Young London Research Articles

Canvassing the Concept 2023. Architects in dialogue

Canvassing the Concept event took place in May 2023 in the form of a dialogue with presentations held by young London architecture graduates - in online format. The organization, script and moderation of the 4 sessions were managed by Matei Mitrache, architect and university assistant at Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and University Westminster, London. The idea of these meetings - presentations was provided by the Educational Forum of Architecture and Urbanism - FEdAU - held within the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, a project promoting the connection of UAUIM with the international and national educational environment. Such manifestations seem to fit naturally into a mode of operation and education, in a world of excellence in communication. Starting from 2021, the organization of these events has periodically brought to attention of Mincu students the innovative experiences of fellow architects from the European space and beyond, as well as the experiments, concerns, successful studies surprised in original projects - a world of ideas, searches and research finally materialized in the concept. This year "Canvassing the Concept" hosted eight young architects, designers and researchers from London sharing different approaches to the creative process and how they managed possible solutions to various challenges in recent experiments.

“Salvation through socialism”: Conversion in the Work of Jack London and Upton Sinclair

“Salvation through socialism”Conversion in the Work of Jack London and Upton Sinclair Andrew J. Ball (bio) The most common motif in early twentieth-century radical literature is the conversion narrative. Walter Rideout has observed that the conversion story is a central element in one-third of all the labor novels written in the first three decades of the twentieth century. A variation on the bildungsroman, these works feature techniques used by evangelical revivalists and depict conversions to socialism or to the labor movement that are modeled on religious experience. Here, a character’s salvation is achieved through the acquisition of class consciousness, which is described as a kind of rebirth, awakening, or recognition of revelation.1 The most widely read and emblematic radical authors to consistently employ this trope were Jack London and his protégé Upton Sinclair. Not only did London and Sinclair use the conversion story in their fiction and nonfiction time and again, but they also both described their own discovery of socialism as a religious conversion. In their work, both authors seek to conflate Christianity and socialism, to prove that the two are compatible, and that authentic conformity to Christian principles demands the endorsement of socialism. London and Sinclair use their writing as an instrument of evangelism that aims to convince their audience that socialism is a religious enterprise and a means to salvation. Evangelists for the Church of the Revolution Jack London’s fervent devotion to socialism is well known, but he is not typically remembered as a Christian socialist. However, in both his essays and his fiction, as Jay Williams [End Page 219] puts it, “socialism and Christianity” run “in the same stream bed.”2 Though London’s “deeply spiritual” interpretation of socialism is most overt in the work he produced from 1899 to 1906, “the religious element in London’s rhetoric is never lost” and remained “a constant for him throughout his life.”3 “Christian imagery and rhetoric abounds” in London’s early essays, where he first begins to present socialism as a religion that is synonymous with authentic Christianity.4 Biographer Carolyn Johnston argues that London not only believed he had found “salvation through socialism” but that it “could provide salvation” for all Americans as well.5 London’s identification of Christianity and socialism can be traced back to his early tutelage under Frederick Irons Bamford, a reference librarian at the Oakland public library and proponent of the Social Gospel who endorsed the Christian socialism of minister-activists George Herron and Walter Rauschenbusch. Bamford acted as a mentor to young London in the 1890s, guiding the reading that would ultimately lead London to champion socialism and to persistently interpret it through the lens of Christianity. Joan London writes that her father’s early acquaintance with Bamford “was destined to dictate the course of his life,” and Williams notes that while “London was too radical to be called a Social Gospeler, he did agree with its major tenets.”6 The sustained influence of this early study of the Social Gospel is evident in that in the years to come, after he had long outgrown Bamford and become increasingly versed in Marxist theory and scientific socialism, London, like his friend Upton Sinclair, continued to approach socialism as a moral imperative. The period of London’s most fervid interest in socialism, 1899–1908, coincides with the time when he was engrossed in the study of Christianity and the figure of Jesus in particular. Throughout this period, he publicly represented the socialist cause as a religious endeavor and privately compiled notes and research for the grand “Christ novel” he planned to write. Johnston explains that London was both “a socialist minister” and an “evangelist for socialism” who engaged in a tireless “crusade” to spread the “revolutionary gospel,” effectively making him “the Charles Finney” or “the Billy Sunday of the socialist movement.”7 Prior to his famous 1905–6 lecture tour, London’s “preaching” was confined to print.8 In 1899, London entered Cosmopolitan editor John Brisbane Walker’s essay contest and won with his essay “What Communities Lose by the Competitive System.” Walker, a millionaire and would-be preacher “who wrote Christian sociological essays...

Subjects and Narratives in Archaeology

Subjects and Narratives in Archaeology

Hipsters in the hood: Authenticating indexicalities in young men's hip-hop talk

AbstractIn this article we explore the relationship between authentication and identification in the spontaneous hip-hop talk of four young London men from multi-ethnic working-class backgrounds. Whereas sociolinguistic studies of authentication and/or hip hop have frequently focused on the linguistic style of hip hoppers, this article explores hip-hop talk with a specific interest in ‘cultural concepts’ (Silverstein 2004). This focus allows us to discuss how the young men authenticate themselves in relation to a range of other identity performances they discuss, including the ‘white posh girl's’ appropriation of ‘world star’ hip-hop culture or the local South London gang's display of violent gangsta personas. These cultural concepts not only index various aspects of hip-hop culture but also need to be understood in relation to various aspects of larger-scale discourses, practices, and structures. (Hip hop, authentication, indexicalities, cultural concepts)*

The Fate of Sudan: Origins and Consequences of a Flawed Peace Process by John Young London: Zed Books, 2012. Pp. 208. £16·99 (pbk)

The Fate of Sudan: Origins and Consequences of a Flawed Peace Process by John Young London: Zed Books, 2012. Pp. 208. £16·99 (pbk)

1077 PROTEIN BIOMARKER ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY PEYRONIE'S DISEASE CELLS

You have accessJournal of UrologySexual Function/Dysfunction/Andrology: Peyronie's Disease/Surgical Therapy I1 Apr 20101077 PROTEIN BIOMARKER ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY PEYRONIE'S DISEASE CELLS Ling De Young, Anthony Bella, David O'Gorman, Bing S. Gan, Eric Chung, and Gerald Brock Ling De YoungLing De Young London, Canada More articles by this author , Anthony BellaAnthony Bella Ottawa, Canada More articles by this author , David O'GormanDavid O'Gorman London, Canada More articles by this author , Bing S. GanBing S. Gan London, Canada More articles by this author , Eric ChungEric Chung London, Canada More articles by this author , and Gerald BrockGerald Brock London, Canada More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2010.02.2236AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The molecular pathogenesis Peyronie's Disease (PD) remains unclear more than 250 years after its initial description. Because of this, no test is currently available to accurately predict PD progression among those affected. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of wound healing and fibrosis-associated proteins in primary cell cultures of PD fibroblasts to determine whether altered protein expression patterns can be used as predictors of clinical course and natural history. METHODS Primary cell cultures derived from normal Tunica albuginea tissue and PD plaque tissue were examined by Immuno-cytochemistry. Protein expression profiles were analyzed by Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption / Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (SELDI TOF-MS) and Western immunoblotting. RESULTS Statistically significant increases in smooth muscle a-actin, b-catenin, and Hsp47 proteins were identified in cells derived from PD relative to cells derived from normal Tunica albuginea tissue. Changes in TGFb-1 receptor and Fibronectin were also observed. In addition, altered expression of additional as yet unidentified proteins at 4.7, 8.9, 10.8, 16.8 kDa and 76.8 kDa were detected by complementary SELDI TOF-MS approaches. CONCLUSIONS Primary cells derived from PD plaques display upregulated expression of several proteins that are established components of fibrosis and wound healing. In addition, changes in other, as yet unidentified proteins were measured. It will be of interest to conduct further studies to see whether these dys-regulated protein peaks represent potential biological markers of disease progression. © 2010 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 183Issue 4SApril 2010Page: e419-e420 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2010 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Ling De Young London, Canada More articles by this author Anthony Bella Ottawa, Canada More articles by this author David O'Gorman London, Canada More articles by this author Bing S. Gan London, Canada More articles by this author Eric Chung London, Canada More articles by this author Gerald Brock London, Canada More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...

The effect of multilingualism/multiculturalism on personality: no gain without pain for Third Culture Kids?

The present study investigates the link between multilingualism/multiculturalism, acculturation and the personality profile (as measured by the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire) of 79 young London teenagers, half of whom were born abroad and had settled down in London during their childhood ‘Third Culture Kids’ (TCKs; Pollock & Van Reken, 2001). Statistical analyses revealed that TCKs scored higher on the dimension of Openmindedness and Cultural Empathy and scored lower on Emotional Stability. Language dominance (first language (L1), L1 and one or two other languages (multidominance), or any language which is not the L1 (LX) had a significant effect on the participants’ personality profile, with the multidominant group scoring significantly higher on Openmindedness, marginally higher on Cultural Empathy and significantly lower on Emotional Stability than participants dominant in one language only. The number of languages known by participants was also significantly linked to their personality profile, with functional multilinguals scoring significantly higher than incipient bilinguals on Openmindedness, marginally higher on Cultural Empathy and significantly lower on Emotional Stability. These findings confirm that personality is shaped by social and biographical factors. Acculturation is stressful but the experience of having to fit in and being in contact with different languages and cultures strengthens Cultural Empathy and Openmindedness.

Cultural Criminology: An Invitation. By Jeff Ferrell, Keith Hayward and Jock Young (London: Sage, 2008) * Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture: Crime, Exclusion and the New Culture of Narcissism. By Steve Hall, Simon Winlow and Craig Ancrum (Cullompton: Willan, 2008, 248pp. 19.50 pb)

Cultural Criminology: An Invitation. By Jeff Ferrell, Keith Hayward and Jock Young (London: Sage, 2008) * Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture: Crime, Exclusion and the New Culture of Narcissism. By Steve Hall, Simon Winlow and Craig Ancrum (Cullompton: Willan, 2008, 248pp. 19.50 pb)

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (review)

Reviewed by: Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos Cindy Welch LaFevers, R. L. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos; illus. by Yoko Tanaka. Houghton, 2007 [352p] ISBN 0-618-75638-8$16.00 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 5-8 Theodosia Throckmorton lives an enviably unsupervised life for an eleven-year-old in Edwardian London: her American mother is hunting down relics in Egypt, and her British father is an absent-minded museum curator, who often forgets to take his clever daughter home for a real meal and a sleep in her own bed. Her parents have also forgotten to replace her last governess, so she spends her days reading hieroglyphics and hunting down cures for the curses and malevolent spirits that infest the items housed in the small museum. Her mother returns from her latest treasure hunt with the Heart of Egypt, a cursed object that threatens to bring down the whole British Empire unless Theodosia and her pair of unlikely junior assistants (eight-year-old brother Henry and young London pickpocket Sticky Will) can return [End Page 373] the amulet to its rightful place in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III. Danger, mysterious museums stuffed with exotic treasures, and children who best adult evildoers are surefire ways to engage young readers, and LaFevers has combined them to good advantage here. Theodosia walks a fine line between precocious and unbelievable, but young readers will have no problem putting themselves into her self-assured shoes; they will particularly revel in the triumph of youth over stuffy adults, who should know by now to pay attention to really smart kids. Copyright © 2007 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Doing research with children and young peopleby Sandy Fraser and others London: Sage in association with the Open University, 2004 ISBN 0861943811, 294 pp; The reality of research with children and young peopleby Vicky Lewis and others London: Sage in association with the Open University, 2004 ISBN 076194379X, 306 pp

Doing research with children and young peopleby Sandy Fraser and others London: Sage in association with the Open University, 2004 ISBN 0861943811, 294 pp; The reality of research with children and young peopleby Vicky Lewis and others London: Sage in association with the Open University, 2004 ISBN 076194379X, 306 pp

Some pioneers in plastic surgery of the facial region.

Much of this complex history comes from Europe, with contributions and advances from dentists, otolaryngologists, and general surgeons. Prior to World War I there wasnospecificplasticsurgeryspecialty.For example, Sir Harold Gillies, an otolaryngologist, learned many dental skills and techniques from Charles Auguste Valadier, a rogue French practitioner of dentistry and maxillofacial surgery. (Valadier is said to have treated most of his patients in an automotive vehicle described as a “traveling dental parlour” around 1900.) Gillies,extraordinarilyinnovative,technically superb, and politically adept, was called by some the “father of plastic surgery,” although such a descriptor probablydoesnotpayproperhomageandcredit to his many European predecessors. Gillies drew heavily from these surgeons and teachers in Britain and continental Europe,astheythemselveshadadvancedtheir own training and expertise.

Confronting Leviathan: Mozambique since independence by MARGARET HALL and TOM YOUNG London: Hurst and Company, 1997. Pp. x+262. £35.00, £14.95 (pbk.).

<b>Confronting Leviathan: Mozambique since independence</b> by M<scp>ARGARET</scp> H<scp>ALL</scp> and T<scp>OM</scp> Y<scp>OUNG</scp> London: Hurst and Company, 1997. Pp. x+262. £35.00, £14.95 (pbk.).

WATER STRESS DETECTION WITH FOLIAGE TEMPERATURE FOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING IN NURSERY PRODUCTION

Changes in foliage temperature with environmental conditions were investigated for use in detecting water stress and scheduling irrigations of woody nursery plants. Midday leaf-minus-air temperature (Tl-Ta) and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) were monitored seasonally for container-grown shrubs--prostrate juniper, upright juniper and dwarf red-stem dogwood--at open and closed spacings. There was an inverse relationship between Tl-Ta and VPD for all species and spacings but with substantial scatter. Slopes for openand closed-spaced shrubs were not significantly different for any species. As container moisture and predawn leaf water potential declined during a dry-down cycle Tl-Ta increased significantly over well-watered levels for open-spaced plants and closed-spaced dogwood. In a field experiment Tl-Ta and VPD were monitored in young London plane, flowering pear, and redbud with-and-without irrigation. Only irrigated London plane Tl-Ta was inversely related to VPD. Leaves coated with petroleum jelly, however, had Tl-Ta levels consistently greater than uncoated leaves in all species, and non-irrigated Tl-Ta rose to those levels during a mid-summer drought. These results suggest that irrigation of container shrubs can be timed to increases in Tl-Ta with VPD, while comparing coated and non-coated Tl-Ta may be more successful for irrigated field production.

Shorter Notices

Shorter Notices JOHN YOUNG JOHN YOUNG London School of Economics & Political Science Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVII, Issue CCCCXXII, January 1992, Pages 279–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVII.CCCCXXII.279 Published: 01 January 1992

Kaldor's lecture notes from Allyn Young's London School of Economics class, 1928–29

Research Article| September 01 1990 Kaldor's lecture notes from Allyn Young's London School of Economics class, 1928–29 Charles P. Blitch Charles P. Blitch Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1990) 22 (3): 443–463. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-22-3-443 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Charles P. Blitch; Kaldor's lecture notes from Allyn Young's London School of Economics class, 1928–29. History of Political Economy 1 September 1990; 22 (3): 443–463. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-22-3-443 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsHistory of Political Economy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press1990 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Shorter Notices

Shorter Notices Get access JOHN YOUNG JOHN YOUNG London School of Economics & Political Science Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 1087–1088, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.1087 Published: 01 October 1989

Review Article : Confronting Crime Roger Mathews and Jock Young (eds) London 1986, Sage £7.50 pbk Accountability and Prisons: Opening Up a Closed World Jon Vagg, Rod Morgan and Mike Maguire (eds) London, 1985, Tavistock Licensed to Live J.B. Coker and J.P. Martin Oxford 1985, Basil Blackwell, £17.50 hbk Growing Out of Crime: society and young people in trouble Andrew

Review Article : Confronting Crime Roger Mathews and Jock Young (eds) London 1986, Sage £7.50 pbk Accountability and Prisons: Opening Up a Closed World Jon Vagg, Rod Morgan and Mike Maguire (eds) London, 1985, Tavistock Licensed to Live J.B. Coker and J.P. Martin Oxford 1985, Basil Blackwell, £17.50 hbk Growing Out of Crime: society and young people in trouble Andrew

The Effect of Social Networks on Marital Roles: A Test of the Bott Hypothesis in an Intergenerational Context

On the basis of an exploratory study of 20 young London couples, Bott (1957) proposed that the connectedness of social networks to which spouses belong influences the segregation of marital-role activities. However, empirical tests of this hypothesis have been inconclusive because of conceptual and methodological limitations. In the present study Bott's hypothesis was tested with a group of 100 Puerto Rican migrant spouse pairs and 100 pairs of their adult married children. The results failed to confirm Bott's hypothesis. Network characteristics appear to be influenced by the individual's sex; marital-role characteristics, by generational differences and by wife's education. Limitations of Bott's hypothesis are discussed and theoretical alternatives are proposed.

Book reviews : Policing the Riots Edited by DAVID COWELL, TREVOR JONES and JOCK YOUNG (London, Junction Books, 1982). 172pp. £5.95. Police Powers and Politics By ROBERT BALDWIN and RICHARD KINSEY (London, Quartet Books, 1982). 310pp. £9.95. Policing by Multi-racial Consent: the Handsworth experience By JOHN BROWN (London, Bedford Square Press, 1982). 174pp. £5.95

Book reviews : Policing the Riots Edited by DAVID COWELL, TREVOR JONES and JOCK YOUNG (London, Junction Books, 1982). 172pp. £5.95. Police Powers and Politics By ROBERT BALDWIN and RICHARD KINSEY (London, Quartet Books, 1982). 310pp. £9.95. Policing by Multi-racial Consent: the Handsworth experience By JOHN BROWN (London, Bedford Square Press, 1982). 174pp. £5.95

Interviews with Edward Bond and Arnold Wesker

Edward Bond (born July 18, 1935) is one the most prominent and controversial among the New British Dramatists. The Pole's Wedding (first performed in 1962) deals, in a still somewhat inexplicit way, with the desperate attempt of a lonely young man to find a meaning in his existence. Saved (1965) expresses the senseless brutality of modern life in the playful stoning to death of a baby by a group of young London toughs. Early Morning (1968) portrays Queen Victoria as an obscene and murderous old lesbian; the cannibalism of a corrupt society in which people devour each other is put onto the stage by means of a blood-soaked, literally cannibalistic scene in heaven. Lear (1971) has been described as one long scream of horror about man's corruptibility by power. The Sea (1973) depicts the infamous tortures of everyday life in an Edwardian East Coast village. Bingo (1973) is a play about the last months of a Shakespeare who is desperate about his failure to practice the social justice he has-according to Bond-propagated in his plays, and who commits suicide. By the example of the poor, lonely, and, finally, poet John Clare, The Fool (1975) questions the writer's role in a class-conscious, unjust, and cruel society. Edward Bond lives in a beautiful cottage at the edge of a village near Cambridge. In conversation, the author gave the impression of being a very articulate, tremendously tense, and serious person. When he said I write plays ... to stop myself going mad it did sound deeply convincing. Stoll: Let's first talk about the way in which your plays come into being. You sometimes use rather sententious phrases. Do you invent them separately? Do you sometimes write them down without having a play to put them into and later on insert them somewhere?