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Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics

… has long simmered just beneath the surface of their shared history. Despite the amicable 1993 dissolution of … unless they joined forces, promoted a shared culture and history, and defended the legitimacy of a constructed state … article for more on the events of 1989 and the early history of post-communist Czechoslovakia PDF File ] …
On the first day of the uprising, protesters assembled around the fountain outside the Jeollanam-do Provincial Office, a site that would become central to the struggle against military oppression. Courtesy of the 5.18 Foundation.

Gwangju Isn’t Over

… the impression that the violence of Gwangju belongs to history. Worse, far-right regimes have worked aggressively to erase and distort Gwangju’s history in the name of national unity. Right-wing media and … denial and distortion—it is not enough to simply remember history. We must critically grasp how our present—our here …
Storming the Bastille

Storming the Bastille (July 14, 1789)

… modern popular historical consciousness and the power of history and historical consciousness to the proper … subjects into citizens, willing and able not only to change history, but also to contribute to its writing, which set …

A New World Order? Africa and China

… economic growth in 2007, its highest level in recent history. From 2000 to 2009, China also forgave poor African … “The Chinese are doing more than the G8 to make poverty history … If a country wanted to rebuild the stadium, we’d …
A photograph of Viola Desmond

Remembering Viola Desmond

… since 1971. How Desmond became the first woman in Canadian history to grace the $10 bill, a Black woman no less, … positively to the United States, pointing to the latter’s history of slavery, Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and …

Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace

… the violence, but curing the cause of the symptoms—a long history of sectarian mistrust—is a much more challenging … with a recognizable political agenda are a product of the history of British settlement on the island of Ireland. This … came to be characterized by an appreciation of Gaelic history, culture, and language. The Green Harp flag, the …
 Monte Albán

A Postcard From Oaxaca, Mexico

… views, Oaxaca City also offers vistas of Mexico's complex history. In 1521, Hernán Cortés sent Captain José Francisco … Further Reading: Buchenau, Jürgen. Mexican Mosaic: A Brief History of Mexico . Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, …
Moskvitch 3 vehicles roll off the assembly line at JSC Moscow Automobile Plant Moskvitch, 2022.

Sanctions on Russia: Impact and Efficacy

… the West’s good graces. Since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea , the United States and European Union have also … international order during its 2014 annexation of Crimea stymied but did not sever the connections with the …
Print of "Galveston's Awful Calamity".

Galveston 1900: 125 Years After the Storm

… Storm: A Man, A Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History . New York: Vintage Books, 2000. Bixel, Patricia Bellis, and Elizabeth Hayes … Orleans: Pelican, 1945. Digital collection of the Galveston History Center, Rosenberg Library. …