DOI: 10.7160/KS.2023.200104en Author: Petr Kokaisl Affiliation: Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Management, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha, Czech Republic Email: pkokaisl@seznam.cz Language: English / Translation of the Czech version Issue: 1/2023 (20) Pages: 93–114 (22 pages) Keywords: Rusyns, Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia, parliament, political representatives, autonomy Abstract The paper presents a very…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2023.200105 Author: Michiel Leezenberg Affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Philosophy, Oude Turfmarkt 141, 1012 GC, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email: M.M.Leezenberg@uva.nl Language: English Issue: 1/2023 (20) Pages: 115–127 (13 pages) Keywords: Kurds, history, culture, politics, literate civilization, nationalism, self-determination, liberation movements, Cold War, Middle East Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Kurds,…
Aneta Písaříková Ať se některé sny zdají sebe míň reálné, tak zázraky se dějí – hlavně díky Mezinárodnímu oddělení na Provozně ekonomické fakultě. Měla jsem tak možnost rok žít, studovat a objevovat zákoutí země, jenž je nejlidnatější zemí a nejstarší civilizací světa. Zároveň je to země, která je pro mnohé známá pouze z doslechu a…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190201 Author: Tom Flanagan Affiliation: Professor Emeritus of Political Science, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada Email: tflanaga@ucalgary.ca Language: English Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 3–14 (12 pages) Keywords: Canadian First Nations, Indians, Intergenerational Trauma, Historical Trauma, Methodological Weaknesses in Research Abstract Canadian First Nations (Indians) are said…
Reparations for Historical Injustice and Intergenerational Trauma DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190201cs Author: Tom Flanagan Address: Professor Emeritus of Political Science, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada E-mail: tflanaga@ucalgary.ca Language: English / Czech version Issue: 2/2022 (19) Page Range: 15-26 No. of Pages: 12 Keywords: Canadian First Nations, Indians, Intergenerational Trauma,…
Kawaii: Analyzing Cuteness in Japanese Culture and Society DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190202 Author: Igor Pruša Affiliation: Vysoká škola Ambis (Katedra ekonomie a managementu), Lindnerova 575/1, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic Email: igorprusa@googlemail.com Language: Czech Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 27–47 (21 pages) Keywords: cuteness, kawaii, Japan, Japanese aesthetics, history of cuteness Abstract The main objective of this…
Ethnic and Social Groups of Samarkand and Their Visual Representations in the Era of the Russian Empire DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190203 Author: Azim Malikov / Азим Маликов Address: Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University Olomouc, Tr. Svobody 26, 77180, Olomouc, Czech Republic Email: azimmal2018@gmail.com Author: Tereza Hejzlarová / Тереза Гейзларова Address: Department of Asian…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204 Author: J. Otto Pohl Affiliation: Independent researcher Email: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 78–92 (15 pages) Keywords: Kurds, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NKVD, special settlers Abstract Soviet policy towards its Kurdish minority shifted from supporting their cultural development during the 1920s and early 1930s to a more repressive policy from 1937–1956 and then…
Soviet Nationality Policy Towards Kurds, 1917–1956 DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204cs Author: J. Otto Pohl Affiliation: Independent researcher Email: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English / Czech version Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 93–106 (14 pages) Keywords: Kurds, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NKVD, special settlers Abstract Soviet policy towards its Kurdish minority shifted from supporting their cultural development during the 1920s and early 1930s…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190205 Author: Jakub Kovář Address: Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States E-mail: kovar42@seznam.cz Language: English Issue: (19) 2/2022 Page Range: 107-133 No. of Pages: 27 Keywords: metaphor, generative metaphor, patterns of speech, categorization, euphemism, language, conflict Abstract: This paper explores the ways in which metaphors and other distinctive patterns of…