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… Politics." Thanks for being on the show Sarah, and welcome.  Sarah Siff   My pleasure. Thanks.  Patrick Potyondy   … process of writing through that and have your graduate studies, you're a PhD student in the history department here at OSU. I'm wondering if your graduate studies in history have prepared you for only specific types of …

… law” (p. 5). This argument revolutionizes the discussion of comparative racism and our understanding of the influence of … Krieger, a driving force behind the Nuremburg Laws, had studied race law at the University of Arkansas during the 1920s … from the American system. In refuting many who studied the Nazis’ legal implementations prior to this work, …

… seats in parliament. Morsi was the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential election, but his government was … Family Development, and “Nazra” Association for Feminist Studies. The coalition was effective in organizing against the … of the Network of Women's Rights Organizations in Egypt, points to disagreements over basic frames of reference among …

… the surrender of tens of thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers to the Japanese in the Philippines stunned the … the mercurial personality of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces. Overconfident that the Filipino soldiers he had trained could stand up to Japanese regulars and …

… partnership.” Those conciliatory words, however, were accompanied on both sides with qualifications, skepticism, and … Iran’s military achievements that appears on Fars News, a website affiliated with the IRGC, notes that Iran “launched … used against them during the war, which, along with the bodies that continue to be unearthed and the mines that still …

… stand at the bow of the ferry as the water of the White Sea comes in wave after wave through the hole in the gunwale for … and the cold climate would test their spirits and their bodies each day. A Diverse Landscape: The forest on Solovki … without tears in my eyes. For all the years I’ve studied the past and wrestled with what it means to be human, …

… as the case might be. If we really want to engage the community with historical thinking, a better model might be … facilitator who makes the past relatable to a broad audience. While most academics may not have access to a … television channels to hundreds, as well as thousands of websites and blogs, means that it may be a mistake to refer …

… the holiday or diminished it by linking it to Confederate commemorations.  Federal recognition had finally arrived, … emerged—unpaid holidays, ceremonial proclamations, or commemorations folded into existing calendars. These efforts … a federal holiday was the one the nation already felt comfortable claiming: the dreamer at the Lincoln Memorial, …

… entre 1974 a 1979  que en toda su historia independiente . De hecho, durante este tiempo,  Venezuela gozaba … y Buicks y la clase alta famosamente se lanzaba de compras a Miami donde eran conocidos como los del “dame … . El año pasado, tres cuartas partes de los venezolanos perdieron alrededor de 8 kg de peso corporal en la llamada “ …

… phenomenon. This is why Congress should examine the recommendations made in a 2002 British government Green Paper … sector military operators. Mercenaries — professional soldiers who fight for pay rather than out of ideological … of their day. The British hired more than 30,000 German soldiers — the famed Hessians, some of whom were defeated by …

… and architect seem to have forgotten their potential audience. Inside, the museum distinguishes itself from a … experience. Chosen with the help of a veterans advisory committee from a pool of 250 potential candidates, the 25 … culture. To plan a visit, start with the museum’s excellent website . The entrance to the National Veterans Museum and …

… had obtained independence. Morton tracks major individuals, companies, and governments taking part in the search for commercially viable oil sources as well as the negotiation … defined the region’s nationalist movements. While Morton points to some of these effects, he minimizes the impact …

… states, by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply … But the “flesh and blood of those past events” had been tidied up, even sanitized, on the High Street of 1926. The … and yet the U.S. continued to send men off to kill and die for almost another decade. The war ended ignominiously …

… It is impossible to imagine a Soviet citizen who lived and died without encountering at least one of Efimov’s images. … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … system until 1997. Although the three men disagreed on many points, Efimov drew them together, linked through American …

… my professor is onto something. Patterson shares with other commentators the feeling that 1965 was a “pivot” or a … the fact no one knew how much it would cost; and struck a compromise on the issue of federal funding to parochial … options: looking soft on communism or sending Americans to die. Patterson emphasizes the feasibility of Johnson’s …

… human immune systems, HIV has also allowed tuberculosis to come thundering back as a global health threat and has … ethical framework for patient participation in research studies. The virus has also spurred scientists to create a … Republic of the Congo in 1960 ( left ). Portuguese soldiers in Angola during the War of Liberation between …

… would help define American life for generations to come. In 1964, the relatively new musical genre of rock and … left to hold it up. By the early 1960s, Buddy Holly had died in a plane crash, Elvis was making movies, Chuck Berry … what [they] used to play at the Crawdaddy, a regular diet of Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters with some Slim …

… while other jurisdictions declared these children unwelcome. A U.S. Border Patrol poster placed around the border … as a part of the Bracero Program, 1954. The British West Indies’ complementary Temporary Foreign Worker Program ran … emigration, as Princeton sociologist Douglas Massey points out, has become as much a cultural phenomenon as a …

… that, 17 years after its inception, remains stubbornly incomplete. On the positive side, the Belfast Agreement … party and joined the Irish Free State as Fianna Fail (“Soldiers of Destiny”). This new party kept Irish nationalism as … willingness to compromise for the sake of political expedience. “A Protestant Parliament and a Protestant State” The …

… working conditions, and a union, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), to many factories in the … of watching scores of young women and several young men die, combined with the awful realization that this tragedy could …

… not obscure the fact that this conflict, with all its complexity and tragedy, belongs firmly to the present. This … we’re watching happen today [Sheehan, Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? ]. Far from being a “war of the past,” (i.e. a … knowledge of the streets and districts, control the high points like the floors of buildings, and can use the subway …

… Chinese navy of the main maritime shipping routes and chokepoints surrounding Taiwan would put the entire  global economy in disarray and for years to come. Estimates of possible losses differ, but they are in … and vocal age of open demonstrations. Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975. Faced with a revolting society led by the …

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … government’s rise and fall, demonstrating how it embodied the critical transition period in modern African … James E. Genova is Professor of History and Film Studies at The Ohio State University-Marion. He's the author of …