@techreport{BruttelNithammerStolley2019, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Bruttel, Lisa Verena and Nithammer, Juri and Stolley, Florian}, title = {"Thanks in Advance"}, series = {CEPA Discussion Papers}, journal = {CEPA Discussion Papers}, number = {7}, issn = {2628-653X}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-42770}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-427706}, pages = {18}, year = {2019}, abstract = {This paper studies the effect of the commonly used phrase "thanks in advance" on compliance with a small request. In a controlled laboratory experiment we ask participants to give a detailed answer to an open question. The treatment variable is whether or not they see the phrase "thanks in advance." Our participants react to the treatment by exerting less effort in answering the request even though they perceive the phrase as polite.}, language = {en} } @article{MeyerSchorsch2018, author = {Meyer, Michael A. and Schorsch, Ismar}, title = {"Zunz and Steinschneider Would Be Astonished - and Reassured"}, series = {PaRDES : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e. V.}, journal = {PaRDES : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e. V.}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-417770}, pages = {19 -- 23}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{ConwayJones2012, author = {Conway-Jones, Ann}, title = {"Whether in the body or out of the body I do not know"}, series = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e.V.}, journal = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e.V.}, number = {18}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1614-6492}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-61537}, pages = {79 -- 90}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Im Artikel werden Fragen zum Themenfeld K{\"o}rperlichkeit und Aufstieg in die Himmel untersucht. Dies geschieht anhand von Texten vom 1. Buch Henoch bis hin zur Hekhalot Literatur, zudem werden Philos Schriften einbezogen. Es werden sowohl Beschreibungen der himmlischen Sph{\"a}ren als auch des Prozesses des Emporsteigens behandelt. Trotz seiner von Platon gepr{\"a}gten, negativen Theologie setzt Philo kosmologische und spirituelle Himmel voraus und st{\"u}tzt sich auf die biblische Vorstellung der strahlenden Herrlichkeit. Auch wenn die Texte des Aufstiegs in die Himmeln nicht in einer philosophischen Sprache verfasst sind, verdeutlichen sie dennoch, dass der Mensch nicht in seinem irdischen K{\"o}rper in die Himmel aufsteigen kann und dass Gott nicht mit irdischen Augen gesehen werden kann. Ideengeschichtlich sind diese Texte nicht so weit vom Philosophen Philo entfernt wie dies zuerst den Anschein haben mag.}, language = {en} } @article{Lindquist2004, author = {Lindquist, Jason H.}, title = {"Under the influence of an exotic nature...national remembrances are insensibly effaced"}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {V}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {9}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35109}, pages = {44 -- 59}, year = {2004}, abstract = {My essay attends to a number of passages in Alexander von Humboldt's Personal Narrative in which the Prussian explorer expresses anxiety about the apparent dangers posed by the overwhelmingly productive tropical landscapes he observes. In these passages, the excesses of an "exotic nature" threaten European identity and modes of civilization—and they trouble the accuracy of Humboldt's own observational project. I also explore Humboldt's related worry that South American vegetable (and visual) overload will exert a destabilizing effect on his aesthetic sensibility, disrupting his ability to represent the "New Continent" accurately in writing. Finally, I sketch the influence of Humboldt's representations of tropical excess on nineteenth-century British cultural thought and literary practice. Studying the instabilities experienced by Personal Narrative's expatriates and colonists promises to draw out important tensions latent in Humboldt's treatment of tropical landscape and to illuminate broader epistemological and aesthetic shifts being worked out during the period.}, language = {en} } @article{Siegel2023, author = {Siegel, Bj{\"o}rn}, title = {"They Took to the Sea" - Jewish History and Culture in Maritime Perspective(s)}, series = {PaRDeS : Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies in Germany}, journal = {PaRDeS : Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies in Germany}, number = {28}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-552-1}, issn = {1614-6492}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58550}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-585509}, pages = {11 -- 16}, year = {2023}, language = {en} } @misc{SiegelSchloerCohenHattabetal.2023, author = {Siegel, Bj{\"o}rn and Schl{\"o}r, Joachim and Cohen-Hattab, Kobi and Weinmann, Franziska and Wassner, Dalia and Studemund-Hal{\´e}vy, Michael and Jacob, Frank and Schachter, Allison and Schirrmeister, Sebastian and Jessen, Caroline and Jungheim, Elias S. and Fischer, Saskia and Cooperman, Jessica and Emig, Caroline and Ginsburg, Shai}, title = {"They Took to the Sea"}, series = {PaRDeS : Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies in Germany}, journal = {PaRDeS : Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies in Germany}, number = {28}, editor = {Siegel, Bj{\"o}rn and Krah, Markus and Czendze, Oskar}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-552-1}, issn = {1614-6492}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-57347}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-573479}, pages = {153}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The sea and maritime spaces have long been neglected in the field of Jewish studies despite their relevance in the context of Jewish religious texts and historical narratives. The images of Noah's arche, king Salomon's maritime activities or the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea immediately come into mind, however, only illustrate a few aspects of Jewish maritime activities. Consequently, the relations of Jews and the sea has to be seen in a much broader spatial and temporal framework in order to understand the overall importance of maritime spaces in Jewish history and culture. Almost sixty years after Samuel Tolkowsky's pivotal study on maritime Jewish history and culture and the publication of his book "They Took to the Sea" in 1964, this volume of PaRDeS seeks to follow these ideas, revisit Jewish history and culture from different maritime perspectives and shed new light on current research in the field, which brings together Jewish and maritime studies. The articles in this volume therefore reflect a wide range of topics and illustrate how maritime perspectives can enrich our understanding of Jewish history and culture and its entanglement with the sea - especially in modern times. They study different spaces and examine their embedded narratives and functions. They follow in one way or another the discussions which evolved in the last decades, focused on the importance of spatial dimensions and opened up possibilities for studying the production and construction of spaces, their influences on cultural practices and ideas, as well as structures and changes of social processes. By taking these debates into account, the articles offer new insights into Jewish history and culture by taking us out to "sea" and inviting us to revisit Jewish history and culture from different maritime perspectives.}, language = {en} } @misc{Schwarz2018, author = {Schwarz, Anja}, title = {"Parallel Societies" of the past?}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-403655}, pages = {13}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Historical narratives play an important role in constructing contemporary notions of citizenship. They are sites on which ideas of the nation are not only reaffirmed but also contested and reframed. In contemporary Germany, dominant narratives of the country's modern history habitually focus on the legacy of the Third Reich and tend to marginalize the country's rich and highly complex histories of immigration. The article addresses this commemorative void in relation to Berlin's urban landscape. It explores how the city's multilayered architecture provides locations for the articulation of marginal memories—and hence sites of urban citizenship—that are often denied to immigrant communities on a national scale. Through a detailed examination of a small celebration in 1965 that marked the anniversary of the founding of the modern Turkish republic, the article engages with the layers of history that coalesce around such sites in Berlin.}, language = {en} } @article{Jin2023, author = {Jin, Tonje}, title = {"One video fit for all"}, series = {EMOOCs 2023 : Post-Covid Prospects for Massive Open Online Courses - Boost or Backlash?}, journal = {EMOOCs 2023 : Post-Covid Prospects for Massive Open Online Courses - Boost or Backlash?}, editor = {Meinel, Christoph and Schweiger, Stefanie and Staubitz, Thomas and Conrad, Robert and Alario Hoyos, Carlos and Ebner, Martin and Sancassani, Susanna and Żur, Agnieszka and Friedl, Christian and Halawa, Sherif and Gamage, Dilrukshi and Scott, Jeffrey and Kristine Jonson Carlon, May and Deville, Yves and Gaebel, Michael and Delgado Kloos, Carlos and von Schmieden, Karen}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-62108}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-621080}, pages = {21 -- 35}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Online learning in mathematics has always been challenging, especially for mathematics in STEM education. This paper presents how to make "one fit for all" lecture videos for mathematics in STEM education. In general, we do believe that there is no such thing as "one fit for all" video. The curriculum requires a high level of prior knowledge in mathematics from high school to get a good understanding, and the variation of prior knowledge levels among STEM education students is often high. This creates challenges for both online teaching and on-campus teaching. This article presents experimenting and researching on a video format where students can get a real-time feeling, and which fits their needs regarding their existing prior knowledge. They have the possibility to ask and receive answers during the video without having to feel that they must jump into different sources, which helps to reduce unnecessary distractions. The fundamental video format presented here is that of dynamic branching videos, which has to little degree been researched in education related studies. The reason might be that this field is quite new for higher education, and there is relatively high requirement on the video editing skills from the teachers' side considering the platforms that are available so far. The videos are implemented for engineering students who take the Linear Algebra course at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in spring 2023. Feedback from the students gathered via anonymous surveys so far (N = 21) is very positive. With the high suitability for online teaching, this video format might lead the trend of online learning in the future. The design and implementation of dynamic videos in mathematics in higher education was presented for the first time at the EMOOCs conference 2023.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Kent2007, author = {Kent, Alan M.}, title = {"Mozeying on down ..." : the Cornish Language in North America}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-19275}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2007}, abstract = {Content: Cornish Scat Abroad The Next Parish after Land's End: Early Explorations William Gwavas and that 1710 Letter Yee-Har!!: Miners and Cowboys Some Language Cowboys: Nancarrow, Bottrell and Weekes Cornish Language in Twenty-First-Century North America}, language = {en} } @article{Tamas2020, author = {Tam{\´a}s, M{\´a}t{\´e}}, title = {"Moses Lackenbacher \& Compagnie:"}, series = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture}, volume = {2020}, journal = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture}, number = {26}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-493-7}, issn = {1614-6492}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-48564}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-485642}, pages = {75 -- 88}, year = {2020}, abstract = {In 1810, Moses Lackenbacher, together with two of his children, Israel and Heinrich, and Moses L{\"o}wenstein created the company "Moses Lackenbacher \& Compagnie" with headquarters in Nagykanizsa and a branch in Vienna. The main profile of the company was army purveyance. The business activity resulted in a high spatial mobility which led to socio-cultural acculturation and conversions to Christianity within the kinship. This paper explores the connection between kinship and the operation of the company on the basis of the prominent yet little-researched Lackenbachers in the early 19th-century Habsburg Monarchy. Central questions are how the relatives organized a company during the Napoleonic wars, as well as the impact of operating a business; how familial bonds and kinship links were affected, and, in this context, how relatives together evolved into a multi-religious network of kinship.}, language = {en} }