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… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …

… finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain … Never before or since World War II, have so many people died violent unnatural deaths in such a short space of time. … copies made, three of them survive today. This portrait pinpoints two critical reasons for England's deliverance. In …

… someone discussing the importance of fresh and local ingredients.  Many cookbooks published in past ten years promise … like a recent fad, but in fact concerns about local ingredients and simple cooking methods began centuries ago.  … debates about food in the Enlightenment.  These books combine descriptions of food and ingredients with innovative …

… global economy. Drawing on exclusive interviews with company executives, corporate archives and other records, … corporations. He then considers what each has become: an essential presence in the daily workings of the … take a moment to get to know our speaker. Bart Elmore studies the past to understand how we can live more sustainably …

… was his only advice, citing a famous and beloved Russian comedy about excessive drinking, Eldar Ryazanov’s 1975 film … the same; both killed their own sons and heirs. Both also died in their early 50s due in part to the toll alcohol had … health and wellness spheres continue to come true. Schrad points to taxation policies as the prime reason Russians …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … South Africans in concentration camps. Tens of thousands died. The British consolidated South Africa in 1910 and gave … around 1900 ( left ). Lizzie van Zyl, a Boer child who died in the Bloemfontein concentration camp ( right ). In …

… Dr. Lucy Murphy  Hello, welcome to "Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College … Indigenous Arts and Humanities Grant and American Indian Studies at The Ohio State University. My name is Lucy Murphy. … the disunity? What was the clutter? What was the divergent points? And those came up from, I learned from Tommy Orange …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … with the public from teaching, to writing for a popular audience. We'll even question the value of public intellectual … and many more, as the Times calls them hits on its website.   Patrick Potyondy   And so just to wrap up, do you …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … This month, our Best in History Online highlights a website that allows scholars, students, teachers, and the … 7,500 works of art from the Met’s extensive collection. The website “is a reference, research, and teaching tool …

… Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) died, like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, on the very same … literary figures, one a playwright, the other a novelist, died almost simultaneously remains a coincidence full of … the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is …

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which policies best serve the interest of U.S. soldiers. Again and again, candidates in the campaign that just … sides of the Atlantic paid tribute to the millions who had died in the war that ended a year earlier — on the 11th hour …

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of … of Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Ohio.   Stephen Norris      … one, a very long complicated one. I'll just hit a couple points. One, there's kind of a mystic way that Crimea …

… in the history department and global and intercultural studies department, specializing in revolution and social … come into play.   Dr. Lilia Fernandez  You know, one of the points I wanted to pick up on, that both Dr. Coleman and Dr. … Viñas-Nelson. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website, …

… When Billy Graham died in February of this year, many of the tributes referred … he was hardly “America’s” pastor. Nevertheless, when he died his body lay in state in the rotunda of the U.S. … influenced preaching in the decades since. Three important components of Graham’s outreach in particular were …

… education and policy department and the American Indian Studies coordinator for OSU.   Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris   … Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris   I really think one of the points is that it's a safety, it's a safety issue, … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website …

… and what it can tell us about  changing conceptions of the common good. In addition, host Patrick Potyondy interviews … big federal involvement in infrastructure would be subsidies for the railroads in the nineteenth century.   Dr. … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

… the violence had already begun. But the worst was yet to come. Saturday’s rally was scheduled to start at noon, but … the Right rally ( top left ). Virginia National Guard soldiers and Virginia State Police in the aftermath of the … University]. A monument to the sacrifices of Confederate soldiers in Baxley, GA originally on courthouse grounds but now …

… in American history. Burr fatally wounded Hamilton, who died the next day. Hamilton’s premature death transformed … of Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton , he has also become a pop culture icon. Meanwhile, as the character of … puts it in Hamilton: “He may have been the first one to die / But I’m the one who paid for it.” The duel effectively …

… Brenna Miller     Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … I am convinced. And I think many, many people who have studied this issue are convinced that humans drove those … Vinas-Nelson. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website …

… director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. I've written a little bit on Cuba. My most important … in 1959, and the US sour so quickly? What are the important points to remember here? And Hideaki? If you wanted to begin … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu , on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and …

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … it in the five minutes I have, I want to make three main points.   Dr. Alice Conklin  These are first, the idea of … geographies, political ecology, science and technology studies and tribal cultural resource preservation. Smiles …