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… Americans love their history, but seldom think historically. The problem is not that they don't pay enough attention to history. Americans spend millions each year on heritage vacations and history books. Politicians and pundits use history to justify their …

… ever be able to quit?  They uncover how the centuries-long history of global drug prohibition prologues today's … Panel: Dr. Isaac Peter Campos , Associate Professor of History, University of Cincinnati Brionna Mendoza , Doctoral candidate in History, Ohio State University Dr. Sarah Brady Siff , Drug …

… Strange Stirring takes the novel approach of presenting the history of the women whose experiences The Feminine Mystique … a biography of the book that "pulled the trigger on history" (xv). Coontz concedes that even though The Feminine … a profound impact on a generation of women often ignored by history and, in some cases, it saved their lives. While the …

… with its past wars, condensing nearly 1,000 years of history into a succinct study stretching from the Mongol … in Chechnya and Ukraine. Tackling such a long stretch of history would be daunting for most historians, but Carleton … the ways in which humiliating defeats, such as the Crimean War (1853-56), the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), and …

… on the Iberian Peninsula. In Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain , Catlos examines the importance of … land by Christian kings) through which we view Spanish history are too facile. The reality of the Islamic kingdoms … usefulness of the book. Catlos makes his point clearly: the history of Islamic Iberia is messy and complicated. Kingdoms …

… compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of History Talk , hosts Jessica Blissit and Brenna Miller talk … Jessica Blissit  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a panel of … War was. There were many, many, many more movies, many more books, many more TV series in America that depicted Russians …

… Daniel Rivers discuss Indigenous Peoples' Day and the history of Indigenous People. Dr. Jacob is the Intercultural … and Dr. Rivers is a faculty member in the Department of History. … Indian Studies Program here and I teach Native American History, Modern Native American History and Lesbian Gay …

… Professor, Seth Andre Myers Chair in Global Military History, in the Department of History at The Ohio State University. This webinar features … Moderator of this event is Nicholas Breyfogle, Professor of History and Director, Goldberg Center for Excellence in …

… to make each morning. His book, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States , presents a “familiar history differently” by placing the American empire back at the center of American history. This interesting and easily digestible narrative …

… God and Jesus, in interpretations of American and Civil War history. Blum and Matsui outline three goals for the book: … with God and the forces of good in American religious history;” second, to emphasize the importance of … American politics to “reconceptualize” Christian history: Satan was the “first secessionist” who, enraged by …

… is familiar to specialists in 20th-century African American history.  But while scholars such as Matthew Countryman and … many twists and turns over nearly a century of civil rights history.  It is a profoundly important book that reminds us … Black Lives in American History …

… Zombies are everywhere these days—in movies and books; on stage and television. They lurk in the shadows … and Hollywood. Here are ten things to know about their history, their causes, and their role in contemporary … to break spirit possession. Zombies are part of Haitian history and develop from beliefs that surround death and …

… in a new land. Robin E. Judd is an Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University, Director of the Hoffman Leaders and Leadership in History Program, and President of the Association for Jewish … Nicholas Breyfogle (Moderator) is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence …

… Nicholas Breyfogle  | Associate Professor, Department of History; Director, Goldberg Center Theodora Dragostinova  | Associate Professor, Department of History Brought to you by the Clio Society of the Ohio State History Department, in partnership with the Bexley Public …

… plan focuses and grapples the long, changing, and complex history of military drones.  The Origin article that was chosen provides a detailed history of how drones changed from being flimsy wood and … is given to build students background information on the history of drones.  After this student begin to grapple with …

… on a long career of work on the Enlightenment and the history of science, Jacob offers a series of case studies … And Restoration Political Culture', Journal of Modern History , 67, 1995, pp. 807–34,  Alexandra Halasz, The … Intellectual History …

… Denial (2016), Mick Jackson’s adaptation of her later book, History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier … Intellectual History …

… Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea  is not, strictly speaking, a history of oceans. As the sub-title suggests, this book is first and foremost a human history. While environmental factors like climatic changes … Abulafia attempts a “rounded” rather than complete history of the oceans, yet his ability to skillfully balance …

… afternoon. Explore zoos past and present in this episode of History Talk where hosts  Brenna Miller  and  Jessica … Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a panel of … think about zoos, [Heini] Hediger wrote really interesting books on Zoo biology. And his argument at the time was like, …

… better? How has the study and teaching of gay and lesbian history changed? What is the relationship between sexuality … (often termed “gentrification”)? In this month’s episode of History Talk there’s something for everyone as hosts Patrick … Daniel Rivers and Clayton Howard are two Ohio State history professors, and J. Brendan Shaw is a doctoral …

… Lien-Hang Nguyen's new book Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam is primarily a political and diplomatic history of the Vietnam War, centered on Hanoi and the North … on the North, it evolves into a true international history as other participants enter the war. By the end, …

… Athenians lived by during the classical period of Greek history (ca. 480-320 BCE). Of course, we usually know the … non-modern ways of life have actually flourished in history, sustaining countless real lives, because all were … knowing and being through the ways we think about and write history. Doubtless, the horrors inflicted on colonized and …