During his four years as the tenth Chancellor of Berkeley (2013–17), Nicholas B. Dirks was confronted by crises arguably more challenging than those faced by any other college administrator in the contemporary period. This thoughtfully candid book, emerging from deep reflection on his turbulent time in office, offers not just a gripping insider's account of the febrile politics of his time as Berkeley's leader, but also decades of nuanced reflection on the university's true meaning (at its...

Many have told of the East India Company’s extraordinary excesses in eighteenth-century India, of the plunder that made its directors fabulously wealthy and able to buy British land and titles, but this is only a fraction of the story. When one of these men—Warren Hastings—was put on trial by Edmund Burke, it brought the Company’s exploits to the attention of the public. Through the trial and after, the British government transformed public understanding of the Company’s corrupt actions by...

Historical anthropology: critical exchange between two decidedly distinct disciplines or innovative mode of knowledge production? As this volume’s title suggests, the essays Brian Keith Axel has gathered in From the Margins seek to challenge the limits of discrete disciplinary epistemologies and conventions, gesturing instead toward a transdisciplinary understanding of the emerging relations between archive and field.In original articles encompassing a wide range of geograp...

Colonialism and Culture, edited by Nicholas B. Dirks, is an insightful exploration of the intricate relationship between colonialism and cultural transformation. The book features contributions that reflect how colonialism reshaped cultural identities and expressions across the globe, and how it remains a potent force defining both historical and contemporary landscapes. Drawing on cases from different historical periods and geographic locations, the essays examine how colonial powers impo...

Noch heute zeugt das »Raue Haus« in Hamburg vom Leben und Wirken Johann Hinrich Wicherns. Doch der Theologe und Lehrer war nicht nur ein wichtiger Sozial- und Gefängnisreformer des 19. Jahrhunderts, sondern auch der Begründer der inneren Mission in Deutschland. Das vorliegende Hörspielbuch zeichnet die wichtigsten Stationen seines Lebens spannend und lebendig erzählt nach und verdeutlicht, welchen Einfluss sein Wirken auf die diakonische Arbeit in Deutschland hatte. Ein beeindruckendes und...

The decades between 1970 and the end of the twentieth century saw the disciplines of history and anthropology draw closer together, with historians paying more attention to social and cultural factors and the significance of everyday experience in the study of the past. The people, rather than elite actors, became the focus of their inquiry, and anthropological insights into agriculture, kinship, ritual, and folk customs enabled historians to develop richer and more representative narrativ...

When thinking of India, it is hard not to think of caste. In academic and common parlance alike, caste has become a central symbol for India, marking it as fundamentally different from other places while expressing its essence. Nicholas Dirks argues that caste is, in fact, neither an unchanged survival of ancient India nor a single system that reflects a core cultural value. Rather than a basic expression of Indian tradition, caste is a modern phenomenon--the product of a concrete historic...

"Ihr Kinderlein, kommet, o kommet doch all!" Der Tod des Erzherzogs hat das Land in Dunkelheit gehüllt. Während eine finstere Macht im Verborgenen geheime Fäden webt, um den Dunklen zurückzubringen, verfolgt der Sohn des verstorbenen Erzherzogs eigene Pläne: Mit List und kaltem Herzen trachtet er danach, die Krone des geteilten Reiches an sich zu reißen und alle zu vernichten, die von der alten Magie berührt worden sind. Perchta, Melchior und Hänsel setzen unterdessen ihre Reise fort – ein...

As the use of AI becomes more and more ubiquitous in companies around the world, managers charged with taking key decisions require resources to enable them to evaluate new projects effectively. The business case for AI projects is not necessarily clear cut and part of the reason for this is the lack of understanding on key decision criteria. AI touches on many ethical concepts - data privacy, validity and more importantly, its potential misuse. AI is often being used to replace human deci...

Um seinem schwer angeschlagenen Vater Mr. Silver zu helfen, begibt sich Metal in die Hölle, wo er sich erhofft, seine Mutter Cuca zu finden. Doch wenn er sie findet, ist die Hexe dann auch wirklich bereit, Mr. Silver zu helfen? Metal erfährt, dass der Spinnendämon Raedyp eine Hexe gefangen hält. Ist es seine Mutter? Metal sucht die Höhle auf, in der man die beiden finden soll ... Die Spinne und die Hexe.

Zero, der Entführer von Mr. Silver, treibt in London sein Unwesen. Er bringt einen Trucker in seinen Bann und will, dass dieser den in einem Eisblock gefangenen Mr. Silver an einen geheimen Ort transportiert. Tony kämpft gegen die Zeit und hofft, noch rechtzeitig seinem Freund Mr. Silver zu Hilfe zu eilen. Währenddessen sind Metal und Rillo Raedyp hilflos ausgeliefert, doch da erscheint überraschende Hilfe ... Die Söldnerin des Todes.

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...