This thesis considers the fundamental conception of first philosophy (metaphysics) in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and its reception–reform in a major work of Abū ‘Alī al-Husayn Ibn-Sīna (Avicenna): the Metaphysics of the ...

This thesis is the first comparative study of exhibition histories in Southeast Asia from the 1970s to 1990s. It aims to inaugurate new ways of studying exhibitions by identifying, validating and constructing typologies ...

Analytical and comparative studies on the translations of the Qur’an into English are prominent and widespread. However, to the best of my knowledge, research on translating Qur’anic dialogue, which is one of the most ...

The linkage between the United Nations (UN) and regional organisations has multiplied as their mandates grew into much broader areas. Despite the high frequency of their interactions and resultant significant implications, ...

Access to adequate and secure housing is a basic human right, which impacts all aspects of a person’s wellbeing. This requires government to play a role in housing provision to ensure basic housing needs, particularly for ...

This dissertation joins a vibrant conversation in the media and communication scholarship about the media-politics dynamics in contemporary Chinese context. As a part of a more general reconsideration of the current state ...

Whilst the concept of gekokujo (low overcoming high) is well documented in the study of medieval Japan it has traditionally been confined to the militarism that characterized the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. ...

The need for this research arises from the current discourse associating extremism and violence to the Muslim ummah (community). In one corner of the discourse, certain sections have unequivocally associated violence and ...

In this thesis I offer a cultural history approach to the issue of zhishifenzi identity in post-Mao China, and above all between the 1990s and the present. I examine the ideology of the zhishifenzi group – by which I mean ...

The aim of this thesis is to examine interethnic politics and the spatial issues associated with these politics that unfold in the daily operations of a Xinjiangban school. The Xinjiangban (Neidi Xinjiang gaozhongban, ...