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This Festschrift contains twenty-four essays, which pay tribute to the scholarship of Walter S. Melion. The chapters are subdivided into three categories, which represent key aspects of Melion's interests: "Devotion", "Art and Image Theory", and "Vision and Contemplation".

Understanding the neural underpinnings of emotion enables a re-imagining of traditional aesthetics in which landscape art is conceived as "dance for the dancer." Eschewing the "ocularcentric" for the kinesthetic yields a fresh theory of artistic expression in landscape applicable to all fine art.

This volume consists of selected essays on the art and aesthetics of the avantgarde, contemporary art, and postsocialist culture by the internationally renowned Slovenian philosopher and art theorist Ales Erjavec.

This is a collection of essays in two volumes in honor of Sarah Stroumsa, an eminent scholar who through the years has embodied and advanced the possibility of collaboration across borders. The volume is presented to her by scholars working on the study of the intellectual history of the Middle Ages, the intercultural contact and migration of knowledge in the Islamic world, and many other topics.

"Digging deep into the fields of international law (IL) and international relations (IR) theory, this book offers a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exploration of legal solutions to the South China Sea dispute. Youngmin Seo navigates the complex terrain of the role of international law in times of power redistribution, presenting unique insights that redefine perspectives. Seamlessly blending IR and IL perspectives and providing a nuanced understanding of this global issue in the Indo-Pacific, this work is a beacon in turbulent waters"--

This is a collection of essays in two volumes in honor of Sarah Stroumsa, an eminent scholar who through the years has embodied and advanced the possibility of collaboration across borders. The volume is presented to her by scholars working on the study of the intellectual history of the Middle Ages, the intercultural contact and migration of knowledge in the Islamic world, and many other topics.

A study of the Old Testament interpretation in the theology of John Calvin and in the larger Reformed tradition.

What motivates states to assist other countries in need? Focusing on Chinese, Russian, and American decisions about COVID-19 aid, this book illuminates the role of ideas in donors' decisions, and how competition over alternative approaches to aid undermines humanitarian assistance.

This book explores a specific discursivity at work in international human rights law. It examines the ways in which the discourse on international human rights law constantly expands its domain while preserving its distinctiveness from general international law.

In 2022, a conference of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies took place in Leuven ("Half a Century of Neo-Latin Studies"). This volume publishes the event's proceedings which deal with a broad range of fields, including literature, history, philology.

This book gives a detailed explanation and critical analysis of major reforms in China since 2013 to the constitution and legislation, court, procuratorate, local government and legal practice, on the basis of laws and policies, court judgments, statistics and both Chinese and international scholarship.

This book examines the language and myth of Pindar's Pythian Twelve under the lens of historical linguistics and comparative philology.

Translator, Touretter plays on the Italian dictum traduttore, traditore--"translator, traitor"--to mobilize the affective intensity of Tourettic tics as a practical guide to making and reading avant-garde translations.

This book shows that Spanish naval administrators by the 1750s vigorously pursued a program of sourcing timber from the Baltic and the Greater Caribbean. These contexts were very different politically, economically, and culturally, but they were each viewed as vital forest regions that could supply the Spanish navy at a critical juncture.

How do individuals experience transformation when reading the Bible? Drawing from phenomenological qualitative research, this book delves into the dynamic relationship between the Bible and its readers, deciphering its psychological, spiritual, and cultural layers to construct a practical theology of Bible reading.

The present book is a study of the discursive spaces on homosexuality in modern Shiʿi legal scholarship It offers a scholarly assessment of the Shiʿi legal-hermeneutical vectors demarcating the space between the two poles of prohibition and acceptance of homosexuality.

This groundbreaking collection of essays brings the fields of neo-Victorian studies and medievalism studies into dialogue for the first time. Issues of gender identity, sexuality, imperialism and nostalgia are critiqued by scholars in the analysis of neo-Victorian and medievalism texts.

Joseph Conrad, one of the most important twentieth century novelists was of Polish extraction but wrote in English. The subject of much of his fiction was the global world but the European background and especially Poland left a significant mark on the shaping of his imagination. This book examines that aspect of his work.

The anthology introduces representative works of Korean Sinitic poetry with overview essays on history and literary traditions, and ample notes on allusions and expressions for each poem. Detailed linguistic guides make this a distinctive and comprehensive guide to hansi.

The sweeping changes engendered by Oman's 1970 coup produced a new political and economic structure that was created by and for Sultan Qaboos. The initially haphazard construction matured into a durable structure that continues under Sultan Haitham.

Can a scientific instrument be regarded as a failure? Why and how? By shelling light on the complexity of these questions, the volume marks a step forward in the way historical scientific instruments can be analysed and displayed.

This book aims to discuss the art and culture produced by or associated with the Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri, focusing on issues still scarcely understood regarding the Oratorians' important artistic production, commonly forgotten when compared with other religious productions of art.

Read the fascinating story of an ecclesiastical reformation in India. Learn how the story of colonial politics and church reform are intertwined but never straightforward

This book is about the homeland of the most paradigmatic of all diasporas. It is about ways in which the land of Israel was envisioned in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the literature of the sages.