119 research outputs found
No. 7 - The Future of International Trade: An American Perspective
No full textOrganized and sponsored by the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy and the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, along with the Business Law Society and Graduate Business Association, The Future of International Trade was a daylong conference exploring issues related to the business aspects of international trade, future challenges for trade, and the future of multilateral trade negotiations. Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, deputy U.S. trade representative, served as the keynote speaker for the event
Two Chrysobulls That Demetrios Chrysoloras Wrote
No full textDemetrios Chrysoloras (b. XIV cen. med.; d. after 1416) was a rhetor, a statesman and an anti-Latin theologian. A close friend of Manuel II Palaiologos, he served as mesazon of John VII Palaiologos in Thessaloniki (1403-1408). While holding the office, he composed two chrysobulls that the despot issued, in 1405 and 1407 respectively. These texts are here identified as Chrysoloras' works; the article also discusses their textual models (esp. Philo) and compares them with other works from the same author
Figures and Mirrors in Demetrios Triklinios\u27s \u27Selenography\u27
No full textThis article is about the interplay between diagrammatic representation, the mediation of mirrors, and visual cognition. It centres on Demetrios Triklinios (fl. ca. 1308–25/30) and his treatise on lunar theory. The latter includes, first, a discussion of the lunar phases and of the Moon\u27s position in relation to the Sun, and second, a narrative and a pictorial description of the lunar surface. Demetrios Triklinios\u27s Selenography is little-known (though edited in 1967 by Wasserstein) and not available in translation into a modern scholarly language. Therefore, one of the main goals of the present article is to introduce its context and contents and to lay down the foundations for their detailed study at a later stage. When discussing the Selenography, I refer to a bricolage consisting of the two earliest versions of the work preserved in Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, graecus 482, ff. 92r–95v (third quarter of the fourteenth century) and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, graecus 2381, ff. 78r–79v (last quarter of the fourteenth century). I survey the available evidence concerning the role of Demetrios Triklinios (the author), John Astrapas (?) (the grapheus or scribe-painter), and Neophytos Prodromenos and Anonymus (the scribes-editors) in the production of the two manuscript copies. Next, I discuss the diagrams included in the Selenography and their functioning in relation to Triklinios\u27s theory concerning the Moon as a mirror reflecting the geography of the Earth, on the one hand, and to the mirror experiment described by Triklinios, on the other. Finally, I demonstrate how, even though the Selenography is a work on lunar astronomy, it can also be read as a discussion focusing on the Mediterranean world and aiming at elevating its centrality and importance on a cosmic scale
Dreams of Demetrios Cydones, or literary fiction of a retired courtier
No full textThe article is dedicated to the analysis of two letters written by the eminent Byzantine statesman and intellectual Demetrios Cydones (ca. 1324–1397). Pretending to expose his night dreams Cydones depicts the everyday life of imperial court, the customs of courtier, as well as etiquette of the court ceremonial. However the genre of fiction permits him to introduce also some fantastic details in his description of an imperial reception. The author of the article studies these fragments and reveals there the elements of «Kaiserkritik», as well as detects traits of similarity of these «dream-letters» with the Renaissance literature
Dreams of Demetrios Cydones, or literary fiction of a retired courtier
No full textThe article is dedicated to the analysis of two letters written by the eminent Byzantine statesman and intellectual Demetrios Cydones (ca. 1324–1397). Pretending to expose his night dreams Cydones depicts the everyday life of imperial court, the customs of courtier, as well as etiquette of the court ceremonial. However the genre of fiction permits him to introduce also some fantastic details in his description of an imperial reception. The author of the article studies these fragments and reveals there the elements of «Kaiserkritik», as well as detects traits of similarity of these «dream-letters» with the Renaissance literature
Revised estimates and projections of international migration : 1980-2000
No full textThis report reviews the World Bank's latest international migration statistics for every country in the world for each five year period from 1980 - 2000. The estimates and projections of net international migration during this period will be used as input statistics for the forthcoming edition of the World Population Projections. In the early 1980s, net international migration to all receiving countries totaled more than 1.2 million persons a year. The author assumes this figure to gradually decrease to fewer than 900,000 persons a year in the period 1995 - 2000. The current male dominance of international migration flows is also expected to decrease. He also assumes that the importance of the United States as a prime destination of immigrants will increase substantially in the 1990s. Mexico is by far the largest net exporter of international migrants.Human Migrations&Resettlements,Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,International Migration,Gender and Social Development
Works of Demetrios Kydones as a Historical Source on the Zealot Movement in Thessaloniki
No full textСтатья поступила в редакцию 15.05.2014 г.В статье анализируются сочинения византийского интеллектуала Димитрия Кидониса (около 1324 г. — около 1397 г.) — «Монодия на павших в Фессалонике», письма и речи — как источник по истории движения зилотов в Фессалонике середины XIV в. Автор статьи исследует жанровую специфику риторических текстов Кидониса и особенности его авторского стиля, выявляет описанные в них отдельные, особо существенные детали зилотского восстания. На основе текстуального анализа «Монодии» Кидониса выдвигаются дополнительные аргументы в пользу новейшей датировки трактата Николая Кавасилы «Слово о беззаконных дерзновениях архонтов».The author analyzes the works of Byzantine intellectual Demetrios Kydones (c.1324–с.1397) (Monody on the Fallen in Thessaloniki, his letters and orations) as a source on the history of the Zealot movement in Thessaloniki in the mid-14th century. The article examines the genre peculiarities of Kydones’ rhetorical writings, and the peculiarities of his style, as well as reveals some essential details of the Zealot uprising described in these sources. The textual analysis of Kydones’ Monody enables the author to adduce some additional arguments for a new dating of Nicolas Kabasilas' Discourse Concerning Illegal Acts of Officials Daringly Committed against Things Sacred.Статья подготовлена при поддержке гранта РГНФ № 14-01-00025
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