Alex Drace-Francis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5193080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Drace-Francis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Drace-Francis |
| SIGNATURE | DRACE-FRANCIS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Le voyage dans les Balkans. L’invention d’un espace de la frontière (xixe-xxie siècles)
Europe in British Literature and Culture
How has Europe shaped British literature and culture – and vice versa – since the Middle Ages? This volume offers nuanced answers to this question. From the High Renaissance to haute cuisine, from the Republic of Letters to the European Union, from the Black Death to Brexit -- the reader gains insights into the main geographical zones of influence, shared intellectual movements, indicative modes of cultural transfer and more recent conflicts that…
Kukuruz “cocoon”
The author proposes a new etymology for kukuruz, in various forms the most common term for ‘maize’ in many east European and Eurasian languages. Kukuruz is presumed to be cognate with Latin cucullus, itself a term of unclear origin, meaning ‘cocoon’, ‘wrapped object’. Semantic and formal parallels with Romanian păpuşoi are also noted
Ion Luca Caragiale on Intellectuals and Identity (1899, 1909)
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912) is best known as the leading Romanian dramatist from the nation-building period at the end of the nineteenth century. Caragiale also wrote satirical sketches on social issues of his day, capturing the appearance of new social types and issues of identity and alterity. The following two sketches, published in the Bucharest newspaper Universul in 1899 and 1909 respectively, not only offer entertaining snapshots of cul…
Peasant Violence and Antisemitism in Early Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe, by Irina Marin
At the beginning of 1907, Romania appeared to be one of the more politically stable countries in Europe, having enjoyed nearly thirty years of independence under the same monarch, Charles I; an apparently functional parliamentary system; and gradual increases in urbanisation, infrastructure and literacy. By the spring of the same year, a series of rural revolts spread from Moldavia in the north of the country to Wallachia in the south-west. These…
Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe
This encyclopedia documents the presence and impact of nationalized cultural consciousness in European nationalism. It tracks how intellectuals, historians, philologists, novelists, poets, painters, folklorists, and composers, in an intensely collaborative transnational network, articulated the national identities and aspirations that would go on to determine European history and politics, with effects that are still felt today. Edited by Joep Le…
Holy Legionary Youth
Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania, by Roland Clark Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania, by Roland Clark (Ithaca, NY: Cornell U.P., 2015; pp. xvi + 271; $39.95). Alex Drace-Francis Alex Drace-Francis University of Amsterdam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 132, Issue 558, October 2017, Pages 1384–1386, https://doi.org/10.10…
The idea of Europe in British travel narratives, 1789-1914
The idea of Europe in British travel narratives, 1789-1914." Studies in Travel Writing, 21(1), pp. 110–111
Keith Hitchins, A Concise History of Romania
Serbian Dreambook
Journal Article Serbian Dreambook: National Imaginary in the Time of Milošević, by Marko Živković Get access Serbian Dreambook: National Imaginary in the Time of Milošević, by Marko Živković (Bloomington, IN: Indiana U.P., 2011; pp. xiv + 318. $27.95). Alex Drace-Francis Alex Drace-Francis University of Amsterdam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 129, Issue 538, June 201…
Mirna Zeman. Reise zu den “Illyriern”
Historians' interest in travel and geographical literature as a source of stereotypes has increased in recent years, partly as a result of the ongoing influence of Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) and other studies positing the significant influence of such works on worldviews and territorial identities. There are now many studies that treat larger geopolitical units as “mental maps”: scholars have moved beyond “the Orient” to interrogate notions…
European Identity
Empires and Peninsulas
Journal Article Empires and Peninsulas: Southeastern Europe between Karlowitz and the Peace of Adrianople, 1699–1829, ed. Plamen Mitev, Ivan Parvev, Maria Baramova and Vania Racheva Get access Empires and Peninsulas: Southeastern Europe between Karlowitz and the Peace of Adrianople, 1699–1829, ed. Plamen Mitev, Ivan Parvev, Maria Baramova Vania Racheva (Münster: LIT Verlag, 2010; pp. 279. Eur 54.90). Alex Drace-Francis Alex Drace-Francis Universi…
War, Politics and Culture in Romania and East-Central Europe
A Provincial Imperialist and a Curious Account of Wallachia
This article presents a hitherto little-known description of Wallachian (Romanian) communities in the Banat of Temesvar in the 1770s, which was reproduced, translated and commented upon in a wide variety of publications across Europe in the years to follow. The author is identified, and the account's genesis and reception placed in its contemporary intellectual and political context, in such a way as to challenge theories of the ‘invention’ of Ea…
The idea of Europe in British travel narratives, 1789-1914
The idea of Europe in British travel narratives, 1789-1914." Studies in Travel Writing, 21(1), pp. 110–111
A Provincial Imperialist and a Curious Account of Wallachia
This article presents a hitherto little-known description of Wallachian (Romanian) communities in the Banat of Temesvar in the 1770s, which was reproduced, translated and commented upon in a wide variety of publications across Europe in the years to follow. The author is identified, and the account's genesis and reception placed in its contemporary intellectual and political context, in such a way as to challenge theories of the ‘invention’ of Ea…
A Provincial Imperialist and a Curious Account of Wallachia
This article presents a hitherto little-known description of Wallachian (Romanian) communities in the Banat of Temesvar in the 1770s, which was reproduced, translated and commented upon in a wide variety of publications across Europe in the years to follow. The author is identified, and the account's genesis and reception placed in its contemporary intellectual and political context, in such a way as to challenge theories of the ‘invention’ of Ea…
War, Politics and Culture in Romania and East-Central Europe
European Identity
Empires and Peninsulas
Journal Article Empires and Peninsulas: Southeastern Europe between Karlowitz and the Peace of Adrianople, 1699–1829, ed. Plamen Mitev, Ivan Parvev, Maria Baramova and Vania Racheva Get access Empires and Peninsulas: Southeastern Europe between Karlowitz and the Peace of Adrianople, 1699–1829, ed. Plamen Mitev, Ivan Parvev, Maria Baramova Vania Racheva (Münster: LIT Verlag, 2010; pp. 279. Eur 54.90). Alex Drace-Francis Alex Drace-Francis Universi…
Keith Hitchins, A Concise History of Romania
Serbian Dreambook
Journal Article Serbian Dreambook: National Imaginary in the Time of Milošević, by Marko Živković Get access Serbian Dreambook: National Imaginary in the Time of Milošević, by Marko Živković (Bloomington, IN: Indiana U.P., 2011; pp. xiv + 318. $27.95). Alex Drace-Francis Alex Drace-Francis University of Amsterdam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 129, Issue 538, June 201…
Mirna Zeman. Reise zu den “Illyriern”
Historians' interest in travel and geographical literature as a source of stereotypes has increased in recent years, partly as a result of the ongoing influence of Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) and other studies positing the significant influence of such works on worldviews and territorial identities. There are now many studies that treat larger geopolitical units as “mental maps”: scholars have moved beyond “the Orient” to interrogate notions…
Holy Legionary Youth
Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania, by Roland Clark Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania, by Roland Clark (Ithaca, NY: Cornell U.P., 2015; pp. xvi + 271; $39.95). Alex Drace-Francis Alex Drace-Francis University of Amsterdam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 132, Issue 558, October 2017, Pages 1384–1386, https://doi.org/10.10…
The idea of Europe in British travel narratives, 1789-1914
The idea of Europe in British travel narratives, 1789-1914." Studies in Travel Writing, 21(1), pp. 110–111
Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe
This encyclopedia documents the presence and impact of nationalized cultural consciousness in European nationalism. It tracks how intellectuals, historians, philologists, novelists, poets, painters, folklorists, and composers, in an intensely collaborative transnational network, articulated the national identities and aspirations that would go on to determine European history and politics, with effects that are still felt today. Edited by Joep Le…
Peasant Violence and Antisemitism in Early Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe, by Irina Marin
At the beginning of 1907, Romania appeared to be one of the more politically stable countries in Europe, having enjoyed nearly thirty years of independence under the same monarch, Charles I; an apparently functional parliamentary system; and gradual increases in urbanisation, infrastructure and literacy. By the spring of the same year, a series of rural revolts spread from Moldavia in the north of the country to Wallachia in the south-west. These…
Ion Luca Caragiale on Intellectuals and Identity (1899, 1909)
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912) is best known as the leading Romanian dramatist from the nation-building period at the end of the nineteenth century. Caragiale also wrote satirical sketches on social issues of his day, capturing the appearance of new social types and issues of identity and alterity. The following two sketches, published in the Bucharest newspaper Universul in 1899 and 1909 respectively, not only offer entertaining snapshots of cul…
Europe in British Literature and Culture
How has Europe shaped British literature and culture – and vice versa – since the Middle Ages? This volume offers nuanced answers to this question. From the High Renaissance to haute cuisine, from the Republic of Letters to the European Union, from the Black Death to Brexit -- the reader gains insights into the main geographical zones of influence, shared intellectual movements, indicative modes of cultural transfer and more recent conflicts that…
Kukuruz “cocoon”
The author proposes a new etymology for kukuruz, in various forms the most common term for ‘maize’ in many east European and Eurasian languages. Kukuruz is presumed to be cognate with Latin cucullus, itself a term of unclear origin, meaning ‘cocoon’, ‘wrapped object’. Semantic and formal parallels with Romanian păpuşoi are also noted
Le voyage dans les Balkans. L’invention d’un espace de la frontière (xixe-xxie siècles)
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