… The perfect companion to nearly any summer activity is a good book. And, … to put on your summer reading list. All of them relate to European history, my area of specialty. I have selected … present. 3. David Olusoga, The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire , Head of Zeus, 2014.  Reminding us that the …

… others people's work in his role as editor of the Encyclopédie, although he wrote a number of his own philosophical … 10, rue des Moulins, "the epicenter of intellectual life in Europe." The number of intellectual giants that graced the … the proceedings.  Blom reminds us of their menace when he points out that in 1768, some readers of Holbach's …

… Ottoman, and German empires that had dominated Europe for centuries no longer existed, broken up into a new … democracies, and political experiments such as Bolshevik communism. Much of Europe lay in tatters and virtually an … world. The Lost Generation: Keeping Watch over Absent Bodies by Bruno Cabanes The First World War was a crucial …

… And I put everything into it I could, and still do. . . . Somebody once said football's a matter of life and death to … opportunity to delve into a subject dear to my heart but completely outside of my own research. Much to my delight, … everyone in between interested in the subject of Jewish and European politics. Kuper's treatment of Dutch soccer before, …

… and rising tensions between Russia and the United States/European Union that are reminiscent of the darkest of Cold … in Kyiv,  December 2013 The year 2014 will no doubt become a caesura, a line dividing Ukraine’s history into … we cannot even enjoy our victory there. Because people died, people who in the critical moment, with wooden boards …

… In his new book An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler , historian Peter Fritzsche examines the … failed each other.  Infamous photograph of German soldiers rounding up Jews for deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto, … German soldier. Fritzsche is particularly interested in comparing the French and Polish accounts about sharing space …

… to Mark Twain, “it often rhymes.” Indeed, few historical comparisons make more compelling verse than the COVID-19 … greatest pandemic: the Black Death . Its impact upon Europe allows us to speculate about the aftermath of COVID-19 . Medieval Eurasian Trade Routes, with the red lines indicating …

… President Harry Truman signed the European Recovery Act into law on April 3, 1948. The Marshall Plan, as it’s more commonly known, was intended to revive the economies of war-torn Western Europe. Extending nearly $13 billion to primarily France, … was intended to revive the economies of war-torn Western Europe. …

… Imagined Empire: Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe , the balloon became the national artifact of late … below portrays the craft as a “king-machine” that embodies the monarchy’s obligation to watch over its subjects … of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime. …

… had imagined for Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey—and Europe. It would be ambitious. Massive. It would be a "crazy … like the star and crescent on the Turkish flag? Or, a solution once and for all to Istanbul's troubles on the Bosporus—a strait crowded not only with urban commuters and pleasure craft, but Russian oil tankers …

… Ohio State University History Professor David Hoffmann examines some key moments in recent … Department Chair of the Department of Slavic and East 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 …

… bring us first-hand stories of how the Great War is being commemorated across the globe. Brenna Miller joined us from … Asian empire and now an economic powerhouse. ( Image Source ) … of history at The Ohio State University. I specialize in European history and specifically on the socialist era in …

… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to Western Europe and the United States. It remains a somber … rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to Western Europe and the United States. …

… role in the 20th century struggles for control of eastern Europe. Written by Kathryn David. Narration by Dr. Nicholas … role in the 20th century struggles for control of eastern Europe. … Europe …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … were prepared to face those limits, restrain our use of resources, and re-imagine our national aspirations so that … public land in the West that resulted from Powell’s report died a slow procedural death. Events proved Powell right, of …

… note that you're holding the tool Western Europeans used to conquer the world. A clock? Conquer the … never set. How did these backward ninth-century Europeans accomplish all this? The obvious answer is "science and … music to regiments and powerful armies. The political philosopher Machiavelli noted that just as a dancing man "keeps …

… through a specious reading of history beginning with the medieval period and moving through the Soviet Union’s … as “Game of Thrones” and “Vikings,” but that of eastern Europe rarely registers on the radars of most Americans. … not acknowledge. Rusian pilgrims travelled to Santiago de Compostela in northern Iberia, as we see from the …

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of History Talk , hosts Jessica Blissit and Brenna … Miller talk to two experts— Stephen Norris and Gerry Hudson —about the Russian perspective on world affairs and the …

… In the aftermath, a myriad of political, economic, social, and cultural changes reshaped life inside Russia as the establishment of the Soviet Union upended the global order. To mark the 100-year … Revolutions, hosts Brenna Miller and Jessica Viñas-Nelson interview expert guests Drs. Angela Brintlinger , …

… crippled by cancer. Al argues that saving Kennedy would also “save his brother. Save Martin Luther King. Stop the race … events of November 22, 1963, in Dallas. Conservative radio commentator Bill O’Reilly’s best-selling nonfiction book … The End of Camelot (authored with Martin Dugard, 2012) comes to life in a docudrama on the National Geographic …

… voice of the 1920s, warned that “problems are often not solved. . .they merely give way to others.” Dewey might have … hibernation. The return of the problem today has been accompanied by its earlier logic. There is a striking … insisting that “the great principle is the right of every community to judge and decide for itself, whether a thing is …