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… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … public conversation. This month, our Best in History online comes in the form of a podcast.   In Our Time is one of the … any intellectual rigor. After 42 minutes, you will come away with a very useful introduction to the major …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring … broadcast by 36 primary public radio stations, serving 72 communities in 20 states and Washington, D.C.—and more than … episodes as specials." [description from  BackStory   website]   …

… events of November 22, 1963, in Dallas. Conservative radio commentator Bill O’Reilly’s best-selling nonfiction book … The End of Camelot (authored with Martin Dugard, 2012) comes to life in a docudrama on the National Geographic … the first televised presidential debates. His death has come to symbolize the turmoil of the 1960s, a sharp turn …

… had a vision of Ukraine’s future. Born in Crimea , he studied political science in the western city of Lviv and came … just as quickly as these initiatives were organized, they died off when they were no longer necessary.   But these initiatives were heroic, and heroes never die. The legacy of these self-organized initiatives was that …

… national politics as much as many fear? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Check out a lesson plan … is simply whether or not you can track whether you can buy an election or not, because I think that's what the … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … new sound on the web, as we add our very first podcast recommendation into the mix. The Exploring Environmental …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … historians alike to share their ideas, the Public History Commons ! The Public His tory Commons is a project of the National Council on Public … Best in History Online: Public History Commons …

… In this post, we feature   Active History.ca ,  a website connecting historians work to the wider public with … and is transformative to both practitioners and communities." We highly recommend you check out this site, and if you're a …

… The Republican-dominated U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a landmark measure negotiated … disarmament and other pledges made in the NPT. Ignoring the commitments made by his Democratic and Republican … “usable” nuclear weapons. Given this repudiation of NPT commitments, it’s not surprising that North Korea has pulled …

… many friendly moments as well. These constructive episodes complicate a history that is often painted as invariably … alliance was the historic meeting of Soviet and American soldiers on the Elbe River in Germany on April 25, 1945. The … where they spent two weeks in 1983. Unfortunately, Smith died in a tragic plane crash in 1985, but her letter set the …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … public land in the West that resulted from Powell’s report died a slow procedural death. Events proved Powell right, of …

… the Democratic Party may self-destruct during the coming elections because it’s becoming softer on the war. We’ll have to wait until November … favor with their constituents, but simply because they felt compelled to follow their own heartfelt convictions. In his …

… our historical past. Each month, the site posts new book recommendations , historical films , and faculty research (in … Not Even Past is local history, and much of their site is committed to featuring the newest studies and scholarship on the Lone Star State,  Texas . Not …

… is available at https://origins.osu.edu/read/heroes-never-die-ukraine. Video production by Svetlana Ter-Grigoryan, … Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan …

… hibernation. The return of the problem today has been accompanied by its earlier logic. There is a striking … insisting that “the great principle is the right of every community to judge and decide for itself, whether a thing is … News Service. He is author, most recently, of "Henry Steele Commager." …

… violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … modern world, the seat of the Aztec Empire. Written by Diego Javier Luis. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. … Diego Javier Luis … Indigenous Communities …

… violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … people in the early sixteenth century. For a Spanish soldier fighting with Hernando Cortés named Bernal Díaz del … looking down into the Valley of Mexico, “some of our soldiers asked whether it was not all a dream…It was all so …

… the stories they tell about themselves?  In Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor of American Studies at USC and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, reflects … who view the dead and choose to remember them. This is a complex work.  Equal parts philosophical treatise, …

… else in its cargo: more than 20,000 Spanish silver coins. The goods the Americans were bringing would not be enough to procure the products they hoped to buy. The traders had to settle the remaining balance with … of the U.S. than to push their commerce to the East Indies as fast and as far as it will go.” Merchants listened …

… Russian translations and interpretations. To See Paris and Die by Eleonory Gilburd tells the story of the Soviet … One of Gilburd’s key arguments is that this Soviet audience made sense of books, films, and paintings through the … from viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet …

… of ergot that would later be dubbed lysergic acid diethalyamide: LSD. Written by Dr. Benjamin Breen. Narration … of ergot that would later be dubbed lysergic acid diethalyamide: LSD. …

… On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of … On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of …

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Thomas McDow Welcome to pandemics past, present and future. Coming to you … and science. Historians at OSU and elsewhere, have long studied pandemics, taught their lessons and preached …

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … history of Africa and the Indian Ocean. He's the author of "Buying Time: Debt and Mobility in the Western Indian Ocean," … recalling the 38, the 32 point 7 million people who have died from HIV and its related illnesses in the near, the …