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… Ohio State University Department of History faculty experts discuss the historical context of … include: Paula Baker, Associate Professor, Department of History; Nicholas Breyfogle, Associate Professor, Department … please meet Hasan Kwame Jeffries, the author of several books on black history, also the creator of the well known …

… that differs from public opinion is nothing new in U.S. history; in fact, disagreements between the Court and our … disputes between the Court and popular opinion have a long history, so do complaints about liberal judges. Modern-day … everyone by becoming the most liberal Chief Justice in history. Over the next sixteen years, Warren and his fellow …

… Mexico "juntos haremos historia" ("together we will make history"). Pundits have fallen over themselves trying to … Mexico's Donald Trump. AMLO's keen sense of his country's history has found expression in his promise to inaugurate … of historian in his own right. He's written, I think, 17 books. Not all of them are history, but some of them could …

… will again be "the party of Lincoln." Bush, alas, misreads history. To make good on his rhetoric, he'll actually have … in legalized segregation. When Bush touts his party's history, he does not seem to know that Republican advocacy … Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass. … David Greenberg … History News Service … Black Lives in American History … …

… worth hearing. Edmunds, among the godfathers of Native history, is bullish on the vitality and contributions of his … example, educated people no longer believe that American history begins in 1492, although this was the standard paradigm as late as the 1960s.  Most of American history is Native American history, he reminds us, and …

… In her book, Health, Healing and Illness in African History, Rebekah Lee explores the rich medical history of Africa stretching from the precolonial and … disease prevalence. To reconstruct this precolonial disease history,  Lee consulted an array of rich primary sources …

… at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century For most of Western history, aborting an early pregnancy was considered a … force behind abortion reform discussions in Ireland. The history of abortion practices and policies reminds us that …

… Edmund Morris. What about Barack Obama? Who will write his history? The answer is simple: Obama himself.   It’s hard to … heavy a historical burden. No fewer than half a dozen major books about him reportedly are in the works. They’ll try to … Obama has substituted ambivalence for subtlety where history is concerned.   He pays regular homage to it but …

… to it, but it does not faithfully convey the record of history. Among other things, in casting Athens as a rise and … myth relegates that city’s more interesting, complicated history to the margins. Ian Worthington’s latest book, Athens After Empire: A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian , …

… A conversation with Ohio State University Department of History faculty members, John Brooke, Jennifer Eaglin and … you so much for joining us for climate change insights from history. A special thank you to Nicholas Breyfogle, Associate Professor in the Department of History and the director of the Goldberg Center for making …

… A recent survey of college students' knowledge of U.S. history yielded the sad fact that the students know little about the facts of United States history, failing even to place the Civil War within its … audience through a more powerful medium than scholars' books and journal articles. Most historical research takes …

… We'd like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are sites that – much like  Origins –  seek to bring history into public conversation. In this post, we feature   Active History.ca ,  a website connecting historians work to the …

… in the midst of another pandemic, Ohio State University History Professor Thomas McDow presented a close look at the … to the world. Thomas F. McDow is a specialist in African History at Ohio State University. He co-teaches a course with a microbiologist on the global history and science of HIV and is writing a history of HIV …

… This lesson plan examines the tense history between Iran and the United States. The Origins … have read an article from the BBC detailing the complex history between the two powers. Students will be introduced … of Iranian and American leaders that prompted the tense history between the countries. Students will end the lesson …

… On the heels of Black History Month, Women’s History Month began March 1. With the civil rights movement … used the crudest measure of power, physical force. History books have been filled with wars, battles, campaigns, …

… to time, we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into public conversation. This month, our Best in History Online highlights a podcast exploring the rich …

… were rightfully criticized as being dismissive of a long history of genocide in the United States against Native … over time. What I mean by this, is that American history has been constructed in a way that completely … we now call the “United States.” In constructing such a history, we conveniently ignore that land theft and …

… to time, we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like  Origins  – seek to bring history into public conversation. For November, our Best in History Online is focusing on a blog of eminent imperial …

… of food has changed over time). Sample a little food history with historians  Chris Otter ,  Helen Veit , and  … our planet. ( Image Source )   … Patrick Potyondy   This is History Talk produced by Origins: Current Events in … well.   Patrick Potyondy   Today, we sample a little food history with a round table of historians: Chris Otter, Helen …

… human population was somehow reversed. In Famine: A Short History , Cormac Ó Gráda, a professor of economics at … author of Black '47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory (Princeton, 1999) and dozens of … further reading.  His ample bibliography points readers to books or articles on specific famines.  Most importantly, …

… historians. He has served since 1970 as a professor of history on the faculty of Brown University, where his research has long centered on the history of the American family. Chudacoff writing has … interesting and salient of this important addition to the history of childhood in America. 1 Holly Brewer, By Birth or …

… voting rights restrictions. Students will learn about the history of literacy tests, take a sample literacy test used … 20th Century … Civil/Human Rights … Black Lives in American History … US History to 1877 … US History since 1877 … African American …