaburō (1871–1944) and Toda Jōsei (1900–1958) that he embraced, developed, and spread globally under the broad banner of “sōka," a Japanese neologism meaning the "creation of value." The series features both intrinsic and extrinsic scholarship as well as original translations of the primary works by Ikeda, Makiguchi, and Toda. By "intrinsic" we mean the historical and primary texts by Ikeda, Toda, and Makiguchi in Japanese and the contexts in which they were written; by "extrinsic" we mean these texts and their ideas in translation and conceptual and empirical application in various contexts and disciplines today. This series thus maintains fidelity to the intrinsic dimensions while exploring extrinsic possibilities that are relevant to current and future demands in education and human becoming worldwide. We seek scholarly submissions on theory and theorizing; empirical, conceptual, and applied research in practice and policy; bilingual and critical discourse analysis; and text-based praxis of Ikeda/Soka Studies in Education in various contexts. These may include, but are not limited to areas in education common to Ikeda, Toda, and/or Makiguchi such as: human education, global citizenship, communities studies, human geography, peace and human rights, nuclear disarmament, dialogue, creativity and the poetic heart/mind/spirit, human revolution, literature and the arts, biospheric sustainability and climate change, interdependence and creative coexistence, civil society, people movements, youth activism and empowerment, deductive reasoning, language and literacies, aptitude and assessment, knowledge and wisdom, student-teacher relationships, social self-actualization, contributive living, happiness, questions of value, and intersections with religion/Buddhism, among others.

2 publications

Human Right Studies

ISSN: 2294-8848

The legal and political significance of human rights has increased enormously at the international and European levels. It has become increasingly clear that the respect and promotion of human rights must be at the centre of States and local communities' public policies and that human rights are the basis of civil society initiatives and movements. There is a large mechanism, at all levels of governance, monitoring the way in which States implement the obligations they have assumed towards each person under their sovereignty. The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights Series provides year by year, a dynamic and up-to date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies in line with international human rights law and to comply with the commitments voluntarily assumed by the Italian Government at the international level. The book series thus intends to contribute to the continuous monitoring activity of the human rights situation in Italy undertaken at the local, national and international levels by the relevant intergovernmental and civil society actors. Each volume of this series surveys the activities carried out, during the year of reference, by the relevant national and local Italian actors, including governmental bodies, civil society organisations and universities. It also presents reports and recommendations that have been addressed to Italy by international monitoring bodies within the framework of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union. Finally, each Yearbook provides a selection of examples from international and national case law that cast light on Italy’s position vis-à-vis internationally recognised human rights. The Yearbook is edited by the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua, in cooperation with the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Democracy and Peace of the same university, and with the support of the Region of Veneto. The Centre, established in 1982, carries out research and education following a global and interdisciplinary approach. It hosts the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on intercultural dialogue, human rights and multi-level governance.

11 publications

Medieval to Early Modern Culture / Kultureller Wandel vom Mittelalter zur Frühen Neuzeit

Die Reihe Medieval to Early Modern Culture / Kultureller Wandel vom Mittelalter zur Frühen Neuzeit beschäftigt sich mit der weiteren Erforschung der janusköpfigen ‚Sattelzeit‘ des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, die aus einer Vielzahl inhaltlicher wie fachlicher Perspektiven und fächerübergreifend in den Blick genommen wird (so z. B. unter den Begriffen Innovation vs. Tradition, Normative Zentrierung, Personen(selbst-)darstellung, moderne Verwaltungskulturen, Entfaltung der Medien der Symbolik, der Bildung und ihrer Institutionen, der Konstruktion der eigenen Vergangenheit wie ihrer Gegenwart und Zukunft). Getragen wird die Reihe von Wissenschaftlern der Universitäten Groningen, Münster und Saarbrücken sowie von Gastwissenschaftlern, die einem breiten Spektrum geisteswissenschaftlicher Fächer angehören.

18 publications