FTSK. Publikationen des Fachbereichs Translations-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz in Germersheim – serie

This volume summarizes the results of a research project organized at Mainz University in Germersheim, Germany. It focused on the Jewish community in Kaifeng in China (12th to 19th century). In recent years, increasing research has been done about the history and culture of the Jews in China, and in the future, more academic interest in all questions connected with it can be expected. Main topics are the perception of Chinese Judaism in European history as well as in Chinese society itself, the self-image of the descendants in Kaifeng and their present status in China, and how China deals with foreign ethnics and religions as part of its own history and identity. These topics were discussed from various interdisciplinary points of view. The authors from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Great Britain, France, and Germany are prominent sino-judaists who present their latest results of research in the light of new facts and approaches.

This book contains a collection of articles dealing with aviation communication from a practical as well as a theoretical perspective. Its publication arises as a result of the conference «Languages and cultures above the clouds – International English between standardization and everyday aviation communication», which took place on the 4th and 5th November 2010 at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Germersheim. The book substantiates and prospectively encourages an exchange between pilots, air traffic controllers, (language) trainers and researchers, i.e. an exchange between theory and practice. Not only does it contribute to the discussion of communication problems, but also to the development of efficient solutions concerning communication in Air Traffic Control.

Die interdisziplinäre Untersuchung geht der Frage der Übertragbarkeit des deutschen Modells der Vergangenheitsbewältigung auf die portugiesische Realität und insbesondere der Frage seiner Eignung und Fruchtbarkeit für die literarische Textanalyse nach. Hierfür wird nach einer systematischen Darstellung des Modells und der Darlegung seiner allgemeinen Übertragbarkeit eine exemplarische Analyse eines repräsentativen Romans portugiesischer Vergangenheitsliteratur vorgenommen: O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis von José Saramago, in dem sich der Autor mit Salazars Estado Novo vor dem Hintergrund der europäischen Vergangenheit des Jahres 1936 auseinandersetzt.