In 2019, don't miss Alegría The Return of an Icon. Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish, are many. Power and the handing down of power over time,
Before the rise of the present monarchies in the XX century, people in this area were organized under a system of tribal rule. As Britain expanded its interests in the Gulf, it became manda- tory to overcome the ill-defined tribal rule as a way to protect British interests in the region...
Until 1918, the territory was part of the Austro-Hungarian/Habsburg monarchy, which initiated World War One in alliance with the German Empire in 1914. A disastrous defeat of the two allies in 1918 eventually led to the dissolution of both monarchies. Many nations that had been part of the ...
And what exactly has become of those few, those seemingly happy few countries, which have abolished monarchies during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign? Of Afghanistan, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Iraq, Iran, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Rwanda, Tunisia, Vietnam, and Yemen, only Greece, as Daniel H...
Critical theory with emancipatory aims today to find a source of regeneration in ordinary cultures, and in particular, in TV series. Certain series can play a role in reinventing critical theories, drawing on the tradition of the Frankfurt School but shi
Citing his poor health, Sihanouk announced his second abdication in October 2004. Unlike most monarchies, the succession to the Cambodian throne is not hereditary. The monarch is elected for life by the Royal Council of the Throne, made up of members of the royal family, government officials, ...
send his son, the future King Hassan II, to the Ecole des Roches in France but was unable to do so because of World War II. Since then, the school has opened a class for each senior prince or princess of the royal family of Morocco with other students of a similar age also ...
The two Royal Orders of Chivalry in Denmark are The Order of the Elephant (Elefantordenen) and The Order of Dannebrog (Dannebrogordenen). The granting of either Order is solely at the pleasure of the Sovereign, unlike some other countries where they are granted on the advice of the governme...