scholarly journals Ibsen and Peking Women's High Normal University

Nordlit ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Sun Jian
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Short History ◽  
The West ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Normal University ◽  
The University ◽  
Chinese Girls ◽  
First Time

<p>This article aims at exploring the great influence of Ibsen and especially his play <em>A Doll House</em> on the young Chinese girls studying at Peking Women’s High Normal University established for the first time in China at the beginning of the 20<sup>th</sup> century to educate girls.</p><p>In its short history, the girls at the university were exposed widely to the progressive ideas and literature from the West. Ibsen, the most popular writer at that time, inspired the girls tremendously whose performance of <em>A Doll House </em>aroused a heated debate among the well-known scholars on such important issues as women’s rights, women’s liberation, new culture, art and literature.</p><p>Consequently there appeared at the university first group of modern Chinese women writers who picked up their pens and wrote about themselves and about women in China, describing themselves as “Chinese Noras”.</p>

Reminiscences. By Xin Fengxia. Translated from the Chinese by Gladys Yang.[Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] - Beneath the Red Banner. By Lao She. Translated from the Chinese by Don J. Cohn. [Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] 215 pp. - Seven Contemporary Chinese Women Writers. By Ru Zhijuan, Huang Zongying Translated from the Chinese by Yu Fanqin, Wang Mingjie , with a preface by Gladys Yang. [Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] 280 pp. - A Pitiful Plaything and Other Essays. By Li Guangtian. Translated from the Chinese by Gladys Yang. [Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] 154 pp. - Recollections of West Hunan. By Shen Congwen. Translated from the Chinese by Gladys Yang. [Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] 195 pp. - Autumn in Spring and Other Stories. By Ba Jin. Translated from the Chinese by Wang Mingjie, Gladys Yang [Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] 147 pp. - The Three Kingdoms, Pilgrimage to the West, Flowers in the Mirror: Excerpts from Three Classical Novels. Translated from the Chinese by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang. [Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] 295 pp. - Selected Tales of Liaozhai. By Pu Songling. Translated from the Chinese by Yang Xianyi, Gladys Yang [Beijing: Panda Books, 1981–1982] 151 pp.

1984 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 381-382
Author(s):  
Beth McKellop
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
The West ◽  
Shen Congwen ◽  
Lao She ◽  
Ba Jin ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

scholarly journals Omnivorous Behaviour of the Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina): A Neotropical Rodent with the Potential for Domestication

Scientifica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kegan Romelle Jones ◽  
Kavita Ranjeeta Lall ◽  
Gary Wayne Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Nutrient Requirements ◽  
The West ◽  
Field Station ◽  
Zenaida Macroura ◽  
Neotropical Rodent ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The agouti is a Neotropical rodent which is mainly utilized for its meat in rural communities. Recently, captive rearing of these animals by wildlife farmers have increased in the Neotropics. This short communication consists of observation of feeding behaviour of captive reared agoutis at the University of the West Indies Field Station in Trinidad and Tobago. This is the first time in Trinidad and Tobago that meat consumption and the omnivorous behaviour of the agouti have been documented in the literature. The consumption of chicken (Gallus domesticus) eggs, dead chickens, and a brown dove (Zenaida macroura) by captive reared agoutis was noted. This document described the omnivorous behaviour of the agouti which is primarily considered a frugivorous animal. Similar studies in South America have shown that wild and captive reared agoutis consumed animal matter. Further work must be done on the dietary needs and nutrient requirements of the agouti at different physiological states.

Organocatalytic Carbocyclic Construction: The Christmann Synthesis of (+)-Rotundial

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Central China ◽  
Dipolar Cycloaddition ◽  
The West ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Facial Selectivity ◽  
Complementary Approach ◽  
Related Approach ◽  
Normal University ◽  
The University ◽  
Technological University

Karl Anker Jørgensen of Aarhus University found (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6650) that an organocatalyst could mediate the fragmentation of the prochiral cyclopropane 1 with high ee to the easily epimerized product 2. Guofu Zhong of Nanyang Technological University devised (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6089) a dipolar cycloaddition strategy for the organocatalyzed combination of 3 and 4 with PhNHOH to give the highly substituted cyclopentane 5. Professor Jørgensen also established (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7338) that conjugate addition of 7 to the prochiral cyclohexenone 6 proceeded with high ee. The initial adduct could be converted into the alkene 8, the alkyne, or the ketone. Wen-Jing Xiao of Central China Normal University, following up on the work of Gong and Cheng, developed (Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 9238) a simple organocatalyst for the desymmetrizing Michael addition of 9 to 10 to give 11 with high de and ee. Control of sidechain chirality is an important aspect of carbocyclic construction. Samuel H. Gellman of the University of Wisconsin demonstrated (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 16018) that the organocatalyzed addition of 13 to 12 proceeded with high facial selectivity and excellent diastereocontrol. In a complementary approach, Alexander J. A. Cobb of the University of Reading optimized (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 16016) an organocatalyst for the cyclization of 15 to 16, again with high facial selectivity and excellent diastereocontrol. Ying-Chun Chen of the West China School of Pharmacy established (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 4660) conditions for the organocatalyzed combination of 17 with 18 to give 19. In a related approach, Bor-Cherng Hong of the National Chung Cheng University showed (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 5246) that 20, 21, and 22 could be combined under organocatalysis to give 23 in high ee with excellent diastereocontrol. Both of these approaches, and several others that have been published recently, were carried out with aryl substituents. It remains to be seen whether alkyl substituents, which would be more useful in a target-directed synthesis, would be compatible with these methods for ring construction.

JULIUS WESS — A SCIENTIST IN GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
LUTZ MÖLLER
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Short History ◽  
East Europe ◽  
South East Europe ◽  
Global Responsibility ◽  
University Of Munich ◽  
History Of ◽  
Summer Schools ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Over several years the author co-operated closely with Julius Wess at the University of Munich in supporting re-establishing scientific links between physicists of the countries of South-East Europe and between these and the rest of the world. Major achievements have been the SinYu project leading to high-speed internet at the Serbian universities as well as re-establishing two series of conferences and summer schools. This is the first time, that the short history of the "WIGV initiative" has been written up.

scholarly journals Andreas Fülberth, „Riga. Kleine Geschichte der Stadt”. Ciekawy przewodnik nie tylko po Rydze, ale także po historii Łotwy

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 323-332
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kamil Otocki
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Short History ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
History Of ◽  
Soviet Time ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Town

Andreas Fülberth, "Riga. Kleine Geschichte der Stad"At the beginning of 2014, the book „Riga. Kleine Geschichte der Stadt” (Riga. A short history of the town) was issued. The author is Andreas Fülberth, a young historian from Germany, who is a lecturer of the history of Eastern Europe in the University of Kiel. He has already published several works about the Baltic states (in German: “Baltikum”), the most important of them being „Tallinn – Riga – Kaunas. Ihr Ausbau zu modernen Hauptstädten 1920-1940". Köln u. a. 2005 (Das Baltikum in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Bd. 2), which is dedicated to the plans of architectural rebuilding of the Baltic capitals (Kaunas – Riga – Tallinn) during the time of the first independence (1918-1940).The history of Riga by Andreas Fülberth begins – very traditionally – with the establishing of the town by Bishop Albert of Riga in 1201. Actually we can learn not only about the history of the town. The book by Andreas Fülberth provides a quite long trip through the history of Livonia (now a part of Latvia).For Polish readers very important and interesting piece of  Riga’s history could be so called “Polish times” (to be more precise: “Polish-Lithuanian”) in Livonia – which used to be seen quite critical by Latvian historians before the war. We can learn also about Ignacy Mościcki  who studied in Riga, the treaty of Riga from March 1921,  as well  as the Polish academic fraternities in Livonia (Arcadia and Welecja).Maybe the most important part of the book begins in 1918 – when Latvia gained independence for the first time in her history. We can learn not only about Kārlis Ulmanis and the Soviet-Latvian government of Pēteris Stučka, but also about  the activities of Andrievs Niedra, a pro-German prime minister of Latvia. Andreas Fülberth, as a passionate lover  of  architecture, provides an interesting piece of information about the architectural rebuilding of Riga during the time of Ulmanis – we can learn the history of the Freedom Monument (1935), old town, which gained a new shape during the thirties. The  Latvinization of the town during the first independence and Sovietization during the occupation (1940-1990) is also an  interesting  fact.The book can be recommended for all readers  who do not have  broad knowledge of the history of Latvia, but it is still a very interesting journey also for those interested in the Baltic states who want to learn about some curiosities from the history of the town. Do you know why the Freedom Monument was not destroyed during the Soviet time? Do you know the history of Riga’s tube that has been never built? Do you know the mathematician Ilja Rips? If not, you should read the book of Andreas Fülberth. Andreas Fülberth, „Riga. Kleine Geschichte der Stadt”. Ciekawy przewodnik nie tylko po Rydze, ale także po historii ŁotwyNa początku 2014 roku do rąk czytelnika niemieckiego trafiła książka autorstwa Andreasa Fülbertha „Riga. Kleine Geschichte der Stadt”. Jest to już kolejna niemiecka publikacja o stolicy Łotwy, jednak warto podkreślić, że ostatnią znaczącą pracę ujmującą historię Rygi całościowo wydano w 1897 roku, jeszcze wtedy kiedy Inflanty stanowiły obszar niemieckiego osadnictwa. Niemcy, podobnie jak Polacy, mają problem z holistycznymi opracowaniami na temat Łotwy. Przynależność kraju do Związku Sowieckiego po 1940 roku również i Niemcom utrudniała badania historyczne, w związku z czym byli oni skazani – podobnie jak Polacy na Manteuffla – na opracowania pochodzące jeszcze z przełomu XIX i XX wieku. Książka Andreasa Fülbertha ukazała się w prestiżowym wydawnictwie Böhlau Verlag, które od lat interesuje się historią miast europejskich mających w historii związki z niemczyzną. Od strony warsztatu historycznego autorowi nie można niczego zarzucić. Jest świetnym znawcą historii nie tylko Rygi, ale także regionu, który Niemcy określają jako Baltikum. Napisana językiem naukowym (choć przystępnym dla czytelnika) praca może być uzupełnieniem do polskiej wiedzy na temat miasta Rygi, a dla niektórych – z tej racji, że ani Łotwa ani Ryga nie doczekały się w języku polskim swojej całościowej historii – pracą „pierwszego kontaktu”.

Adam Zalužanský’s “De sexu plantarum” (1592): an early pioneering chapter on plant sexuality

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Funk
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
English Translation ◽  
History Of Botany ◽  
Main Work ◽  
Botanical History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

In the history of botany, Adam Zalužanský (d. 1613), a Bohemian physician, apothecary, botanist and professor at the University of Prague, is a little-known personality. Linnaeus's first biographers, for example, only knew Zalužanský from hearsay and suspected he was a native of Poland. This ignorance still pervades botanical history. Zalužanský is mentioned only peripherally or not at all. As late as the nineteenth century, a researcher would be unaware that Zalužanský’s main work Methodi herbariae libri tres actually existed in two editions from two different publishers (1592, Prague; 1604, Frankfurt). This paper introduces the life and work of Zalužanský. Special attention is paid to the chapter “De sexu plantarum” of Zalužanský’s Methodus, in which, more than one hundred years before the well-known De sexu plantarum epistola of R. J. Camerarius, the sexuality of plants is suggested. Additionally, for the first time, an English translation of Zalužanský’s chapter on plant sexuality is provided.

More Christian Apocrypha

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Tony Burke
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
North American ◽  
English Language ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Medieval Christianity

Scholars interested in the Christian Apocrypha (CA) typically appeal to CA collections when in need of primary sources. But many of these collections limit themselves to material believed to have been written within the first to fourth centuries CE. As a result a large amount of non-canonical Christian texts important for the study of ancient and medieval Christianity have been neglected. The More Christian Apocrypha Project will address this neglect by providing a collection of new editions (some for the first time) of these texts for English readers. The project is inspired by the More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project headed by Richard Bauckham and Jim Davila from the University of Edinburgh. Like the MOTP, the MCAP is envisioned as a supplement to an earlier collection of texts—in this case J. K. Elliott’s The Apocryphal New Testament (Oxford 1991), the most recent English-language CA collection (but now almost two decades old). The texts to be included are either absent in Elliott or require significant revision. Many of the texts have scarcely been examined in over a century and are in dire need of new examination. One of the goals of the project is to spotlight the abilities and achievements of English (i.e., British and North American) scholars of the CA, so that English readers have access to material that has achieved some exposure in French, German, and Italian collections.

Rimsky-Korsakov and His World

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Great Influence ◽  
Igor Stravinsky ◽  
The West ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
Russian Composers ◽  
General Aspects

During his lifetime, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a composer whose work had great influence not only in his native Russia but also internationally. While he remains well-known in Russia—where many of his fifteen operas and various orchestral pieces are still in the standard repertoire—very little of his work is performed in the West today beyond Scheherezade and arrangements of The Flight of the Bumblebee. In Western writings, he appears mainly in the context of the Mighty Handful, a group of five Russian composers to which he belonged at the outset of his career. This book finally gives the composer center stage and due attention. In this book, Rimsky-Korsakov's major operas, The Snow Maiden, Mozart and Salieri, and The Golden Cockerel, receive multifaceted exploration and are carefully contextualized within the wider Russian culture of the era. The discussion of these operas is accompanied and enriched by the composer's letters to Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel, the distinguished soprano for whom he wrote several leading roles. Other chapters look at more general aspects of Rimsky-Korsakov's work and examine his far-reaching legacy as a professor of composition and orchestration, including his impact on his most famous pupil Igor Stravinsky.

New records of aphyllophoroid fungi (Basidiomycota) for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area — Yugra (West Siberia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-396
Author(s):  
I. V. Stavishenko
Keyword(s):  
Animal Ecology ◽  
New Records ◽  
West Siberia ◽  
The West ◽  
First Time ◽  
Khanty Mansi Autonomous ◽  
Aphyllophoroid Fungi

The paper provides data on records of 29 species of aphyllophoroid fungi new for the the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area — Yugra. Among them 10 species (Amaurodon cyaneus, Amyloxenasma allantosporum, Asterostroma laxum, Byssoporia terrestris, Paullicorticium pearsonii, Pseudomerulius montanus, Sistotrema sernanderi, Skeletocutis alutacea, S. ochroalba, Tubulicrinis orientalis) are published for the first time for Siberia, and 3 species (Scytinostroma praestans, Tomentellopsis zygodesmoides, Tubulicrinis strangulatus) are new for the West Siberia. Data on their locations, habitats and substrates in region are indicated. The specimens are kept in the Museum of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Branch of the RAS (SVER).

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