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battle at Tenochtitlan

The Fall of Tenochtitlan

After a brutal 75-day siege, the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan surrendered on August 13, 1521.
… violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … modern world, the seat of the Aztec Empire. Written by Diego Javier Luis. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. … Diego Javier Luis … Indigenous Communities …
fire at plant in Bhopal in background people lost in the fire

Remembering Bhopal: The World's Worst Industrial Disaster

… This presentation commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster … in their homes nearby. It is estimated that 10,000 people died instantly, and survivor organizations estimate that … all this in details, and you can also go to our Bhopal website, and I'll give you that information to see more …
On August 8, 1918, 17,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Allies.

November 11, 1918: The End of World War I?

… the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they … and the failure of the Spring Offensive caused German soldiers’ morale to plummet. The impact was devastating. On August 8, 1918, 17,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Allies following a British …
A group of men and women. The women hold signs that say "My Body, My Choice"

Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice

… they evolved over time? When, how, and why did abortion become such a controversial topic in the United States? How … are Mytheli Sreenivas, associate professor of Women's Studies and History at Ohio State University, Allison Norris, a … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more at our website
15th century painting of Christine de Pisan, QUeen Isabeau, and 7 other women

Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for Today

… The medieval church gave birth to the misogynistic rhetoric that … the first real “feminist” rumblings of discontent. Medieval women were not content to be victims of oppression: … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for Today" brought …
Advertisement of an upcoming land sale by the United States Department of the Interior in 1911. The Interior Department published many similar advertisements to encourage white settlers to purchase "excess" reservation lands.

The Dawes Act

… across the United States owned their reservation lands as a community: families could settle, plant their crops, and own … colloquially known as the Dawes Act, upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic … Native peoples would never, in the view of Dawes and his audience, reach the threshold of civilization. This view …
The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg Book Cover.

How the Sun Rose Again on the City of Light

Review of The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… with collaborationist neighborhoods, areas of union and communist strength, and the German headquarters district. As … to surround and bypass the city in order to maximize their superiority in air support and tanks. These Allied assets, … operation. As the Allies drew closer to the city, French soldiers with the advancing Allies and the civilians inside …
soldiers in Vietnam

Memories of Vietnam in Memoriam

Review of Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016.
… the stories they tell about themselves?  In Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor of American Studies at USC and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, reflects … who view the dead and choose to remember them. This is a complex work.  Equal parts philosophical treatise, …
Photo from 1890 of the first OSU football team

Taylor Branch on the Crisis of College Sports

… Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. In addition to completing the monumental  King Era Trilogy , Branch has … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu, on iTunes, and on SoundCloud. And …
Lenin waving flag in front of crowd of workers and soldiers

From Romanovs to Reds: Russia's Revolutions at 100

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … in Ohio, a specialist in Russian and post Soviet studies. Dr. Stephen Norris   Hello. Brenna Miller  In the … Vinas-Nelson. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website
L to R - Indigenous, African American, and Jewish Peoples

Ideas of Race and Racism in History

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to Ideas of Race and Racism in History brought to you … geographies, political ecology, science and technology studies and tribal cultural resource preservation. Smiles …
The remains of the crash of TWA Flight 5 in 1931 [Photo from the Kansas Historical Society]

Top Ten Origins: Aviation Disasters that Improved Safety

… body-scan. Airline passengers in the United States have come to expect these kinds of security measures as a … back the early 1930s. As a result of each of these ten tragedies, commercial aviation really is safer today than it was … Air Lines Douglas DC-7 ( left ). A TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation ( right ). There are basically two sets …
Cover of All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals by David SchefferDavid S

Bringing Evil to Justice

Review of All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals, by David Scheffer (NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012)
… a test of how well the United States, and the international community could create institutions of governance after the … provided with a vigorous defense. Slobodan Milosevic died in a jail cell in The Hague. Meanwhile the Bush administration's hybrid "military commissions," while failing to meet the procedural norms of …
Man at march holding sign that reads "Make America NATIVE Again"

Indigenous Peoples' Day: A Conversation

… Dr. Dr. Daniel Rivers: Thank you so much and welcome to our webinar for Indigenous Peoples' Day. It's … Daniel Rivers. I'm faculty lead for the American Indian Studies Program here and I teach Native American History, … institution and have that acknowledgement I think is just a super important in addition to acknowledging the land as …
Protesters with signs in support of immigrants: "We are all here thanks to immigrants", "If you don't want immigrants, stop destabilizing their countries"; "Defend DACA"

Honduras, TPS, and U.S. Policy

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … State University and director of the Center for Folklore Studies. She studies and teaches about ordinary life, and her … Vinas-Nelson. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website
A red AIDS ribbon outlined in candles

The Global History of HIV

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome, everyone, to "The Global History of HIV," brought to … recalling the 38, the 32 point 7 million people who have died from HIV and its related illnesses in the near, the …
Cover of Where Have All the Soldiers Gone: The Transformation of Modern Europe by Jeff Sheehan.

How the Mighty European Military State has Fallen

Review of Where Have All the Soldiers Gone: The Transformation of Modern Europe, by Jeff Sheehan (Illustrated. 284 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company)
… European history that question is how did it come to pass that Europeans would differ so strongly from … attitudes toward standing armies and warfare, without coming down on one side or the other. Some Americans may … a useful counter to the traditional portrayal of bumbling super powers with their ironclad systems of alliances …
British Fleet Spanish Armada of 1588

1588: the Spanish Armada Still Loses

… finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to 1588: The Spanish Armada Still Loses, brought to you … Never before or since World War II, have so many people died violent unnatural deaths in such a short space of time. …
penguin standing on sand at a beach with a plant and ocean behind it

Early Encounters with Penguins

… Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello, and welcome to Early Encounters with Penguins brought to you by the … Humanities. Ellen is a very prolific author in medieval environmental history and global water history. She's … the Landscape Environment and Monastic Identity in the Medieval Ardennes in 2013, Medieval Riverscapes: Environmental …
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Election 2020: Insights from History

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Election 2020: Insights from History" coming to you … And I think there's some some concern with, with our audience about how do we move forward from this? You know, the … high cries of racism for organizing people that might have died in 68, or 72. With with George Wallace. But no, …