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Native Sovereignty and the Dakota Access Pipeline

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … I'm your other host Jessica Blissit. In dramatic protests since August 2016. Native Americans and their allies have … greenlit pipeline construction, claiming it as a necessary component of the nation's infrastructure and oil security …
Mushroom cloud over the Bikini Atoll

Nuclear Tensions, Nuclear Weapons, and a Long History of Nuclear War

… about nuclear weapons and who has them? How did the U.S. become so central in efforts to control them? And how can past … Brenna Miller Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … mentioned. The Israelis are thought to have had the bomb since the early 1970s. The two other states rounding out the …

Democratizing American Higher Education: The Legacy of the Morrill Land Grant Act

… the next logical step in this endeavor. While those accessing MITx courses or materials through OCW cannot secure … "Introduction to Solid State Chemistry," "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming," "Quantitative Methods in … in part to open up access to higher education. It should come as no surprise that MIT would be a leader in making the …

From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine

… many Americans, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are confusing conflicts waged by shadowy enemies without the benefit of the clear military or geographic objectives common to more conventional wars. This lack of knowledge … of which was to separate the Vietnamese people from the Communist guerrillas by forcing them into protected …
Crowds of people waving Ukrainian flags

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part II

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … Trevor Brown  It's a pleasure.   Rudy Hightower  You're welcome.   Patrick Potyondy  Could you describe, to start us … in Ukraine leading up to 2014? And how has it evolved since 1991? And, Trevor, if you want to start us off here.   …
Israeli soldiers stand around their tanks during the Yom Kippur War.

The Yom Kippur War and the OPEC Oil Embargo

… deployed the “oil weapon” against Israel’s allies, imposing an embargo against any nation aiding Israel.  The … heavily on Soviet support for arms and many Arab nations welcomed Soviet aid. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry … that an embargo of sales to the United States was forthcoming. Nixon attempted to assuage Saudi fears, promising to …
The United States Declaration of Independence

The Writing Is Faded, the Message Lives

… of Independence is nowhere to be seen. Yet it’s not missing and it hasn’t been stolen. Since July 2001, the … was brilliant, but the process nearly destroyed the text. Compounding the damage was the decision in 1841 to put the … to monitor the condition of the document using a $3 million computerized camera system designed by the Jet Propulsion …
Alice Conklin's recent In the Museum of the Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950 Book Cover.

3/26/14: The Latest Books from OSU Historians

… Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq  (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Daniel … Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States Since World War II ,  which won the 2014 Ohio Academy of …
June 4th, 2014, at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park (Photo by the author)

Remembering Tiananmen: The View from Hong Kong

… In between memory and forgetting, there is commemoration . On June 4, 1989 a protest in Beijing’s … the contours of the Tiananmen student movement have long since entered textbooks in the West. June 4th, 2014, at Hong … of this “second liberation,” inequalities and corruption—combined with an era of relative openness—led to calls for …
a billboard with flags of many countries and the word Peace on it.

A Conscientious Objector Looks Back

… were symbolic munYou would the announcement over the intercom: .. Youhear would hear the announcement sentiment was … Mr.over Strong, report· Mr. to Hannah the please intercom: Strong. plea t the blows. to pmcalmed the blows, to pin … was more than a matter and perceived as 'shirker · of increasingly unpopular back home.obligation In patient to the wall …
Flag of United States Semiquincentennial

Happy 250th Birthday America!

… states, by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply … excuse for the whole thing. While it is true that one soap company displayed a full-sized replica of the Liberty Bell … fair was powered by a huge twin-piston steam engine, rising 45 feet and made by the Corliss company of Providence, …
15th century painting of Christine de Pisan, QUeen Isabeau, and 7 other women

Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for Today

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for … Day today, and Women's History Month this month, we welcome Professor Sara Butler, who will speak to us about women … that has a lot more to do with the fact that the movie business is interested in good battle scenes and not much …

All Politics is Local: Understanding Boko Haram

… The consensus among many academics, journalists, and commentators is that Boko Haram is an Islamist organization … conflict and struggle for natural resources that accompanied the creation of the modern state of Nigeria. … and culture. The Sefuwa mais of Borno had been Muslims since the 11 th century and they traditionally surrounded …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… of President Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled the country since taking office in a 1989 military coup. Originally a … of living, demonstrators soon widened their criticisms to encompass the full impact of Bashir’s three decades in power: … all.” International observers have suggested that the uprising in Sudan represents a second “Arab Spring.” Yet perhaps …
North College Hill, Ohio, USA, Memorial Day parade, 2004, by Rick Dikeman.

A Vanishing American Remembrance?

… the national holiday from its pedestal. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women killed on the battlefield or … at half staff in the morning and then raised at noon.   Since the 1970s, there have been several grassroots … Gibbons (R – Nevada). Both bills were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government …
the Bowery Boys logo

Best in History Online: The Bowery Boys Podcast

… discussions about all things New York history. Since their start in 2007, the brothers have produced over … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, … Media/Journalism/Communications …

Populism and Anti-Americanism in Modern Latin America

… populist, that has attracted the attention of an increasing number of policymakers, scholars, and journalists (even … Brazil and Chile, are not populists. Consequently, the most common definition of populism in political science today … to "the people." In other words, populism is a way of competing in elections and governing once in office that …
Graffiti reading "Ireland a Nation, Irish and Free"

The Provisional Irish Republican Army

… that had wracked the six counties of Northern Ireland since the preceding August. From modest beginnings, the … Catholic Republic of Ireland, an utterly unacceptable outcome. They therefore fiercely fought the civil rights … in Belfast. The police, overwhelmingly Unionist, were complicit in the violence, leaving Catholics with no obvious …
Soviet and US Flags

Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … of an important national anniversary in 1981, 1,300 years since the establishment of the medieval Bulgarian state in … communist leadership, particularly the longtime dictator, Todor Zhivkov, was always interested in culture and he liked …
Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing

The Terrors of Suicide Bombing

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … to kill themselves while killing others. So certainly since September 2001, the suicide bomber has held a central … but not necessary. In suicide bombing, the human being becomes literally just a control mechanism. Their death is …
Pancho Villa and followers.

Mexico’s Great Transition

… This Friday, December 1st, for the first time since Mexico's modern revolution in the 1920s, one party … taking power.  What ought to be changes of government become changes of regime. Putsches and revolutions substitute … republic. As a result, no doubt the day will soon come when parties in Mexico, like those in the United …
Marker: "90 Miles to Cuba. Southernmost Point, Continental USA. Key West, FL"

Rethinking Cuba Libre

… But U.S. - Cuba relations could be in for a dramatic change since President Obama's mid-December announcement . Join in …   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from … mid-December, "US to restore full relations with Cuba, erasing the last trace of Cold War hostility," read The New …