In God's Hands: The Marshall Islands—Missionaries, Nuclear Testing, and Climate Change
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In the North Pacific, a scholar conducts field work amidst the ghosts of great empires.
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The Financial Crisis, Then and Now: Ancient Rome and 2008 CE
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Amid the outpouring of ten-year retrospectives on the economic crisis of 2008, historian Charles Bartlett asks what a crisis that occurred almost 2000 years ago can tell us about the enduring relationships between legislative agendas, financial crises...
History’s Apology: Sexuality and the 377 Supreme Court Decision in India
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A landmark ruling in India not only decriminalizes same-sex relations but sees them as part of the natural human order. It could put into motion the reevaluation of colonial-era laws that police sexuality across the former British Empire. Professor of...
Slavery’s Legacy and the Racial Awakening of 2020
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Historian Vincent Brown discusses the centuries-long impact of the slave trade and its links to today’s racial inequities. By Michelle Nicholasen This is the first of a two-part interview with Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate Vincent Brown about his...
Survival and Self-Determination in Northeast Syria
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In her new book, Amy Austin Holmes recounts how a multiethnic coalition stopped a genocide, defied Bashar al-Assad, and then created a statelet to govern their region.
Fighting the Enemy Within
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Historian Vincent Brown reflects on the long-term societal impact of being in a constant state of war. By Michelle Nicholasen This is the second of a two-part interview with historian Vincent Brown about US racial inequities and the legacies of the...
How Transnational Anti-LGBTQ+ Networks Operate: A Case Study in the Caribbean
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A rising scholar seeks reasons why there are drastically different rights for LGBTQ+ people across the island region where he grew up.
The Pillaged Treasures of Benin
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Tracing the pathway of artifacts stolen from the Benin Kingdom in 1897 reveals a deeper understanding of first-world entitlement and dominance that still prevails today.
Banners, Barricades, and Bombs: How Social Movements Affect Public Opinion
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It’s an argument we’ve heard before: governments should not negotiate with terrorist organizations that engage in violent activity. This idea is pervasive throughout the academic and policy worlds, but what about public opinion? Do citizens think the...
The Lines We Draw Between Us
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Harvard historian Charles Maier explores the boundaries that separate and bind societies throughout modern history. To read Charles Maier’s latest book, Once Within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging Since 1500, is to take a bird’s-eye...
One Thousand Years of Capitalism
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Sven Beckert, a history professor at Harvard, has written an epic book about the history of capitalism over roughly a millenium: it’s called Capitalism: A Global History. Beckert believes the only way to understand one’s place in the world is through...
History's Hatred: China’s War on Drugs and the Power of Past Violence
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Once part and parcel of Asia’s political economy during the age of imperialism, the opium trade wreaked social havoc in China and provoked an international movement toward drug control that endures to the present day. By Steffen Rimner For more than one...