Outstanding Scholars Research Articles

Exploring development of smart city research through perspectives of governance and information systems: a scientometric analysis using CiteSpace

PurposeSmart cities show a “booming” trend both in the academia and the industry in recent years. Scholars across the world have been investigating how new technologies are applied to develop new services to the inhabitants and cities all over the world also address the “smart cities” challenges by promoting policymaking and governance. This paper aims to conduct in-depth research on smart cities by combining the study of governance policy study and information technology study.Design/methodology/approachThis paper empirically mapped the trends of smart city development, outstanding scholars and hot topics about smart cities by analyzing important references using CiteSpace. The authors visualized references and topics to analyze smart city research, based on empirical data from Web of Science. Furthermore, two most important research branches – topics from smart city governance research and those from information systems (IS) research were studied, respectively.FindingsFirst, the authors mapped the development of research and divided the development into three different stages. Second, the authors explored important, influential and instructive publications and publications’ attributes including authors, institutions, journals and topics. Third, the authors found there are different characteristics between the IS group and the governance group in publication situations, influential institutions, journals and authors, although the research points of the two branches are overlapping and fragmented. Finally, the authors proposed important topics, which include “internet of things (IoT)”, “big data”, “smart city systems” and “smart city management” and the authors predicted that “IoT” and “smart city challenge” would be future trends in recent years.Originality/valueThis study is an innovative research of its category because it visualized the development of smart city research, analyzed both governance and technology branches of smart city research synthetically using CiteSpace and forecasted future trends of smart city research by topics analysis and visualization of evolution.

From the Editor

Previous articleNext article FreeFrom the EditorCharles W. MahoneyCharles W. MahoneyUniversity of Connecticut Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreThis issue of The Wordsworth Circle, “New Directions in Romanticism” (guest edited by Andrew Elfenbein), appears during a prolonged moment of profound uncertainty for the academy, a moment in which the institutional as well as intellectual directions of colleges and universities across the world are anything but clear. Often a bellwether for broader intellectual, pedagogical, and cultural changes in the academy, Romantic studies again provides a “case” for thinking about these futures, even at a moment when the future of our own field may seem unusually precarious.As Andrew Elfenbein writes: I am finishing this special issue in very different circumstances from those in which it started. I wanted this issue to be an opportunity to avoid one of the pitfalls of many issues, the “theme” or “topic” in which the editors are deeply invested and in which the contributors are not. The result is a surface unity of topic masking essays linking themselves with varying success to that topic. My preference was to ask a group of outstanding scholars of Romanticism to produce work that they believed to be new and significant. While I was especially interested in work that asked challenging methodological questions, I was eager to provide an open forum.I am deeply grateful that Marilyn Gaull offered me the opportunity to move forward with this project. As was always the case with Marilyn, she offered me abundant practical advice for assembling a special issue, of the kind that comes only from long experience. Her generosity was typical of the seriousness with which she took fostering new scholarship in Romanticism. It was with deep sadness that I learned of her death in August, 2019, but I want to believe that this special issue is a tribute to her legacy: one not only of her own remarkable scholarship but also of her dedication to creating new opportunities for the field. I feel so lucky that she and I were able to work together on this project and that I had the privilege of learning from her wisdom.While I hope the current pandemic will be a distant memory when this special issue appears, I acknowledge that all my contributors finished their essays in circumstances of unprecedented stress and challenge. In this environment, moving forward with scholarship at all is an achievement, given the disruptions to so many of the life circumstances that we take for granted as enabling serious work in it. I am so proud of my contributors for being able to continue under such difficult circumstances. Recording my deep appreciation for how they all model producing scholarship under the most trying situation feels like the best introduction I could offer.We are indeed indebted to the contributors to this issue for persevering under the prevailing circumstances, for generating such original scholarship, and for imagining a future for Romantic studies—a future to which we hope The Wordsworth Circle will contribute in myriad ways.— CWM Previous articleNext article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Wordsworth Circle Volume 51, Number 3Summer 2020New Directions in Romanticism Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/710965 Views: 201Total views on this site © 2020 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

On Trusts, Angels, Morality and Fusion: Reply to My Critics

I am deeply grateful to the four commentators for engaging with my work in a deep and creative manner; tempting such outstanding scholars setting their inquisitive minds unto my work x is the best I could possibly ask for. Their thoughts set me unto new paths that correspond with the present book but move beyond it. There is no way I can do justice in this short piece to all the excellent points they raise in their critique. I therefore chose to write about four themes that recur in two or more of the papers: the place of the trust in my account of Equity, the extent to which equity sides with (moral) angles, whether the morality invoked by Equity is thick or thin, and the question to what extent Equity as it emerges from the book can be the subject of future fusion projects.

“Peoples meet in Yemen”. A Peter A. Gryaznevich and Avraam G. Lundin memorial Conference

On October 25, 2019, the Meeting “Peoples meet inYemen” was held at theInstituteofOriental Manuscriptsof theRussianAcademyof Sciences. It was dedicated to the memory of the outstanding Russian scholars of the East Pyotr Afanasievich Gryaznevich (19.IX.1929–12.II.1997) and Avraam Grigorievich Lundin (25.XII.1929–12.X.1994). The conference was attended by 13 participants fromMoscowandSt. Petersburg, who summarized the achievements of P. A. Gryaznevich and A. G. Lundin in the field of Ancient and Medieval Yemen studies, as well as other aspects of Arabic studies. The review provides a list the talks given by the participants

Esther Webman (1947–2020)

Dr. Esther Webman, a dear friend for decades and an outstanding scholar, passed away suddenly on June 16. Esti—as she was fondly called by her many friends and colleagues—has left behind a void tha...

Diagnosing the Problems in Teaching Courses of English for Specific Purposes at the University of Prishtina and Private Colleges in Kosovo

A number of academic units at the University of Prishtina (UP) offer English for specific purposes in order to address the needs of students to communicate effectively in their chosen field of study. Recent developments and the changing landscape of teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes around the world lead to the decision of analyzing a complex of factors that affect or hinder the effectiveness of the process of teaching and learning ESP courses at the University of Prishtina as well as at the private colleges in Kosovo. The research questions include: What are the problems faced by students learning ESP at the University of Prishtina and at the private colleges in Kosovo? What are the ways of solving these problems? etc. The data has been collected by conducting a survey in six academic units of the University of Prishtina including both teaching staff and student population. The selection of academic units is done on the bases of their specificity of the study field. That means the faculties that need a more specific vocabulary of English Language. There has also been conducted a survey in three private colleges considered as more successful colleges; “Dukagjini“ College, AAB College and the College “Biznesi”. Theoretical part is based on outstanding scholars and researchers of the English for Specific Purposes .Research findings have confirmed our research hypothesis displaying expected pattern of obstacles faced by the teaching staff and students in the process of teaching and learning ESP courses. Status of the course, large number of students in groups, lack of equipped laboratories and lack of qualified staff, present a hindrance in achieving the objectives of ESP courses at the University of Prishtina. While in private colleges it is students’ low knowledge of English language that prevents the teaching of English for Specific Purposes thus concentrating more on General English (GE).

Bibliometric analysis for talent identification by the subject–author–citation three-dimensional evaluation model in the discipline of physical education

PurposeIn order to solve the current imbalance of academic resources within the discipline, this article builds a three-dimensional talent evaluation model based on the topic–author–citation based on the z index and proposes the ZAS index to evaluate scholars on different research topics within the discipline.Design/methodology/approachBased on the sample data of the CSSCI journals in the discipline of physical education in the past five years, the keywords were classified into 13 categories of research topics including female sports. The ZAS index of scholars on topic of female sports and so on was calculated, and quantitative indexes such as h index p index and z index were calculated. Comparative analysis of the evaluation effect was performed.FindingsIt is found that compared with the h index and p index, the z index achieves a better balance between the quantity, quality and citation distribution of scholars' results and effectively recognizes that the citation quality is higher and the number of citations of each paper is more balanced. In addition, compared to the z index, this article is based on a ZAS index model with an improved three-dimensional topic–author–citation relationship in research fields such as female sports.Originality/valueIt can identify some outstanding scholars who are engaged in small-scale or emerging topic research such as female sports and are excellent in different research areas. Talents create an objective and fair evaluation environment. At the same time, the ranking ability of ZAS indicators in the evaluation of talents is the strongest, and it is expected to be used in practical evaluations.

The two CVs of Klaus Joachim Zülch (1910-1988)

Klaus Joachim Zülch's research on the pathology and biology of brain tumors made him one of the outstanding scholars and clinicians in the fields of neurology and neuropathology in the Federal Republic of Germany. The World Health Organization (WHO) drew on his results when laying down its classification. In the years 1961-1962 he was president of the German Neurological Society (DGN), in 1978 he became an honorary member and in 1984 honorary president. In addition to the Zülch Award of the Max Planck Society, the DGN organizes aZülch lecture at its annual meetings. Archive documents revealed that he was an early adherent of the ideology of National Socialism. He was amember of paramilitary units, joined the SA storm troopers in 1933 and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) in 1937. After having studied under Otfrid Foerster in Breslau and Georg Schaltenbrand in Würzburg he served as a military physician and in army hospitals during and after WWII. Nevertheless, he continued his investigations at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research with Wilhelm Tönnis. In July 1947 he was dismissed on account of his SA membership but entered an objection to this decision of the Allies. After alengthy denazification trial he succeeded in being exonerated. This was also due to attestations written in his favor by various neuroscientists. Hence, he could pursue his career in Cologne and from 1959 onwards he acted as director of the newly established department of general neurology of the Max Planck Institute and simultaneously as head of the department for clinical neurology at Cologne-Merheim hospital. The juxtaposition of aCV written by Zülch himself around 1938 with another one composed after the war shows that he tried to conceal incriminating facts and partly reconstructed anew and ultimately successful biography.

Living Architecture: Re-imagining Vernacularity in Southeast Asia and Oceania

ABSTRACTSoutheast Asia and Oceania have a long tradition of outstanding scholarship that studies the rich and diverse vernacular architectural heritage of the region. Up until the early twenty-first century, this work tended to focus on traditional forms of vernacular architecture, emphasising their regional distinctiveness and analysing the ways in which they reflected social and cultural structures. However, recent decades have seen rapid and fundamental social, economic, and environmental changes in the region that require new perspectives on the design, use, and meaning of vernacular architecture. Processes like population growth, urbanisation, globalisation, climate change, migration, natural disasters, conflicts, and the internationalisation and commercialisation of architectural practice have exerted increasing pressure on vernacular architectural traditions. In recent decades more dynamic and active approaches to the study of vernacular architecture have emerged that attempt to challenge the dichotomies inherent in earlier definitions and representations of the vernacular. Those approaches raise interesting and indeed fundamental questions about the way the vernacular architecture of the region has been represented in the past; about the validity of those representations; and ultimately about how relevant they are in the here and now. Indeed, they call into question the validity and relevance of the concept of vernacularity itself.

ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ КРЫМСКОГО ПОЛУОСТРОВА РОССИЙСКИМИ УЧЕНЫМИ (КОНЕЦ XVIII В.)

The rich historical past of the Crimean peninsula, its natural wealth and resources, its beauty at all times attracted the attention of traveling researchers. In the period from the last quarter of the 15th century up to the end of the 18th century, Western and Eastern researchers, visiting the Crimean peninsula for various purposes, studied its geography, biology, and history. Russian scientists-travelers did not have the opportunity to make research trips across the Crimea until the end of the 18th century due to the fact that for three centuries (from 1475 till 1774) the Crimean peninsula was part of the Ottoman Empire, being one of its most important provinces, both in trade, economic, and military-strategic terms. With the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 1783, started the development of newly acquired territories. The beginning of the study of the lands of the Crimean peninsula by Russian scientists is primarily associated with political and economic changes and transformations in the region. For the development and growth of the economy of the Crimean region, information was needed about the structure of the region, its socio-economic and ethnographic features, as well as about its natural resources. Therefore, by order of the Empress of Russia Catherine II and the instructions of the country’s government, the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences and Arts sends its scientists to the Crimea. Among Russian pioneers of the Crimean peninsula research in the late 18th century there were Vasily Zuev (1754–1794), Carl Ludwig Habliz (1752–1821), Theodor Chyorny (1745–1790), and Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811). The expeditions of these outstanding scholars and travellers commenced the Crimean exploration by Russian scientists in various fields of science, thus, the end of the 18th century should be considered the beginning of Russian Crimean studies.

National security and public administration

The article deals with the problem of national security in the contemporary world which is greatly influenced by the process of globalization and digitalization. The paper highlights the role of national security in modern state building. The following issue has been of great interest to many outstanding scientists worldwide especially since the beginning of the XXI century. However, the subject matter of national security in the system of public administration has not been clearly defined yet. Therefore, the paper analyzes the approaches to define national security and points out its distinctive features. Moreover, it emphasizes the fact that at the level of national, regional and global relations the concept of national security is often associated with security strategies. Thus, the article puts emphasis on the predominant characteristics that help to distinguish between these two concepts. In addition, the research clarifies the characteristic features of national security as well as state security. Security, like many other categories of social sciences, does not have a conclusive definition. What is more, the category of security has an interdisciplinary significance. Therefore, scientists define it in accordance with the subject matter and the specifics of cognition and research. Nevertheless, many outstanding scholars view security as an anthropocentric category related to man’s socialessence and value. Accordingly, security presupposes having freedom from the risk, danger and the threat of change to the worse. Most scientists agree that security is a constituent of every aspect of human life. Consequently, security issues consideration is of great significance. All in all, nowadays it is greatly important to achieve a state of security as our globalized society frequently leads to different challenges and dangers. The results of the research contribute to better understanding of the issue and make it possible to introduce effective mechanisms of public administration in the field of national security.

Dr. Tsippi Kauffman, z”l: 1970–2019

Dr. Tsippi Kauffman, z"l1970–2019 Uriel Gellman Since she left this world in September 2019, the unique being that was Tsippi has transformed itself into fragments of memories clothed in the conversation, thoughts, and words engraved in her writings and in the hearts of her students, friends, and loved ones. Dr. Tsippi Kauffman was a senior lecturer in the Department of Jewish Thought at Bar-Ilan University. She was an esteemed teacher, a brilliant and original researcher, a wonderful colleague and, above all, a woman of intellect and a fabulous human being. Tsippi wrote many important works in the field of Jewish mysticism and was among the best-known and most influential scholars in the study of Hasidism. Her first book, Bekhol derakhekha daʿehu. Tfisat haʾelohut vehaʿavodah begashmiyut bereshit haḥasidut (In All Your Ways Know Him: The Concept of God and Worshiping God through Corporeality in the Early Stages of Hasidism, Ramat Gan, 2009), which was based on the doctoral dissertation she completed under the supervision of Professor Moshe Idel, is a broad-ranging and incisive exploration of Hasidic conceptions of the divine. This issue continually preoccupied Hasidic thinkers and had many practical implications for the development of Hasidism as a socioreligious movement over the generations. The book focuses on how the first Hasidic thinkers, members of the circle of the Baal Shem Tov and his disciples, conceptualized the relationship between the divine and the material world and between a human being and their God. Tsippi laid out a comprehensive phenomenological analysis of divine immanence and of the concept of "worship through corporeality," showing how, even in the earliest circles of Hasidic thinkers, there was a range of different understandings of these foundational concepts of Hasidic theology. [End Page 344] Her scholarship was rigorous and scientific to the highest degree. But her approach to the subjects she was researching was not simply that of a detached external observer. She was connected with every fiber of her being to the spiritual realities of Hasidism, to the teachings, tunes, and tales of the Hasidim. When she taught or spoke, the profound feeling and soulful connection she brought to these topics was palpable. But this true love never interfered with her keen discernment, her integrity, her down-to-earth honesty. The topics she wrote about reflected her character, her curiosity, and her ambition to uncover new depths and to describe them with precision and nuance. Along with her research into Hasidic thought, Tsippi also turned to the literary realm and became an outstanding scholar of the Hasidic tale. She pioneered a new and innovative discourse that brought to bear theological and gender readings of the Hasidic tale, which she saw as a variegated phenomenon, rich in multilayered meanings. She aspired to forge connections between her two great loves—the hagiographic and the homiletic Hasidic literature—constructing new methodologies and tracing the literary influence of various works from the long and multifaceted tradition of Jewish mysticism. Tsippi also wrote on a host of other topics, including the figure of the legendary Tsaddik Rabbi Zusha of Hanipol, the teachings of Rabbi Abraham "the Angel," son of the Maggid of Mezrich, and the practical kabbalistic rituals in the Hasidic practice of immersion in a mikveh, on which she authored several groundbreaking studies. Tsippi's critical sense often led her to conclusions that diverged from the established consensus in Hasidic studies. For example, her work on women and gender in Hasidism offers a complex vision of the movement, which recognizes the unfavorable status of women in the social fabric of Hasidic society yet highlights the participation of women, in their own distinct manner, in the Hasidic religious experience. Tsippi presented her position in a dispassionate and balanced manner, while respectfully differing from colleagues with whom she took issue. Indeed, her amiability and gentleness manifested themselves clearly in her relationship with her intellectual opponents. I recall an episode that took place when Tsippi was invited to give a talk at an evening program dedicated to a book I coauthored. A few days before the event, I met with Tsippi, and she shared with me the gist of her talk, which, in addition...

Introduction to Special Issue: Representing Queens

Introduction to Special Issue: Representing Queens Stephanie Russo (bio) Queens were at a unique nexus of gender and power in the medieval and early modern world. On one level, their power was inexorably tied to their bodies, as the mothers of future monarchs. However, the power exercised by queens could, and often did, extend far beyond their ability (or not) to bear an heir. As history has repeatedly shown, queens were key political players, not simply the wives of kings. The glamour and appeal of queens has hardly abated in the modern world, too; stories of queens are as easily consumed today as they ever were. The study of medieval and early modern queens reveals much about the relationship between gender, sexuality, politics, history, and power. The study of queens has been of much interest to a wide range of scholars, from historians to literary and cultural studies scholars, who have re-examined, or sometimes examined for the first time, the lives and reigns of queens from across the medieval and early modern world. The recent spate of publications relating to queenship studies is reflective of the strength of the field. The flourishing ‘Queenship and Power’ series, published by Palgrave Macmillan, is a testament to the outstanding scholarship in the field currently being conducted by medieval and early modern scholars. The Royal Studies Journal, established in 2014 and run by the Winchester University Press, also regularly publishes scholarship on queenship studies. The ‘Kings and Queens’ conference series, organised by Dr Ellie Woodacre, is also a popular forum for the dissemination of the latest innovative queenship studies research. That queenship studies is enjoying a particularly rich period is demonstrated by the fact that there are two major publication projects currently in development. The first is the English Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty project, which is a four-volume series to be published by Palgrave Macmillan. This project will incorporate biographies of all the English consorts, as well as thematic dynasty-wide essays. Alongside this project will be a monograph series on the Queens of England, published by Routledge, which aims to produce richly contextualised book-length biographies of all the queens of England. Both of these projects have been designed to supplement the popular Penguin Monarchs series of books, aiming to fill the lacunae left by the absence of queens consort from this series. Popular culture depictions of queens continue to be widely sought-after. 2018 saw the release of two major films about early modern queens: Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, and Josie Rourke’s Mary Queen of Scots. Both films are intensely interested in the role of the queen regnant, and focus on the nexus of gender, [End Page 1] sexuality, and power in the courts of Queen Anne and Elizabeth I respectively. Moreover, the ongoing fascination with the Tudor period, and, particularly, with the wives of Henry VIII, shows no signs of slowing down. The Starz series The Spanish Princess, about Catherine of Aragon’s entry into England and her first marriage, premiered in 2019. The series’ presentation of Catherine is comparable to the teen Mary Queen of Scots of the CW series, Reign (2013–17), in which the French court was imagined as a kind of early modern high school. Over the past year, there have been two television adaptations of the life of Catherine the Great: HBO’s Catherine the Great (2019), and Hulu’s The Great (2020). While Netflix’s flagship series, The Crown (2016–) takes us into the mid-twentieth century, the premise of the series—to take viewers into the private life of Queen Elizabeth II— attests to the ongoing fascination with the emotional lives of queens. What unites all of these texts is their interest in unpicking the space between the domestic and the political, and between the public and the private. What, they ask us, are queens really like? The focus on the domestic that characterizes historical fiction about queens suggests that, while we have a model for what masculine power and authority look like, when we think about queens, we consistently still turn to the private emotional lives of queens to make sense of female rule. Over the next three years...

New Beginnings

New Beginnings Bill Johnson González This issue of Diálogo marks an important moment of transition for our journal. Since 2010, when she accepted the position as Director of the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University, Dr. Elizabeth Martínez has directed Diálogo as Editor in Chief, a role that finally came to an end with the publication of our previous issue in Fall 2019. Elizabeth shepherded the journal through its first major growth spurt: from a non-peer-reviewed, annual, magazine-style journal, to a biannual, fully refereed, academic journal, publishing work by scholars from around the world. Under Elizabeth's guidance, the journal was awarded the Council of Editors of Learned Journals' Phoenix Award in 2015 for most transformed and revitalized journal. In addition, thanks to Elizabeth's hard work and leadership, our journal is now published by the University of Texas Press, is fully indexed in the MLA International Bibliography, and is accessible online through Project Muse. As she moves on to new projects and new horizons, I wanted to express our thanks to Elizabeth for these significant editorial achievements, and for opening Diálogo up to a wider readership and greater recognition. My editorship of Diálogo officially begins with this issue, whose special theme is the Indigenous presence in contemporary Latin American cinema. This theme, which brings together scholars from across the hemisphere as well as from around the world, exemplifies our commitment to publishing outstanding scholarship that grapples with the complex cultural production and history of the Americas. In the future, we look forward to continuing to publish specially themed issues, and we encourage you to look at the guidelines for submitting new proposals included in the back of this issue. In addition to special themes, however, we are also opening up Diálogo to general submissions from scholars who are working in US Latinx and Latin American Studies. Please feel free to send us queries about whether a particular article would be a good fit for our journal by emailing dialogo@depaul.edu. We are particularly interested in proposals that explore migration, gender and sexuality, and new cultural forms, and projects that take a transnational approach. Upcoming themes already in production include an issue on violence in contemporary Argentine and Peruvian literatures, another on "Latinx Noir" (Latinx detective fiction), and finally, one that explores the histories of Latino Studies programs and departments established throughout the Midwest. We have other innovations in store as we move forward into a new era. Soon, we will be introducing a recurring section for research on Latinx communities in the Midwest. We are also expanding our book and media review section, and we welcome suggestions for book reviews from multiple disciplines. I'm excited to see where our Diálogo will take us! [End Page 1] Bill Johnson González DePaul University Copyright © 2020 University of Texas Press

Tracing the Economic Transition of Kyrgyzstan in the Works of Prof. Dzharkinay Asanovna Musaeva (1948-2018), a Leading Female Economist

This paper aims to synchronize the historical developments in the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic with the works of Professor Musaeva Dzharkinay Asanovna. Prof. Musaeva, the recipient of the outstanding scholar of National Education of the Kyrgyz Republic award, was a prominent representative of the science and culture of the country. Prof. Musaeva's research reputation is based mainly on her works on agricultural economics and problems of economic growth and development of the transitional economy of Kyrgyzstan, which was ended with the formation of the idea of the Asian model of economic reforms. She was involved in several significant research initiatives and projects as part of the growing concern about economic reforms, strategy of economic development and their likely impact on the transitional economy of Kyrgyzstan, where the choice of the liberal model of economic reforms was natural and determined by the specific socio-economic and cultural-historical features of the development of the Kyrgyz people as a result of the nomadic lifestyle. These followed by the formulation and interpretation of the Asian model of the economic reforms in Kyrgyzstan and its future development trends.

Epistolary Heritage by A. Y. Krymsky: Pre-Revolutionary Correspondence of A. Y. Krymsky and V.V. Bartold (1908-1913)

The article presents the material about the unpublished correspondence of Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky and Vasily Vladimirovich Bartold in 1908-1913 containing historical and scientific information that allows us to expand our ideas about the directions and problems of Russian oriental studies at the beginning of the 20th century. The correspondence of two outstanding scholars from Russia and Ukraine testifies to the fact that they were brought together by the human community and the similarity of professional interests. The letters of V.V. Bartold and A.E. Krymsky show how much they were concerned about the state of science about the East and its teaching system.

تحریر وتنویر لنقول ابن عاشور عن ابن مالک المتّصلة بالتّراکیب النَّحْویة

التحرير للعلامة التونسي ابن عاشور(ت1393هـ/1973م) من الدراسات القرآنية الجامعة التي خلفها لنا القرن العشرون، وللنحو وقضاياه وخلافات أعلامه حظ وافر في أرجاء هذا التفسير، ومن بين أعلام النحويين الذين نقل عنهم ابن عاشور ونسب إليهم آراء ــ العلامة الأندلسي ابن مالک(ت672هـ). وسبيل البحث أن يجمع المواطن التي نقل فيها ابن عاشور عن ابن مالک، ويسلط الضوء على الآراء المتصلة بالتراکيب النحوية وأحکامها، يحررها في ضوء ما تيسر من آثار ابن مالک وشراح کتبه، وما يتوافر من مؤلفات النحويين واللغويين، وبحوث المعاصرين، في دراسة تتکامل فيها المناهج الوصفية والنقدية والتحليلية والتاريخية. وقد تتبع البحث المواطن التي نقل فيها ابن عاشور عن ابن مالک آراء تتصل بالتراکيب النحوية وأحکامها. وقد ظهر أن هذه الآراء منها ما يتصل بروابط بعض التراکيب النحوية، ومفردات بعض التراکيب، وترتيبها، وتعليق العامل في بعض التراکيب، ومنها ما يتصل بحذف حرف من ترکيب، أو زيادته، أو حذف کلمة أو جملة؛ فتألف البحث من سبعة مباحث، تشتمل على ثماني عشرة مسألة. وهدف الدراسة ومبتغاها تحرير تلک الآراء المنقولة في ضوء معطيات التراث النحوي، وتنوير النتائج في ظل بحث موضوعي. الکلمات المفتاحية: التحرير والتنوير ــ ابن عاشور ــ ابن مالک ــ التسهيل ــ الخلاصة. Editing and Enlightenment of Ibn Ashour’s Adoptions from Ibn Malik Related to the Grammatical Structures. Abstract: “Atahreer wa Atanweer by the Tunisian scholar Ibn Ashour’s (1393 AH / 1973 AD) is one of the comprehensive Qur'anic studies written in the twentieth century where the grammar issues and the controversies of their outstanding scholars have great part in. Among those unique grammarians, whom Ibn Ashour adopted and quoted from, was the significant Andalusian scholar Ibn Malek(672 AH). The methodology of this study relies on collecting the topics in which Ibn Ashour quoted from Ibn Malik, and shed the light on; the views related to the grammatical structures and their rules. Moreover, editing these rules in the light of Ibn Malik’s works and the commentators of his books, the available works of the grammarians, the linguists, and the researches of his contemporaries, in a study adopting the integration between the descriptive, critical, analytical and the historical methods of research. The research scrutinized the issues where Ibn Ashour quoted from Ibn Malik’s views related to the grammatical structures and their rules. In this context, it became conspicuous that some of these views regarding the links of some grammatical structures, their parts, their order, and the suspension of the article in other structures. They also subsume some other views concerning the omission or addition of a meaningful preposition from a syntax, or the deletion of a word or sentence. Henceforth, the research consisted of seven issues examining eighteen cases. This study aims at editing those views in the light of the grammatical heritage data, and to present the results in the light of an objective research.

Symposium of the journal "Herald of Civil Procedure": History, Current State and Development Prospects

The journal «Herald of Civil Procedure» annually gathers outstanding scholars and practitioners in the field of civil procedure in Kazan. Within the 5 years, the Symposium of the journal has become a real tradition, gained annual participants, friends and listeners, as well as created a platform for large-scale discussion at the highest level. The first and each subsequent symposia are very similar to each other, but every year there is something new, a kind of highlight, giving the event a uniqueness and impetus to move forward, develop, and improve the level.The first Symposium was held in the Spring of 2014, its theme was designated as «The Evolution of the civil process: issues of comparative law and national law». The second Symposium, held in 2015, was devoted to the reform of the civil process and its current state. The 2016 Symposium, the third in a row, was named «Kazan arbitration day: development of the rule of law and regional problems». The fourth Symposium of the journal «Herald of Civil Procedure» was named the «Electronic justice and information technologies in civil proceedings» and was held on September 29, 2017.In 2018 the V Annual Symposium of the journal was devoted not only to civil procedure, but also to some aspects of substantive law, as it was devoted to the issues of evidentiary law, which made it possible to invite academics and legal practitioners, as well as experts in the field of evidence and establishment of evidence to participate in the event. A striking contribution to the Symposium was the participation of academics-representatives of various law schools of Russia, practicing lawyers, representatives of the judicial community, as well as academics of Kazan University.

Roles of land bridges in global biogeography and ecosystems

Roles of land bridges in global biogeography and ecosystems

International legal activity of the institute of state and law: theory and practice issues

The article is devoted to the analysis of the formation and development of academic research in the field of international law at the V.M.Koretsky Institute of State and Law. Organizational origins of international law started with the creation of the state and legal sector in the system of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1949. Special attention is paid to the presentation of the role of the outstanding scholar of the international lawyer in the creation of the Institute of State and Law, organization and implementation of legal research, in particular in the field of international law and the formation of the corresponding scientific school.The objective development of international law in the second half of the twentieth century was conditioned by the necessity of ensuring the international legal activity of Ukraine in the international arena, as one of the founding states of the United Nations. At this stage, the efforts of Koretsky and his associates were directed at the theoretical substantiation of the international legal personality of Ukraine, the study of the problems of the codification of international law, its sources, and the relation with the internal law of the states. The results of fundamental research in the field of international law favored the recognition of Ukrainian scholars’ contributions to international legal science. Koretsky was recognized as one of the world's leading figures and attracted by the international community to practical international legal activities in specialized United Nations bodies. He entered history as one of the founders of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.The period of 50 - 60 years of the twentieth century in the development of Ukrainian international law was characterized by the active formation of its scientific school, the bright representatives of which were international scholars M. K. Mikhailovsky, N. M. Ulyanov, V. I. Sapozhnikov and others. Their research has created the foundation of a modern school of international law. The article analyzes their main works and theoretical positions that have become the property of international legal science.The 70-80s of the 20th century in the development of international legal science in Ukraine were characterized by the growth of its scientific potential, personnel growth of the school, expansion of the range of research. Since 1984, the head of the department of international law and comparative law of the Institute is V. N. Denisov, who organizationally and methodologically ensured the development of the study of actual problems of international law.With the proclamation of Ukraine's independence, the main tasks of the national science of international law are aimed at studying the problems of the implementation of the sovereignty of Ukraine. Over the past three decades, the results of research by scientists of international lawyers of the Institute have become dozens of individual and collective monographs that identified the main trends in the development of science of international law at the present stage.Today, the scientific school of international law is represented by the doctors of jurisprudence V. N. Denisov, V. I. Akulenko, O. V. Kresin and candidates of jurisprudence O. I. Didkivska, O. S. Pereverzeva, I. M. Protsenko, K. O. Savchuk, A. V. Smoliy, M. I. Surzhinsky, L. G. Falaleyev. A special role in the article is devoted to the analysis of organizational and scientific activities of the directors of the Institute after V. M. Koretsky, academicians B. M. Babiy and Yu. S. Shemshuchenko