Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia: conversion, apostasy, and literacy
10.1080/00905992.2016.1154353<br/>James Meyer
Archiv für Mai 2016
Remembering and forgetting: the state policy of memorializing Stalin’s repression in post-Soviet Kazakhstan
10.1080/00905992.2016.1158157<br/>Zhanat Kundakbayeva
The Expressive Hostility of Moritz Oppenheim
<span class=“paragraphSection“>The Jewish painter Moritz Oppenheim has been the subject of much study and many exhibitions over the past thirty years. Nevertheless, a unique aspect of his work has never been discussed: his knowledge and use of He…
Science, Constitutional Medicine and National Bodily Identity in Brazilian Biotypology during the 1930s
<span class=“paragraphSection“><div class=“boxTitle“>Summary</div>In Brazil in the 1930s, biotypology was a foundational doctrine for national medicine. Proposing a holistic view of the organism, biotypology was embraced as a medical science that could overcome approaches focused on illness rather than on the sick person. Among its various meanings, biotypology was described as ‘the science of the individual’. Its main scientific practices consisted of morphological, physiological and psychological evaluations that were determined through calculations and statistics. Biotypological studies operated beyond the realm of medical practice, informing eugenic, racial and national identity debates in Brazil. Biotypologists created systems for the bodily classification of Brazilians, established patterns of normality, and characterised individuals in biological terms. Yet biotypology also emphasized bodily norms derived from studying the collective to analyse the health of individuals in doctors’ clinical practice.</span>
The Patent Medicines Industry in Late Georgian England: A Respectable Alternative to both Regular Medicine and Irregular Practice
<span class=“paragraphSection“><div class=“boxTitle“>Summary</div>Patent medicines in late Georgian England have been misunderstood. Rather than just being visible constituents of irregular practice, they were a separate, substantial,…
Cutting the cake: the Congress of Vienna in British, French and German political caricature
10.1080/13507486.2016.1177714<br/>Jos Gabriëls
The anatomy of terror: political violence under Stalin
10.1080/13507486.2015.1100926<br/>Alexandr Voronovici
Historical tradition and community mobilisation: narratives of red clydeside in memories of the anti-poll tax movement in Scotland, 1988–1990
10.1080/0023656X.2016.1184027<br/>Ewan Gibbs
The Media Salience of Germany’s Bilateral Relations to the United States, France and Britain
10.1080/09644008.2016.1174695<br/>Kai Oppermann
Letter from the Editor
Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2016, pages 1-2<br/>10.1080/09557571.2016.1190151<br/>Olivier Grouille