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From the 2011 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.

Top Ten Origins: Climate Change

… Climate change gradually gained attention as a major international issue. Since 1988, an Intergovernmental Panel on … climate change. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol set the first international greenhouse gas targets, but the United States … Global/Transnational
view looking up into treetops

Climate Change: Insights from History

… and surprisingly difficult to confront on an international level. So we are delighted to welcome two of the … see today? And I want to add into that, how important are national and global level agreements or collaborations and … is striking is how effective that was, when you had an international agreement that was more or less adhered to, the …
Engraving of Roman plague doctor, Schnabel c.1656.

Quarantino: Plague and the Origins of Social Distancing

… in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. …
An image of the castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.

Banning Harry Potter

… Twain’s characters for using racist language.  With National Children’s Book Week just around the corner, even …
This 1952 illustration by Robert Thom of Sims' gynecological experiments involving enslaved women is part of a larger collection entitled Great Moments in Medicine.

Black Women, Medical Racism, and COVID-19

… in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. …
KKK Rally

From Dixie to the Third Reich

Review of Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law, by James Q. Whitman (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017)
… the first two Nuremburg Laws and the American policy on nationalism and citizenry. In chapter two, Whitman …
British Fleet Spanish Armada of 1588

1588: the Spanish Armada Still Loses

… there, the French love holidays. May the first, International Labor Day, May 18, Ascension Day, May 29th, … on the market in 2020 and all 10 were purchased for the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth for 600,000 …
The port of İzmir, pictured here in 1883, was an Ottoman quarantine station.

Pandemics in Ottoman History: Plague, Cholera, and Influenza

… (particularly those from Britain) regularly used international sanitary conferences as venues not only for airing … of placing Ottoman quarantine protocols under greater international scrutiny. Despite such challenges, however, the … measures by smuggling goods, exploiting loopholes in international sanitary agreements, and, in some cases, openly …
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.

After 50 Years, a Great Military Debate Resumes

… could pretty well ignore their concerns. Today the European Union is an immense force to be reckoned with in every … Diplomacy/International Relations … International Organizations …
A traditional glass of Weissbier

Keeping Beer “Pure”: The 1516 Reinheitsgebot

… By the 1980s, the growing availability of large multinational beer brands like Heineken and Carlsberg began to … that the Reinheitsgebot was protectionist, the European Union struck down the law as an impediment to free trade in … styles of beer. Bavarian beers now compete on an international stage—one of the United States’ largest craft …
scene from the video game Valiant Hearts, The Great War

Top Ten Origins: Historically Themed Video Games

… one year of archival research, oral interviews, and international travel. The art team flew to Normandy, France, to … compared their notes against images from the United States National Archives to design digital environments that … factions with varying interests, and make use of U.S. or Soviet aid without alienating the other side. But the lack …