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… to Tsarist policies, also gained legitimacy from Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What Is to Be Done? , a novel that inspired … and which the young Lenin read five times (14).  Lenin's commitment to activism strengthened in college, first at … time was a world of coded messages, secret knocks, fake passports, and letters written in invisible ink.  The danger …

… save time signing documents. Ronald Reagan, we learn, got passed over by the studio that produced the 1964 film The … of the presidency itself has changed, making his comparisons something of an apples and oranges exercise.  … claims – evidence? – that RFK was insincere when he “visited burned-out ghettoes to ensure that he would get 90 …

… Shannon Gonzales-Miller, PhD, shares her dissertation research project … land ceded in the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. In 1830, the passing of the Federal Indian Removal Act forced the removal … my mom hat and take off my administrative hat or my researcher hat and talk to her like I'm her mom. So I'm …

… is less pronounced, due to the Sudd, a gigantic and impassable swamp which absorbs waters from the equatorial lake … Mary and Jesus stayed a night on that same island (Tana Cherquos) during their flight from the Holy Land to Egypt. … General Horatio Herbert Kitchener upriver to Fashoda, the site of the proposed dam. With fewer than 200 men, the …

… humans through blood to blood contact, probably during butchering or hunting chimpanzees. When the simian virus … Immune Deficiency Syndrome), scientists have dug into its past to determine the history of the disease. The archive of … trading centers and colonial outposts. Two towns on opposite sides of the Congo River, Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) …

… relations between states, economies, cultures and peoples from 1945 to 1991. The conflict was a geo-political and … motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … the rule of Leonid Brezhnev between 1964 and 1982. With passion and admiration, Zubok examines the attempts of the …

… over five thousand miles by foot, sail, horse and camel; passed through steppe, deserts, seas and mountains. Now he … to Hajji Muhammad al-Qazi, a Chagatai courtier who had visited the court of Castile in Toledo several years earlier. … his commanders relied upon the mobility of massed mounted archers who could repeatedly gallop toward opponents, launch a …

… the world's first state operated on Marxist principles. In the aftermath, a myriad of political, economic, … it over time is, trying to figure out how the Bolsheviks past policy that was either or an attempt to bring about the … World War One memorial in Moscow at the, at this memorial site that also includes lots of World War Two memorials, and …

… of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … 2004. The United States proclaimed an EEZ in 1976 with the passage by Congress of the Federal Fishery Conservation and … fish species completed in 1998 by the U.S. Marine Fisheries Service showed that 90 were over-fished, 10 were approaching …

… Zoos are some of the world’s most visited attractions. Yet they often make headlines for … a child fell into the animal’s enclosure or in 2017 when poachers killed a rhinoceros at a Paris Zoo for its horns. … far more than a fun way to spend an afternoon. Explore zoos past and present in this episode of History Talk where …

… fight racial prejudice through a celebration of multiracial community. The event takes its name from the 1967 Supreme … and white, slave and free. Indeed, Maryland’s assembly passed the statute discouraging marriage between white women … it in the white public’s imagination with bastardy, debauchery, and immorality. In rare cases though, interracial …

… and Navarre, c. 1779. He traveled in the mayor's coach accompanied by his confessor, Henry Essex Edgeworth de … guards four deep along the coach's path, and the journey passed mostly in silence as Louis prayed. By 10 am, Louis’ … death was made a national day of mourning. At such memorial services, Louis’ will and testament was read aloud from the …

… finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain … Delaware, Miami, Peoria, Seneca, Wyandotte, Ojibwe, and Cherokee peoples. Specifically, the university resides on … peoples of this land. Now, without any further ado, let me pass you over to Professor Geoffrey Parker, who will take us …

… the Axis, operation Torch constituted the biggest and most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history.  … did not speak the local languages. Hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain separated the invasion’s three proposed landing sites in Morocco and Algeria. Stormy winter forecasts …

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … points for social change? And how can learning about past campus protests help us navigate on campus …

… seats in parliament. Morsi was the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential election, but his government was … legislative and executive powers so he could hasten the passage of a new constitution. Many Egyptians criticized his … welfare as a way out of domestic seclusion and became teachers and administrators in the state education system. A …

… wished that things could just be like they used to be. A common sentiment, it is actually responsible for distorting the realities of our collective past because it makes us think that everything "then" was a … aristocracy and authors who wanted to spin creative tales of pageantry and adventure. As such, our impression that …

… a strong hold on the imagination of the American public. To commemorate “Honest Abe,” Origins offers ten of the most … of grief, vividly described in the diary of Gideon Welles, Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy, among other sources. … for anyone who was alive at that moment. Lincoln’s passing made a similar imprint on his generation. 2. The …

… from its worst impulses—how to create a new international community based on “respect for the human person” and belief … Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, and Julius Streicher were all met with those same three words. Walther Funk … verdicts, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution affirming “the principles of …

… 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee for president of the United … by “the most famous man in America,” Henry Ward Beecher, brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. But because of the recently passed Comstock laws that prohibited the printing or mailing …

… although they leave the reader more uncertain, rather than less, about where the emergence and broad visceral appeal of … Weitz helps the reader understand how and why the fragile, complex, and tense culture of Weimar Germany motivated these … font. Unfortunately, however, Weitz comments only in passing on some of those aesthetic elements but does not …

… storm which these swells...told us in unerring language was coming.” —Dr. Isaac Cline Today, the National Weather … island city of almost 38,000 had just that year had surpassed New Orleans to become the leading cotton port in the … storm warnings from the experienced hurricane researchers at Belen Observatory, Cuba, who recognized that the …

… After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … Congolese Rumba: Soundtrack to African Political Struggle Past and Present by Emily Hardick Watch a video or listen to … performed alongside Zairians such as Franco and Tabu Ley Rochereau (of African Jazz). The festival, which accompanied a …