- Solingen, Germany
A short report of the lectures given at the international conference "The Sword - Form and Thought" (NOV 2015 at Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen, Germany).
Research Interests: Swords, Symbolism, Comparative Mythology, Sword Making, Bronze Age swords, Swordsmanship, Nihonto (Japanese swords and other weaponry), and 14 moreSword, Historical European Martial Arts, Celtic Swords, Historical Fencing, Early Medieval Swords, History of Fencing, Pattern Welded Sword, Medieval Swords, Swords, Roman swords, Swordsmithing In Iron Age Northern Europe, Viking Swords, Swords and Sabers, and Fechtbücher
Research Interests: Swords, Symbolism, Comparative Mythology, Bronze Age swords, Swordsmanship, Nihonto (Japanese swords and other weaponry), Celtic Swords, and 10 moreEarly Medieval Swords, Medieval Swords, Swords, Roman swords, Swordsmithing In Iron Age Northern Europe, Viking Swords, Swords and Sabers, Persian Swordsmanship, Typology of Swords, and Persian Swords and Shields
Abstract for the interdisciplinary conference "The Sword - Form and Thought", to be held at Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen (German Blade Museum) November 19th-20th, 2015.
http://www.ufg.uni-freiburg.de/forsch/tagungen/schwerttagung
http://www.ufg.uni-freiburg.de/forsch/tagungen/schwerttagung
Research Interests: History of European Martial Arts, Sword Dance, Swords, Symbolism, Comparative Mythology, Sword Making, Bronze Age swords, and 11 moreSwordsmanship, Sword, Celtic Swords, Historical Fencing, Early Medieval Swords, Medieval Swords, Swords, Roman swords, Swordsmithing In Iron Age Northern Europe, Viking Swords, and Swords and Sabers
Martial Arts Studies Autumn 2015 Issue 1 Table of Contents Editorial • Paul Bowman and Benjamin N. Judkins Articles • Paul Bowman, Asking the Question: Is Martial Arts Studies an Academic Field? • Sixt Wetzler, Martial arts studies as... more
Martial Arts Studies
Autumn 2015
Issue 1
Table of Contents
Editorial
• Paul Bowman and Benjamin N. Judkins
Articles
• Paul Bowman, Asking the Question: Is Martial Arts Studies an Academic Field?
• Sixt Wetzler, Martial arts studies as Kulturwissenschaft: A possible theoretical framework
• D. S. Farrer, Efficacy and Entertainment in Martial Arts Studies: Anthropological Perspectives
• Jared Miracle, Imposing the Terms of the Battle: Donn F. Draeger, Count Dante, and the Struggle for American Martial Arts Identity
• Alexander Hay, The Art and Politics of Fence: Subtexts and Ideologies of Late 16th Century Fencing Manuals
Review Article
• Kyle Barrowman, History in the Making: Martial Arts between Planet Hollywood and Planet Hong Kong
Book Reviews
• The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts. 2015. Benjamin Judkins and Jon Nielson. State University of New York Press. 364 Pages. $90/£59.29. Reviewed by Douglas Wile
• Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom. 2015. Sabrina Yu. Edinburgh University Press. 224 Pages. $34.95/£19.99. Reviewed by Wayne Wong
• Demonic Warfare: Daoism, Territorial Networks, and the History of a Ming Novel. 2015. Mark R. E. Meulenbeld. University of Hawai’i Press. 288 Pages. $57/£36.43. Reviewed by Scott P. Phillips
• Martial Arts Studies: Disrupting Disciplinary Boundaries. 2015. Paul Bowman. Rowman & Littlefield International. 208 Pages. $32.95/£22.95. Reviewed by Adam Frank
Autumn 2015
Issue 1
Table of Contents
Editorial
• Paul Bowman and Benjamin N. Judkins
Articles
• Paul Bowman, Asking the Question: Is Martial Arts Studies an Academic Field?
• Sixt Wetzler, Martial arts studies as Kulturwissenschaft: A possible theoretical framework
• D. S. Farrer, Efficacy and Entertainment in Martial Arts Studies: Anthropological Perspectives
• Jared Miracle, Imposing the Terms of the Battle: Donn F. Draeger, Count Dante, and the Struggle for American Martial Arts Identity
• Alexander Hay, The Art and Politics of Fence: Subtexts and Ideologies of Late 16th Century Fencing Manuals
Review Article
• Kyle Barrowman, History in the Making: Martial Arts between Planet Hollywood and Planet Hong Kong
Book Reviews
• The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts. 2015. Benjamin Judkins and Jon Nielson. State University of New York Press. 364 Pages. $90/£59.29. Reviewed by Douglas Wile
• Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom. 2015. Sabrina Yu. Edinburgh University Press. 224 Pages. $34.95/£19.99. Reviewed by Wayne Wong
• Demonic Warfare: Daoism, Territorial Networks, and the History of a Ming Novel. 2015. Mark R. E. Meulenbeld. University of Hawai’i Press. 288 Pages. $57/£36.43. Reviewed by Scott P. Phillips
• Martial Arts Studies: Disrupting Disciplinary Boundaries. 2015. Paul Bowman. Rowman & Littlefield International. 208 Pages. $32.95/£22.95. Reviewed by Adam Frank
Research Interests: Martial Arts, South East Asian martial Arts, Martial Arts (Anthropology), Martial Arts of Middle Ages, History of European Martial Arts, and 6 moreChinese Martial Arts Films, Mixed Martial Arts, Historical European Martial Arts, Research in Martial arts, Traditional Chinese Martial Arts, and Martial Arts Studies
Fight Books in Comparative Perspective 1. International St. Martin Conference St. Martin Conference is the title of a new series of academic conferences held at Deutsches Klingenmuseum (German Blade Museum) in Solingen/Germany. It will... more
Fight Books in Comparative Perspective
1. International St. Martin Conference
St. Martin Conference is the title of a new series of academic conferences held at Deutsches Klingenmuseum (German Blade Museum) in Solingen/Germany. It will be dedicated to topics from the field of edged weapons: their production and cultural history, the schools and traditions of their use, and their reception in modern culture, among others.
The first St. Martin Conference on 9./10. NOV 2017 will be discussing “Fight Books in Comparative Perspective”, the martial arts/fencing treatises known from various parts of the world, of which the Klingenmuseum owns some precious examples.
For more infromation, visit www.klingenmuseum.de
1. International St. Martin Conference
St. Martin Conference is the title of a new series of academic conferences held at Deutsches Klingenmuseum (German Blade Museum) in Solingen/Germany. It will be dedicated to topics from the field of edged weapons: their production and cultural history, the schools and traditions of their use, and their reception in modern culture, among others.
The first St. Martin Conference on 9./10. NOV 2017 will be discussing “Fight Books in Comparative Perspective”, the martial arts/fencing treatises known from various parts of the world, of which the Klingenmuseum owns some precious examples.
For more infromation, visit www.klingenmuseum.de
Research Interests:
The pdf of a presentation held at the conference "M-maybe it's art?" at Düsseldorf University, 26th Nov 2015 (http://maybeitsart.jimdo.com/), which dealt with art history perspectives on comic literature. The lecture "Wenn Turtle über ain... more
The pdf of a presentation held at the conference "M-maybe it's art?" at Düsseldorf University, 26th Nov 2015 (http://maybeitsart.jimdo.com/), which dealt with art history perspectives on comic literature.
The lecture "Wenn Turtle über ain sind" compared the depiction of the fighting body in superhero comic and medieval fight books.
The collage of Talhoffer and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was taken from https://www.facebook.com/DeadMastersFightClub/ (which is worth a visit).
The image on the last page stems from the exhibition "Turtles in Time" , Bottleneck Gallery.(http://411posters.com/2014/10/bottleneck-gallery-presents-turtles-in-time-an-official-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-exhibition/)
The lecture "Wenn Turtle über ain sind" compared the depiction of the fighting body in superhero comic and medieval fight books.
The collage of Talhoffer and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was taken from https://www.facebook.com/DeadMastersFightClub/ (which is worth a visit).
The image on the last page stems from the exhibition "Turtles in Time" , Bottleneck Gallery.(http://411posters.com/2014/10/bottleneck-gallery-presents-turtles-in-time-an-official-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-exhibition/)