Cosmopolitan Europe Western, John
c2011., 2012, 20160513, 2016-05-13, 2016-05-18, 2012-06-01, 20120101
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The past hundred years of Europe are distilled in the experiences of the citizens of Strasbourg. From the turn of the twentieth century until 1945, Europe's ruling idea of nationalism rendered ...Strasbourg/Straßburg the prize in a tug-of-war between the two greatest continental powers, France and Germany. Then, in the immediate post-war period, ideals for European unity set up various European institutions, some headquartered in Strasbourg, which have gradually created a partially supranational Europe. At the end of the 1950s, a third theme arises: the large-scale settling in Strasbourg and other such richer, western European cities of persons from poorer lands, frequently ex-colonial territories, whose appearance and cultural practices render them essentially "different" to local eyes: expressions of racism thereby jostle with professions of multiculturalism. Now in the globalisation era, the issue of "immigration" has broadened yet further into transnationalism: the experience of persons who are embedded in varying manner in both Strasbourg and in their land of origin. Based on in-depth, lively interviews with 80 men and 80 women ranging from 101 to 20 years, and from all over the world (France, Germany, Alsace-Lorraine, Portugal, Italy, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Cameroon, and Afghanistan amongst other countries), the author draws out of these compelling testimonies all sorts of compelling insights into issues of identity, race, nationality, culture, politics, heritage and representation, giving a unique and valuable view of what it means (and has meant over the past century) to be a European.
Beyond Expulsion is a history of Jewish-Christian interactions in early modern Strasbourg, a city from which the Jews had been expelled and banned from residence in the late fourteenth century. This ...study shows that the Jews who remained in the Alsatian countryside continued to maintain relationships with the city and its residents in the ensuing period. During most of the sixteenth century, Jews entered Strasbourg on a daily basis, where they participated in the city's markets, litigated in its courts, and shared their knowledge of Hebrew and Judaica with Protestant Reformers. By the end of the sixteenth century, Strasbourg became an increasingly orthodox Lutheran city, and city magistrates and religious leaders sought to curtail contact between Jews and Christians. This book unearths the active Jewish participation in early modern society, traces the impact of the Reformation on local Jews, discusses the meaning of tolerance, and describes the shifting boundaries that divided Jewish and Christian communities.
This book gives not only a detailed delineation of the artistic and technical components of the 1571-74 clock but it also presents new insighst in the astronomical indications and the underlying ...conceptional framework.
Drawing on extensive archival research, this study of Protestantism in Strasbourg (1870-1914) rethinks traditional understandings of the relationship between religion and European urban modernity. ...Not only did the city's faith communities exploit modern means to promote the faith, but they also sought to make the community itself more modern.
Transcribed, translated and annotated edition of the construction site diary as part of the research project "Engineering nationality" of the Université de Strasbourg and the University of Innsbruck ...in collaboration with the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg.
The Article concerns the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights of 2020. It does not have an ambitious objective to give an exhaustive analysis of the Court’s Case – Law, it only tries ...to show several important issues, which reflect current approaches of the Court and tendencies or directions of its Case-Law development. The following issues and cases will be discussed in the Article: jurisdiction of a State (art.1) and its interconnection with the admissibility of the application (inter-state case Slovenia v. Croatia, concerning an alleged violation of convention rights of a legal entity, which could not be classified as a “non-governmental organization” in the meaning of the art. 34); refusal by the Court to acknowledge extra-territorial jurisdiction in respect of the foreign nationals who apply for a visa at an embassy or consulate abroad ( M.N and Others v. Belgium); extra-territorial effect of a refugee status within the EU (SHIKSAITOV v. Slovakia); just satisfaction in respect of property outside of a respondent state territory and indirect binding nature of the Court’s judgment for a State, which was not a party in convention proceedings (MOLLA v. Greece ); issue of a state responsibility (in the meaning of violation of negative or positive obligations) for acts committed by a state agent in his private capacity, and the issue of whether and under what circumstances the approval by a state of a committed act raises its responsibility before the Convention; obligations in the context of extradition and arbitrary release from serving a prison sentence for a racially motivated hate crime (MAKUCHYAN and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan and Hungary); importance of the freedom of expression of a member of Parliament from the opposition political party (SELAHATTINDEMIRTA v. Turkey,); and of an accused person during his case hearing in the context of the statements for self-defense that resulted in his conviction for defamation (MILJEVI v. Croatia); compatibility of an organized calling for boycott with the art. 10 and the threshold, that should never be overstepped while exercising freedom of speech (BALDASSI and Others v. France), etc. It is emphasized in the Article that the Court has developed a number of new approaches and principles in order to protect VULNERBE groups (Roma community, asylum seekers, homosexuals, victims of domestic violence or trafficking, children (from ill-treatment by their parents)), as well as to introduce more detailed criteria to estimate the foreseeability of criminal provisions, concept of “tribunal established by law” (within the meaning of art.6) or more guarantees for personal data protection, etc. The Author is of an opinion that ECHR does follow its way of harmonious interpretation of the Convention with the other International law instruments and, in later cases, extends the application of the principle of subsidiarity including making its judgments indirectly binding for a State, which was not a party in the convention proceedings.
The issue of limiting motorized traffic can sometimes generate unexpected problems. For example, the city centre of Strasbourg is crossed by a major motorway, which is constantly congested and ...polluted. This source of irritation is now at the heart of debates on urban planning. The public authorities wish to transform the route into a boulevard as well as to develop surrounding areas. Currently, the numerous vacant spaces around the transport infrastructure are used by various associations, whose right of residency is relatively unsettled. An increasing number of small illegal settlements can also be found here as well as in adjacent neighbourhoods. While the city council is implementing inclusive policies towards migrants, how can these issues be translated locally into urban planning tools? Strasbourg is an important transit point for migrants between France and Germany. Further, due to its border location, the city has always been an important hub for the exchange of ideas; in particular, new concepts of urban planning find fertile ground here. In order to transform the motorway, the public authorities intend to implement the German urban development tool known as the International Building Exhibition (German: Internationale Bauausstellung or IBA). In the following, we examine the IBAs of Hamburg and Berlin in order to try to identify good practices which could inspire French town planners and elected officials. This study is conducted through the prism of Henri Lefebvre’s book The Right to the City (1968).
"Since the turn of the millennium, the European Court of Human Rights has been the transnational setting for a European-wide ‘rights revolution’. One of the most remarkable characteristics of the ...European Convention of Human Rights and its highly acclaimed judicial tribunal in Strasbourg is the extensive obligations of the contracting states to give observable effect to its judgments. This book explores the domestic execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgments and dissects the variable patterns of implementation within and across states. It also relates how marginalised individuals, civil society and minority actors strategically take recourse in the Strasbourg Court to challenge state laws, policies and practices. These bottom-up dynamics influencing the domestic implementation of human rights have been little explored in the scholarly literature until now. By adopting an inter-disciplinary perspective, this volume seeks to go beyond the existing, mainly legal and descriptive studies and contributes to the flourishing scholarship on human rights, courts and legal processes, and their consequences for national politics."
Low-voltage-activated or T-type Ca2+ channels play a key role in the generation of seizures in absence epilepsy. We have described a homozygous, gain of function substitution mutation (R1584P) in the ...CaV3.2 T-type Ca2+ channel gene (Cacna1h) in the Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS). The non-epileptic control (NEC) rats, derived from the same original Wistar strains as GAERS but selectively in-breed not to express seizures, are null for the R1584P mutation. To study the effects of this mutation in rats who otherwise have a GAERS or NEC genetic background, we bred congenic GAERS-Cacna1hNEC (GAERS null for R1584P mutation) and congenic NEC-Cacna1hGAERS (NEC homozygous for R1584P mutation) and evaluated the seizure and behavioral phenotype of these strains in comparison to the original GAERS and NEC strains.
To evaluate seizure expression in the congenic strains, EEG electrodes were implanted in NEC, GAERS, GAERS-Cacna1hNEC without the R1584P mutation, and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS with the R1584P mutation rats. In the first study, continuous EEG recordings were acquired from week 4 (when seizures begin to develop in GAERS) to week 14 of age (when GAERS display hundreds of seizures per day). In the second study, the seizure and behavioral phenotype of GAERS and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS strains were evaluated during young age (6 weeks of age) and adulthood (16 weeks of age) of GAERS, NEC, GAERS-Cacna1hNEC and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. The Open field test (OFT) and sucrose preference test (SPT) were performed to evaluate anxiety-like and depressive-like behavior, respectively. This was followed by EEG recordings at 18 weeks of age to quantify the seizures, and spike-wave discharge (SWD) cycle frequency. At the end of the study, the whole thalamus was collected for T-type calcium channel mRNA expression analysis.
GAERS had a significantly shorter latency to first seizures and an increased number of seizures per day compared to GAERS-Cacna1hNEC. On the other hand, the presence of the R1584P mutation in the NEC-Cacna1hGAERS was not enough to generate spontaneous seizures in their seizure-resistant background. 6 and 16-week-old GAERS and GAERS-Cacna1hNEC rats showed anxiety-like behavior in the OFT, in contrast to NEC and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. Results from the SPT showed that the GAERS developed depressive-like in the SPT compared to GAERS-Cacna1hNEC, NEC, and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. Analysis of the EEG at 18 weeks of age showed that the GAERS had an increased number of seizures per day, increased total seizure duration and a higher cycle frequency of SWD relative to GAERS-Cacna1hNEC. However, the average seizure duration was not significantly different between strains. Quantitative real-time PCR showed that the T-type Ca2+ channel isoform CaV3.2 channel expression was significantly increased in GAERS compared to NEC, GAERS-Cacna1hNEC and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. The presence of the R1584P mutation increased the total ratio of CaV3.2 + 25/−25 splice variants in GAERS and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS compared to NEC and GAERS-Cacna1hNEC.
The data from this study demonstrate that the R1584P mutation in isolation on a seizure-resistant NEC genetic background was insufficient to generate absence seizures, and that a GAERS genetic background can cause seizures even without the mutation. However, the study provides evidence that the R1584P mutation acts as a modulator of seizures development and expression, and depressive-like behavior in the SPT, but not the anxiety phenotype of the GAERS model of absence epilepsy.
•GAERS had shorter latency to first seizures, increased number and duration of seizures, and higher cycle frequency of SWD compared GAERS-Cacna1hNEC.•The homozygous presence of the R1584P variant in congenic NEC rats (i.e. NEC-Cacna1hGAERS) was not enough to generate spontaneous seizures.•GAERS and GAERS-Cacna1hNEC rats developed anxiety at 6 and 16 weeks of age, indicating that the R1584P variant did not determine this behaviour.•Only the GAERS develop depressive-like behaviour, indicating that the R1584P variant is a determinant of this behaviour.•T-type Ca2+ CaV3.2 channel expression was increased in GAERS, and the ratio of CaV3.2 +25/-25 splice variants was increased in GAERS and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS.
Imbued with character and independence, strength and articulateness, humor and conviction, abundant biblical knowledge and intense compassion, Katharina Schütz Zell (1498–1562) was an outspoken ...religious reformer in sixteenth-century Germany who campaigned for the right of clergy to marry and the responsibility of lay people—women as well as men—to proclaim the Gospel. As one of the first and most daring models of the pastor’s wife in the Protestant Reformation, Schütz Zell demonstrated that she could be an equal partner in marriage; she was for many years a respected, if unofficial, mother of the established church of Strasbourg in an age when ecclesiastical leadership was dominated by men. Though a commoner, Schütz Zell participated actively in public life and wrote prolifically, including letters of consolation, devotional writings, biblical meditations, catechetical instructions, a sermon, and lengthy polemical exchanges with male theologians. The complete translations of her extant publications, except for her longest, are collected here in Church Mother, offering modern readers a rare opportunity to understand the important work of women in the formation of the early Protestant church.
