Aarhus University Press

Aarhus University Press is a commercial Foundation which was inaugurated in 1985 for the purpose of disseminating the results of scientific research, as well as other scientific activity within the University of Aarhus. The Foundation is managed by a board of at least 5 and maximum of 13 members appointed by the Academic Council of the University on the recommendation of the Rector on the basis of proposals from the main areas.

New Religions & the New Europe

Format: Paperback

Pages: 246

ISBN: 9788772884332

Pub Date: 19 Nov 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Series: RENNER Studies on New Religions

Illustrations: tables

Description:

This volume contains fifteen presentations on new religions in contemporary Europe, both East and West, in addition to reactions and responses to them. It is composed of highlights from a 1993 international conference in London. Held at the London School of Economics, the conference was presented under the auspices of the three major information centres on new religions in the world, namely, INFORM (Information Network Focus on Studies on Religion Movements, London), CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions, Turin, Italy) and ISAR (Institute for the Study of American Religions, Santa Barbara, California).

O Canada

Essays on Canadian Literature & Culture

Format: Paperback

Pages: 219

ISBN: 9788772883762

Pub Date: 19 Jun 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Series: Dolphin Series

Description:

Issue 25 of Aarhus University Press's arts and humanities journal, "The Dolphin", offers a collection of academic essays on Canadian literature and culture. The title should be seen as a homage to Canada. The essays are intended to constitute a useful introduction to Anglo-Canadian culture.

Fakticitetens Ironi

facetter af kulturrelativismens idéhistorie

Format: Paperback

Pages: 112

ISBN: 9788772885308

Pub Date: 01 Jun 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Description:

Text in Danish.

Trabjerg

En Vestjysk Landsby Fra Vikingetiden

Format: Paperback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9788772885780

Pub Date: 01 Jun 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Description:

Text in Danish.

Case Study in Diachronic Phonology

The Japanese Onbin Sound Changes

Format: Paperback

Pages: 168

ISBN: 9788772884899

Pub Date: 31 May 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Description:

Case Study in Diachronic Phonology - The Japanese Onbin Sound Changes

Format: Hardback

Pages: 200

ISBN: 9788772884813

Pub Date: 31 Mar 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Illustrations: illus

Description:

This study is the first of two volumes describing the history and development of the Akamas Peninsula in Northwestern Cyprus during the Roman and early-Byzantine period, based on studies carried out by the Danish Akamas Project during the years 1989-1994.This volume includes inventories of literary and cartographic sources, a survey of the ancient road system, and a full report on underwater excavations in the Roman harbour at Kioni, on the west coast of the peninsula.The book contains contributions from: Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen, Peter Crabb, Lise Hannestad, Niels Hannestad, Peter P Hayes, Jan Heinemeyer, John Leonard and Ole Thomsen.

Cultural Encounters -- China, Japan & the West

Essays Commemorating 25 Years of East Asian Studies at the University of Aarhus

Format: Hardback

Pages: 496

ISBN: 9788772884974

Pub Date: 19 Mar 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Description:

This collection of 20 essays examines cultural encounters between -- and within -- China, Japan and the West. Rather than engaging in the theoretical debate of the cultural concepts as such, the authors present new research on a wide range of topics, from linguistics and literature to the worlds of sociology and political science. Despite the diversity of topics and approaches, the common focus is on the processes of cultural interaction and the dynamics of reception and communication.

Island of Umm-an-Nar

Volume 2 - The Third Millennium Settlement

Format: Hardback

Pages: 260

ISBN: 9788772885773

Pub Date: 19 Mar 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications

Illustrations: illus

Description:

Presents the results and all the material found at the settlement of Umm an-Nar, which is the background for the graves, published in Volume One of this series. The Umm an-Nar culture -- the most conspicuous culture in the Oman Peninsula in the Bronze Age -- has been named after this settlement.

Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens

Volume 1

Format: Paperback

Pages: 227

ISBN: 9788772887210

Pub Date: 19 Mar 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Illustrations: illus

Description:

Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens - Volume 1

Apocryphon Severini

Studies in Ancient Manichaeism & Gnosticism presented to Søren Giversen

Format: Hardback

Pages: 258

ISBN: 9788772881010

Pub Date: 19 Mar 1995

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Description:

This collection of essays was presented to Professor Soren Giversen on his 65th birthday, 9 January 1993. Their common theme is ancient Gnosticism and its importance to the social, cultural and religious development of the Mediterranean world from Hellenistic to Roman times.Our knowledge of Gnosticism has recently been enriched by the discovery of previously unknown Gnostic texts preserved in Coptic manuscripts and published by Soren Giversen and others.

Qala'at al-Bahrain 1

Format: Hardback

Pages: 511

ISBN: 9788772885742

Pub Date: 31 Dec 1994

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Illustrations: with sections, plans and illus

Description:

Final report of Danish excavations on the northern wall surrounding a city of the 3rd-2nd millenia BC and an Islamic fortress in Bahrain. The following volumes will detail the results of excavations at different parts of the walls and in the central part of the settlement. The excavations finished in 1978.

Traditional Theism & its Modern Alternatives

Format: Paperback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9788772884820

Pub Date: 19 Nov 1994

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Series: Acta Jutlandica Series

Description:

This collection of papers is from the Ninth European Conference on the Philosophy of Religion held at the University of Aarhus, Denmark in August 1992. The theme of the conference was theism and its modern alternatives. Why alternatives?

Alcohol in Society

Attitudes, Policies & Programmes in Denmark

Format: Paperback

Pages: 198

ISBN: 9788798154990

Pub Date: 19 Sep 1994

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Description:

This report was made in connection with a project established by the International Labour Office, Geneva and the EU-Commission DG V: 'Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace'. It contains a quantitative and qualitative survey of the attitudes towards alcohol and other drugs in the Danish workplace.

Nepalese Political Behaviour

Format: Paperback

Pages: 207

ISBN: 9788772884837

Pub Date: 19 May 1994

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Illustrations: illus

Description:

This work contains the first comprehensive study of Nepalese voters. It is based on hour-long interviews with 1000 Nepalese voters spread over the Himalayan kingdom. The survey was conducted immediately after the general election in May 1991, the first election to take place under the multiparty system which was introduced after the mass uprising in April 1990.

Centre and Periphery in the Hellenistic World

Format: Hardback

Pages: 360

ISBN: 9788772883175

Pub Date: 31 Mar 1994

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Series: Studies in Hellenistic Civilisation Series

Illustrations: illus

Description:

Centre & Periphery in the Hellenistic World

Fishing Communities

North Atlantic Studies, 3:2

Format: Paperback

Pages: 61

ISBN: 9788798342434

Pub Date: 19 Mar 1994

Imprint: Aarhus University Press

Illustrations: illus

Description:

Looks at how the international crisis in fisheries has a profound influence on fishery-dependent communities in Atlantic Canada, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Sweden.The focus of the book is on fishermen's organizations and strategies for sustainable development of marginal communities.