the central alborz mountains of northern iran (figure 1) is a zone of intense active continental deformation and is the most heavily populated region of iran, including the mega-city of tehran with a population of over 10 million. the region is affected by numerous active faults, some of them having great seismic potential, and documented historical seismicity. hence, the central alborz is a pr...

Anne Conrad, Amo Herzig, Franklin Kopitzsch (Hrsgg.), Das Volk im Visier der Aufklärung. Studien zur Popularisierung Aufklärung späten 18. Jahrhundert (Veröffentlichungen des Hamburger Arbeitskreises für Regionalgeschichte, Bd. 1), Hamburg (LIT Verlag) 1998. 266 S.

This file is a facsimile of an obituary for Conrad Quensel, published in the Acta (Proceedings) Uppsala-based Societas Regia Literaria et Scientiarum (Royal Society Learning and Sciences, or Kungl. Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala) year 1734.

this study is an attempt at a colonial and postcolonial reading of joseph conrad’s lord jim. it is specifically focused on the narrative strategies used in the novel. in other words, it investigates the connection between the narrative strategy and a possible tone of imperialism in conrad’s novel. for the introduction, a brief review of conrad’s manner of writing and his peculiar ambiguity is p...