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Werner Senn Letters
No full textEmeritus Professor Werner Senn (born 1942) studied English and German language, literature and civilisation at the Universities of Berne, Vienna and Liverpool. He qualified as a teacher in 1968 and received his doctorate in Berne in 1972. Werner earned his lectureship at the University of Berne in 1978 and was appointed to the position of Professor of Modern English Literature in 1984, a position he held until his retirement in 2007. Throughout his appointment, Professor Senn taught not only modern English but also postcolonial literatures, in particular Australian literature.
Werner’s special interest in Australian literature led him to travel to Australia in March-April 1983 on what was called a familiarisation tour, at the invitation of the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the trip was to allow Werner to familiarise himself with Australian literary studies as practised at the various universities Werner visited (more than a dozen of them), from Perth to Brisbane. The input from this trip proved decisive for Werner’s subsequent engagement in furthering Australian studies in Switzerland and Europe. He was one of the founding members in 1989 of the European Association for Studies of Australia (EASA), which in later years he served both as secretary and chairperson.
Werner’s professional works span numerous anthologies, articles and books on a wide range of topics and authors in English, American and Australian literature. He has edited and co-edited several collections of essays on Australian literature and culture, among them The Making of a Pluralist Australia, 1950-1990. This volume was co-edited by Giovanna Capone, the first chairperson of the EASA. It contains the papers given at the inaugural conference of the Association at the University of Berne in 1991
Fasciculus extraordinarius Alfred Werner, 1866-1919 /
No full text"Alfred Werner commemoration volume."English or German.Lectures mainly from the Werner celebration held in Zürich on Sept. 3, 1966, and the 9th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, St. Moritz, Sept. 5-9, 1966, on the centenary of Werner's birth.Includes bibliographical references and index
Open or Closed? Dirac, Heisenberg, and the Relation between Classical and Quantum Mechanics
No full textThis paper describes a long-standing, though little-known, debate between Paul Dirac and Werner Heisenberg over the nature of scientific methodology, theory change, and intertheoretic relations. Following Heisenberg’s terminology, their disagreements can be summarized as a debate over whether the classical and quantum theories are “open” or “closed.” A close examination of this debate sheds new light on the philosophical views of two of the great founders of quantum theory
Financial crises in Japan during the 20th century
No full textI have two aims with this paper. Firstly, I would like to extract lessons for theory and policy from Japan’s experience with banking crises. As such, this paper falls into the body of research on banking crises, recent works within which include Caprio and Klingebiel (1996), Caprio et al. (2005), Demirgüç-Kunt and Detragiache (2005), Werner (2005), Beck et al. (2006), and Reinhart and Rogoff (2008). Secondly, I aim to gain insights into the link between the banking sector and the economy (which are again of importance for both theory and policy). This is an important topic that has slowly but steadily grown to a substantial body of literature. Many authors recognise that banks are ‘special’ in some way (Fama, 1985, Bossone, 1999, James and Smith, 2000, Ashcraft, 2005), and that the link between the banking sector and the economy is of great importance (King and Levine, 1996, Levine, 1997). However, the precise details of just what makes banks special, as well as the precise nature of their link to the economy have remained unclear or at least disputed. Analysing crises may help elucidate these issues
Adrian Caesar speaking at Alex Miller author: A Celebration, held at the National Library, Canberra, 30 October 2011 /
No full textTitle from information supplied by photographer.; Part of the collection: Alex Miller author: A Celebration, held at the National Library of Australia theatre, 30 October 2011.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Email from Susan Werner to Providence College: PC Dance Company Auditions Thursday 12 September
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film
Email from Susan Werner to Providence College regarding PC Dance Company auditions held on Thursday, September 12, 2013.
Thursday, September 5, 2013https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/promos_2010s_pubs/1047/thumbnail.jp
Email from Susan Werner to Providence College: PC Dance Company Auditions Thursday 12 September
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film
Email from Susan Werner to Providence College regarding PC Dance Company auditions held on Thursday, September 12, 2013.
Thursday, September 5, 2013https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/promos_2010s_pubs/1047/thumbnail.jp
1991 Texas Wildflower Tour of the Hill Country Schedule
No full textThis is a schedule from the Huntsville Travel Agency for the Texas Wildflower Tour of the Hill Country that was held April 11-15, 1991. Carolyn Werner took part in this tour. She visited Brenham, Bastrop, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, and Austin
Werner and Gisella Cahnman Collection 1717-2004 1940-1965
No full textThis collection contains material pertaining to the sociologist Werner Cahnman and his wife, the biophysicist Gisella Levi Cahnman. It primarily documents the early years and immigration of Werner Cahnman, as well as his and his wife's careers in the United States. It also illustrates the immigration of family members. Papers in this collection include a large amount of photographs, correspondence, diaries, some writings, official papers, and restitution files.Werner Jacob Cahnmann (later Cahnman) was born in Munich on September 30, 1902 to Sigwart and Hedwig Cahnmann. He had five siblings: Hans, Eva (later Chawa), Fritz (later Fred), Augusta ("Gusti"), and "Lilo" (Lieselotte, later Rachel). Werner Cahnman studied at the universities of Munich and Berlin, taking courses in economics, history, political science, and sociology; his doctoral dissertation on the work of economist David Ricardo was published in 1927, and earned him a Dr. oeconomiae publicae. On the basis of this degree Werner Cahnman would later work as a sociologist in the United States. It was during the interwar years that Werner Cahnman became increasingly involved in Jewish social and political affairs, and in 1930 he was asked to be the Syndikus of the Bavarian branch of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith). In November-December 1938 he was incarcerated in the Dachau concentration camp. The following June Werner Cahnman left Germany, first immigrating to England to stay with his cousin Hedwig Ettinghausen, then continuing on to the United States, where he settled in Chicago.After arriving in the United States, Werner Cahnman took part in the American Seminar for Foreign Scholars, sponsored by the American Friends in Wolfsboro, New Hampshire. Werner Cahnman then spent 1940-1943 at the University of Chicago as a visiting doctoral student, where he became acquainted with sociologists such as Robert E. Park and Louis Wirth as well as with Gisella Levi, whom he married in 1943. He also became a part of the editorial board of the journal The Reconstructionist, to which he often contributed articles. Much of his time during these years was also spent assisting his family members in emigrating from Germany; although his siblings found various ways to leave the country, his parents and aunt Clementine Kraemer did not. Sigwart Cahnmann died in 1941 in Munich, while his aunt was deported to Theresienstadt and his mother died in Poland.Werner Cahnman spent the next several years as a visiting professor or lecturer at various universities, including Fisk University, Vanderbilt University, Atlanta University, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Yeshiva University, and the New School for Social Research. Finally he joined Rutgers University through the efforts of Joseph Maier, where Werner Cahnman taught from 1961 until becoming professor emeritus eight years later. From 1969-1970 he taught as a visiting professor at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Munich under the Fulbright program. Werner Cahnman died in New York in 1980.Gisella Levi was born in Torino (Turin), Italy in 1910. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics and physics from the University of Torino in 1934. After her immigration to the United States, she held a variety of positions at health and research institutions, such as the Sloan Kettering Institute. She died in 2003.digitize
Models of Democracy
No full textThe first two editions of Models of Democracy have proven immensely popular among students and specialists worldwide. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to central accounts of democracy from classical Greece to the present and a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today.
This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take account of significant transformations in world politics, and a new chapter has been added on deliberative democracy which focuses not only on how citizen participation can be increased in politics, but also on how that participation can become more informed.
Like its predecessor, the third edition of Models of Democracy combines lucid exposition and clarity of expression with careful scholarship and originality, making it highly attractive to students and experts in the field. The third edition will prove essential reading for all those interested in politics, political theory and political philosophy.
A companion website to Models of Democracy provides lecturer and student resources; including a study guide, an interview with the author and links to develop the reader's understanding of the topics covered
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