Katrin Köster
Biographic Data
| ID | 4631669 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katrin Köster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katrin |
| FAMILY NAME | Köster |
| SIGNATURE | KOSTER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Leipzig Leipzig Germany |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5920-2593 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Caricatures in the Newspaper al-Maʿraḍ (‘The Exhibition’)
This article examines caricatures printed in the Lebanese newspaper al-Maʿraḍ (‘The Exhibition’), published by Michel Zaccour (1896–1937) in Beirut from 1921 to 1936. Situating these images within the socio-political dynamics of Lebanon under French mandate rule, it investigates how caricatures operated within the intermedial microcosm of a predominantly ‘serious’ newspaper that nonetheless relied heavily on visual humour. Drawing on approaches f…
Al-Mawāhib/Los Dones (1945-1960). The Unofficial Embassy of the Arab-ʿAlawī Community in Argentina
This article analyses the first years of the cultural journal al-Mawāhib/Los Dones (Talents, Tucumán 1945-1960), one of the first periodicals published in the Latin American diaspora by an ʿAlawī editor, Yūsuf al-Ṣārmī (d. 1986). Conceptualizing periodicals as tools of community formation that are deeply embedded in social practices and networks, this article argues that al-Mawāhib formed three overlapping but distinct communities: it acted as a …
Introduction
A recent wave of research across several fields has emphasized the seriality of print media like journals and periodicals, especially for the late 19th and 20th centuries, when such formats were essentially the New Media of their day. Previous studies, like Benedict Anderson’s now classical thesis on post-colonial nationalism in Imagined Communities (1983) have born out the powers of novel forms and circuits of communication to create and promote…
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Al-Mawāhib/Los Dones (1945-1960). The Unofficial Embassy of the Arab-ʿAlawī Community in Argentina
This article analyses the first years of the cultural journal al-Mawāhib/Los Dones (Talents, Tucumán 1945-1960), one of the first periodicals published in the Latin American diaspora by an ʿAlawī editor, Yūsuf al-Ṣārmī (d. 1986). Conceptualizing periodicals as tools of community formation that are deeply embedded in social practices and networks, this article argues that al-Mawāhib formed three overlapping but distinct communities: it acted as a …
Introduction
A recent wave of research across several fields has emphasized the seriality of print media like journals and periodicals, especially for the late 19th and 20th centuries, when such formats were essentially the New Media of their day. Previous studies, like Benedict Anderson’s now classical thesis on post-colonial nationalism in Imagined Communities (1983) have born out the powers of novel forms and circuits of communication to create and promote…
Caricatures in the Newspaper al-Maʿraḍ (‘The Exhibition’)
This article examines caricatures printed in the Lebanese newspaper al-Maʿraḍ (‘The Exhibition’), published by Michel Zaccour (1896–1937) in Beirut from 1921 to 1936. Situating these images within the socio-political dynamics of Lebanon under French mandate rule, it investigates how caricatures operated within the intermedial microcosm of a predominantly ‘serious’ newspaper that nonetheless relied heavily on visual humour. Drawing on approaches f…
Diaspora (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Confessional (1 work) · Cultural heritage (1 work) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 work) · Elite (1 work) · Ethnic group (1 work) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (1 work)