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A crowd of Syrian refugees in the Vienna airport

Road to Europe: The 2015 Migration Crisis

… I teach courses on Eastern Europe, nationalism, migration, communism, the Cold War, among others.   Dr. Robin Judd   … refugee crisis in Europe, which perhaps has peaked at about one million people, and how does that compare globally to … And combined with a bloody civil war that is going on in one corner of the world, we very clearly see this refugee …
Buildings along a waterfront in China

China and Africa: Historical Perspectives on a Rising Power

… first forged during an earlier era of Sino-American competition. Yet looking at Chinese engagement in Africa … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to China and Africa: Historical Perspectives on a … affairs. And with that, let me pass the microphone over to Patrick. Thank you so very much.   Patrick Nash  …
Mushroom cloud over the Bikini Atoll

Nuclear Tensions, Nuclear Weapons, and a Long History of Nuclear War

… about nuclear weapons and who has them? How did the U.S. become so central in efforts to control them? And how can past … Brenna Miller Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … to be here.   Brenna Miller          And finally, by phone we have Dr. Matt Ambrose, a graduate student of the Ohio …
Booker T. Washington

Picturing Black History

… Daniela Edmeier   Hello everyone and welcome to picturing Black History Webinar today brought to you … today. So I would like to you know, express thanks to everyone who is attending here live and a special welcome to …
seedlings

Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future

… us on an authoritative and eye-opening journey into how the company Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our … to a global agribusiness powerhouse. Monsanto used seed money derived from toxic products―including PCBs and Agent … Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future …
Ukrainian soldier with blue and yellow ribbon overlay

Understanding the War in Ukraine: Insights from the Recent Past, 1991—Present

… Dr. Angela Brintlinger  Welcome, everybody. I went ahead and turned off my email so it won't be dinging in the background when my microphone is off. My name is Angela Brintlinger. I am the director … many of these talks, others might want to come to the last one, which we'll be having next week. The war is not ending, …
Close-up of Indian couple's hands during wedding ceremony

Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India

… Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello, and welcome to Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern … India. Over to you Mytheli. Mytheli Sreenivas: Hi, everyone. Thanks so much to Professor Breyfogle for that gracious … further so please do feel free to reach out. So historians, one of our jobs, I think, is to tell stories and so I …
Flag of Israel with landscape of Israel in the background

Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … Sciences, and to the Bexley library. And thank you, everyone, for joining us today. The material that I'll be … Even beyond the practical goal of moving people from one place to another, Jewish immigration to the Land of …
A drawing by Italian artist Achille Beltrame imagines Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination by Gavrilo Princip

The Assassin’s Shadow: The Beginning of World War I and the Legacy of Gavrilo Princip

On June 28, 1914, one event changed the world.
… On June 28, 1914, one event changed the world. A Bosnian-Serb youth Gavrilo … Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the Austrian throne, and his wife Sophie as their motorcade passed by on the … lives and change the face of the planet for generations to come. Gavrilo Princip Legend tells that shortly before his …

The Second Amendment Goes to Court

… opposed to collective) right to bear arms, and the first one to actually strike down an existing gun control law on … of future discussions of gun control for decades to come. It might even have an impact on the dynamics of the … view is now eminently respectable. For several reasons, opponents of this interpretation were slow to respond: …
A group of men and women. The women hold signs that say "My Body, My Choice"

Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice

… (more, actually), yet the right to make decisions regarding one’s reproduction is among the most divisive issues of our … they evolved over time? When, how, and why did abortion become such a controversial topic in the United States? How … Mark Sokolsky   Hello, everyone. Welcome to History Talk , where we ask a panel of …

Democratizing American Higher Education: The Legacy of the Morrill Land Grant Act

… that it was opening up some of its online courses to anyone in the world who wished to take them, an initiative … or "massive open online courses." Ten years ago, MIT was one of the pioneers of the Open Courseware Movement (OCW), … "Introduction to Solid State Chemistry," "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming," "Quantitative Methods in …
Monument with figures dressed as pop culture figures like Superman, Santa, and Ronald McDonald

1989: The Year That Changed It All

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , smart conversations about today's … collapsed. A host of countries threw off the reins of one political system and grasped a new one. Poland, …
Eight women in US politics

Women in American Politics

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … Hillary Clinton, has been nominated for the presidency by one of the major parties and come November she may well be … national politics until about a half century later. For one thing, as a new voting group, women's turnout at the …

History, Memory, and the Art of Protest in Belarus

… 30,000 people had been arrested, a staggering figure that one human rights organization rightly referred to as … Lukashenko claimed victory in a fraudulent election, his opponents have not given up. The Belarusian opposition leader … Sweden, larger than the three Baltic republics (PDF File) combined, and larger than Austria. It would be the 11 th …
European Union flag

The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … 28 sovereign states and over 500 million Europeans under one political and economic group. Joining us today to …
Free speech march at Ohio State University in the mid-20th century

Politics and Protest on College Campuses

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … well back into the early 19th century. Harvard for one was known to be a place where believe it or not students …
June 4th, 2014, at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park (Photo by the author)

Remembering Tiananmen: The View from Hong Kong

… In between memory and forgetting, there is commemoration . On June 4, 1989 a protest in Beijing’s … event: the Chinese word for June 4 th ( liusi , or 6-4) is one, while May 35 th —a way to allude both to Tiananmen and … and for college students to study into the night, is cordoned off under the hot summer sky. It is perhaps a metaphor …
D-Day ship

Top 10 Best Things to Know About D-Day

The Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944 remains today one of the best known campaigns of the WWII.
… Western Allies in Europe in World War II and remains today one of the best known campaigns of the war. Written by Greg … The Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944 remains today one of the best known campaigns of the WWII. …
Francisco Franco speaking to his naval forces in 1938

The Death of Franco

On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships.
… Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships (1939-1975). Written … Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships. …
men fighting with swords and some are on horseback

The Battle of Bosworth Field

The Battle of Bosworth Field was one of the last major battles of the Wars of the Roses, a decades-long conflict between the House of York and the House of Lancaster over claims to the English throne.
… The Battle of Bosworth Field was one of the last major battles of the Wars of the Roses, a … and the House of Lancaster over claims to the English throne.  Written and narrated by Hannah Keller. Video … The Wars of the Roses . Yale University Press, 2010. Jones, Dan.  The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the …
The Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 painting by William L. Champney depicting British soldiers with guns raised toward Black man

The Boston Massacre

The “Boston Massacre,” was a turning-point in relations between American colonists and British authorities, and provided one of the sparks that would ignite the American Revolution.
… American colonists and British authorities, and provided one of the sparks that would ignite the American Revolution. … American colonists and British authorities, and provided one of the sparks that would ignite the American Revolution. …