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… governments to change laws to reflect their new way of thinking. By 1900, Western European countries and the United … had been culturally and politically redefined as the taking of a human life—an immoral and illegal act. The shift …

… water, head-butting water tanks, trampling fences, and licking water from air conditioning units. If the urban areas … Australia were wetland people, and they had a hard time making sense of Australia's particular climate and hydrology. … turned to the Botany swamps, with similar results. The taking of these waters worsened already tense relations with …

… From 2011 to 2014, breathtaking political changes transformed the lives of men and … of women’s rights activism emerged during the revolution, taking the debate over gender relations in new directions and … rights, and offered extended legal protections for working women (such as paid maternity leave, accessible …

… to “normal” habits. In many cases, these habits included working. Most institutions were attached to farms, partly to … in hospitals. Patients performed manual tasks like shoe-making at the Willard Asylum for the Insane in New York ( left … increasingly serving as custodial institutions. Doctors working with patients suffering from dementia or late-stage …

… Doping scandals have been shaking the world of sport for almost a half century. However, … technological “race” to test athletes who are supposedly taking increasingly sophisticated substances. But that analogy … events such as long distance running, pedestrian walking, and cycling . Such usage was common in these sports …

… also queued up at ATMs to withdraw fresh new currency marking Slovakia's latest move toward an integrated European … also appealed to Western statesmen more concerned with mapmaking than understanding the realities on the ground in East … that Slovakia was losing out as its neighbors were basking in the warmth of a new-found European identity, …

… are distinctive as well. Japan prohibited the speaking of Korean in schools and forced Koreans to adopt … to reunify the country. The United States, with the backing of the United Nations, launched a counter-attack. The … called Dokdo. In February, Japan’s Shimane Prefecture, invoking the decision a hundred years earlier placing …

… veil, watching movies, listening to music, and making jokes have all been cause for Taliban militants to … animus became a hallmark of the Taliban phenomenon, linking its trajectory to the agenda of Pashtun supremacy and … Nor were women to be heard. The sound of high heels clicking on the asphalt was forbidden because it could give rise …

… and Africans. The talk is based on Genova’s new book Making New People: Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina … three books on African History, including most recently Making New People: Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina … 1980s. How did it survive kind of post Sankara after his assassination? Do they continue on? Dr. James Genova   …