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Two women in black hijab in Yemen

Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War

… casualties, though many think up to six times more have died. Blockades mean millions face starvation. And the … wined and dined for about six months to talk about Yemen's future. But the UN didn't really understand what the … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website, …
Close-up of Indian couple's hands during wedding ceremony

Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India

… aimed to reform reproduction to transform both individual bodies and the body politic. Across the political spectrum, … Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello, and welcome to Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern … economic development, and to transforming both individual bodies and the body politic. The book investigates the often …
US Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., signing the UN Charter on 26 June 1945. President Truman stands by at left (UN Photo/Yould).

The Signing of the United Nations Charter

… Wilson bitterly called “a sullen and selfish isolation,” becoming an observer in the League but never a full member. As … was half Republican, including Vandenberg and the future secretary of state John Foster Dulles. Leading this … Roosevelt planned to open the conference himself, but he died shortly before it began on April 25, 1945. The 16th …
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

… whether the United States should send troops to Europe and commit itself to acting in concert with NATO allies.  … immense force to be reckoned with in every respect. In the future, when Germany has recovered from the shock of … cannot be heard. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

Outdoing Panama: Turkey’s ‘Crazy’ Plan to Build an Istanbul Canal

… on the Bosporus—a strait crowded not only with urban commuters and pleasure craft, but Russian oil tankers … history—Turkey's founding as a nation-state in 1923—and its future centennial celebrations in the next decade. Said … the others. At the heart of this "Eastern Question" was the future of the Ottoman Empire and the question of the …
glass vaccine vials with labels that read "vaccine"

You Might Feel a Pinch: Vaccination Laws in the Era of COVID-19

What is the purpose of vaccinations in ensuring public health and the safety of our students? What types of vaccinations are required for public school students, and which individuals ensure all students meet these requirements?
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US History since 1877
Book Cover of Brain, Mind and Internet: A Deep History and Future By: David J. Staley

9/22/2014 Hot off the Presses: Your Brain on the Internet

… Brain, Mind and Internet: A Deep History and Future   A new book from Ohio State historian  David J. … our thoughts in permanent symbolic form outside of our bodies via Venus figures, body paint markings and cave … of the mind." [Book description from the publisher's website .] …
Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing

The Terrors of Suicide Bombing

… . I'm a lecturer in the undergraduate International Studies Program here at Ohio State University. I'm the author … more importantly, how we can prevent such activities in the future?   Jeffrey Lewis Suicide bombing is most effective … , and Leticia Wiggins . Find our podcasts and more at our website Origins.osu.edu and you can find us on Twitter, …
Stamp of Salvador Allende, the former Chilean president overthrown in 1973.

Regime Change: New Name, Dangerous Old Policy

… in Iran (1953), Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala (1954), Ngo Dinh Diem in Vietnam (1963) and Salvador Allende in Chile (1973). … support for opponents of the local regime. The overthrow of Diem began our descent into the hellish quagmire of the … property, the rule of law, a willingness to make political compromises and to accept the outcome of free elections. In …
A Uyghur hunter in Kashgar, 2005.

Xinjiang: From Autonomy to Dystopia

… more recently, of settler colonialism. It is also based on competing visions of history and of who belongs to the land. … ( Uyghur diyari ) if they were allowed to do so. Western commentators often suggest that Uyghurs are closer to … the number is closer to 45%. In the 1950s, demobilized soldiers were settled on the land, and during the Cultural …

A Century of Sanctions

… administration has added more than 1,000 individuals and companies to sanctions lists. The president has gloried in … the seizure of German property in the United States. Future attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer served as the … Japanese occupation currency used in the Dutch East Indies in 1942. In July 1941, after Japan invaded Indonesia, …
Booker T. Washington

Picturing Black History

… to demonstrate how sharing our visual pasts can allow our audiences to contextualize and understand the present. So we … to how something should be taught to generations, to future generations, and speak to our shared past. These two … on servicing the African American community like barbershops and what have you. That's something else that I'm also …
Emperor Süleyman

Süleyman the Magnificent

… his empire. When Süleyman was made sultan, his kingdom encompassed the peoples and territories of the Balkans, … to come under Ottoman rule. Years later, Süleyman himself died “peacefully” in his command tent while leading his last … reign, lasts forever. Want to Learn More? Uriel Heyd's Studies in Old Ottoman Criminal Law (Oxford: Clarendon Press, …
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao in 2005.

Written With the Blood of Miners

… the U.S. Congress and with the president’s signature will become law. While a new law represents a positive step for … coverage of January’s Sago disaster, in which 12 miners died. With less attention but equal devastation, 21 more … in U.S. history. In 1950, by comparison, 643 U.S. miners died. And there are certainly other countries where things …
Generals Eisenhower and Patton at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp

On the Liberation of the Concentration Camps

… War II in Europe. This year as in previous ones, Europeans commemorated VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a combination … Allied forces began liberating the concentration camps. Soldiers of the Soviet Union’s Red Army were actually the first … at Lublin-Majdanek. During the following year, Allied soldiers liberated the largest and most infamous concentration …

Public Debt, Private Wealth: A History of Central Banks

… remittance of funds without having to use banknotes or coins. Emergency wartime arrangements were also extended to … and 2013. Indeed, we were still living with the barely studied consequences of the financial crisis of 2008 when the … economic growth that all governments should want for the future of their people. The Debts of Our Children In 1948, …
Afar community animal health worker describing the appearance and characteristics of rinderpest in cattle (photo credit: ILRI/Jeff Mariner).

The Second Disease Eradication: Rinderpest

… On its “Milestones in UN History” website, the United Nations features smallpox eradication, … often killing between 30% and 90% of those infected. They died miserable deaths. Pope Clement XI’s personal physician, … case. The joint U.S.-Canadian effort was run by Dr. Richard Shope, a renowned virologist from the Rockefeller Institute …
Nancy Reagan speaking at a "Just Say No" Rally.

The “Modern” War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 1)

… we could, you know, leave the house and not really have to come back until it was time for dinner. We could ride our … she decides to give in and have some fun and does drugs and dies. Brionna Mendoza (laughing) Oh my god. What kind of … panicked over this new threat to the nation's children and future, as it was framed by the American policymakers. …
Judas kissing Jesus

The Gospel of Judas: The Rediscovery of the Earliest Gnostic Gospel

… Ohio State University. He received his PhD in religious studies from Yale and taught at Indiana University for 19 years … was possible.  Around the year 180 AD, the Christian bishop of Lyons in France, Irenaeus, had briefly mentioned a … the other disciples, and about his ultimate role in the future reorganization of the cosmos.  The gospel explains …
Ludwig van Beethoven in front of sheet music from his first symphony.

Beethoven’s First Symphony

… the aristocracy-based patronage system, which had sustained composers for generations.  Now, middle-class audiences flocked to public concert halls to applaud the … that of any ordinary minuet, nudges the listener toward the future, a point the late American conductor and pianist …
Marchers for LGBTQ rights

The Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage and LGBTQ Rights

… in recent memory. But with these changes have come many questions and tensions. Is the focus on the … in Modern Family , crime procedurals, or even Levi’s jeans commercials changed the public’s perceptions, and has it … watch a clip of it. And I asked my students like who the audience for this ad is? And the answer, of course, is men. …
Crowd photo of protests in Hong Kong

Hong Kong and China: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

… Kong. The demonstrators' demands have also expanded to encompass an investigation into police brutality, the … government, and Beijing? How did Hong Kong’s autonomy come about in the first place, and how might it be at risk? … know if they're going to have a chance to do so in the future. So it's not about today versus 2047. It's about …
Comic from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sun.

“A New and Deadly Menace” (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 2)

… drugs, we find that stories of drug wars are actually quite commonplace. Ultimately, these drug wars, waged across … where drugs were being produced. This idea echoes the future choice tool of the United States in its own antidrug … and the Origins of Mexico’s War on Drugs , Dr. Campos studies how Mexico’s anti-drug attitudes, in many ways, predate …