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Minna Skafte Jensen
Minna Skafte Jensen (born 19 May 1937) is a Danish philologist. Career She was born in Ryde as a daughter of priest Ankiær Hareskov (1903–44) and politician Meta Hjemdal (1912–2005). Spurned by her mother, she commenced studies of classical philology at the University of Copenhagen in 1956. She spent one semester at the University of Lund, before graduating with the cand.mag. degree in 1963. She then studied the Greek epic tradition in Copenhagen, Glasgow and Cambridge to graduate with the thesis ''Hovedlinier i de sidste årtiers Homerforskning'', a study of the modern research on Homer. She was a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen from 1969. From 1974 she had a research grant to work with Androkli Kostallari and the Academy of Sciences of Albania. Following her doctoral dissertation ''The Homeric Question and the Oral-Formulaic Theory'', she gradually established herself among the world's leading Homeric researchers. She became the first female professor in classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Hareskov
Meta most commonly refers to: * Meta (prefix), a common affix and word in English ( in Greek) * Meta Platforms, an American multinational technology conglomerate (formerly ''Facebook, Inc.'') Meta or META may also refer to: Businesses * Meta (academic company), performing analysis of scientific literature (2009–2022) * Meta (augmented reality company), a maker of digital eyewear (2013–2019) * Meta Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian airline (1991–2011; formerly ''META'') * MetaBank, an American bank (founded 1954; now ''Pathward'') Computing * Meta element (<meta … >), an (X)HTML element providing a webpage's structured metadata * Metadata, data about data * META II, a compiler-writing language * Meta key, a modifier key on 1970s/80s workstation keyboards * FF Meta, a typeface * Metasequoia (software), a 3D computer graphics package * Metaverse, proposed networks of 3D virtual worlds for social connection * Imagination META, a microprocessor * Meta-Wiki, a Wikimedia Founda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Workers Party (Denmark)
Communist Workers Party (, KAP) was a Danish Maoist Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic o ... political party founded in 1976 and dissolved in 1994. Members of KAP integrated into The Red-Green Alliance. Publications *Kommunistisk Arbejderparti: ''The programme of the Workers' Communist Party of Denmark'', Copenhagen: Forlaget Oktober, 1977 External linksArticle on KAP at leksikon.org ''In Danish'' Defunct communist parties in Denmark Maoist organizations in Europe Political parties established in 1976 1976 establishments in Denmark Political parties disestablished in 1994 1994 disestablishments in Denmark {{Europe-communist-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Royal Danish Academy Of Sciences And Letters
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters ({{Langx, da, Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab or ''Videnskabernes Selskab'') is a Danish academy of science. The Royal Danish Academy was established on 13 November 1742, and was created with the purpose of strengthening the position of Science in Denmark as well as promoting interdisciplinary understanding. The Royal Danish Academy works as a body of cooperation and a meeting place for prominent scientists from all areas of basic scientific research. Its core activities consist of organizing the biweekly meetings for the academy's members, publishing scientific works, advising, and communicating, organizing and conducting events and lectures of a scientific character (e.g. public lectures and symposiums) as well as participating in international cooperation with other scientific academies and with scientific organizations like for example ISC and EASAC. Since 1745, the Royal Danish Academy has had its own publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Staff Of The University Of Southern Denmark
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. The Royal Spanish Academy defines academy as scientific, literary or artistic society established with public authority and as a teaching establishment, public or private, of a professional, artistic, technical or simply practical nature. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Copenhagen Alumni
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homeric Scholars
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his authorship, Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. The ''Iliad'' centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The ''Odyssey'' chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The epics depict man's struggle, the ''Odyssey'' especially so, as Odysseus perseveres through the punishment of the gods. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language that shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. Despite being predomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Philologists
Classical may refer to: European antiquity *Classical antiquity, a period of history from roughly the 7th or 8th century B.C.E. to the 5th century C.E. centered on the Mediterranean Sea *Classical architecture, architecture derived from Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity *Classical mythology, the body of myths from the ancient Greeks and Romans *Classical tradition, the reception of classical Greco-Roman antiquity by later cultures *Classics, study of the language and culture of classical antiquity, particularly its literature *Classicism, a high regard for classical antiquity in the arts Music and arts *Classical ballet, the most formal of the ballet styles *Classical music, a variety of Western musical styles from the 9th century to the present *Classical guitar, a common type of acoustic guitar *Classical Hollywood cinema, a visual and sound style in the American film industry between 1927 and 1963 *Classical Indian dance, various codified art forms whose theor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Danish Philologists
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Living People
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1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: The Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate its leaders. * January 30 – The Moscow Trial initiated on January 23 is concluded. Thirteen of the defendants are Capital punishment, sentenced to death (including Georgy Pyatakov, Nikolay Muralov and Leonid Serebryakov), while the rest, including Karl Radek and Grigory Sokolnikov are sent to Gulag, labor camps and later murdered. They were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists
The Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists (, ''DKP/ML'') was a political party in Denmark, that advocated revolutionary communism. The party was established in 1978 from the merger of two Marxist-Leninist parties: Marxistisk-Leninistisk Forbund and Kommunistisk Sammenslutning. The DKP/ML itself ceased to exist in 2006 when it merged with Kommunistisk Samling to form Kommunistisk Parti. The Communist Youth Marxist–Leninists. History Origins The DKP/ML was founded in 1978. It was created through the merger of the ''Marxistisk-Leninistisk Forbund'' (MLF) and ''Kommunistisk Sammenslutning (marxister-leninister)'' (KSML). Both of these parties had been formed in the 1970s as splinter groups, expelled from the Kommunistisk Arbejderparti. MLF had been expelled from ''Kommunistisk Arbejderparti'' in 1976, after having criticized the class analysis and problems of internal democracy of the party. MLF was based in Odense and had denounced the Three Worlds Theory formula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
