MN Bab

Baltic Worlds, 2024

Commemoration in Russia of Navalny, also one person with one life, revealed historical continuity with the pain of the past, but perhaps more importantly established a sense of community with those who suffered before us. When the first flowers appeared in front of previously desolate memorials to victims of political oppression, grief mixed with hope to create an unexpected feeling of togetherness.

This is the programme of an international, interdisciplinary conference held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, April 17-19, 2024.

2002

-- medho, metal implements merchant -- mandar, Wealth accounting ledger of metalwork, village headman’s mint

Diadora 37, 2023

This paper analyzes 140 Roman cosmetic or pharmaceutical glass vessels from the Roman Period Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Istria. Most of the selected objects belong to the Museum’s permanent display, but some other ones are also included. The objects are either complete or with minor damages and are dated to the period between the 1st and 4th centuries AD. They include balsamarii of various forms, mold-blown and free-blown vials, handled cups, amphoriskoi and one pyxis. These objects are analyzed based on their form (related to their purpose and to how, when and where they were made) and their contents and social contexts, if known. They mostly come from the workshops in Northern Italy and Northern Adriatic; some of them come from the Eastern Mediterranean and very few of them from Western European provinces. The balsamarii selected here offer an insight into the main routes of trade in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations that Roman Istria was part of.

These are the lecture notes of a geometric algebra based classical physics course (SCI122) that I have taught for years at Utrecht College University. Currently working on a revised edition and extended with material pertaining my new academic environment: Economics.

José Meli, 2006

Sabemos que, el dinero debe satisfacer las necesidades de subsistencia básicas; sin embargo, una cultura fundada en el parecer sobre el ser, el miedo al futuro y la necesidad de tenerlo todo previsto nos han llevado a tal recargo de posesiones, panoramas, exquisiteces sensoriales, que parece que las necesidades nunca se cubrieran y siempre hubiera algo más que poseer o hacer o experimentar; así, la ambición de casi todos es tener más, acumular más, ganar más. Esto es tan irracional que muchas veces sacrificamos nuestros afectos, nuestra salud, y entregamos lo mejor de nuestro tiempo y energía a este objetivo, convirtiéndonos en máquinas productoras de más de lo que tenemos. Este ritmo tiene a la mayor parte de las personas agotadas, y a las posesiones y panoramas transformados en una carga en vez de en oportunidades de encanto y realización.