UC Merced TRANSMODERNITY: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World

Open access Aug 2026

In search of origins: Conquest, indigeneity and compromise

This paper builds on two trajectories of our recent scholarship: (1) the study of indigenous motifs in Priestly and pre-Priestly literature, and (2) an examination of Zionist and scholarly debates in the formative years of the State of Israel concerning a Jewish ‘right to the land’. The ancestral traditions in Genesis...

G. Kugler, Mark G. Brett · Journal for the Study of the... · 0 citations

Sep 2026

Uncovering Meaning from Myth: Examining Anglo-Kalinago Traumatic Relations Through Oral Tradition

Abstract:During the seventeenth century, early English colonial identity was shaped through frequent and often violent encounters with the native Kalinago peoples of the Lesser Antilles. This tumultuous relationship, reflected in both documented and undocumented tales such as those of Thomas “Indian” Warner and Zulmier...

Erik Noren · The Journal of Caribbean his... · 0 citations

Open access Sep 2026

From Messianism to Traditionalism in Nova Iguaçu (1982–2002): Catholic Experiences in the Periphery of Rio de Janeiro

This article examines how historical inheritance and collective memory influence popular support for Traditionalist Catholicism on the outer fringes of Rio de Janeiro state. Drawing on qualitative research that integrates historical and sociological approaches, we explore the transformations within the Catholic lands...

Ronald Apolinario de Lira · International Journal of Lat... · 0 citations

Conference Open access Sep 2026

BRIDGING EAST AND WEST: EXPLORING CULTURAL HYBRIDITY IN AMEEN RIHANI’S THE BOOK OF KHALID

Ameen Rihani’s The Book of Khalid (1911) is a seminal work of Arab-American literature that bridges East and West by examining cultural, spiritual, and political exchanges. This paper explores the protagonist Khalid as a character who navigates geographical and symbolic worlds, challenging rigid structures of nationali...

Aya Masmoudi · The International Conference... · 0 citations

Aug 2026

Decentering European Written Culture: Indigenous Appropriations of Printing in the Southern Borderlands of the Iberian Empires

This article explores the production of written culture in a remote region of Iberian colonial domains: the Jesuit-Guaraní missions in Paraguay in the eighteenth century. Through an examination of manuscripts, printed books, and chronicles produced in the missions, it seeks to shift the focus of early modern litera...

Guillermo Wilde, Fabián R. Vega · Journal of Early Modern Hist... · 0 citations

Sep 2026

A Feminine Federation

In this fascinating history of European federalism during the 1920s and 1930s, Rebecca Shriver uncovers a surprising grassroots phenomenon. Moving beyond the familiar story of elite male intellectuals, she reveals how women and feminist activists in the Pan-European Union, the New Europe Group, and the Women's Internat...

Rebecca R. Shriver · 0 citations