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C. Snouck Hurgronje: Mekka in the latter part of the 19th century Universiteit Antwerpen
Technical discourses on primary educational buildings: governmental publications in Belgium in the 19th century Universiteit Antwerpen
Between literature and journalism: the circulation of foreign literary news on the Italian gazettes of the early 19th century Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The evolution of the Finnish health-care system early 19th century and onwards Universiteit Gent
The purpose of the paper is twofold. First, it seeks to appreciate key events in the development of the Finnish health system and in particular those of the hospital system over the last two centuries. In doing so, the paper analyses the mutual influence among emergent organisational and clinical routines for the evolving body of medical scientific knowledge and the system for the training of doctors. The second objective of the paper is to ...
Towards a non-destructive methodology to distinguish wrought iron from mild steel in 19th century structures Vrije Universiteit Brussel
During the 19th century various new construction materials became available in a short time. This paper deals with the quest for a methodology to differentiate wrought iron from mild steel by using a combination of several onsite non-destructive testing instruments. A mobile Vickers hardness tester and an optical microscope were used to determine the hardness and analyze the microstructure after onsite polishing and nital etching of historic ...
Creole exceptionalism in a historical perspective – from 19th century reflection to a self-conscious discipline Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In order to re-evaluate the ongoing debate about so-called creole exceptionalism, parallels and continuities from historical texts are shown in a line of argumentation that can be found both in works from the 19th century and from today. Mainly, the influential study of Mauritian Creole by Charles Baissac (1880) exhibits considerable similarities with today’s exceptionalist positions. Persisting arguments such as the idea of creoles as “simple”, ...
Gully development and its spatiotemporal variability since the late 19th century in the northern Ethiopian Highlands Universiteit Gent
China’s brick history and conservation: Laboratory results of Shanghai samples from 19th to 20th century KU Leuven
Fired bricks have been used for construction purposes in China for at least two thousand years. Since themid-19th century the manufacture of bricks has shifted from an old to a new system. The unique Chineseblue brick has been gradually replaced by the European red brick and other modern products. This studyfocuses on Shanghai as a representative city in that transitional period, aims at addressing the true con-dition of the modern changes in ...
Happiness disabled: Sensory disabilities, happiness and the rise of educational expertise in the 19th century KU Leuven
To date, the historical entanglement of disability and happiness has not been considered an object worth of historical inquiry. Nor has the intersection of disability and emotions been used as a lens to examine the history of disability. Our paper aims at filling this academic void by analysing a wide range of philosophical, anthropological, pedagogical, popular and poetic texts dealing with the following question: "Who is unhappiest, the blind ...