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The so-called "Elgin Marbles," on display in the British Museum

Classics and the Alt-Right Conundrum

… ancient era? And what should scholars in the Classics and History do about it? On this episode of History Talk , hosts Jessica Viñas-Nelson and Brenna Miller … to discuss the alt-right’s appropriation of classical history: Denise Eileen McCoskey , Donna Zuckerberg , and …
Cover of Sexual Injustice Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe by Marc Stein.

The Sexual Revolution that Wasn’t Quite

Review of Sexual Injustice: Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe, by Marc Stein (University of North Carolina Press)
… during one of the most progressive periods in the Court's history.  Stein brings a fresh perspective to the studied … to contributing to scholarship in the fields of legal history and sexuality, Stein's work also informs immigration history.   Stein suggests that homosexuals were understood …
15th century painting of Christine de Pisan, QUeen Isabeau, and 7 other women

Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for Today

… is a Professor and the King George III Chair in British History at The Ohio State University Department of History. ( Image Source ) … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome … came to Ohio State four years ago. She has written three books. Her most recent is entitled Forensic Medicine and …
Cover of Atatürk: An Intellectual Biography by M. Hanioğlu.

Kemalism: "The Religion of the Turk"

Review of Ataturk: An Intellectual Biography, by M. Sukru Hanioglu (Princeton. Princeton University Press. 2011)
… holds a unique place in twentieth century-European history as a political leader, who is still revered both … Emile Durkheim's moralite civique , by emphasizing science, history, and language (181). Hanioglu cogently places … permission and only nine of twelve volumes of Ataturk's notebooks ranging from 1904 to 1933 have been published so far. …
Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect, by Charles Thorpe Book Cover

Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect

Review of Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect, by Charles Thorpe (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006)
… and military. This study of Oppenheimer weaves together history and biography from the perspective of a sociologist. … with an interest in sociology, identity formation, and history of science and the atomic age in America will find … … Robyn Rodriguez … Reviews … United States … Intellectual History … Science & Technology … Nuclear Power & Weapons … …

Justice Denied: The Killing of Trayvon Martin in Historical Perspective

… laws must change.” Still others drew attention to the long history of racial violence against African Americans, and to the even longer history of perpetrators of such crimes going unpunished. … the verdict was read. “It’s going to be reported in history books and 50 years from now, our children will talk about …
Cover of Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders by Dennis C. Rasmussen

Such a Disappointment

Review of Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders, by Dennis C. Rasmussen (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2021)
… of the 1790s, among the nastiest and vitriolic in our history, got so bad that Washington himself found himself on … America … United States … U.S. Politics … Intellectual History … Slavery … Such a Disappointment …
Ukrainian soldier with blue and yellow ribbon overlay

Understanding the War in Ukraine: Insights from the Recent Past, 1991—Present

… Ohio State University History Professor David Hoffmann examines some key moments … If you look on the map here, Sevastopol is a city on the Crimean Peninsula, on the Black Sea, it's the home of … ours, it's always been ours." I have colleagues who wrote books about it. I have colleagues in Crimea who were happy, …
A crowd of Syrian refugees in the Vienna airport

Road to Europe: The 2015 Migration Crisis

… too—all within the much larger context of global migration history. ( Image Source )   … Leticia Wiggins   This is History Talk , the history podcast that explains today's biggest news. I'm your …
person holding sign that says ex-felon voting bans - racist then racist now

Racial Patterns in Felony Disenfranchisement

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… before moving into a short lecture on the origins and history of these laws in the U.S. after the Civil War and … Evidence-Based Argument Building Lesson Materials: … US History since 1877 … African American History … American Government … Racial Patterns in Felony …
Putin and Trump meeting

Twitter Cold War

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
War & Peace
Hiroshima Memorial

A Postcard from Hiroshima

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
War & Peace
… from Hiroshima , this lesson was designed to tie in history to several eighth grade Common Core State Standards. … … Pacific … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Postcards … World History since 1500 … US History since 1877 … War & Peace … A Postcard from Hiroshima …
A pen, ink and watercolor painting done of Cuba's Havana Bay in 1639.

U.S. and Cuban Relations

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
… The United States and Cuba have a long history of hostility and distrust stemming from differences …   Timeline-Cuba-and-US.pdf   … World History since 1500 … US History since 1877 … American Government … U.S. and Cuban …
Hurricane Elena photographed from Space Shuttle Discovery, September 1, 1985

Rough Weather Ahead

Review of Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz (Princeton University Press, 2015)
… examples are: Climate Change and the Course of Global History: A Rough Journey by John Brooke and Global Crisis: … Seventeenth Century by Geoffrey Parker. In Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus … scholarly career, Schwartz has written and edited numerous books on the history of Latin America and Brazil especially …
This postcard depicts a recreation of the Arbella, the ship that carried John Winthrop and his fellow Puritans to present-day Massachusetts.

From Forgotten Phrase to American Myth

Review of As a City on a Hill: The Story of America’s Most Famous Lay Sermon , by Daniel T. Rodgers (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018)
… in a series of short but masterful chapters to trace the history of the phrase—and “A Model of Christian Charity,” … point, “A Model of Christian Charity” began to escape the history books. It wasn’t until after the Second World War that the …
A long line of migrants in India

Migration and Mobility: Yesterday and Today

… decision to set off to make a new home in another country. History allows us a glimpse at the motivations and … and in the future. Ohio State University Department of History panelists Theodora Dragostinova, Associate … Host Nicholas Breyfogle, Associate Professor, Department of History. ( Image Source )   … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, …
Journeys to the Other Shore: Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge, by Roxanne L. Euben book cover.

Journeys to the Other Shore: Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge

Review of Journeys to the Other Shore: Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge, by Roxanne L. Euben (Princeton University Press, Princeton 2006)
… political theory, and other disciplines, including history and literature, is remarkable. Yet Euben's most … forms of theorizing and knowledge production throughout history. At the beginning of the text, Euben is careful to … … Reviews … Global/Transnational … Islam … Intellectual History … Journeys to the Other Shore: Muslim and Western …
Pope Francis holding Bible

The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of years of history of a group with over a billion adherents! ( Image Source ) … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone by Origins … And by the way, many people do this. There are lots of books written by economists trying to make these arguments. …
Painting of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Memories of the Great War

… ( Image Source ) … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current … exhibition of Serbian literary productions, which included books, journals, sketches, newsletters, anything produced …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… “Arab Spring.” Yet perhaps more important is the long history of popular protest within Sudan, which have twice in … any attempt to predict its future. Join us in this month’s History Talk podcast, as your hosts Lauren Henry and Eric … this pivotal moment for Sudan with two experts on Sudanese history and politics: Ahmad Sikainga and Kim Searcy . To …

Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story

… the 1970s and 1980s. Like the rest of civil rights history, this story is not one of ultimate victory but of … ongoing struggle. The Police Power Over the course of U.S. history, our governments have found it difficult  to … consequences that should be well known to students of U.S. history: debt peonage, disfranchisement, segregation, and …

What We Talk About When We Talk About Confederate Monuments

… discussions the fact that slavery was the cause of the war. History Written by the Vanquished Confederate monument … was the culmination of a deliberate campaign to write the history of the Civil War from the Southern point of view. … … Sarah E. Gardner … Features … Black Lives in American History … Racism & Racial Ideas … Terrorism … …