Archives are considered to be collections of administrative, legal, commercial and other records or the actual place where they are located. They have become ubiquitous in the modern world, but emerged not much later than the invention of writing. Following Foucault, who first used the word archive in a metaphorical sense as "the general system of the formation and transformation of statements" in his "Archaeology of Knowledge" (1969), postmodern theorists have tried to exploit the potential of this concept and initiated the "archival turn". In recent years, however, archives have attracted the attention of anthropologists and historians of different denominations regarding them as historical objects and "grounding" them again in real institutions. The papers in this volume explore the complex topic of the archive in a historical, systematic and comparative context and view it in the broader context of manuscript cultures by addressing questions like how, by whom and for which purpose were archival records produced, and if they differ from literary manuscripts regarding materials, formats, and producers (scribes).

Mit der GrA1/4ndung des Corpus der antiken A"rzte an der KAniglich PreuAischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde die Erforschung der antiken Medizin zu einem integrierenden Bestandteil der Klassischen Philologie in Deutschland. Das Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, das eine wissenschaftsgeschichtliche BrA1/4ckenfunktion zwischen Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften erfA1/4llt, war von Anfang an auf internationale Kooperation ausgerichtet und ist bis heute weltweit das wissenschaftlich maAgebende Unternehmen fA1/4r die Edition antiker medizinischer Texte. In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist, vor allem im europAischen Ausland und in den USA, das Interesse an der antiken Medizin in allen ihren Facetten stark gewachsen. Die am 14. und 15. Mai 2004 von der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften veranstaltete und der DFG finanzierte internationale Fachkonferenz verfolgte das Ziel, die Editionsphilologie auf diesem Gebiet zu stimulieren, auf dem sich philologische Arbeit mit medizinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen verbindet. Ausgewiesene Spezialisten nahmen als Referenten an der Konferenz teil, die dem Arbeitsstellenleiter des CMG, Dr. sc. Diethard Nickel, anlAsslich seines 65. Geburtstages gewidmet war.

Zentrale Themen dieses Buches sind der politische und der gesellschaftliche Kontext, die Auseinandersetzung mit dem fA1/4hrenden Politiker Kleon, das Zusammenspiel von KomAdie und TragAdie, besonders das VerhAltnis des Arstophanes zu Euripides sowie die Zusammenarbeit des Aristophanes mit den Regisseuren Kallistratos und Philonides. Das letztgenannte Thema wird hier enger mit der Frage nach dem politischen Impetus verzahnt und in grAAerem Zusammenhang behandelt. Vor dem Hintergrund der intensiven Debatte A1/4ber die politische Dimension der Alten KomAdie wird in dieser Arbeit die These vertreten, dass es Aristhophanes in seinen KomAdien ganz wesentlich auch darum gegangen ist, an der Politik Athens durch Spott und Komik erstgemeinte Kritik zu A1/4ben und mit den Mitteln seiner Kunst auf die Affentliche Meinung einzuwirken.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Corpus Medicorum Graecorum / Latinorum an international colloquium was held on the subject a oeAncient Medicine at the Interface of Humanities and Sciencesa . This volume publishes the contributions of international experts, who draw attention to the importance of ancient medical authors and to the historical roots of modern medicine, in particular with reference to topical questions such as health and therapy research, holistic medicine and medical ethics.

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1.0, Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (Fakultat fur Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften), course: Seminar Expatriation, language: English, abstract: With the present paper we tried to create a quite comprehensive picture of China, it's economy, education, law and culture and, based thereof, what challenge a German company that considers expatriating staff to China can possibly encounter. Though entering the Chinese market with its great potential for future growth is understandably attractive for globally acting firms, setting up shop in the People's Republic needs to be considered carefully and planned thoroughly. Besides many other difficulties, the question of how best to make use of German and local staff is vitally important. The success of operating in China will largely rise and fall with the ability of the German expatriates who are responsible for setting up operations in China. Therefore, choosing the right staff for expatriation, training, supervising and caring for it is of utmost importance. Because of the vast cultural differences, China is probably one of the most demanding expatriation destinations there is. As we showed in our section about culture, China differs from Germany considerably in all but one of Hofstede's dimension, the most significant difference being the long-term orientation and collectivism. These cultural differences are of course reflected in the way the Chinese work, manage and negotiate. In order to be successful, the German expatriate not only needs to know about these differences, he or she has to adapt to them. As Posth states in his remarks and experiences in China, most foreign enterprises in China fail not because of too high costs or lack of competitiveness, but because cultural interaction problems and missing understanding of each other (Posth, 2006). Based on