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5 Cs of History

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5 Cs of History

Puerto Rican Citizenship: A Complex Status

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, and its residents are considered United States citizens. However the island’s political status remains a subject of debate and discussion. Some Puerto Ricans advocate for independence, while others support maintaining the current status as a territory, pursuing statehood, or seeking other Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 4 days4 days ago
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Vaudevillian, Countess, Spy, Activist: The Complicated Life of Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker took Europe by storm, reaching dizzying heights in her fame. Yet when she returned to the US, she was rejected by her fellow countrymen. Join the History Buffs as they discuss Baker, bananas, and racism in Europe and the Americas.

By Averill Earls, 1 week1 week ago
Peter Paul Reubens, The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, c. 1617, oil on canvas, Alte Pinakothek
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The History of Fat: The Complex Attitudes Toward Fatness in the Pre-Modern West

The dominant narrative- and the story that many of you expect to hear today- is that fatness used to be less stigmatized; that plump women were beautiful and plump men regarded as wealthy and important but that somewhere along the way, thinness became associated with beauty and fatness became medicalized Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 3 weeks2 weeks ago
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From Orality to Literacy: A Global History of Writing

Written and spoken language are separate things. Languages that are connected to a written script change more slowly and last longer than those that don’t. Writing acts as an anchor to humans’ ever-changing speech sounds. But these two aspects of language (speech and writing) did not always go hand in Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 months2 months ago
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Feminisms: The Interconnected Rights Revolution

The Rights Revolution of the twentieth century were deeply connected to one another, with activists known for their work in one movement having cut their teeth in the others. These movements were also profoundly influenced and connected to struggles of the past, with older movements having either been where activists Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 2 months2 months ago
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The History of America’s Changing Political Parties

In recent years, America’s two party system has seemed more intractable than ever: Democrats vs. Republicans. Now, we have a clear idea of each party’s location on the political map: Democrats are liberal, Republicans conservative; Democrats are left-leaning, Republicans right-leaning. Right now, those truths seems so deeply entrenched that they Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 2 months2 months ago
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Irish Hero, Queer Traitor, Gay Icon: Roger Casement Over Time

Roger Casement has been a subject of fascination – and controversy – for over a century. During his lifetime, he was an internationally-recognized champion for human rights, and was instrumental in exposing the horrors surrounding the rubber industry in the Belgian Congo and Peruvian Putumayo. Significantly, he spent his life Read more…

By Averill Earls, 3 months2 months ago
Pro ERA March, 1980
5 Cs of History

The Equal Rights Amendment: Gender Equality? Nah…

Despite the fact that eighty percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, it does not. That is because the Equal Rights Amendment has never been ratified. Despite being introduced in 1923, the ERA was not passed by Congress until 1972. However, the amendment Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 4 months2 months ago
A black and white map of the United States in 1861
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Irrepressible Conflict, or Failure to Compromise? The Causes of the American Civil War

In 2017, White House chief of staff John Kelly, then serving Donald Trump, was interviewed by Fox New’s Laura Ingraham, who asked about Kelly’s thoughts on a church in Virginia that had recently taken down a statue to Robert E. Lee. Kelly responded that Robert E. Lee had been a Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 4 months4 months ago
Pantheon in Rome
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The Fall of Rome: Debating Causality and the Collapse of the Western Empire

There was a sense, among very learned folks, that Rome had been something great that had been lost. In their grief, Renaissance scholars pored over classical manuscripts, attempting to build a picture of Rome’s greatness and, perhaps, find a reason for its disintegration. Rome’s fall was bemoaned, even resented by Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 4 months4 months ago

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