Investigation in double layer graphene superlattice and its electronic properties

This paper mainly discussed the graphene and other 2D materials, as well as their electronic properties. The history and theory prediction of graphene, and production of graphene (mechanical exfoliation and CVD method) are discussed. Graphene hBN superlattice and bi-layer graphene superlattice are presented, with following discussion of the superconductivity of the magic angle. Finally, characterization methods such as AFM and SEM are presented.

The Glazed Eyes of History: Reading the 1964 AIA-ACSA Teacher Conference

This position paper looks at the 1964 AIA -ACSA Teacher conference, one that offers us a window into the current anxieties of architectural history survey courses. The conference was organized at a time when PhD programs in Architectural History and Theory were emerging, with accompanying mid-century notions of disciplines with clear boundaries, objects of study and hierarchy of experts. The questions that were being asked were fundamental: What is Architectural History? What are its contents? How should it be taught? Who is an Architectural Historian? However, a closer look beneath the masculine bravado of the conference reveals many of the same symptoms that persist today: questions of ‘diversity’ of content, anxiety to be ‘relevant’ to students in professional programs and a tendency to leave unquestioned the tradition of ‘designo’. This paper journeys through these anxieties with the hope of bringing some of those in play today into sharper focus. Perhaps, it concludes, the work of architectural history might be what Spivak termed as a project of “Planetarity”, involving not merely a change in epistemological methods but an undoing of the social order of architectural history.

A difficult history of light. About metaphysical ideas of “light writing” formulated before the birth of photography

The reflections presented in this article are devoted to Junko Theresa Mikuriya’s book, A History of Light. The Idea of Photography. It is a unique view on the search for pre-photographic origins of photography in the field of philosophical writings ranging from Plato, through the neoplatonic philosopher Jamblich’s enquiry, to the texts by Philotheus of Batos and by an early Renaissance philosopher, Marsilio Ficino. When thinking about metaphysics present in (moving and still) images, one should not forget about the metaphysics of the image itself. The idea of photography – regardless of whether we are witnessing a fundamental change in an ontological transition from an analogue to a digital form of image recording – obliges us to discuss the “history of light”, as this is what Mikuriya does. While locating the discussed concepts in the context of the history and theory of photography, as well as the archaeology of media, the author of this essay engages in a dialogue with Mikuriya and polemically discusses many of her hypotheses. Key concepts such as chalepon, photagogia, triton genos, phôteinographeisthai are analysed in order to indicate inspiring moments in the Mikuriya’s reflections, but also a kind of interpretive abuse in the process of reading and analysing philosophical texts addressing the issues of light.

The Power of Images, Reconsidered

This essay reappraises David Freedberg’s foundational The Power of Images: Studies in the History and Theory of Response (University of Chicago Press, 1989), in light both of his more recent publications on iconoclasm, censorship, and the role of irrational and emotional responses to images in general and of the current global wave of iconoclastic actions.Keywords: neuroaesthetics; emotion; censorship; universality

History and Theory in Anthropology

In the past twenty years, there have been exciting new developments in the field of anthropology. This second edition of Barnard's classic textbook on the history and theory of anthropology has been revised and expanded to include up-to-date coverage on all the most important topics in the field. Its coverage ranges from traditional topics like the beginnings of the subject, evolutionism, functionalism, structuralism, and Marxism, to ideas about globalization, post-colonialism, and notions of 'race' and of being 'indigenous'. There are several new chapters, along with an extensive glossary, index, dates of birth and death, and award-winning diagrams. Although anthropology is often dominated by trends in Europe and North America, this edition makes plain the contributions of trendsetters in the rest of the world too. With its comprehensive yet clear coverage of concepts, this is essential reading for a new generation of anthropology students.

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The renowned scholar, composer and pedagogue Qristofor Qushnaryan paid particular attention to the genres of traditional classical music of the peoples of the Middle East – namely, mughams and dastgahs, the art of ashughs and sazandars. The proposed in his monograph “Issues of the History and Theory of Armenian Monodic Music” ideas and principal starting concepts regarding the mutual cultural influence, genetic foundations of the phenomena, generally accepted in the East and deeply rooted and highly widespread among the Armenian populace, the commonality in the modal systems, the historical mission of Armenian musicians in this field, as well as the analytical outlines of a large number of other problems are indicative of the scholar’s undeniable merits in musical Oriental Studies, and serve as a worthwhile guidance for musicians-orientalists in their research work.

4. Political philosophers and the history of political thought

‘Political philosophers and the history of political thought’ discusses the confidence in the 1950s that the ‘right’ system of politics, economy and society had been discovered and linked with a turn away from history and theory. Behavioralism, which was propagated by Heinz Eulau, David Easton, and other political scientists, demanded the analysis of politics through the assertion of claims that could be verified or refuted. Data analysis could test hypotheses and come up with irrefutable policy recommendations. Domestic and international liberalism are coupled with variants of pacific socialism or communitarianism. There are a number of renowned political theorists who turned into public intellectuals, such as Norberto Bobbio and Jürgen Habermass.

Coda: Law, History, and Theory

In this Coda to the symposium on my book In the Matter of Nat Turner: A Speculative History, I address the relationship in the book between law, history, and theory. Writing history informed by theory has always been important to me, for historical research is at least as much an engagement in interpretation as an exercise in description.