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If historiography speaks of a «hidden integration« to qualify the transnational process at work since the 19th century of building a Europe fragmented but at the same time connected through various cross-border networks of transport, communication and energy, should not we speak of the most hidden i

The project aims at scrutinizing the content of six substantial German travel accounts dating from 1685 to 1723, the only hitherto known from the baroque era in which profound and reasoned judgements and opinions on French art and architecture have been rendered. These manuscripts and printed docume

The aim of the project is to contribute to the understanding of the economic, social, artistic and technological development of the continental part of the Western Latène Culture (mid 5th-1rst centuries BC) through the study of the production and consumption of gold objects. This culture of the La

Punishment and crime are aspects of communal life that play a central role in all societies and whose importance has increased significantly in recent years. Nevertheless, the role of punishment is shaped distinctly both in different countries and in different segments of society. It is understood a

Human action serves the purpose to accommodate to environmental demands (stimulus-driven action) and to achieve effects in the environment (intention-based action). While stimulus-driven action is researched to a large extent, intentionbased action is not, although it is of outmost importance in e

The proposal by Nespor et al. (2003) that consonants are more involved than vowels in word encoding and recognition has been supported by both toddler and adult studies. However, while this consonantal advantage (also called C-bias) is possibly very stable in adulthood across languages, its emergenc

The PLURITEXT project aims to bring together the research carried out by French and German teams with the aim of building a theoretical and pragmatic reflection on the question of the irreducible plurality of textual witnesses to the Hebrew Bible on the basis of various non-Masoretic traditions: Ben

Research on proactive work behavior has been thriving. Proactive behavior involves initiating action in order to bring about positive change (Frese & Fay, 2001; Parker, Bindl, & Strauss, 2010). Several theoretical frameworks and a large body of research give insights into the antecedents of proactiv

This project focuses on the practices of knowledge and the textual practices of seven Jewish authors who developed distinctive modes of writing about the Shoah between 1942 and 1965. At the center of the project stand the works of Joseph Wulf, Michel Borwicz, Nachman Blumental, and Noé Grüss, who be

Attachment to the Prophet is shared by all the different individuals, groups and communities which define themselves as Muslims, whether Sunni or Shi?i, whether attached to the letter or rather the spirit of Islam, whether proponents of Islamic reform or secular Muslims. As a focus for personal

The aim of the project is to obtain a better understanding of the functioning of Greek federal states (koina), both at a structural and a day-to-day level, by a comprehensive and integrated analysis of their coinages. To this end the Achaean, Arcadian and Aetolian koina were selected (5th-1st c. BC)

Contrary to its immense historical impact on the cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, the Achaemenid Empire (539-331 BC) has been difficult to grasp archaeologically outside its centres, the impressive monumental complexes of Persepolis, Susa and Pasargadae. This is parti

The formation of group “attitudes” – be they group beliefs or group preferences – occupies a central role in human societies. This is especially true in democratic societies (where a lots of collective decisions are supposed to be based on citizens’ preferences) and in societies where knowledge is m