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… the Second World War. Glassheim notes that with the end of combat in Europe in 1945, the borderlands of Czechoslovakia were “certainly not the lively ‘contact zones,’ ‘crossroads,’ and ‘fluid transitional spaces’ … borderland," that is, a now "cleansed" former contact zone. A photograph from the tumultuous German-Czech border in …

… Princeton six games to four (every score was considered one “game”). The teams had 25 players a side, and to the … were made among the fans, but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at …

… One hundred and fifty years ago, this July 1, three British … leaders from Métis artist Christi Belcourt to Anishinaabe comedian Ryan McMahon have pointed out that the past 150 … the European Union’s Regional Policy that dedicates a full one third of EU wealth to the structural economic …

… tranquil lives of the "greatest generation" in two. On the one hand, American men were upset at Friedan's suggestion … group of white, educated, middle-class women were overcome with a sense of gratitude. Friedan had explained their … care of home and family was not unique. This realization alone had a profound impact on a generation of women often …

… overview of the character of Henry V and his conduct of one of the most famous campaigns of the Hundred Years War. … genealogical and ideological, to England's claim to the throne of France. She deftly explains the factions and personal … unalloyed sense of justification: She announces that the outcome of the battle of Agincourt showed "God had chosen to …

… terrorist attack. It left the city facing an unknown enemy, one whom many Americans believed had committed an act of war. And, like the destruction of the … into the crowd. “It was a crash out of a blue sky,” one witness wrote, “an unexpected, death dealing bolt which …

… This year marks the 500-year anniversary of the pricking of one man's conscience. Bartolomé de las Casas, sickened by … natives of the New World.   Las Casas ( above ) rose to become one of the most influential thinkers of his day. He … Milestones … Indigenous Communities …

… The End of the World as We Know It? It has been almost one hundred years since the German philosopher and historian … democracy and tamed capitalism was both child and parent of one of the most hopeful political projects of the twentieth … - the deliberate construction of a supranational European Community, based on law rather than force, in which ancient …

… The principal and her museum director proudly showed us the one room exhibition in which the history of the region was … forces highlighting Jewish suffering would have meant combatting anti-Semitism among their own population. … literary doctrine of Socialist realism in the 1920s. Everyone was expected to be an individual hero, even a …

… of Seonbi culture. The landscape seen from Muryangsujeon. One of the famous tourist attractions in Sobaeksan National … Korea’s national treasures such as Muryangsujeon hall, Stone Lanterns, Clay Seated Buddha, Stone Seated Buddha, Mural … lantern, a wood plaque reads “Muryangsujeon (無量壽殿)” and welcomes all comers (right). The founder of the Buseoksa …

… Coming to terms with the American Civil War is no easy task. The scale of its destruction alone is still shocking. New historical estimates put the … sharp prose and narrative style keep the writing brisk. One question that the volume presents is how the period of …

… China and Japan. When Bush gets to Beijing, however, one thing his hosts will have on their minds is the Boxer … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the … Rebellion by impinging on China’s national sovereignty. One reason all this matters now is that a new issue of …

… of Kukulkan at Chichén Itzá. Walking through Chichén Itzá, one of the central and sacred sites of the empire, visitors … triangular segments of Kukulkan’s body, leading to the stone snake’s head where the temple meets the earth. From the … the year. Each side has a central staircase with 90 steps, one for each day of the season. This leaves five days …

… Pirates seem to have suddenly become popular in early modern history. Recently,  titles such … by others, which cast them as criminals, sometimes romantic ones, but outside the established legal system. That being … endorsement of such behavior. The Knights of St. John are one of the great anachronisms of history, a crusading order …

… Yugoslavia and the White Russian military, and only functioned for three years before Zog dissolved the government and … Republic became yet another failed attempt at creating one of Europe’s first stable majority-Muslim democracies.  … the multireligious provisional government was challenged by competing leadership, most notably the Republic of Central …

… disc jockey Alan Freed crowing “That’s Bill Haley and the Comets rockin’ and rollin’ you with ‘Shake, Rattle and … set of origins. Sister Rosetta Tharpe On March 20, 1915, one of the most influential, if largely forgotten, creators … was playing the Cotton Club alongside Cab Calloway. She was one of the stars of a 1938 Carnegie Hall concert of black …

… For over 600 years, the Ottoman Empire stood as one of the most resilient empires in world history. Its … current global health crisis, it is worth reflecting on how one of the most important and long-lasting empires in world … ecology and disease. Indeed, this earlier experience with combating plague served the Ottomans well as they entered …

… and electrified those listening back home on Earth: “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” That Armstrong chose to … Taskforce on February 1, 2016. That achievement has since become a benchmark in American culture. The expression “if we …

… meltdown could create a Great Depression like the one that wrecked national economies in the 1930s. They … and the Nineties, and does history offer “lessons” from a comparison? Some of the similarities are certainly … same as the past. History cannot simply “repeat itself.” One important distinction is that the United States, the …

… of actors, including African patients themselves, families, communities, traditional healers, healthcare workers, and … The first section is organized chronologically. In chapter one, Lee takes the reader back to Africa’s precolonial past … lung disease is hidden from the medical history of Africa.” One strength of this fascinating medical history of Africa …

… of many of the ghosts of history that haunt older nations. One such ghost is anti-Semitism, and with increasing … Americans to reexamine their past as well. Austria has become something of a pariah state because its governing … States was producing its own anti-Semitic demagogues. One of the most popular of these was Father Charles …

… looked upon us as modern-day gladiators.” Athens on the one hand. Rome on the other. We might ask why references to … In fact, as surprising as it may be to sports watchers and commentators, how Americans talk about sports today is a … we continue to look back to them as models for what was done right, or done wrong. It is a debate that started in the …