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… to question the authority of international governing bodies. His campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” is a … arrived at the Paris Peace Conference with his Fourteen Points, a plan that he believed would bring justice to … U.S. soldiers just as they were returning from overseas combat ( left ). The opening session of the League of …

… United States/European Union that are reminiscent of the darkest of Cold War days. Join hosts Leticia Wiggins and Patrick Potyondy as … of the nation that Catherine had begun. Many, many died and many were killed. Then in 1954, Khrushchev … kind of history for the long-term perspective. One of the points I was thinking about in terms of why this event takes …

… Ehrlich predicted that hundreds of millions of people would die in a global famine in the 1970s unless the rise in human … visions of Malthus, Ehrlich, and other doomsayers have not come to pass.  Drawing on a rich variety of government … of a wartime reallocation of resources.  Conversely, he points out, the most dramatic famines of the modern era also …

… prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities … and vaccines, they represent a different public health danger than influenza and SARS. Influenza is one of … get sick each year with some form of flu, some of them will die—but only every so often does a pandemic occur. While it …

… demands to inspect the cargo they carried, and Israeli navy commandos boarded the vessels before the boats pulled into … and this interpretation finds support in close studies of the diplomacy of the late British Mandate period. To … point of Palestinian national emotion in many turning points of the conflict, from the 1929 uprising to the start …

… first forged during an earlier era of Sino-American competition. Yet looking at Chinese engagement in Africa … Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center, the Goldberg Center for Teaching Excellence in … you again, for inviting me. So I think because one of the points we're trying to drive home in this talk is that …

… While many lament the entrance of politics into their Sunday football, we speak with three historians and sports … controversial, and the historical issues at the heart of today's conversation. Listen in, as we learn how sports have … Robert Bennett   You have to look at it from different viewpoints, right, because personally, speaking, I've always …

… five meters away on the opposite shore, two Jordanian soldiers looked on from the shelter of a reed-covered platform … mined – military zone that can only be reached at a few points along its course. The only place where Jordanians can … Francesca de Châtel, 2013. According to the Yardenit website , this is one of the only places along the Jordan …

… Santorum, April 2021 Former Pennsylvania senator (and CNN commentator) Rick Santorum made those comments at a … Rick Santorum giving a speech at the Young American Foundation event, 2021. Santorum’s comments were rightfully … focused once or perhaps twice a year during our social studies classes. Samoset entering the Plymouth settlement in …

… December 25, 1848, brought an unwelcome gift to the Queen City. That Christmas Day, a dying man was borne from the Lewis Wetzel , a New … to the Ohio Valley. Some 6,000 Cincinnatians would die, 5% of the city’s roughly 115,000 population. And death, …

… years now, those of us who study the ancient world have become progressively aware that American Neo-Nazis, white … Evropa to the prominent display of the Parthenon on the website of the Neo-Nazi forum Stormfront, classical texts … dumpster summer of racism ” confined to classics alone as medieval historians , too, found themselves increasingly …

… workers, this was about maintaining a workforce that was obedient and you know, disciplining them and keeping them in … social issues, like mental health that Professor Howard points to. And he reminds me a case of a Native American man … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website …

… the first stage of the air war against the Taliban regime completed, the United States now enters a more difficult and dangerous phase of combat. Repeatedly, President Bush has … that supports al-Qaida, the organization headed by Osama bin Laden, the terrorist who plotted the attacks on the …

… On Monday Americans will gather to celebrate Memorial Day, a … nearly 117,000 perished during the war — 53, 402 in combat — and another 204,000 were wounded. Many believe that the last man to die in the war was an American soldier, 23-year-old Henry …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … For December, our Best in History Online highlights the website for the quarterly journal The American Historian . … and teaching of American history.” [Taken from the TAH website] Be sure to check out and follow both The American …

… opponents make a mythological distinction between present-day immigration and the flood of newcomers who came in the past. ProjectUSA’s website is emphatic on this point. Making this distinction …

… Hamlin, an associate professor of history and American studies. She specializes on women and gender history in the … I can think of a number of previous, the cultural turning points in which it's clear in the long run, that the … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on our website at …

… April 2, 1800, at Vienna’s Burgtheater Theater. It was the dawn of a new century, one in which advances in science, … the aristocracy-based patronage system, which had sustained composers for generations.  Now, middle-class audiences flocked to public concert halls to applaud the …

… or beer purity law. Originally a somewhat mundane trade regulation law, the Reinheitsgebot is today … barley ( left ) and hops ( right ) are the acceptable ingredients in beer according to the  Reinheitsgebot.   Half a … the price of beer per Maß (a Bavarian liter) and to limit competition for cereal grains used to bake bread. A …

… Church has been buffeted by a series of sexual abuse scandals. High-profile investigative reports have uncovered … orders. But while clerical abuse has only recently become a news item, it has a much longer history. This month, … such a rife environment for sexual abuse? How do these scandals reflect the history of the Church? How has the Church …

… a villain and his henchmen threaten the safety of a western community, whose cowardly citizens cringe in the face of danger. Sheriff Gary Cooper, alone, stands up to fight. When … Lebanon to save it from destructive fighting, American soldiers became the targets of warring parties; 241 Marines …

… nineteen, published the gothic novel Frankenstein. It has become a classic of English literature. Title page of the … of personal traumas that fueled her feverish story: ten days after her birth her mother died from puerperal fever, at seventeen she eloped with …

… through the city of Paris from the Temple, the fortified medieval monastery where he was imprisoned, to the Place de la … and Navarre, c. 1779. He traveled in the mayor's coach accompanied by his confessor, Henry Essex Edgeworth de … the Obelisk decorating the Place de la Concorde stands today). Louis dismounted the carriage and removed his coat and …

… Celebrity .  Fred Inglis, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sheffield, is the author of more … sources and meanings of modern celebrity.       His basic points are two.  The first—also his "most pointed moral"—is … of intense familiarity with distance.  This is the "compound" that makes the celebrity sacred in modern society: …