Papers of the 7th International Conference on the Medieval History of the Eurasian Steppe Nov. 9–12, 2018 Shanghai University, China

Papers of the 7th International Conference on the Medieval History of the Eurasian Steppe Nov. 9–12, 2018 Shanghai University, China

An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poem Celebrated children’s book creator Peter Sis presents his first book for adults with The Conference of the Birds—a lyrical and richly illustrated story of love, faith, and the beauty of the human journey. Sis’s deeply felt version of the classic twelfth-century Persian e...(展开全部)

Celebrated children's book author and illustrator Peter Sís creates his first book for adults, a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the classic twelfth-century Sufi epic poem, The Conference of the Birds. In The Conference of the Birds Caldecott Honor-winning children's book author and illustrator Peter Sís breathes new life into this foundational Sufi poem, revealing its pr...(展开全部)

马克·特拉亨伯格（Marc Trachtenberg） 知名国际关系史学家，1974年在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校取得博士学位，曾在耶鲁大学、宾夕法尼亚大学、哥伦比亚大学任教，现任教于加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校。著有《建构的和平：1945—1963年欧洲协议的形成》（A C onstructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-1963），该书获得美国历史学会两项学术奖项，《冷战和冷战结束之后：国际政治的历史、理论和逻辑》（The Cold War and After: History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics）

At first blush readers may be a bit off-put at a black woman writing a history of white people and the usual questions are likely to arise. But as a historian it is Nell Irvin Painter's job to transcend identities such as race and gender and to remain objective about her subject matter. There are many compelling arguments about the relative pros and cons of writing about a part...(展开全部)

With China's transformation into a republic after two millennia as an empire as the starting point, Ooi Kee Beng prompts renowned historian Wang Gungwu through a series of interviews to discuss China, Europe, Southeast Asia and India. What emerges is an exciting and original World History that is neither Eurocentric nor Sinocentric. If anything, it is an appreciation of the dom...(展开全部)

The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Inspired by a lifetime of teaching and research, On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State is a classic work on what is known about the early history of the European state. This short, clear book book explores the European state in its infancy, espe...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·R. 斯特雷耶(Joseph R. Strayer)(1904一1987)美国著名中世纪史学家，曾任普林斯顿大学历史系主任、美国历史学会主席。著名的著作包括《封建主义》(Feudalism)、《中世纪》(The Middle Ages)、《中世纪的西欧》(Weste rn Europe in the Middle Ages)等。

The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Written from the experience of a lifetime of teaching and research in the field, this short, clear book is the classic work on what is known about the early history of the European state. Charles Tilly's foreword shows how Strayer's book set the agend...(展开全部)