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… wake of a mass shooting such as the one in Parkland, FL, commentators, pundits, and politicians all gather around to … picture. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that one in five Americans has experienced … ill. Darren Rainey, who suffered from schizophrenia, died in 2012 from burns to over ninety percent of his body …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in late December 2014, but … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and … Patrick Potyondy   Hello and welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in …

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, … to be environmentally concerned, but often that is mere lip service. By contrast, Bill is a genuine environmentalist — … pictures and words in ads was certainly a risk. When Henry died in 1947, his once heroic reputation had sunk so low — …

… Accurate employment statistics for the period are hard to come by, but according to some accounts, the national … harsh winter of 1893-94, many cities organized emergency committees to coordinate local campaigns on behalf of the unemployed. In some cities, mayors established these bodies. Elsewhere, they were founded and run by private …

… Patrick Potyondy   This is your host Patrick Potyondy and welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone … play for the love of the sport without any expectation of compensation, financial or otherwise.   Patrick Potyondy   … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website …

… successful, effort to draw the reader in to the late medieval mindset prevalent among the nobility at the time, … unalloyed sense of justification: She announces that the outcome of the battle of Agincourt showed "God had chosen to … During the campaign, Henry issued a challenge to single combat to the dauphin ; Barker goes to great lengths to …

… west became (if ambivalently for some) the second former communist-bloc state to assume the rotating presidency of … in thuggish politics, often misusing police and security services to intimidate or discredit his political opposition … too much national sovereignty to the EU governing bodies. At the time of publication of this article (July …

… put the entire  global economy in disarray and for years to come. Estimates of possible losses differ, but they are in … and vocal age of open demonstrations. Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975. Faced with a revolting society led by the … president tried to get the Taiwanese parliament to ratify a service trade agreement that his representatives had signed …

… orders. But while clerical abuse has only recently become a news item, it has a much longer history. This month, … Eric Michael Rhodes   Welcome to History Talk , we're the podcast that brings … at Miami University. Professor de Boer is a specialist in medieval and early modern Europe and is the author of this …

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of … Jessica Blissit  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … of Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Ohio.   Stephen Norris      …

… is available Open Access for free download on the Cambridge website .  The Moderator of this event is Nicholas … Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello and welcome to "Postwar Decolonization and Its Discontents." … at the Russian Center for International Security Studies. She is the author of States in Waiting from Cambridge …

… of living, demonstrators soon widened their criticisms to encompass the full impact of Bashir’s three decades in power: … transcript has been edited for clarity.] Lauren Henry    Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. And you can find our podcasts and more on …

… called it "genocide." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These tragic events have riveted the international community and attracted unprecedented media attention. … people deemed secular were purged from the army, the civil service, and the police, while the regime's opponents were …

… Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello, and welcome to Early Encounters with Penguins brought to you by the … Humanities. Ellen is a very prolific author in medieval environmental history and global water history. She's … in their questioning. Ellen Arnold:   Timing the auks are coincident with this entire early history of penguins, auks, …

… Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello and welcome to “What was wrong with the judges at the Salem Witch … Jewish-Christian intellectual relations and Sephardic studies. Matt has a B.A. from the University of California Los …

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a … a professor of classics and affiliate of black world studies at Miami University in Ohio. She's the author of "Race: … the 19th century   Dr. Curtis Dozier   Which is not coincidentally, probably, the same period in which national …

… in biomedicine in recent years. Three of our “deadly companions.” Poliovirus ( left ), Influenza ( center ), and … the leader Pericles. Pericles, an Athenian statesman who died during the Plague of Athens in 429 BCE. The results … on monitoring early-modern mass gatherings—schools, church services, processions—for signs of plague. When outbreaks …