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Ogilvie, Sheilagh. Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid
How societies have managed epidemics through institutions over seven centuries
Animals, Ledgers of Merit and Demerit, and Karma: Religious Ecological Mechanisms in Chinese Morality Books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
How Chinese morality texts used animals and karma to teach ecological responsibility
Ruins and Memory of Lotuturu Hill in Lamwo District: Tracing Idi Amin’s Presence in Local Narratives and Landscapes in Northern Uganda
How a forgotten Ugandan hilltop reveals hidden histories of colonialism and dictatorship
Origin and early activities in acoustics at the Technical University of Denmark
How a broadcasting studio scandal sparked three decades of acoustic innovation
Reassessing Women’s Economic Agency Through the Lens of the Shariʿa Court Records: The Case of Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Tripoli
Court records reveal how Ottoman women navigated property ownership and legal matters
Reproducing the majapahit story in Aceh: collective memory and local narratives of Patih Gajah Mada
How Aceh's oral traditions retell a medieval kingdom's history differently from Java
Healers, bureaucracy and the power of narrative: navigating the medical profession in Prussia, circa 1800
How healers used written petitions to challenge and reshape medical authority in early 1800s Prussia
Cultural Legacy of Girmitiyas in Mauritius
How Indian indentured laborers preserved their culture in Mauritius from 1834 onward
Imperialism in the academy: the Royal Society, C.V. Raman and the Indian Academy of Sciences (1934–1970)
How scientific rivalries shaped India's academy landscape during decolonization
