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… of psychedelic exploration . The Summer of Love marked the coming out party for the counter-culture we now associate … playing at the UFO Club in 1966 as part of a film showcasing popular musicians and artists by Peter Whitehead. The … later, as well as the music festivals we see today. In comparison to today’s bloated ticket prices, admission for …

… Dr. Lucy Murphy  Hello, welcome to "Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College … and re-storying her indigenous ways of knowing, being and becoming. She is Southern Ute and holds dear the Native … ceded in the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. In 1830, the passing of the Federal Indian Removal Act forced the removal of …

… financial titans who amassed riches while pushing their companies and the American economy over the cliff. But will … outrage over the abuses of fat-cats is often short-lived. Complaints appear frequently during hard times but are less … Social Darwinism taught that the rich were the “fittest” since they survived fierce competition.   Many of America’s …

… U.S. intentions. We have intervened in Chinese affairs since the first half of the 19th century. When the … who were then fighting the founders of today’s communist government, a deployment almost unknown to … many influential Americans, including Douglas MacArthur, commander of the allied forces, to call for war on China …

… the spike in food prices to American policies that favored using grains for ethanol fuel and subsidized U.S. farmers. … the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across the subcontinent, Company officials pronounced that large and expanding …

… Harris’s  The Gospel of Loki,  to video games like  Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla,  and  God of War: Ragnarok— the list … ties were also immensely important, for one often needed community support at the assembly to win a legal case. Thus, … means that contemporary accounts of the Viking Age largely come from the people being raided.  There are many later …

… spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and elected … denying the legitimacy of the Kosovan declaration and expressing outrage at the "appalling violation" of Serbia's … derailed the otherwise cheerful post-1989 transition from communism to market economy. In either case, however, they …

… the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … a disastrous invasion effort at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 using Cuban-exile troops. The memory still rankles with … pro quo. Slowly, however, the view of the Cuban-American community is changing, partly because Cuban immigration has …

… the Greeks, the Romans, and the Goths, among others. This comprises the first chapter of Kent’s history. The next … Crimea is, at its core, a part of Europe, with much more in common with the West than the East. He writes that “its … thirteen centuries of Crimean history, contains not a single citation. The second chapter contains three, and the …

… Hello, everyone and welcome from the College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you so … in the Department of History.   Dr. Jennifer Eaglin  Welcome to our discussion, "Climate Change: Insights from … climate change remains politically contentious, and surprisingly difficult to confront on an international level. So …

… or expediency.” (This situation replicated itself in the communist states of eastern Europe; Vaclav Klaus, the first post-communist prime minister of the Czech Republic, once quipped … eliminate Baghdad as a regional power. A strong Iraq is a sine qua non for containing Iran and balancing Syria. Since …

… . The surge of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2007-2008 and the accompanying counterinsurgency strategy along with a Sunni … ungoverned spaces that ISIS has used to regenerate its combat power with an infusion of new recruits, financing, … should be someone in the blood line of the Prophet. Ever since the Battle of Karbala (680 CE), when Islamic forces …

… will likely preoccupy future historians for years to come. While a number of factors contributed to his … of Trump that greatly advantaged his campaign over his competitors’, especially in the primary season’s early days. … campaign. As the Republican nominee for president, he’s since become even more ubiquitous. The stage before the 10th …

… in 1947, Pakistan’s political elites have faced regional, communal, and religious obstacles to building a stable, … should rule. At the same time, Pakistan suffered from complexities of geography and poor relations with neighbors. … summer’s political transition seems premature. With increasing terrorist attacks and the imposition of Sharif’s …

… a way to use history when trying to make sense of China’s complicated present. Another kind of continuity between 1989 … for a time when China was more isolated. Some even complained about their nation’s entrance into the World … that of thirteen years ago. China has changed dramatically since 1989. We cannot hope to predict what will happen in …

… ministers…the college professors and other teachers, the business leadership class." 1 By abdicating their social … helped inspire. Like Nixon in late 1969, the author has become immensely disillusioned with America's leadership class … state of politics in the American Republic. Having become a strong critique of the Bush dynasty in recent years, …

… attacks, ties between Washington and Moscow are increasingly frayed, and Russia has become a determined foe of the American Middle East agenda. … the United Nations over the Iranian nuclear program should come as no surprise. The further the American quest to …

… has usurped the role of state and local governments ever since the New Deal of the 1930s. Others fulminate that … merely create a postal system, the most important means of communication at the turn of the 19 th century. It … to raise capital. The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, and it simply wouldn’t have happened …

… Contemporary televised sport, in many ways, has become a better fan experience than being there live. You get … relationship with live sport has long been central to the business of each, and has grown more so as other forms of … everyone involved to both achieve a small-screen experience comparable to being there and agree that doing so was in …

… missionary activity and extreme loyalty to Joseph Smith insinuated him deeply with the head of the church.  With … of Young's evolution as a leader brings the full complexity of his character into focus.  Upon his ascension … As a leader, he could use mirth to build consensus and community, or he could dictate terms in absolutist manner to …

… twentieth century the city was America's great boomtown, pulsing with the fearsome energy of the world's most innovative … the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … Race We knew about race, of course. Though we lived in a completely white neighborhood, there was no way to avoid …

… year of anticipating “Y2K” has served to remind us that the computers we call “personal” actually answer to specialized … that marks modern American life has resulted in decreasing measures of both competence and control by ordinary citizens over the vital …

… as “traditional,” “authentic,” and “pure,” recipes and cuisines are similar to all other historical phenomena: They … Powder  The food tradition of the American Southwest has come about through various populations’ contributions over … now-patented Eagle Chili Powder two years later in 1896.  Companies such as Gebhardt’s and Walker’s Austex Chile …

… by embarking on flimsy boats in Turkey and Greece, crossing barbed wire fences in Bulgaria and Hungary, catching … by embarking on flimsy boats into Turkey and Greece, crossing barbed wire fences in Bulgaria and Hungary, catching … I teach courses on Eastern Europe, nationalism, migration, communism, the Cold War, among others.   Dr. Robin Judd   …