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An 1889 lithograph of the Historic Capitol of Tallahassee, Florida

For History’s Sake, Preserve Florida’s Presidential Ballots

… pens of historians and other researchers. All will be seeking to put to rest the still unanswered question that the … The panel should be roughly modeled after the U. S. Assassination Records Review Board — the independent, … in 1992 that examined the controversy surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. That body of …

What's in a Name?: The Meaning of 'Muslim Fundamentalist'

… put a Muslim fundamentalist in the White House." Right-thinking Americans have a duty to thwart that plan. To allow the … Richard Niebuhr, Talcott Parsons, Richard Hofstadter, and Martin Marty, Americans learned to think of fundamentalism … to "modernity and modernization." (Those phrases come from Martin Marty's article "Fundamentalism Reborn.") Americans …
Pope Francis holding Bible

The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… rebellious side and all of us he's even been spotted sneaking out of the Vatican in the evening, but all be at … organization.   Patrick Potyondy    And that's and that's Luther and all of that.   Dr. David Brakke    So Luther, of course, started all of that, right. But, but it's …
A photograph of Viola Desmond

Remembering Viola Desmond

… injustice catapulted her into the limelight, ultimately making her the reluctant face of Canada’s Civil Rights … Klux Klan members stand by a cross erected in a field near Kingston, Ontario in 1927. At the same time, Desmond’s …
Stamp commemorating revolution in Iraq

Iraq's 1920 Revolution

… A commemorative 1965 Iraqi stamp marking the 45th anniversary of the 1920 revolution. For many … conscription mechanisms, and tax collecting apparatus, making these institutions more efficient but skewing their … and radical wings of the independence movement. RAF plane taking part in the British campaigns in Iraq. At the same …

Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future

… throughout its history. As a vital part of the medieval kingdom of Serbia, Kosovo became a veritable center of … symbolic of the "rebirth" of the legendary medieval Serbian kingdom—despite the fact that Kosovo was by then largely … a "moderate nationalist." The EU chose not to recognize the assassination for what it was—namely, an act of violence …
Cover of The Chiefs Now in This City: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America by Colin Calloway.

Native Americans in Urban Places

Review of , “The Chiefs Now in This City”: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America, by Colin Calloway (New York City, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021)
… Indigenous groups arriving in town, lodging, dining, drinking, attending performances and performing, health , and … explores the anonymous Native people living and working in early American towns. It is among the book’s best. … Native Americans tour Philadelphia near the New Lutheran Church, 1800. Teedyuscung died in a suspicious fire …
A red AIDS ribbon outlined in candles

The Global History of HIV

… open up things for discussion. If you're interested in asking a question, please write it in the Q&A or the … you to ASC and Clio Society and the Bexley Library for making this event possible. I'm delighted to be here today. … in celebrating and acknowledging World AIDS Day we are thinking about and recalling the 38, the 32 point 7 million …

A Fresh Start for Pakistan?

… imagined.” Pakistan shook itself free from the United Kingdom in 1947 after almost 100 years of colonial control … Pakistan became a cold war ally of the United States. Seeking economic and military aid to defend against its …

Humanitarian Intervention: The American Experience from William McKinley to Barack Obama

… , Bosnia, and Kosovo have been described as ad hoc and lacking precedent. Such observations reflect a misunderstanding … have failed to recognize the extent to which religious thinking infuses U.S. foreign policy. Obama and the Libyan … Stephanson has argued that the founders of the U.S., taking the baton from the Puritans, conceived their new nation …
A posthumous portrait of Ferdinand Magellan, painted c. 16th or 17th century

Magellan’s Circumnavigation of the Earth

… noble, Magellan possessed an extensive knowledge of mapmaking and sailing, and already had years of experience … a route to the west, Magellan then turned to the new king of Spain, Charles I. If Magellan’s expedition was … who refused to bring tribute for Raja Humabon and the King of Spain. Fighting in the shallow waters off the shore, …
Colin Kaepernick and teammates kneeling

The Long View of Sports Protests

… those who had criticized Kaepernick and those who were taking a knee early on, but Trump statements, and then his … was the Muhammad Ali in the 1970s, who appeared on the Dean Martin celebrity roast. He was initially presented to the … Certainly, Gallup would have told you in 1963, that Martin Luther King was, was unsuccessful as an American public …
American Anti-Slavery Society, 1837

Revisiting Long Histories of the Reparations Debate

Review of Reparations for Slavery and The Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History, by Ana Lucia Araujo (New York City: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2017)
… independence. Likewise, the government of the United Kingdom compensated slaveowners after the abolition of … and other French and British Caribbean territories such as Martinique or Guadeloupe, gradually abolished the slave … Chinese laborers. Not granted financial compensation and lacking marketable skills, many Afro-Cubans secured marginal …
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick Book Cover.

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

Review of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick (New York, Viking Press 2006)
… head in one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history, King Philip's War. Philip, also known as Metacom, was … of the period between the arrival of the Mayflower through King Philip's War Philbrick focus much of his attention on … Community, and War , by Nathaniel Philbrick (New York, Viking Press 2006) … David Dzurec … Reviews … North America … …

Colombia: On the Brink of Peace with the FARC?

… of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was taking place in Havana, Cuba . At a meeting hosted by … as both a source of revenue as well as a means of making political statements. In the later decades, they often … of a kidnapping attempt. He himself was the target of an assassination attempt during the 2002 campaign, and his …
Logo for "Canada 150".

Canada 150: Coming Home

… for schools, infrastructure, arts, and health care. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth meet with Nakoda …

Clampdown and Blowback: How State Repression Has Radicalized Islamist Groups in Egypt

… and children. Meanwhile, Morsi has been charged with provoking violence in the streets of Egypt in the lead-up to the … has precedent in the region’s recent past. Historically speaking, the harder states clamp down on the activities of … and 1960s, Anwar Sadat’s “autumn of fury” and subsequent assassination in 1981, and the Mubarak regime’s suppression …

Singapore at Fifty

… help explain these economic and social successes? Seeking answers to these questions, sociologists have studied … island has been part of some larger entity, including: the kingdom of Srivijaya (modern day Sumatra, seventh to 13th century), the kingdom of Sukothai (modern-day Thailand, late 14th …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… President Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled the country since taking office in a 1989 military coup. Originally a response … Chicago and a specialist on the Sudan. He is currently working on a new book on the history of Islam in Lusophone … civilization of Nubia, and you also have three Christian kingdoms that existed in the country just before the arrival …
Cover of The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York’s Destruction by Max Page.

The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction

Review of The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction, by Max Page (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008)
… to move beyond racism to save themselves and humanity?  King Kong asks if humans can curb their greed and learn to … numerous and varied.  For every time-tested classic like King Kong or Superman , he has found a more obscure essay in …
A manuscript image of Pope Innocent IV excommunicating Emperor Frederick II at the Council of Lyon.

Medieval Public Relations Battles

Review of The Two Powers: The Papacy, The Empire, and the Struggle for Sovereignty in the Thirteenth Century, by Brett Edward Whalen (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019)
… for the pope’s jurisdiction over all men, even emperors and kings—also produced riots in local towns in response to the … the familial nature of the connection between many of the kings and powerful nobles throughout Europe but then fails … and who actively shaped the parameters of discussion is shockingly modern, and in that vein Whalen’s book finds its …
Six founders of the Algerian FLN: Rabah Bitat, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Didouche Mourad, Mohammed Boudiaf, Krim Belkacem and Larbi Ben M'Hidi, 1954

The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace

… of colonialism, this may not seem like a particularly shocking statement. But in France the image of a presidential candidate making such a declaration in the capital of a former colony … city than Nice (which was annexed by Napoleon III from the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860). When the Algerian War for …

Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration

… things have to change. We must confront our colonial thinking and attitudes and redefine what Canadian-ness means. We … Nations in 1869 ( middle ).  Nakoda chieftains meeting with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in Calgary in 1939 ( … as those laid out in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (working out the details of the peace at the end of the Seven …