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18-428: The total database includes over 3.0 million article citations from over 2,400+ journals. There are more than a quarter of a million essay citations from more than 18,000 multi-author works. The number of book reviews is over half a million. Atla indexes multi-author works, such as Festschriften and conference proceedings , with separate records for each essay. The Atla Religion Database , formerly available on CD-ROM,

36-514: A Festschrift can symbolize the proverbial passing of the torch. Thus, being designated to prepare such a collection is considered an honor in Germany. As Irving Louis Horowitz summarized, " Festschriften persist and multiply. Why? Because they are not just retrospective, but prospective. That is to say the Festschrift is a Beruf , a call to further work, effort, and energy, a call to

54-804: A Festschrift . Aufstieg und Niedergang der r%C3%B6mischen Welt Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt , commonly referred to by its German acronym, ANRW , or in English as Rise and Decline of the Roman World , is an extensive collection of books dealing with the history and culture of ancient Rome . Akin to a journal and published in various series, each number of the ANRW comprises scholarly essays contributed by individual authors. The essays are in various modern European languages, but are primarily written in German or English. The series

72-419: A tabula gratulatoria , an extended list of academic colleagues and friends who send their best wishes to the honoree. In the case of prominent academics, several Festschriften might be prepared by various groups of students and colleagues, particularly if the scholar made significant contributions to different fields. According to psychiatrist Claudio Naranjo , being selected by a prominent academic to edit

90-417: A book to mark a special occasion had been in use, the German word Festschrift has been incorporated into English and is frequently used without the italics that designate a foreign term, although the capitalization of the first letter is usually retained from German. Its plural may be either the original Festschriften or anglicized as Festschrifts . A Festschrift contains original contributions by

108-433: A review of the book Human Expeditions: Inspired by Bruce Trigger , Marxist archeologist Randall H. McGuire (at Binghamton University ) observed in 2014 that "the festschrift [book] and the memorial volume are dying enterprises", and suggested that creating festschrift websites instead, because many observers think that the festschrift volumes are a waste of time, often lack coherence and frequently include articles that

126-614: A term coined by the editors of the late Boris Marshak 's Webfestschrift , Eran ud Aneran , published online in October 2003. Originating in Germany before World War I , this European tradition of honoring special achievements in science and culture was carried to the United States by scientists who escaped the Nazis. In the second half of the 20th century, the practice became used internationally. Since no English term for such

144-409: Is liber amicorum (literally: "book of friends"). A comparable book presented posthumously is sometimes called a Gedenkschrift ( pronounced [ɡəˈdɛŋkʃʁɪft] , "memorial publication"), but this term is much rarer in English. A Festschrift compiled and published by electronic means on the internet is called a Webfestschrift (pronounced either [vɛp-] or [wɛb-] ),

162-509: Is a MARC record format database that incorporates several out-of-print indexes, including Religion Index One: Periodicals , Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works , and Index to Book Reviews in Religion . The database indexes scholarly works on major world religions . There are, however, selection criteria for inclusion according to scholarly merit and scope. More than 60 languages are represented. Some records cover articles as far back as

180-613: Is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic , and presented during their lifetime. It generally takes the form of an edited volume , containing contributions from the honoree's colleagues, former pupils, and friends. Festschriften are often titled something like Essays in Honour of... or Essays Presented to... . The term, borrowed from German, and literally meaning "celebration writing" (cognate with feast-script ), might be translated as "celebration publication" or "celebratory (piece of) writing". An alternative Latin term

198-576: Is currently published in its second series (Part 2), the Principat series (that is, relating to the period of the Roman Principate ). The series began in 1972, intended as a Festschrift to commemorate the seventy-fifth birthday of Joseph Vogt , a German classicist and historian. Since then, it has grown with time beyond its original remit, and is now more of an encyclopedia , or a serial compendium. The series seeks to treat aspects of

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216-508: The 19th century. Atla claims full coverage for core journals back to 1949. In 1996 Susan Smailes' masters thesis criticized Atla Religion Database for under-representing the emerging fields of lesbian theology and womanist theology in its coverage. Scholarly fields with significant degrees of coverage include: Festschrift In academia , a Festschrift ( German pronunciation: [ˈfɛst.ʃʁɪft] ; plural , Festschriften [ˈfɛst.ʃʁɪftn̩] )

234-419: The 75th birthday of Joseph Vogt , a German classical historian. Four volumes were planned, but it has since reached 89 volumes (including several which were planned for the next years, but put on hold in 1998). The essays usually relate in some way to, or reflect upon, the honoree's contributions to their scholarly field, but can include important original research by the authors. Many Festschriften also feature

252-595: The Roman world, as well as their continuation and reception in the Middle Ages and into modernity, providing a guide to current research. The series is edited by Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum (Parts 1 and 2) and Wolfgang Haase (Part 2), and is published by Walter de Gruyter of Berlin and New York. Individual volumes of the ANRW are written like handbooks. More than one thousand scholars have contributed to

270-500: The authors could not publish elsewhere. He suggested that because of the weaknesses, festschrifts do not sell and publishers are reluctant to publish them. However, about 3,400 'festschrifts' or 'essays in honor of...' scholarly works have been published since McGuire's 2014 review. Philosopher Alan Soble , in a review of the book Fact and Value in honor of MIT 's philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson , has formulated – somewhat tongue-in-cheek – 13 conditions that should be satisfied by

288-410: The honored academic's close colleagues, often including their former doctoral students. It is typically published on the occasion of the honoree's retirement, significant birthday, or other notable career anniversary. A Festschrift can be anything from a slim volume to a work in several volumes. Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt , for example, began in 1972 as a Festschrift to commemorate

306-472: The improvement of learning, of a discipline, a science, an artistic vision, or an intellectual position. Even in this age of mass Festschriften , they remain a special literary genre". Endel Tulving , a Canadian neuroscientist, proposed that "a Festschrift frequently enough also serves as a convenient place in which those who are invited to contribute find a permanent resting place for their otherwise unpublishable or at least difficult-to-publish papers." In

324-462: The series. Part 1 ( Von den Anfängen Roms bis zum Ausgang der Republik ), in four volumes, covered topics of the period from the founding of Rome to the end of the Republic . Part 2 ( Principat , published since 1974) is concerned with the imperial period. Part 3 ( Spätantike ), on late antiquity , is in planning. A unified index ("Register") will eventually complete the work. Each Part

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