Early Observations and Modern Ephemerides

Pre-Modern and Early Modern Persian Literature: Written while Travelling?

In literary histories written in both Iran and the West it has generally be assumed that early modern Persian literary works are (technically inferior) copies of Western literary works. This has been and is still a claim. Almost no academically and scientifically sound works has substantiated this claim. While there is no point in denying a European influence on early modern Persian literature,...

Global Dynamics and Ephemerides

When speaking of Gaia it is instructive to remember the first ESA mission dedicated to high precision astronometry HIPARRCOS launched in August 1989. HIPPARCOS can be considered as Gaia’s precursor, indeed the observing strategy aspects are similar and both missions were designed specifically for high precision astronmetry. After three and a half years of observations HIPPARCOS produced three c...

Suicide in Early Modern and Modern Europe

Suicide in Early Modern and Modern Europe

an act and a subject of discourse, in the early and late modern periods. It argues that, while publications on the theme have increased considerably in the past two decades, the problematic character of the evidence for suicide has led to afocus on attitudes to suicide at the expense of empirical investigations. The latter have largely confirmed the link between social isolation and suicide, po...

pre-modern and early modern persian literature: written while travelling?

in literary histories written in both iran and the west it has generally be assumed that early modern persian literary works are (technically inferior) copies of western literary works. this has been and is still a claim. almost no academically and scientifically sound works has substantiated this claim. while there is no point in denying a european influence on early modern persian literature,...