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… figure in Anglo-Norman society, admired by both nobles and commoners for his wealth, charm, and decisiveness.  Stephen … on Empress Matilda’s absence in Normandy when Henry I died. With support from Londoners and the Church—secured … lands, and Henry would succeed to the throne.  Stephen died in October 1154, buried next to Queen Matilda at …

… of living, demonstrators soon widened their criticisms to encompass the full impact of Bashir’s three decades in power: … Sudan’s past is key to any attempt to predict its future. Join us in this month’s History Talk podcast, as … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. And you can find our podcasts and more on …

… to defeat Hitler’s squad after being told, “If you win, you die.” Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising gloved hands in … in putting the nation on display on the global stage. And coming up, Brazil : about to host to the 2014 World Cup and … and Leticia Wiggins. Find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu , and you can find us on Twitter, …

… The writer Walter Benjamin once suggested that "History decomposes into images, not narratives" and Clare Pettitt … to Livingstone's servants Susi and Chuma. Livingstone died shortly after being so famously found and it was they … role in shaping our view of Africa. While Livingstone had died shortly after the meeting, Stanley continued to be a …

… morning darkness on December 18, 2011, some 500 U.S. soldiers at Camp Adder in southern Iraq boarded 110 military … some five hours later. This departure of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. … demonstrated Hussein's reckless aggressiveness and the futility of Bush administration efforts to deal with him on …

… U.S.-based corporations, most infamously the United Fruit Company, used bribery and other methods to gain the support … 1927. The movement involved both Liberal leaders—including future presidents José María Moncada and Juan Bautista … Report . Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Policy Studies, 1981. Finzer, Erin S. “Modern Women Intellectuals and …

… outside of Haifa, then Palestine , working on a kibbutz (a communal farm). When Halprin returned to the U.S. he trained … drugs at one end of the fountain, walk to the other end and die. This was not the “interactivity” Halprin had in mind. … it was her “favorite spot on the National Mall.” Before he died in 2009, Halprin explained that he “made [the memorial] …

… U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World’s Dispossessed comes at a time that many observers of U.S. domestic … of the Great Depression, when entitlement to public funds coincided with a sense of national belonging, policymakers … of European DPs had already boarded trains to uncertain futures in their former homelands. Instead he follows the …

… Over the last year, we have come to know a good deal about Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. … "had the world at his feet—able to choose from a range of futures to make his mark on the world." Yet the son went off … even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, . …

… lockstep with him.   Obama’s choices might also inspire comparisons to Abraham Lincoln. By the beginning of … in the unlikely event he were to seek the presidency in the future, Lincoln would be his base of support. By contrast, … needs to worry about building electoral support for a future campaign. And, like Lincoln, his “team of rivals” has …

… It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with American bombing … at times tortured, brutalized, and killed by American soldiers in search-and-destroy missions. The total number of Americans who died or are missing in the war is just over 58,000, while …

… liberators in the age of revolution. Britons regularly bandied their slave trade ban as proof that they remained at … as an expression of America's sacred-secular project. Not coincidentally, in the late nineteenth century Americans … to remove humanitarian concerns from U.S. policy proved futile. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger's realism …

… in the Baghdad sky Insist there’s a price we must pay A soldier returns from the war in the Gulf A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with … , published in 1978 and set about twenty years in the future, tells the story of a successful white racist …

… professor, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Sarah Paxton, JD; PhD candidate, Department of … participation informs our modern expectations and the future of the political process. Just a little bit about the … an Associate Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University and the author of "Colored …

… important new biographical details to the traditional commander-in-chief profile. After having 43 presidents cut … between the ages of 42 and 78. They have invariably embodied conventional social choices (at least publicly). Almost … ceilings. He would be the first president born abroad. The future naval aviator was born in 1936 in the U.S.-controlled …

… Socialist Congress meeting in Paris in July 1899. The comrades set the date in solidarity with organized workers … thousands of other laborers took part. More than 100 people died in the various clashes between workers and the forces … who demanded that employers recognize the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) as well as higher wages …