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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, … don't know if you want to talk about American Indian Studies in terms of like, class options?  Dr. Daniel Rivers: …
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
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Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian Ethanol

… search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing priority in the twenty-first century. … Center Co-sponsors: The Center for Latin American Studies, https://clas.osu.edu/ The Sustainability Institute, … about what energy transitions of the present and the future might look like as we search for alternatives to …
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 …
Jair Bolsonaro speaking at microphone

Brazil, Bolsonaro, and the Politics of Nostalgia

… of Brazilian politics, and what his success means for the future of the world's fourth-largest democracy. For more … out A Postcard from Brazil: The Old Struggle for a Better Future , Top Ten Origins: Brazil's Presidential Elections , … like Brazil? And what role does history play in shaping the future?   Lauren Henry  With us today to help make sense of …
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The New Normal (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 8)

… the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in American politics.  … women in public office continues to expand, what does the future of American women's politics hold? This is different … only on that, then they went and found that a lot of studies are done only on men, because women, it'd be more of an …
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 … in the classroom might have a much greater impact on what future generations of Americans think about these issues …
Cover of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina.

The End of the World as They Knew It

Review of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire, by Giusto Traina (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. pp. xix, 203. Trans. by Allan Cameron)
… and back again. Along the way we meet emperors, generals, bishops, monks, pagan intellectuals, barbarians, pilgrims, … institutionally not just conceptually in 428, even if future events would undo all of this (which Traina admits). … book that is unique for the field of late antique studies. The book's great strength (and its focus) is its …
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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 … Thus the major conflicts of the twentieth century become the outliers, not what defines European society. This …

The Kids Aren’t Alright: The Policymaking of Student Loan Policy

… to the cost saving measures of the FDLP, especially when compared to the money funneled to private banks through … campuses triple during those two decades. (Very recent studies on the college attendance of ethnic minorities, … lending, the federal government will be less affected by future credit problems by saving the costs of paying …
A shopkeeper sits outside his store in the Cardo waiting for tourists and residents to stop in.

A Postcard from Jerusalem

… Jerusalem through the Cardo: Connecting Abrahamic Faiths A shopkeeper sits outside his store in the Cardo waiting for … Christians Ethiopian monks relax in the courtyard of Dier Es-Sultan monastery. A narrow stairway leads to Dier … Residents of Silwan gather for a celebration at their community center. This is the same question the Palestinian …
Collage: On the left, a group of men emptying liquor bottles during Prohibition. On the right, a field of marijuana plants

Hooked: Drugs, Prohibition, and American Cities

… millions of individuals, and stigmatized inner city communities--all without appearing to have produced a … Scott Martin, professor of history and American cultural studies at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Martin, thank … trend, right? The idea is that white youth have a future and so we need to collectively help them.   Patrick …
Buildings along a waterfront in China

China and Africa: Historical Perspectives on a Rising Power

… 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 … buying in the g7 countries, as they kind of flesh out their future plans. And the person writes, when they worked at the …
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Afghanistan: Past and Prospects

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in late December 2014, but … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and this country tell us about prospects for the future. ( Image Source ) …
Heroin bust.

Devising a Drug-Free World (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 3)

… on Drugs, it isn’t colonial China or Japan or Mexico that comes to mind…it's the United States. And for good reason. … And they're going to create their own drug control bodies to kind of regulate and keep an eye on how much drugs … it upon themselves to convince both domestic and global audiences that drugs were a universal problem…even if doing so …
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Russia and the World

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of … of Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Ohio.   Stephen Norris      … piece that will be on Origins, which is kind of your sister website of History Talk. There's shameless self-promotion.   …
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One Hundred Years of Women and the Vote

… professor, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Sarah Paxton, JD; PhD candidate, Department of … participation informs our modern expectations and the future of the political process. Just a little bit about the … an Associate Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University and the author of "Colored …
Andrés Manuel López Obrador in front of Mexican flag

"Juntos Haremos Historia": AMLO and Mexico's Fourth Transformation

… manifold challenges will determine not only his political future, but the fate of the country as a whole. Lauren … Professor of History and Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University. Dr. Albarran studies revolutionary … day of his presidency, they unveiled a new logo for the website of the govierno de Mexico the website, which is kind …
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The Greening of China?

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …
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World War II Memory in Putin's Russia

… Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … in World War II. He said this, quote, "Glory to the soldiers. They have passed on to us a heroic tradition and have … impossible to pursue that option now. But hopefully, in the future, will be become once against a possibility.   Dr. …
Statue and Ukrainian Flag

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

… Director, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio State University •    Shawn Conroy, PhD … Student, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio State University •    Myroslava Mudrak, … you by the Center for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Goldberg …
Cover of War is All Hell: The Nature of Evil and the Civil War by Edward J. Blum and John Matsui.

Forces of Good and Evil

Review of War is All Hell: The Nature of Evil and the Civil War by Edward J. Blum and John Matsui (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021)
… chapter deals with the wartime experiences of individual combatants. When confronted with the visceral nature of warfare soldiers often articulated their experiences using religious … as being “all hell” by detailing the process by which soldiers on both sides demonized each other and how men used …
Lydia Walker

Postwar Decolonization and its Discontents

… is available Open Access for free download on the Cambridge website .  The Moderator of this event is Nicholas … Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello and welcome to "Postwar Decolonization and Its Discontents." … at the Russian Center for International Security Studies. She is the author of States in Waiting from Cambridge …

South Africa: Twenty-Five Years Since Apartheid

… In 1991, the future of South Africa held tremendous promise. After … South Africans in concentration camps. Tens of thousands died. The British consolidated South Africa in 1910 and gave … of hope for the future. Building on a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mandela described South Africa as a …