The Formation of a Communal Identity among West Syrian Christians: Results and Conclusions of the Leiden Project

2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-52
Author(s):  
Jan van Ginkel ◽  
Naures Atto ◽  
Bas Snelders ◽  
Mat Immerzeel ◽  
Bas ter Haar Romeny
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Historical Consciousness ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Communal Identity ◽  
The West ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Syriac Orthodox

AbstractAmong those who opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the West Syrian (or Syriac Orthodox) Christians were probably least likely to form a national or ethnic community. Yet a group emerged with its own distinctive literature and art, its own network, and historical consciousness. In an intricate process of adoption and rejection, the West Syrians selected elements from the cultures to which they were heirs, and from those with which they came into contact, thus defining a position of their own. In order to study this phenomenon, scholars from various disciplines, and affiliated to two different faculties, were brought together in a programme financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO. This essay introduces their research project and methodology, and presents their results and conclusions.

Objectivity of Scientific Research as an Ethical and Political Position (Book Review: P.P. Tolochko. Ukraine between Russia and the West: Historical and Nonfiction Essays. Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018)

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 144-153
Author(s):  
Alexander S. Zapesotsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
The West ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Political Position ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
Nonfiction Essays ◽  
The Impact

Book Review: P.P. Tolochko. Ukraine between Russia and the West: Historical and Nonfiction Essays. Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. - 592 pp. ISBN 978-5-7621-0973-4This author discusses the problem of scientific objectivity and reviews a book written by the medievalist-historian P.P. Tolochko, full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), honorable director of the NASU Institute of Archaeology. The book was published by the Saint Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences in the autumn of 2018. The book presents a collection of articles and reports devoted to processes in Ukraine and, first of all, in Ukrainian historical science, which, at the moment, is experiencing an era of serious reformation of its interpretative models. The author of the book shows that these models are being reformed to suit the requirements of the new ideology, with an obvious disregard for the conduct of objective scientific research. In this regard, the problem of objectivity of scientific research becomes the subject of this review because the requirement of objectivity can be viewed not only as a methodological requirement but also as a moral and political position, opposing the rigor of scientific research to the impact of ideological, political and moral systems and judgments. It is concluded that in this sense the position of P.P. Tolochko can be considered as the act of profound ethical choice.

Research and Safety Design on the Scientific Research Project Management System Based on J2EE

2015 ◽  
Vol 743 ◽  
pp. 633-640
Author(s):  
Sheng Ju Yang ◽  
Shao Ting Shi ◽  
Jie Meng
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Project Management System ◽  
Dynamic Propagation ◽  
Scientific Research Project ◽  
J2ee Architecture ◽  
Series Of Functions

Starting from the introduction of the management of scientific research project, and then gives a detailed description based on J2EE architecture, the lightweight composite framework involving Spring, Struts and iBATIS and an iterative method is employed in project management. With a series of functions such as application, recommendation, processing, approval, assessment and management of scientific research project and so on, the system has the characteristics of easy maintenance, dynamic propagation and strong expansibility. Finally the safety of the system is discussed from two perspectives, namely its design and environment. Years’ of application in the management of scientific research project in Gansu Province has proved its good stability, fast response and high safety.

Design and Realization of Defense Equipment Scientific Research Project Management System Based on Earned Value Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 971-973 ◽  
pp. 2317-2320
Author(s):  
Xiang Jun Yu ◽  
Chao Xie ◽  
Tian Ming Huang
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Design System ◽  
Value Management ◽  
Earned Value ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Earned Value Management ◽  
Project Management System ◽  
Scientific Research Project

This paper briefly introduces the basic connotation of earned value management, determine, from the target variable management process design, system function design and system implementation four aspects that the management of defense scientific research project management system design and implementation process based on the earned value, and some reasonable countermeasures to promote the use of the system.

scholarly journals NÅR KULTUR SKAL „BEVARES" - perspektiver fra et vestindisk projekt

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Fog Olwig
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
West Indian ◽  
Fourth World ◽  
The West ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Indigenous Status ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Anthropological Theory ◽  
The Caribbean

Karen Fog Olwig: When culture is to be „preserved“: perspectives from a West Indian research project At the same time as anthropology has begun to apply a more processual perspective to the study of culture as fluid and changing, many of the „fourth world“ peoples studied by anthropologists have become preoccupied with codifying their culture in the form of aboriginal, authentic traditions which can be preserved from change. This concem with cultural traditions is tied to the struggle for human rights by indigenous people. The concept of culture as unchanged traditions is not only in conflict with current anthropological thinking, it is also ill suited to the struggles of peoples who cannot claim this form of ancient indigenous status, but who nevertheless share with „fourth world“ peoples the same need to defend their cultural autonomy. Among this latter group is the people of the Caribbean, who are indigenous to Africa, but came to the islands as part of a process of colonization. This article is based upon a study of the difficulties faced by such a non-indigenous, but nevertheless „native“ community of several centuries standing, in their efforts to defend their cultural and economic autonomy. In the West Indian case modem anthropological theory and the population studied by anthropologists need not be in conflict.

scholarly journals The Development and Character of Foreign Investment in Late Colonial Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Mark Van de Water
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Foreign Capital ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Netherlands Indies ◽  
Private Foreign Investment

This contribution discusses the development of private foreign investment in late colonial Indonesia. The increase in numbers of individual firms, their expanding volume and accumulation of investment in the Netherlands Indies are shown. The focus is on the years 1910-1940 and on Dutch foreign investment, although investment by other countries is touched upon in passing. The data used for this article originate from a database compiled from the Handboek voor cultuuren handelsondernemingen in Nederlandsch-Indië (Handbook for cultivation and trading companies in the Netherlands Indies) and will also be incorporated into my PhD dissertation entitled ‘Foreign investment and colonial economic growth in Indonesia’, which forms part of the larger research project ‘Foreign capital and colonial development in Indonesia’.

scholarly journals Cruising through the journey without getting drowned: The saga of a PhD student in the Netherlands

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Louise Van Galen ◽  
◽  
Joyce Wachelder ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Acute Medicine ◽  
Medical Trainees ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
The World ◽  
Doctor Of Philosophy ◽  
The Uk

Young medical trainees all over the world are encouraged to investigate unknown areas of medicine that need clarification. This often leads them to undertake a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy). Being curious, critical, and creative are necessary competences which enable us to engender scientific research within acute (internal) medicine. Worldwide, huge numbers of professionals are pursuing a PhD, with the aim of receiving a ‘Doctor’-title. These PhD trajectories vary distinctly between countries. Since the distances in the scientific world are getting smaller and it is becoming more easy to work with each other across borders, it might be interesting to know what it requires to become an academic ‘doctor’ overseas. Hereby, we provide a concise insight in to the differences between doing PhD in (acute) medicine in the Netherlands and in the UK

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