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The Transmission, Transformation and Cultural Adaptation of the Heracles Imagery from the Near East to East Asia (4th century BC–10th century AD)

This thesis examines the transmission and diversity of transformation of the Heracles motif into the East, tracing its dissemination from the Near East via Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent towards East Asia in the wake of Alexander the Great’s campaigns in the 4th century BC. While there is abundant evidence indicating that the Heracles motif migrated from the Mediterranean to the East mainly as a result of Alexander’s expeditions — further elaborated by extensive research on the rece...

TEXTILE PRACTICES AS MEMORY MAKING: WEAVING BONDS BETWEEN THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN CONTEMPORARY ART AND ACTIVISM IN TURKEY (2010s–Present)

This dissertation titled Textile Practices As Memory Making: Weaving Bonds Between The Past, Present And Future In Contemporary Art And Activism In Turkey (2010s-Present) investigates the ways in which contemporary textile- based practices participate in the making of collective memories of violent pasts through an analysis of cases from/linked with Turkey. It focuses on how the material properties and connotations of textiles and textile-based techniques can be mobilized for memory work by...

Brexit, Trade Disruptions, and Export Recommendations

This doctoral dissertation is structured into three chapters, each ad- dressing aspects related to policy evaluation, with a focus on events car- rying substantial implications for the economy and international trade. These events include the Brexit referendum, trade disruptions, and the development of export recommendations. The Economic Cost of a Referendum. The Case of Brexit. This paper esti- mates how GDP would have behaved in the United Kingdom after the Brexit referendum in the abse...

Essay on conflict, aggressivity and punishment

Conflict is a crucial force that shapes the world. If, at a group level, conflict is able to shape allocations of power and re- sources, often changing the equilibrium between two groups, at the individual level, conflict affects social interactions, prim- ing aggressive and hostile behaviors that disrupt cooperation. In this Doctoral Thesis, we take a theoretical evolutionary perspective, as well as an experimental one, to investigate how conflict affects different aspects of socially re...

The Problem of Reverse Inference: Philosophical Models and Neuroscientifc Methods

Reverse inference is a crucial inferential strategy employed by neuroscientists to infer the engagement of a cognitive pro- cess from observed brain activation in functional magnetic resonance imaging studies. Despite its widespread use, in recent years reverse inference faced increasing skepticism, par- ticularly after Russell Poldrack authoritatively criticized its uncontrolled use in his influential 2006 paper. The general aim of the thesis is to provide an assessment of the current de...

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