Adam Schwartz
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3780773 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Adam Schwartz |
| NOMBRES | Adam |
| APELLIDO | Schwartz |
| FIRMA | SCHWARTZ A |
| AFILIACIONES | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3525-0689 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
A Selection from Award-Winning Ufva Films (2022–2023)
reflecting the creative practices of the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) membership, this spotlight piece showcases an award-winning film from the 2023 UFVA conference. Ora Et Labora is a beautiful film that explores the efforts of the Trappist monks of St. Joseph's Abbey as they strive to introduce European monastic-style beer brewing into the US craft beer market. In the following essay that accompanies an excerpt from the film, fi…
Language, Identity, and Racialization
Conversations on race and systemic racism have persisted since long before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other murdered and missing Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. In an ever-enduring global pandemic and following a wave of resistance to racial oppression and violence, U.S. institutions are now facing a reckoning for the ways in which they maintain racialized power dynamics and exacerbate inequities …
A Glimpse of China’s Earliest Decision-Making
Statistics drawn from the Shāng oracle bone inscriptions discovered in Pit H3 at Huāyuánzhuāng East challenge an assumption that all divination statements, or ‘charges’ mìng cí 命辭, be classified as zhēn cí 貞辭, and question an inflexible practice that systematically reads the prefatory word zhēn 貞 ‘test (the correctness of)’ into a divination account when it is absent. The restricted use of zhēn in this unified corpus of inscriptions implies that …
Kūn’s ‘body’
One of the main reasons why words (i.e., ‘images’) in the Yìjīng and Guīcáng might appear so enigmatic is because they have become detached from the ‘pictures’ ( guàhuà 卦畫) or ‘bodies’ ( guàtǐ 卦體), as divination results, in which diviners first recognized them. This paper has two objectives. The first, as part of a larger database project, uses early Chinese excavated materials to reconstruct and reimage the many configurations and appearances of…
China's First Prayer
Spirit communication was a major facet of daily life across the ancient world. This paper seeks to enumerate and contextualize the act of prayer in elite religious ritual at the commencement of the historical period and is part of a larger inquiry into inscriptions and manuscripts unearthed over the last several decades that testify to the intimate relationship between divination, prayer, and the early development of the Chinese literary traditio…
The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East
Since 1899 more than 73,000 pieces of inscribed divination shell and bone have been found inside the moated enclosure of the Anyang-core at the former capital of the late Shang state. Nearly all of these divinations were done on behalf of the Shang kingsand has led to the apt characterization that oracle bone inscriptions describe their motivations, experiences, and priorities. There are, however, much smaller sets of divination accounts that wer…
Jao Tsung-I (Rao Zongyi) 饒宗頤 (1917–2018)
at the age of 101 years. Professor Jao, courtesy name Bolian (or Bozi ), and pen names Xuantang and Gu'an , was one of the most renowned and revered scholars of our time. He was born in Chaozhou , Guangdong in 1917. Over the course of more than eight decades of academic research, his scholarship extended to nearly every field of traditional Chinese culture and included ancient history (including the conception of legitimacy), historiography (e.g.…
Between Numbers and Images
This paper examines the images of trigram Gen in the Yijing , with a focus on images in the Shuogua 說卦 commentary. The Shuogua presents images either found in or to be extrapolated from the base text within a structured and highly interpretive system that forms “image programs” for each of the eight trigrams. I argue the Shuogua ’s image programs have a defined architecture, and its images are not random lists of words collected without an agenda…
War in art, Greek
War was an all‐important aspect of Greek antiquity. As such, it was from the outset a pervasive influence on both iconography and literature, providing a rich source material. War and fighting were regularly portrayed in both public and private art, and formed an integral part of the self‐perception of both states and individuals. War was in fact a major generator of art in that war booty was often used for the erection of public monuments at Pan…
Seeing the Unheard
In response to calls to increase Spanish language learners’ awareness of the relationship among power, language, and status in their communities and inspired by participatory research techniques, this article reports on the implementation of a photo-diary project with heritage and L2 learners in a basic-level Spanish language course. Students took part in critical reflections and dialogues related to the status of local varieties of Spanish and S…
Third border talk
Relying on narrative analysis, this article examines a case in which largely White, monolingual college students of basic level Spanish position themselves as linguistic subjects in relation to the target language. Further, in consideration of this issue's theme, in tandem with Bucholtz and Hall's (2004) work on intersubjectivity, I submit Davis's (2000) theory of the third border as an organizing tool for understanding how students construct and…
Large Weapons, Small Greeks
This chapter argues that the defining elements of the hoplite were the spear and, above all, the double-grip shield. Other items of the panoply were subject to much change and innovation over the centuries, but the shield and spear remained essentially unaltered throughout the entire hoplite era. This chapter reasons that the Greeks maintained the shield's original design—circular, concave, and about one meter in diameter—because it was preeminen…
Reinstating the Hoplite
Reinstating the Hoplite
Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central rôle traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480–479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detail…
Warfare, G reece
Land warfare in Greece, from at least the early Archaic period, was dominated by pitched battles fought between the infantry forces of two or more opposing poleis .
Army, Greece
The concept of “army” in Archaic and Classical Greece was very different from the modern notion.
Bow
Weapons and Armor
Archery
Border talk
US foreign language education is often presented as an opportunity to foster intercultural communication; yet, curricula frequently build borders between an English-speaking ‘we’ and a non-English-speaking ‘they’. Little is known, however, about how language students make sense of their changing linguistic identities as they encounter users of the language of instruction outside the classroom. This paper examines the stories those enrolled in uni…
Reinstating the Hoplite
"Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central role traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480-479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detai…
Their language, our Spanish
This study exposes ‘gringo Spanish’ as a discursive site for the reproduction of privilege, racism and social order in White public spaces. I begin my arguments by exploring Whiteness, doing so by unpacking what I term ‘Gringoism’, which involves the active celebration of a White, monolingual (un)consciousness through particular linguistic and cultural performance. Brief analysis of one particular educational text (Harvey 1990/2003) supports grea…
The political advantage of a volatile market
The Chicago Board Options Exchange's (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) is the premier established benchmark of near‐term market volatility. It is also referred to as the ‘investor fear gauge’ because it provides a consistent measure of market turmoil. We examine the VIX as it relates to Presidential popularity as indicated by the Gallup Organization's ongoing poll of US Presidential approval ratings. Our analysis indicates that the expected volatilit…
Understanding the Manga Hype
The authors introduce manga to educators, inspired by the comics' explosive entry into U.S. popular culture. The word manga refers specifically to printed, Japanese-style comics found in graphic-novel format—not to be confused with anime (animated Japanese cartoons, including moving images on television, movies, video games). There are two strong reasons that warrant directing educators' attention toward manga. First, there has been a sharp rise …
The teaching and culture of household Spanish
Inspired by Hill's work on the uses of Spanish among Anglo-Americans, this article exposes ‘Household Spanish’ as a discursive site for the reproduction of racism and social order. Also called ‘domestic’ discourse, this use of Spanish consists largely of one-way directives given by native English-speaking, middle-to-upper class homeowners who intend to ‘communicate’ with their Spanish-speaking housekeepers and gardeners. This domestic discourse h…
Border talk
US foreign language education is often presented as an opportunity to foster intercultural communication; yet, curricula frequently build borders between an English-speaking ‘we’ and a non-English-speaking ‘they’. Little is known, however, about how language students make sense of their changing linguistic identities as they encounter users of the language of instruction outside the classroom. This paper examines the stories those enrolled in uni…
The teaching and culture of household Spanish
Inspired by Hill's work on the uses of Spanish among Anglo-Americans, this article exposes ‘Household Spanish’ as a discursive site for the reproduction of racism and social order. Also called ‘domestic’ discourse, this use of Spanish consists largely of one-way directives given by native English-speaking, middle-to-upper class homeowners who intend to ‘communicate’ with their Spanish-speaking housekeepers and gardeners. This domestic discourse h…
The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East
Since 1899 more than 73,000 pieces of inscribed divination shell and bone have been found inside the moated enclosure of the Anyang-core at the former capital of the late Shang state. Nearly all of these divinations were done on behalf of the Shang kingsand has led to the apt characterization that oracle bone inscriptions describe their motivations, experiences, and priorities. There are, however, much smaller sets of divination accounts that wer…
The political advantage of a volatile market
The Chicago Board Options Exchange's (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) is the premier established benchmark of near‐term market volatility. It is also referred to as the ‘investor fear gauge’ because it provides a consistent measure of market turmoil. We examine the VIX as it relates to Presidential popularity as indicated by the Gallup Organization's ongoing poll of US Presidential approval ratings. Our analysis indicates that the expected volatilit…
Understanding the Manga Hype
The authors introduce manga to educators, inspired by the comics' explosive entry into U.S. popular culture. The word manga refers specifically to printed, Japanese-style comics found in graphic-novel format—not to be confused with anime (animated Japanese cartoons, including moving images on television, movies, video games). There are two strong reasons that warrant directing educators' attention toward manga. First, there has been a sharp rise …
The teaching and culture of household Spanish
Inspired by Hill's work on the uses of Spanish among Anglo-Americans, this article exposes ‘Household Spanish’ as a discursive site for the reproduction of racism and social order. Also called ‘domestic’ discourse, this use of Spanish consists largely of one-way directives given by native English-speaking, middle-to-upper class homeowners who intend to ‘communicate’ with their Spanish-speaking housekeepers and gardeners. This domestic discourse h…
Their language, our Spanish
This study exposes ‘gringo Spanish’ as a discursive site for the reproduction of privilege, racism and social order in White public spaces. I begin my arguments by exploring Whiteness, doing so by unpacking what I term ‘Gringoism’, which involves the active celebration of a White, monolingual (un)consciousness through particular linguistic and cultural performance. Brief analysis of one particular educational text (Harvey 1990/2003) supports grea…
The political advantage of a volatile market
The Chicago Board Options Exchange's (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) is the premier established benchmark of near‐term market volatility. It is also referred to as the ‘investor fear gauge’ because it provides a consistent measure of market turmoil. We examine the VIX as it relates to Presidential popularity as indicated by the Gallup Organization's ongoing poll of US Presidential approval ratings. Our analysis indicates that the expected volatilit…
Reinstating the Hoplite
"Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central role traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480-479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detai…
Bow
Weapons and Armor
Archery
Border talk
US foreign language education is often presented as an opportunity to foster intercultural communication; yet, curricula frequently build borders between an English-speaking ‘we’ and a non-English-speaking ‘they’. Little is known, however, about how language students make sense of their changing linguistic identities as they encounter users of the language of instruction outside the classroom. This paper examines the stories those enrolled in uni…
Warfare, G reece
Land warfare in Greece, from at least the early Archaic period, was dominated by pitched battles fought between the infantry forces of two or more opposing poleis .
Army, Greece
The concept of “army” in Archaic and Classical Greece was very different from the modern notion.
Large Weapons, Small Greeks
This chapter argues that the defining elements of the hoplite were the spear and, above all, the double-grip shield. Other items of the panoply were subject to much change and innovation over the centuries, but the shield and spear remained essentially unaltered throughout the entire hoplite era. This chapter reasons that the Greeks maintained the shield's original design—circular, concave, and about one meter in diameter—because it was preeminen…
Reinstating the Hoplite
Reinstating the Hoplite
Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central rôle traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480–479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detail…
Third border talk
Relying on narrative analysis, this article examines a case in which largely White, monolingual college students of basic level Spanish position themselves as linguistic subjects in relation to the target language. Further, in consideration of this issue's theme, in tandem with Bucholtz and Hall's (2004) work on intersubjectivity, I submit Davis's (2000) theory of the third border as an organizing tool for understanding how students construct and…
War in art, Greek
War was an all‐important aspect of Greek antiquity. As such, it was from the outset a pervasive influence on both iconography and literature, providing a rich source material. War and fighting were regularly portrayed in both public and private art, and formed an integral part of the self‐perception of both states and individuals. War was in fact a major generator of art in that war booty was often used for the erection of public monuments at Pan…
Seeing the Unheard
In response to calls to increase Spanish language learners’ awareness of the relationship among power, language, and status in their communities and inspired by participatory research techniques, this article reports on the implementation of a photo-diary project with heritage and L2 learners in a basic-level Spanish language course. Students took part in critical reflections and dialogues related to the status of local varieties of Spanish and S…
Jao Tsung-I (Rao Zongyi) 饒宗頤 (1917–2018)
at the age of 101 years. Professor Jao, courtesy name Bolian (or Bozi ), and pen names Xuantang and Gu'an , was one of the most renowned and revered scholars of our time. He was born in Chaozhou , Guangdong in 1917. Over the course of more than eight decades of academic research, his scholarship extended to nearly every field of traditional Chinese culture and included ancient history (including the conception of legitimacy), historiography (e.g.…
Between Numbers and Images
This paper examines the images of trigram Gen in the Yijing , with a focus on images in the Shuogua 說卦 commentary. The Shuogua presents images either found in or to be extrapolated from the base text within a structured and highly interpretive system that forms “image programs” for each of the eight trigrams. I argue the Shuogua ’s image programs have a defined architecture, and its images are not random lists of words collected without an agenda…
The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East
Since 1899 more than 73,000 pieces of inscribed divination shell and bone have been found inside the moated enclosure of the Anyang-core at the former capital of the late Shang state. Nearly all of these divinations were done on behalf of the Shang kingsand has led to the apt characterization that oracle bone inscriptions describe their motivations, experiences, and priorities. There are, however, much smaller sets of divination accounts that wer…
Kūn’s ‘body’
One of the main reasons why words (i.e., ‘images’) in the Yìjīng and Guīcáng might appear so enigmatic is because they have become detached from the ‘pictures’ ( guàhuà 卦畫) or ‘bodies’ ( guàtǐ 卦體), as divination results, in which diviners first recognized them. This paper has two objectives. The first, as part of a larger database project, uses early Chinese excavated materials to reconstruct and reimage the many configurations and appearances of…
China's First Prayer
Spirit communication was a major facet of daily life across the ancient world. This paper seeks to enumerate and contextualize the act of prayer in elite religious ritual at the commencement of the historical period and is part of a larger inquiry into inscriptions and manuscripts unearthed over the last several decades that testify to the intimate relationship between divination, prayer, and the early development of the Chinese literary traditio…
A Glimpse of China’s Earliest Decision-Making
Statistics drawn from the Shāng oracle bone inscriptions discovered in Pit H3 at Huāyuánzhuāng East challenge an assumption that all divination statements, or ‘charges’ mìng cí 命辭, be classified as zhēn cí 貞辭, and question an inflexible practice that systematically reads the prefatory word zhēn 貞 ‘test (the correctness of)’ into a divination account when it is absent. The restricted use of zhēn in this unified corpus of inscriptions implies that …
Language, Identity, and Racialization
Conversations on race and systemic racism have persisted since long before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other murdered and missing Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. In an ever-enduring global pandemic and following a wave of resistance to racial oppression and violence, U.S. institutions are now facing a reckoning for the ways in which they maintain racialized power dynamics and exacerbate inequities …
A Selection from Award-Winning Ufva Films (2022–2023)
reflecting the creative practices of the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) membership, this spotlight piece showcases an award-winning film from the 2023 UFVA conference. Ora Et Labora is a beautiful film that explores the efforts of the Trappist monks of St. Joseph's Abbey as they strive to introduce European monastic-style beer brewing into the US craft beer market. In the following essay that accompanies an excerpt from the film, fi…
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