Posts Tagged ‘history’
Society & Culture - May 19, 2010 12:42 - 1 Comment
Haiti quake reaction neglects history’s lessons
NYU (US)—International responses to rebuild Haiti after the January earthquake are unlikely to successfully transform the country, says New York University’s Millery Polyné, because these measures do not consider power, politics, and Haitian history—especially its relations with the United States. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 2, 2010 8:53 - 4 Comments
National treasure: Haiti’s history found
DUKE (US)— The only known printed copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence has been found in the British National Archives by a graduate student from Duke University. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 1, 2010 18:53 - 0 Comments
Brome’s plays hit the digital stage
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—The collected works of dramatist Richard Brome, which have not appeared in a complete edition since 1873, are now available through a fully-searchable Web site. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 17, 2010 12:34 - 0 Comments
Good policy: Partisanship, smaller paychecks
U. ROCHESTER / STANFORD (US)—Government critics often call for more transparency and less pork barrel legislation, however, a new study finds that vigorous two-party competition and modest salaries for lawmakers provide the best guarantee for meaningful, broad-based governance. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 14, 2010 12:19 - 1 Comment
Ancient Mongolia—no passport needed
U. OREGON—A newly published atlas, Web site, and digital photo archive document a little-known yet fascinating area of the world—the Mongolian Altai. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 9, 2009 13:10 - 2 Comments
Reincarnated Day of the Dead
RUTGERS (US)—The Day of the Dead, a well known ritual in many parts of Latin America, is gaining popularity in the United States. New fieldwork suggests the ceremony has become a forum for political statement. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 7, 2009 11:40 - 1 Comment
Savio as symbol of free speech movement
NYU (US)—Mario Savio’s three-decade life as an activist ended in much the way it began, aggravating a university administration in his advocacy of free speech, according to the first biography of the civil rights leader, authored by historian Robert Cohen. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 30, 2009 14:28 - 1 Comment
Separating historical fact from film fiction
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—Showing popular historical dramas in a classroom setting can be a double-edged sword when it comes to helping students learn and retain factual information found in textbooks, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 31, 2009 13:30 - 0 Comments
Southwest’s ‘high society’ led pampered life
Chimney Rock is one of scores of Chaco outliers in the Southwest and perhaps its most dramatic, seated at 7,600 feet in altitude above the San Juan Basin.
Society & Culture - Jun 29, 2009 12:47 - 0 Comments
KGB notebooks yield clues to Cold War spies
“One thing that gave us confidence that the notebooks are genuine is the way it fits in with what we already know,” says Emory University political scientist and historian Harvey Klehr, who was the first American scholar to get access to KGB files (now closed) after the collapse of the U.S.S.R.
Society & Culture - Jun 5, 2009 11:04 - 2 Comments
Final discovery: Henry Hudson murdered by crew?
The cover image for historian Peter Mancall’s new book about explorer Henry Hudson.
Science & Technology - Jun 4, 2009 11:57 - 0 Comments
Fancy footwork points to Hobbit existence
STONY BROOK (US)—J.R.R. Tolkien may not have been so creative after all when he created Bilbo Baggins and the rest of the inhabitants of Middle-earth. New findings add weight to the argument that the so-called “Hobbit” represents a separate species and not a deformed modern human. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2009 15:48 - 1 Comment
Free ancient treasures, no digging required
U. CHICAGO (US)—A wealth of material that documents the ancient Middle East has become available through a new, free online service at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 2, 2009 16:44 - 1 Comment
Inner life of Aztec’s conquered unearthed
The image of Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain, is seen on this artifact.
Society & Culture - May 20, 2009 15:57 - 0 Comments
Henry Ford’s forgotten jungle city
NYU (US)—At a time when Detroit’s status as a hub of the automobile industry is in grave doubt comes a book by New York University’s Greg Grandin that chronicles a little-known Henry Ford endeavor aimed at creating a more perfect American company town in the Brazilian Amazon—and, with it, a Midwestern America of the automaker’s imagination. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 22, 2009 16:05 - 0 Comments
Slave trade records now searchable online
EMORY (US)—The hidden history of 12.5 million slaves and their transatlantic journeys is being opened to the world. A free online database documents more than 80 percent of the slave trade activity—almost 35,000 voyages—between the 16th and 19th centuries. (more…)
