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The Year of Africa

… moment in the global process of decolonization. The 1960 visit to Northern Rhodesia of Iain Macleod, British … Projects born from colonial plans were realized in new ways by post-independence leaders through foreign investment … state lines. These liberation struggles should be placed together, in context, instead of by case study or by …
View of the Solovetskii Monastery.

A Postcard from Solovki

… to the center. The hope was to help the fisherman find his way to an abundant catch and then return from the sea … ice no longer holds them down. As a result, the islands are getting, bit by bit, a little higher out of the water. (And … and other factors on the growth patterns of this flora. Visitors stroll in the Botanical Gardens, Solovki. The monks …
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Joseph Smith Discovers the Gold Plates

… the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smith was visited that night by an angel who told him of an ancient … Universalism but mostly avoided organized denominations altogether. Joseph Jr.’s mother, Lucy Mack Smith, favored the … point, however, the young seeker attempted to reform his ways: he participated in a string of revivals, married the …
Free speech march at Ohio State University in the mid-20th century

Politics and Protest on College Campuses

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the 1960s, check out Bill … students were bumptious and aggressive. So the campus has always had a reputation of being somewhat unsettled. We can …
George Washington Bridge Flag Retirement Ceremony

Who’s Desecrating the Flag, Anyhow?

… attention to another hot topic. How did this flag issue get so turned around in the first place? It used to be that burning the flag was the approved way to dispose of a worn-out flag, and that wrapping … advertising–presumably this would apply to businesses now competing the have the biggest flag in the neighborhood. One …

What's All Happening at the Zoo?

… to a 2013 report, U.S. zoos attract more than 160 million visitors annually, more than do all NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB … culture that surrounds us, we take zoos for granted. We forget that it is not natural to contain thousands of animals … commodities. To their eyes, exotic creatures from faraway lands appeared luxurious and spectacular. No king would …
a woman at a witch trial. she is wearing white and has her arms up in air with lightening bolts coming out of them. A judge, lawyer and an audience of people look on.

What was Wrong with the Judges at the Salem Witch Trials?

… who decided to accept these accusations and move the trials forward. Historians have long wondered why the judges … Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … if it wanted any convictions at all. The only other way that it was really going to happen is if somebody openly …

After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections

… 2000 and Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 2007, has come to the end of his legal term limit and must step down. … degraded image on the international stage. In this way, he remains a genuinely popular President. Even if he is … than anything else. In an effort to bring the country together, leaders from a wide spectrum of political parties …
Women from Guadalupe photographed at Ellis Island on their way to Montreal to take on domestic positions, April 6th , 1911.

Black Canadians and Pandemics

… It is possible that in choosing to volunteer in the Black community, Francis was aware of its marginalization. Being … Women from Guadalupe photographed at Ellis Island on their way to Montreal to take on domestic positions, April 6th, … parents. The club members volunteered its members as visiting nurses and nurses’ aides. The CWCM also maintained …
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

… Margaret Newell: Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for the “First 100 Days … won't have an immediate effect as of this date. We're halfway through fiscal year 2021. We've admitted 2,000, which … to handle the thousands thinking this is their chance to get in. Biden: Now that they're at the border, it's our …
Polin Museum

A Postcard from Warsaw, Poland: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated efforts of an array of scholars from various fields. The … however, is not intended to be a  Holocaust  museum, and visitors who expect the Holocaust to be its main focus, may …
The Terra Cotta Warriors: Xi’an’s most famous attraction

A Postcard from Xi’an: Balancing Past and Future

… north, there is historical significance in every direction. Visitors walking the causeway to the Tang Royal Tombs. Qian County, for example, is more than just a getaway destination: visitors are granted access inside of …

Child Kidnapping in America

… the money). This refusal brought him a torrent of negative commentary and helped to define for the future what … raise them as their own. While the first kind is far and away the most common, it is the second kind of abduction—and … of parents, not just those who were likely to be targeted because of their wealth. Once sexual violation or …
migrants walking down a road

Defining Refugees: 1921 and 1951

… work begun some 30 years earlier by the office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) of the League of Nations . … influences how the world views refugees today. Taken together, tens of millions of people are, to use the … did non-European refugees come to be defined in the same way. In both cases, the dangers that refugees sought to flee …
Ukrainian soldier with blue and yellow ribbon overlay

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

… European Languages and Cultures and Director of the Center for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies. This lecture is a part of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies' … roughly in half during the 1990s.   Dr. David Hoffmann  By way of comparison, the great recession in the United States, …
Nancy Reagan speaking at a "Just Say No" Rally.

The “Modern” War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 1)

… will see, the development of the US drug war was deeply informed by experiences abroad...and to understand why the War … Beverly Hills 90210 series. And I love to read, so I was always reading. I read this one story about this, like, … And so that kid went and jumped in the swimming pool to get them off and drowned as a result of that. And I don't …
Nixon shakes hands with Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

Nixon and China, Bush and Cuba?

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … hoped Bush “is not as stupid as he seems.” But there is one way that Bush could probably improve his image, not only in … Richard Nixon. But Nixon surprised almost everybody by visiting China and meeting with its leaders. In many ways …
An abandoned building in Chernobyl

A Postcard from Chernobyl

… we—an international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars—visited in June 2016, we posed for a sombre photograph in … insides of buildings have been taken over by the native vegetation. Pripiat’ is now a thirty-year-old forest. The view … and red forest, they were higher. And there were hotspots, away from the roads and paths, where radioactive debris from …
American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932.

The Bailout: A Far Cry from Socialism

… “Socialism!” That’s the alarm many conservative commentators and legislators are sounding about the latest … them. Their hope is that the government’s investment will get the banks to lend more money. It would also assure … of directors. But government-appointed directors were always a small minority. They got outvoted or ignored; one …

Russia, America, and the Conspiratorial Worldview

… focus, and repeated it in order to encourage a specific way of seeing the world. While we should not ascribe this … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … depicted the hands of these three countries working together. At the same time, he also drew cartoons that …