Historians Research Articles

Yekaterinodar city orphan court: prerequisites of education and law enforcement practice for the establishment of guardianship and guardianship over minors (XIX – early XX centuries)

The article is devoted to a comprehensive historical and legal analysis of the prerequisites for the formation of the Yekaterinodar city orphan Court at the end of the XIX century. and an assessment of its practical activities. In particular, the paper examines the peculiarities of establishing guardianship and guardianship over minors in the Kuban in the pre-reform period, as well as reveals the socio-political reasons explaining why the activities of orphan courts at the end of the XVIII – first half of the XIX century were not provided for in military Cossack settlements. Only since the second half of the XIX century. Conditions for the formation of these organs are beginning to form in the Kuban region. So, in 1886, the city orphan court was established at the Yekaterinodar District Court, from among the burghers and merchants. The article analyzes the features of establishing guardianship and guardianship over minor citizens of Yekaterinodar in the late XIX – early XX century. The author comes to the conclusion that the formation of the Yekaterinodar City Orphan Court was predetermined by the action of the reforms of Alexander II, eliminating the imperative, monosyllabic principle of the functioning of administrative and judicial institutions in the Kuban.

Discourse Historical Analysis of Identity Construction of New Energy Enterprises in China and the United States

In recent years, with the increasing awareness of climate change and environmental protection, new energy vehicles have gradually become a hot topic in the automotive industry. This article uses the Social Responsibility Report of BYD and Impact Report of Tesla as corpus, adopts a discourse-history research approach to analyze the three-dimensional framework of discourse analysis, and uses the corpus tool Wmatrix 6.0 to analyze the macro-themes, meso-discourse strategies, and micro-language features of corporate identity construction in China and the United States, explaining their similarities and differences in the construction of new energy enterprise identities. This study provides reference for the identity construction of new energy enterprises in China, and has practical significance for enhancing the international discourse construction ability of Chinese new energy enterprises.

The Boundaries of Transgender Rights: A Case Study Based on the Historical Legislation of the United States

The U.S. started to legally recognize transgender as transexuals in the 1970s, but with the late 1980s gender queer theory, the U.S. legal system recognizes all transgenders by how they identify themselves. The 2010s see rapid growth in transgender movements and related surgical industries. This paper studies the historical development of transgenders rights in the U.S. and analyzes its legitimacy based on past legislation and ideologies of America. It uses historical analysis and case studies on past lawsuits of the development of transgender. It analyzes how the three aspects of social, economic, and political factors intertwine to form the current legislation regarding transgenders. It divides the post-1980s transgenders into two groups to analyze, each based on a historical analysis of legislative values in the U.S. The current development of transgender rights and the over-protection of which has violated the U.S.s founding ideologies of liberty. To ensure the basic right to privacy in sex-divided facilities, legal systems should give clear criteria for determining transgender. To protect transgenders, especially adolescents and young adults, legislation needs to outlaw the school-to-clinic pipeline.

How does the consent model in Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) undermine our human right to privacy?

ABSTRACT Cambridge Analytica was a political consulting business that became known for its use of personal data obtained from social media platform Facebook, to drive election campaigns on behalf of its clients. Their most famous client was the winner of the 2016 US Presidential election. When it was realised that Cambridge Analytica had acquired Australian Facebook users’ data, the Australian privacy regulator started litigation against Facebook to enforce the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This article examines how the Facebook litigation and subsequent law reform activities shed light on the central, yet fictitious role of the consent model. A historical and cultural analysis reveals how consent to surrender private information is a symptom of social conditions in which we take it for granted that individuals, rather than business, will bear the costs of poor privacy outcomes. Our collective ‘consent realism’ not only constrains the imagination of policy makers but interferes with a person’s autonomy in forming and developing opinions. However, a right to privacy can be more viably re-asserted, at least in response to the Cambridge Analytica incident, within the framework of Australia’s implied freedom of political communication. Consent realism can thus potentially be overcome in favour of human rights principles.

Рождение социологии спорта и Лестерская историко-социологическая школа

The paper describes the origins of sports sociology in Great Britain within the “Leicester School” of Historical Sociology of Norbert Elias, explaining the causes for the strong influence of the ideas of Elysianism on the present-day international sociology of sports. The overall development of the historical and sociological “Leicester School” of the 1960s and 1970s, its influence on the sociology of Great Britain, as well as the role of Elias and Ilya Neustadt in its formation are shown. The contemporary historical and sociological tradition of social analysis, inspired by the ideas of Elias and called the ‘sociology of process’ or ‘figurative research’, is described. Its key features are indicated: focus on relations–in–progress, relativism, studies of phenomena in their dynamics, the collection of historical materials, comparative analysis, and interdisciplinarity. The seminal works of Eric Dunning and Elias on sports sociology are considered, in addition to the early development of this field of studies. It is noted that both authors viewed sport and leisure activities as a means to understand society and proposed a sociological interpretation of sport as a tool for the civilizational process. Their work was based not only on a theoretical framework, but also on extensive historical research. This contributed to the early acceptance of the ideas of Leicester School during the establishment of international sports sociology in the 1960s. The paper is based on an informal interview in 2010 with Eric Dunning, the founding father of the British Sociology of Sport, co-author and student of Norbert Elias.

A Historical Analysis of Conflict, Decline, and Renewal

Abstract: Over the past five decades, the concept of civilization has been widely discussed among scholars, policy makers, and the general public. The academic community has published a great deal of research on topics such as the clash, decline, collapse and revival of civilizations. Many scholars believe that the interaction and conflict between different civilizations are important factors in the course of human history. At the same time, governments are faced with the challenges posed by the clash of civilizations over ethnic, regional and national issues, which often lead to social unrest and political instability. For most people, their standard of living, economic status, and level of education are greatly affected by the civilization in which they live. The study of civilization should not only be limited to specific people, times or places, but should also be examined in the broader historical process. This paper proposes that a more realistic and objective perspective can be obtained only through the in-depth study of the historical process of civilization.

AI-Generated Content: Legal Challenges & Potential Reforms

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly altering numerous markets, including those involving creative jobs such as art, music, and literature. As AI remains to progress and come to be significantly sophisticated, it tests the existing lawful system, especially in the locations of copyright, copyright, and possession legal rights. This article explores whether our present legal system is properly prepared to manage the intricacies and moral problems posed by sophisticated AI modern technologies. By evaluating various lawful systems, evaluating relevant case studies, and exploring existing lawful challenges, this paper intends to understand the level to which our laws have the ability to properly attend to issues related to content created by AI. This study uses study, comparative research study, thorough literary works review, and historical analysis to discover the intersection in between AI and copyright law. Lastly, the paper recommends possible lawful changes and reforms to aid balance the requirement for technology with copyright security, making sure a fair and fair lawful structure.

Historical insights at scale: A corpus-wide machine learning analysis of early modern astronomic tables.

Understanding the evolution and dissemination of human knowledge over time faces challenges due to the abundance of historical materials and limited specialist resources. However, the digitization of historical archives presents an opportunity for AI-supported analysis. This study advances historical analysis by using an atomization-recomposition method that relies on unsupervised machine learning and explainable AI techniques. Focusing on the "Sacrobosco Collection," consisting of 359 early modern printed editions of astronomy textbooks from European universities (1472-1650), totaling 76,000 pages, our analysis uncovers temporal and geographic patterns in knowledge transformation. We highlight the relevant role of astronomy textbooks in shaping a unified mathematical culture, driven by competition among educational institutions and market dynamics. This approach deepens our understanding by grounding insights in historical context, integrating with traditional methodologies. Case studies illustrate how communities embraced scientific advancements, reshaping astronomic and geographical views and exploring scientific roots amidst a changing world.

Teacher education in Israel: a fifty-year journey (1974–2024)

ABSTRACT This study explores the evolution of teacher education in Israel from 1974 to 2024, analysing key policy actions, reforms, and initiatives that have shaped the field over the past five decades. During these years, extensive efforts were undertaken at the state level by the Ministry of Education and the Council for Higher Education to elevate the status of the teaching profession by advocating for the professionalisation and professionalism of teaching and teachers. These efforts include the academisation process of all teacher education colleges, the establishment of task forces and standing committees to address challenges, continuous upgrades and adjustments to the initial teacher education curriculum, support mechanisms for newly qualified teachers, ongoing professional development for practicing teachers, including master’s degree programmes, salary adjustments, and the decision to move the colleges of education to the sole auspices of the Council for Higher Education and the Planning and Budgeting Committee. Despite these numerous attempts, the status of teachers has continued to decline, and the profession has struggled with low public perception and prestige, leading to both quantitative and qualitative teacher shortages. The repeated policy shifts and inconsistent implementation strategies have often exacerbated rather than resolved these issues. By providing a comprehensive historical analysis, the study offers insights into the successes and significant shortcomings of past initiatives, aiming to inform future policy-making and strategic planning to enhance the effectiveness and appeal of the teaching profession in Israel.

TRACING AMERICAN SPIRIT IN INDONESIA’S INDEPENDENCE: A HISTORICAL-COMPARATIVE STUDY

The US and Indonesia, two countries that fought for freedom, are fascinating subjects to delve more into, despite their great distance from one another and their distant times of conflict. This research used a Transnational American Studies perspective and comparative-historical analysis. By using comparative historical analysis, this research aimed to explore the similarities and differences that exist in the journey of American independence and Indonesian independence. The results of this research showed that even though the independence movements in the US and Indonesia occurred several centuries apart, they had the same goal, namely opposing colonialism. Both showed the same enthusiasm to fight colonial power and the desire to determine the fate of their nation without interference from other parties. Thomas Paine and Bung Tomo through their writings and speeches led the spirit of independence in the US and Indonesia. Even though they use different communication styles, both have an impact in forming the spirit of resistance and unity of their nation. Additionally, by looking at the history of the struggle of the Indonesian people, it can be seen the spirit of freedom that the US promoted.

An ideology of deserving: A historical analysis of the United States' immigration policies governing forced migration and social welfare

AbstractLegislation governs both the admittance and treatment of forced migrants in the United States. Increasingly, many forced migrants are offered few welfare benefits, temporary protection, and no pathway to permanent residency. This paper explores forced migrants' legal categories and access to social welfare, focusing on five humanitarian protection statuses: Temporary Protected Status, Humanitarian Parole, Asylum Seeker, Refugee, and Asylee. Based on the concepts of welfare nationalism and the Protestant Work Ethic, our historical analysis examines the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 to see how this landmark legislation shaped access to welfare for noncitizens. We then focus on the emergence of humanitarian statuses since the 1950s and the legislation that constructed them. We conclude that immigration legislation governing forced migrants underlies an ideology of deserving, where some are treated as more meritorious than others. Thus, we call for welfare scholars to elevate immigration status as a key category in their research.

Kajian Potensi Lanskap Desa Kamal Kecamatan Arjasa Kabupaten Jember untuk Pengembangan Wisata Sejarah Berbasis Masyarakat

Jember is one of the regencies located in East Java. Jember seeks to explore new tourism potentials that have not been widely developed, including in the field of historical and cultural tourism. This potential can be found in Kamal Village, Arjasa Sub-district. The purpose of this study was to assess the landscape potential of Kamal Village as an initial analysis of the development of a community-based historical tourism area. The analysis used includes land suitability analysis, historical analysis, thermal humidity index analysis, and community acceptability analysis. Based on the results of the analysis, the general condition of Kamal Village has the potential to be developed as a tourist area. Kamal Village has cultural heritage objects in the form of kenong stones, dolmen stones, menhir stones, lumpang stones, direction stones, and slate stones. All of these cultural heritage sites are quite feasible in terms of their historical value. There are two arts and cultures in Kamal Village that can be used as additional tourist attractions in the form of the Kadisah Ritual and Ta'Butaan. Regarding community acceptability, 100% of villagers agreed with the development of the area as a tourist destination. A total of 86.67% are very willing to play an active role in tourism. Therefore, Kamal Village has high potential to be developed as a community based historical tourism area.

Gendering Empire: A Historiographical Exploration

In her landmark work in feminist theory The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir argues how gender is a totalising, transformative social experience. In this essay, I will argue that this total construction of power and identity finds resonance the colonial project. As alluded to in Franz Fanon’s vision of decolonisation, colonialism wholly moulds and creates individuals. The link is established in using gender as a category of historical analysis for empires, where the principal analytical prism is a Foucauldian dispersion of power, in which power emanates through knowledge-fields, discourse and social relations rather than through simple, unmasked, top-down imposition. Two strands emerge: the genealogy of power and the reproduction of power. The former traces how gender has contributed to moulding, naturalising and essentialising colonial hierarchies, while the latter addresses how historical writing itself illuminates or occludes narratives, agencies and subjectivities, in turn creating new meanings. However, gender as a category of historical analysis is useful for historians of empire, contingent upon the adoption of an intersectional approach that does not posit gender as primary to other axes of oppression. Furthermore, the consciousness of its inessentiality – particularly that of the binary – is necessary to avoid perpetuating Eurocentrism and its specific demarcation of the concepts of gender and race.

Towards the fair regulation of all coca leaf derivatives in Colombia

Purpose The purpose of this study is to envision the possible path to regulation of the coca leaf and its derivatives. There are a range of possible coca derivatives that could be considered for the broader market and which could be conceived of as risk and harm reduction interventions, as well as have other nutritional and industrial uses. Design/methodology/approach The methodology consists of a historical analysis of the advances in alternative uses of the coca leaf within a commercial market in Colombia as a means of providing greater economic capacity to communities that cultivate the plant, while exploring the nutritional and industrial benefits of the plant. Findings Low-risk products, such as coca leaf and coca tea, could be regulated under the same criteria as coffee or other caffeinated beverages. With a more diverse range of products on the market, consumers can make more informed decisions about their consumption, particularly regarding the associated risks and the effects they desire. Practical implications The legal regulation of coca leaf products implies the creation of a regulatory government agency specialized in the subject, as well as monitor and evaluate the cultivation and processing of products. The production of the coca leaf would still be in the hands of the cultivating communities but would fall under the control and monitoring of the government. Social implications The legal regulation of the coca leaf could have strong impacts on cultivating communities to guarantee their human rights and provide greater protection. Various industries have expressed an interest in using coca leaf derivatives and could represent economic opportunities for communities that cultivate. Originality/value Minimal work has been done on the regulation of coca leaf although there are some international examples that could be relevant in Bolivia and Perú. There is a need to continue exploring the multiple uses of the leaf to reach greater international consensus on its rescheduling.

The Bauer–Ramanujan formula: historical analyses and perspectives

The formula 2 π = 1 − 5 ⋅ ( 1 2 ) 3 + 9 ⋅ ( 1 ⋅ 3 2 ⋅ 4 ) 3 − ⋯ was famously included as a discovery in Ramanujan's first letter to Hardy in 1913, and has been referred to as the Bauer–Ramanujan formula, in view of Bauer's 1859 proof of the above formula. There is a rich history associated with this formula and its many and dramatically different proofs, including a computer-based proof due to Zeilberger that may be seen as groundbreaking in the history of computer-assisted proofs. In addition to a complete survey we provide of all known proofs of the Bauer–Ramanujan formula, we introduce historical analyses based on these proofs, by arguing that the history of the Bauer–Ramanujan formula and our account of this history may be seen as being representative of much broader trends in the history of mathematics. In this regard, the earlier proofs tend to rely on one of the oldest and most basic tools in classical analysis, namely, interchanging the order of limiting operations. In contrast, the more modern proofs tend to rely on computer-related approaches toward summation problems, as in with Zeilberger-type and Gosper-type telescoping arguments.

Book Review: The Origins of Missouri English: A Historical Sociophonetic Analysis

Book Review: The Origins of Missouri English: A Historical Sociophonetic Analysis

Approach to death in the Obstetric-Gynaecological Institute of Milan at the beginning of the 20th Century. Reflections on the doctor’s care in accompanying human dying

This work aims to examine the approach to death in the Obstetric-Gynaecological Institute of Milan at the beginning of the 20th century, through an analysis of the medical records of women who died there during their hospitalisation. These documentary sources offer a picture of how death was experienced, assisted and accompanied during this time period. Doctors of the time were committed not only to treating the sick body, but also to offering emotional and empathic assistance to the suffering and dying person. Despite their limited tools and the scarcity of effective therapeutic treatments, these doctors, through their presence, sought to alleviate suffering and safeguard the dignity of the dying. The women who turned to the Obstetric-Gynaecological Institute of Milan for treatment were faced with complex pathologies that, often, required difficult surgical procedures. The post-operative course of these procedures was often characterized by severe complications, and those of an infectious nature proved to be the most complex to manage. The historical analysis of these medical records offers a lesson for contemporary medicine, highlighting the importance of keeping the focus on the person, even before treatment of the disease, because the care and accompaniment of the suffering and dying cannot be overlooked. Rediscovering the history of medicine and its roots allows us to restore the sense of humanity to care and to face illness and death with compassion and empathy, allowing the echo of the doctors who preceded us to resonate in our steps.

From exotic Orient to city with heritage: heritagisation in the tourism history of Hong Kong

ABSTRACT This article provides an historical analysis of the Hong Kong Tourist Association's (HKTA) marketing strategy, focusing on the post-World War II period. It explores how, from the 1980s, HKTA promoted heritage tours in an effort to extend tourist stays, changing perceptions of Hong Kong as a tourist destination in the process. Initially, Hong Kong relied heavily on its portrayal as an exotic Oriental site to appeal to Western tourists. From the 1950s to the 1970s, HKTA shifted its strategy, combining a broad Oriental appeal with more a specific emphasis on Chinese culture. Architecture, customs, handicrafts, and folk traditions were highlighted. This approach succeeded in enticing foreign tourists to experience ancient Chinese culture in a safe and comfortable environment during the Cold War. From the 1970s onwards, Hong Kong tourism undertook a growing emphasis on heritage preservation. During the 1980s and 1990s, the preservation of cultural heritage by HKTA, the Colonial Government, and the business sector contributed to Hong Kong's successful rebranding as an ideal tourist destination. The article argues that tourism development in post-war, pre-handover Hong Kong not only influenced the discourse and evolution of cultural heritage but also reciprocally influenced the heritagisation of Hong Kong.

Show and slow codes: A historical analysis of clinicians' adaptations to ethical overreach.

After briefly reviewing the historical development and ethical regulation of resuscitative technologies, this study probes why clinicians engage in the morally problematic practice of show and slow coding and why hospitals tolerate it? Studies conducted in 1995 and 2020 indicate that conscientious clinicians engage in these practices to protect their patients from abusive or futile resuscitation. And hospitals' clinical cultures tolerate these practices to protect conscientious clinicians from censure, dismissal, delicensing, or legal prosecution for withholding or withdrawing abusive or futile resuscitative technologies without prior patient or surrogate consent. Show and slow coding evolved in American clinical cultures in the second half of the 20th century when closed-chest cardiac massage, defibrillators, ventilators, and other resuscitative technologies raised seemingly novel ethical questions. To address these questions, bioethics commissions, healthcare societies, lawmakers, and a Roman Catholic Pope developed ethics standards requiring clinicians to obtain patient or surrogate consent before withholding or withdrawing resuscitative technologies. They thus conferred on patients an implicit right of resuscitation even if it was abusive and/or futile. Conscientious clinicians circumvented this implicit right by show and slow coding to protect patients from abusive resuscitation. Recognizing clinicians' benign intent, hospitals' clinical cultures tolerate show and slow coding as acts of conscience, akin to civil disobedience. Thus, rescinding ethics standards and laws requiring prior patient/surrogate consent for non-resuscitation or for cessation of resuscitative technologies decisions should end show/slow coding. Such a reform should also recognize clinicians' right of conscientious refusal to perform CPR.

Beyond infantilization and adultification: The binary representations of child migrants in the United States and how they harm young migrants

AbstractThe arrival of migrant children at the US–Mexico border has prompted vigorous debates about how to handle their admission and manage their access to resources. Portrayals of child migrants often draw on dominant conventional notions of childhood, creating binary representations that simultaneously infantilize and adultify them. This binary representation either strips children of their agency or criminalizes their actions and denies them protection. This paper exposes the inadequacies of the infantilization and adultification binary to represent and understand the experiences of child migrants, particularly youth who immigrate as teenagers, through a transdisciplinary approach. Integrating original historical analysis via archival research with contemporary social scientific analysis from qualitative research, this paper examines the longstanding binary representations of migrant children and their harmful impacts. The historical analysis shows that infantilization and adultification have defined the US response to child migrants since the mid‐1960s. Making connections to the present, through the stories of two unaccompanied teenage arrivals, we show how the binary is experienced and how Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) reflects and reinforces the binary. The paper also highlights how young people, who do not fit neatly into the binary, come to subjectively feel adult, elucidating the need for an alternative narrative that embraces child migrants' agency and advocates for support and protection for all youth.