• Vera Hajtó Milk sauce and paprika

  migration, childhood and memories of the interwar Belgian-Hungarian Child Relief Project

  The compelling story of Hungarian children living with Belgian families during the interwar period. Children who migrated without their families were noteworthy participants of interwar European migration history. Milk Sauce and Paprika tells the story of Hungarian children who were sent to Belgium in the framework of a humanitarian project between 1923 and 1927. Based on a wide variety of sources such as official documents, contemporary newspapers, photographs, family correspondences, biographies...

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  Engels, 298 pagina's (PDF, 4,4 MB), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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• European Muslims and new media

  Bijdragen over rol van nieuwe media in het leven de Europese moslims.

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  Engels, 180 pagina's (PDF, 2,9 MB), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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• Islam & Europe

  challenges and opportunities

  Dedicated to increasing our knowledge and awareness of the ever-growing diversity and pluralism of global society, Forum A. & A. Leysen has initiated an annual debate/lecture series, beginning with a focus on Islam in today's world and in Europe in particular. Seven well-known influential authorities - each an active participant in the public debate on the global role of Islam past, present and future - recently presented papers at the first Intercultural Relations Conference sponsored by Forum A.&...

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  Engels, 192 pagina's (PDF, 3,1 MB), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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• The debate about colour naming in 19th century German philology

  selected translations

  The Debate about Colour Naming in 19th Century German Philology is comprised of eleven essays illustrating the intensity of interest in colour naming and categorisation that arose in nineteenth century Germany. The themes of each chapter vary in their emphasis on particular theories which lie behind the 'testing' of the colour-naming capacities of 'primitive people' throughout the world, and which move towards new variants of the doctrine of 'evolution.' This selection of work directs itself towards...

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  Engels, 200 pagina's (PDF, 1,1 MB), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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• Bob Elsen, Ignace Pollet, Patrick Develtere Compass for intercultural partnerships

  a thought provoking book to deploy the integration of cultures as a source of welfare and tolerance in a glocalising world

  As globalisation makes the visual distinction between North and South, East and West disappear, one definitely needs a compass. It still points to magnetic North. For the moment. This book focuses on the added value created by interculturality which is the interaction, exchange and integration between people of different cultures. The reflexions are aimed at profit and non-profit organisations who have the ambition to be enriched and strengthened by their cultural diversity. This publication states...

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  Engels, 162 pagina's (PDF, 2,4 MB), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2017

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• Re:Thinking Europe

  thoughts on Europe: past, present and future

  What are the characteristics of European culture and identity? In which way can culture contribute to the current crisis of meaning within the EU and Europe? And should we return to the discourse of culture and historical experience in order to find a common ground for Europe? In the run-up to the Forum we will publish an anthology on these urgent questions. A host of prominent and influential thinkers such as political scientist Ivan Krastev and historians Philipp Blom and Adam Zamoyski have been...

  Non-Fictie

  Engels, 318 pagina's (PDF, 1,9 MB), Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2016

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• Bart Luirink, Madeleine Maurick Homosexuality in Africa

  a disturbing love

  Plagues of locusts, drought and ebola. In Africa homosexuals are getting the blame for everything. It's open season. Homosexuality is called 'un-African', 'in direct conflict with its own distinctive culture', a 'western disease'. What's the motivation behind those leaders who are fighting to keep their continent 'morally pure'? There's another story. More and more African gays and lesbians are coming out of the closet. Equal rights activism has become a reality and a passionate debate is raging....

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  Engels, 234 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB), Aspekt, Soesterberg, 2016

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• New multicultural identities in Europe

  religion and ethnicity in secular societies

  How to understand Europe's post-migrant Islam on the one hand and indigenous, anti-Islamic movements on the other? What impact will religion have on the European secular world and its regulation? How do social and economic transitions on a transnational scale challenge ethnic and religious identifications? These questions are at the very heart of the debate on multiculturalism in present-day Europe and are addressed by the authors in this book. Through the lens of post-migrant societies, manifestations...

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  Engels, PDF, Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2014

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• Marielle Saegaert Donde la lluvia es arte

  una visiõn guiri de Santiago de Compostela

  Qué tienen en común un montón de leyendas, el color verde y una de las ciudades más bonitas de España? La respuesta está en el noroeste del país: Galicia, donde una vez los celtas, respaldados por el Océano Atlántico, mantuvieron alejados a los romanos y dejaron una huella indeleble. En el corazón de este bellísimo paisaje de colinas, monaste- rios y pueblos minúsculos se encuentra Santiago de Compos- tela, una ciudad moderna, donde el pasado no se deja atrás tan fácilmente. Aquí la holandesa Marielle...

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  Spaans; Castiliaans, 153 pagina's (ePub, 0,3 MB), Editorial Grenzenloos, Leersum, 2013

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