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Space Shuttle Columbia launching

Can We Boldly Go There Any More?

… atmosphere. The second fact will be relearned in the coming weeks as we emerge from our shock at this tragedy and … of space is not how many astronauts and cosmonauts have died, but how few. Though there have been several close calls, no one has actually died in space. Far more people died during …

Two Popes and a Primate: The Changing Face of Global Christianity

… of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, … regal manner of Benedict. The dizzying combination of medieval ritual and pageantry with flashing cell phones and papal tweets provided the backdrop for Francis’s …
View of the Solovetskii Monastery.

A Postcard from Solovki

… stand at the bow of the ferry as the water of the White Sea comes in wave after wave through the hole in the gunwale for … archipelago of six major islands (and about 100 smaller ones) in the White Sea not far to the south of the Arctic … and the cold climate would test their spirits and their bodies each day. A Diverse Landscape: The forest on Solovki …
Queen Mary’s College, opened in 1914.

A Postcard from Madras: A City Born of the Colonial Encounter

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … the EIC site and the surrounding villages have merged into one of the four “megalopolises” of India : Chennai city. … when England went to war, so did her colonies. Indian soldiers became an integral part of the Allied war effort in …
Thomas Sankara

Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … government’s rise and fall, demonstrating how it embodied the critical transition period in modern African … and the dawning of neoliberal capitalism. He will uncover one of the revolution’s most enduring and significant …
An artistic rendering of the observable universe by Pablo Carlos Budassi. It depicts the Solar System at the center, surrounded by other celestial bodies and galaxies, and cosmic microwave radiation and plasma left over from the Big Bang at the outer edge.

Top Ten Origins: The Universe’s Greatest Hits

One of the most remarkable things a human being can say is … 13.77 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was compressed into the size of a peach and had a temperature of … Solar System at the center, surrounded by other celestial bodies and galaxies, and cosmic microwave radiation and plasma …
Robert F Williams and Mao Zedong

China and the Black Liberation Struggle in America

… Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American … James Watson-Krips  Hello, everyone. Welcome to this discussion with Melvin Barnes, PhD … at Princeton University's Department of East Asian Studies. Today's discussion will center mostly on Melvin's …
Employees operating a testing center at the Walmart Supercenter in Elizabethville, PA, August, 2020.

Licenses to Ill: Health Passes and Surveillance

… A common response to the COVID-19 epidemic worldwide has been … PA, August, 2020. Although experts have cautioned there is much we still do not know about immunity … certifications based on measurable novel coronavirus antibodies. It seems clear that verifying personal COVID-19 status …
Rodin's "The Thinker"

Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

…   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, produced by Origins : Current Events in Historical … with the public from teaching, to writing for a popular audience. We'll even question the value of public intellectual … and many more, as the Times calls them hits on its website.   Patrick Potyondy   And so just to wrap up, do you …

Where have you gone, Holden Caulfield? Why We Aren’t ‘Alienated’ Anymore

… Over the last year, we have come to know a good deal about Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. … Underpants Bomber." Luckily, he was an amateur. The only one he hurt was himself. The more we learned about him, the … even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, . …
Pancho Villa and followers.

Mexico’s Great Transition

… first time since Mexico's modern revolution in the 1920s, one party will replace the Institutional Revolutionary Party … of age when put to the transition test. As a result, no one knew whether the infant American system could survive … taking power.  What ought to be changes of government become changes of regime. Putsches and revolutions substitute …
Various sedimentary rock strata are visible in many areas of Badlands National Park.

Ten Moments of Insight in America’s National Parks

… forty years, has eloquently described their deeper meaning: One way to look at the national park system is as an … the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … The family moved to the United States in 1923, and Eero studied architecture at Yale. In February 1948 Saarinen’s …
North College Hill, Ohio, USA, Memorial Day parade, 2004, by Rick Dikeman.

A Vanishing American Remembrance?

… of parade participants or of budget, but simply that no one is showing up to see the parade any more — a story … May 30 as Decoration Day at national cemeteries to honor soldiers who died in service. Gen. Logan's order spoke only to … the national holiday from its pedestal. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women killed on the battlefield or …
A group of boys at Chirec International School in India playing Cricket, 2015.

Cricket without Boundaries: The Story of a Global Game

… achievement of the Afghan cricket team was just one underdog story that dominated the headlines of the 2024 … time that the United States hosted an international cricket competition. In fact, the first international cricket game … ,  New Zealand , Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and  Zimbabwe —are regarded as the powerhouses of the …
Person on horseback faces line of police and military vehicles

Native Sovereignty and the Dakota Access Pipeline

… pipeline construction, claiming it as a necessary component of the nation's infrastructure and oil security and a … education and policy department and the American Indian Studies coordinator for OSU.   Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris   … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website
BJP rally in India

The Politics of India

…   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone. I'm Patrick Potyondy.   Leticia Wiggins   And I'm … I'm a professor of history and women's gender sexuality studies at Ohio State. And I teach on modern South Asia.   … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website