Tag Archives: Politics
Politics in Transition
Lynn Hunt discusses sexuality, gender, and the French Revolution. Larry Eugene Jones discusses the German Right and the Nazi seizure of power between 1928 and 1934. 454 – Politics in Transition
Posted in Episodes, Hunt, Lynn A., Jones, Larry Eugene
Tagged French, Gender, German, Politics
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Yemeni Music and Tradition
Philip Schuyler is an ethnomusicologist who has worked for many years in the Middle East. During a fellowship year at the National Humanities Center, he is at work on a study entitled The Politics of Tradition: Music and Musicians in … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Schuyler, Philip D.
Tagged Humanities, Middle East, Music, Politics
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From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 3
Steven Lawson is the author of Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South 1944-1969 and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks & Electoral Politics 1965-1982 (Columbia University Press). Robert J. Norrell is the author of Reaping the Whirlwind: The Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Lawson, Steven F., Norrell, Robert J.
Tagged Civil Rights, From Protest to Power, Politics
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Parliamentary Politics, Florentine Culture
Thomas Cogswell is at work on a study entitled Parliamentary Politics in Early Stuart England, 1603-1642. David Peterson is working on a study entitled Politics, Finance, and Reform: The Church in Florence, 1415-1460. 431 – Parliamentary Politics, Florentine Culture
Posted in Cogswell, Thomas, Episodes, Peterson, David S.
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Religion, Politics and Gender
Geoffrey de Ste. Croix won the Isaac Deutsche Memorial Prize in 1982 for his book, The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World. Jill Raitt is at work on a forthcoming book about religion and politics in 16th-century Europe. 422 … Continue reading
Posted in De Ste. Croix, Geoffrey, Episodes, Raitt, Jill
Tagged Politics, Religion
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Terrorism: Politics by Other Means
Franklin Ford and Charles Townshend discuss terrorism and public order, especially as it was playing out in mid-twentieth-century Ireland and the Middle East. At the time of this interview, Ford, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1983-84), was professor … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Ford, Franklin L., Townshend, Charles
Tagged Ireland -- History, Politics, Terrorism
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Medieval English Politics and Poetry: (1) Edward II; (2) Chaucer
Seymour Phillips considers aspects of the biography of the medieval English king Edward II, whose tumultuous twenty-year reign was marked with sexual scandal, political buffeting, and international intrigue. In the second segment [16:35], James Wimsatt discusses his book about the medieval English poet … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Phillips, J. R. S. (Seymour), Wimsatt, James I.
Tagged Chaucer, Edward II, English poetry, French, French poetry, Politics
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European Royalty and Politics
Charles Carlton, the author of Royal Childhoods, discusses the childhoods of several English kings and queens from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. In the second segment [15:00], Vincent Comerford discusses his research project at the National Humanities Center entitled “Confessional … Continue reading
Posted in Carlton, Charles, Comerford, R. Vincent, Episodes
Tagged Europe, Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography, Ireland -- History, Politics
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Just Politics
Michael Grossberg discusses his thinking on the social history of American law, which attempts to see how the law affects large bodies of people. In the second segment [14:00], Michael Holt discusses his research on political parties in nineteenth-century America which resulted in his … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Grossberg, Michael, Holt, Michael F.
Tagged Political Parties, Politics, United State -- Legal history
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Marx Today
James Epstein and Eugene Genovese discuss Karl Marx and Marxist philosophy in the twentieth century including the rise of socialism and communism. At the time of this interview, Epstein, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1985-86), was professor of history at Vanderbilt University. … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Epstein, James, Genovese, Eugene D.
Tagged Marxism, Politics
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