http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins en-us copyright 2007 Ohio State University Current events in historical perspective. Each issues offers and analysis of a particular current issue, political, cultural, or social, in a larger, deeper context eHistory editors In each monthly issue of Origins, an academic expert will analyze a particular current issue, political, cultural, or social, in a larger, deeper context. In addition to the analysis provided by each month's feature, Origins will also include images, maps, graphs and other material to compliment the essay. We hope that Origins will help you understand the world more fully, and that it will prompt you to think, debate, and learn. The final goal of Origins is to make us all more informed, engaged citizens. As the American philosopher John Dewey wrote, History which is not brought down close to the actual scene of events leaves a gap. We hope Origins will help fill that gap, and we hope you enjoy what you find. Current events in historical perspective. Each issues offers and analysis of a particular current issue, political, cultural, or social, in a larger, deeper context Department of History history@osu.edu no copyright 2007 Ohio State Universityorigins,history,historical,perspective,current,events,ehistory,articlesSociety & Culture/Historyorigins,history,historical,perspective,current,events,ehistory,articles Jeff Bloodworth Humanitarian Intervention: The American Experience from William McKinley to Barack Obama Many of us think of humanitarian intervention as a recent phenomenon of United States foreign policy. Certainly, critics of Barack Obama's intervention in Libya saw America's humanitarian involvement there as some new-fangled excuse to go mucking around in other countries. This month historian Jeff Bloodworth traces a much longer history of humanitarian intervention that goes back to the administration of William McKinley and is connected with the Protestant ideals of some of the nation's founders. Far from being new, Bloodworth demonstrates that humanitariansm has been a central concern of American foreign policy for a very long time. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=69 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMT 00:25:37 eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=jggp7NA_gAM:q6NxbHYmvdg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=jggp7NA_gAM:q6NxbHYmvdg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=jggp7NA_gAM:q6NxbHYmvdg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/jggp7NA_gAM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/jggp7NA_gAM/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=69http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-9.m4a John L. Brooke Climate, Human Population and Human Survival: What the Deep Past Tells Us about the Future The controversies generated by climate science in recent years center around the human relationship with the natural world and with natural resources. This month, historian John Brooke puts that critical question in historical perspective�deep historical perspective. For most of human history, our species had to struggle to survive powerful natural forces, like climate and disease. In the past three centuries, however, things have changed dramatically: that struggle has been reshaped by the unprecedented growth of the human population�from under one billion to now over seven. John Brooke's essay forces us to ask whether our population can continue to grow given the current Malthusian pressure on resources and on the earth system itself. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=68 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT 00:24:13 eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=c1wSAfs3igY:PK8qW2EqdgM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=c1wSAfs3igY:PK8qW2EqdgM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=c1wSAfs3igY:PK8qW2EqdgM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/c1wSAfs3igY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/c1wSAfs3igY/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=68http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-8.m4a Peter L. Hahn A Century of U.S. Relations with Iraq As the American combat mission in Iraq comes to end, the Obama administration and Pentagon officials have repeatedly assured the world that American involvement with Iraq will continue. They are undoubtedly right. Since the founding of Iraq in the aftermath of World War I, U.S. policy has included cooperation, confrontation, war, and, most recently, an ongoing experiment in state-building. This month, Peter Hahn, an expert on the history of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East, examines this century of interaction between the two nations, giving readers a context in which to think about the future of that relationship. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=67 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT 00:30:18 eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=85tQN99ZwLA:kPDXJdxN9js:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=85tQN99ZwLA:kPDXJdxN9js:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=85tQN99ZwLA:kPDXJdxN9js:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/85tQN99ZwLA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/85tQN99ZwLA/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=67http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-7.m4a James E. Genova "Y'En A Marre!" (We're Fed Up!): Senegal in the Season of Discontent In the summer of 2011, the streets of Dakar, Senegal filled with a mass of demonstrators "fed up" with the political machinations of President Abdoulaye Wade. Led by popular rappers, the oppositional collective "Y'En A Marre" became spokespeople for a generation at the end of their rope. As Senegal approaches critical elections in 2012, historian James Genova offers an eyewitness account of these political upheavals, placing the current turmoil in its broader historical and African context. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=66 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT 00:23:36 eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=QzGon2ytJYQ:bHPTvzHjTAc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=QzGon2ytJYQ:bHPTvzHjTAc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=QzGon2ytJYQ:bHPTvzHjTAc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/QzGon2ytJYQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/QzGon2ytJYQ/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=66http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-6.m4a David Stebenne Re-Mapping American Politics: The Redistricting Revolution Fifty Years Later Alongside the Presidential nomination process, the most prominent American political news stories these days are about the heated, high-stakes struggles over redistricting. The modern era of reapportioning state and federal legislative districts began almost exactly a half century ago when the U.S. Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr (1962). With the Supreme Court recently agreeing to hear a Congressional redistricting case from Texas, this month historian and legal scholar David Stebenne puts today's redistricting battles in historical perspective to understand better this decisive component of American politics. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=65 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT 00:25:44 eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=qsvKuzmTR-I:2Yzv-5zhhYc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=qsvKuzmTR-I:2Yzv-5zhhYc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=qsvKuzmTR-I:2Yzv-5zhhYc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/qsvKuzmTR-I" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/qsvKuzmTR-I/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=65http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-5.m4a Nurcan Atalan-Helicke Conserving Diversity at the Dinner Table: Plants, Food Security and Gene Banks With the ongoing East African drought crisis, the persisting threat of global climate change, and the world population now estimated at 7 billion, global concerns about food insecurity are again in the news. Little mentioned, however, is the continuing loss of genetic diversity of the foods we eat today�a trend that has rapidly accelerated since the twentieth century and that raises troubling questions about the vulnerability of the world�s food supply. One attempt to maintain plant biodiversity has been the establishment of genebanks�giant vaults to store seeds collected from around the globe. But there are serious questions over whether the collection of seeds from ancient Mesopotamian wheat, South American potatoes, or tropical plants in an isolated arctic catacomb can undo a recent history of agriculture that has emphasized bigger yields through modern, standardized varieties of crops. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=64 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT 00:28:16 biodiversity, food, agriculture, gene banks eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ql0LdrEoAvs:VlIAAX-fCxE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ql0LdrEoAvs:VlIAAX-fCxE:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ql0LdrEoAvs:VlIAAX-fCxE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/ql0LdrEoAvs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/ql0LdrEoAvs/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=64http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-4.m4a Daniel Amsterdam Down and Out (Again): America's Long Struggle with Mass Unemployment 1857, the 1870s, the 1890s, 1907, 1914, 1919, 1921: The United States faced widespread joblessness in all of these years, well before the Great Depression, not to mention today's Great Recession. As legislators in Washington prepare to debate another round of stimulus spending, and as unemployment reaches record highs, historian Daniel Amsterdam looks back at how the United States has tackled major spikes in unemployment throughout its history and how American efforts have compared with those of other countries. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=63 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:24:18 unemployment eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=l80ibIHo5LY:ISbhy3x8e78:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=l80ibIHo5LY:ISbhy3x8e78:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=l80ibIHo5LY:ISbhy3x8e78:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/l80ibIHo5LY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/l80ibIHo5LY/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=63http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-3.m4a William R. Childs Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America Energy has been in the news lately: The natural gas industry appears to be developing a world market; the U.S. Army is experimenting with �alternative� and �renewable� energy sources; �green� and �conservation� are being marketed as sound corporate management strategies. A half century ago the emphasis on natural gas, alternative and renewable fuels, and conservation were not in the energy policy mix in the United States. The convergence of historical trends in the 1970s, however, ushered in a �long transition� in American energy policy-making that is on-going. This month historian William R. Childs untangles a few of the many complex strands that make up the history of energy policy in America. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=62 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:25:19 energy, oil, coal, natural gas, Middle East, Arctic Refuge eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=JblgEzrpEs4:s2hDrCOvjf8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=JblgEzrpEs4:s2hDrCOvjf8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=JblgEzrpEs4:s2hDrCOvjf8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/JblgEzrpEs4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/JblgEzrpEs4/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=62http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-2.m4a Donald A. Hempson, III Avoiding the Scourge of War: The Challenges of United Nations Peacekeeping Faced with humanitarian crises, outbreaks of civil war, and working in some of the world's most unstable places, United Nations peacekeeping missions are taxed to their limit. This month, historian Donald Hempson traces the evolution of United Nations peacekeeping over more than six decades to highlight the challenges associated with an ever more robust approach to international peacekeeping and conflict resolution. The limitations of the current model force supporters of UN peacekeeping operations to confront the hard questions of whether or not the United Nations is equipped for missions that now entail more peace implementation and enforcement than peacekeeping, especially in an environment of evermore diminishing resources and international will for prolonged and complex peacekeeping initiatives. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=61 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:29:22 Peacekeeping, War, Peace Studies, United Nations eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ASroPueEvLw:TOBTPyt3u7g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ASroPueEvLw:TOBTPyt3u7g:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ASroPueEvLw:TOBTPyt3u7g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/ASroPueEvLw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/ASroPueEvLw/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=61http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_5-1.m4a Steven Hyland, Jr. The Shifting Terrain of Latin American Drugs Trafficking Forty years after President Richard Nixon declared a 'war on drugs,' the countries of Central and South America remain a central battleground. Though the horrific drug violence in Mexico has captured our attention recently, the history of the trade in the region stretches back much farther. This month, historian Steven Hyland explores how illicit drugs have been one of Latin America's principal contributions to our globalized world, and how narco-trafficking has adapted to market shifts in taste and demand and global and local politics over the last century. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=60 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:39:48 Drugs, Narcotics, Latin America, History, Marijuana, Cocaine, Narcotics History, War on Drugs, Mexico, Mexico drugs, Mexico violence eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=G1GG7K9L7tE:qUcoNmSf9-A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=G1GG7K9L7tE:qUcoNmSf9-A:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=G1GG7K9L7tE:qUcoNmSf9-A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/G1GG7K9L7tE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/G1GG7K9L7tE/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=60http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-12.m4a James C. Helicke Outdoing Panama: Turkey�s 'Crazy' Plan to Build an Istanbul Canal Turkey�s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recently unveiled a plan so ambitious that even he calls it the 'Crazy Project.' The project aims to build a massive canal that will bypass the Bosporus waterway that bisects Istanbul�a rival to the Panama and Suez Canals in time for the Turkish Republic�s centennial celebrations in 2023. The new canal, Erdogan hopes, will overcome centuries of international intrigue over the Bosporus, facilitate trade, and reduce the possibility of shipping accidents through the heart of Istanbul. This month Origins Managing Editor James Helicke examines the international history surrounding the strategic waterway that has confounded sultans and statesmen. He asks if the 'Crazy Project' will solve the Bosporus dilemma once and for all, or if it is just plain folly. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=59 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:37:18 Bosporus, Canals, Turkey, Erdogan, Suez, Panama, Turkey history, Turkish history, Ottoman Empire, Bosphorus, Ottoman history, Montreaux Convention, Turkish Straits, Turkish foreign policy eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=PVg2aIbfsrg:I3gzvOc0omY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=PVg2aIbfsrg:I3gzvOc0omY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=PVg2aIbfsrg:I3gzvOc0omY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/PVg2aIbfsrg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/PVg2aIbfsrg/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=59http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-11.m4a Ryan Irwin WikiLeaks, and the Past and Present of American Foreign Relations On a fundraising trip to California in April, President Obama was confronted by protesters demanding better treatment for Pfc Bradley Manning, who has been at the center of the WikiLeaks controversy. Private Manning has been imprisoned for passing on tens of thousands of military and diplomatic documents to Wikileaks, in one of the greatest breaches of state secrecy in the history of the United States. This month, historian Ryan Irwin looks at the WikiLeaks tempest and what it tells us about America's role in the world. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=58 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:27:53 Wikileaks,Wikileaks history, U.S. Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations, Arab Spring, Julian Assange, post-Cold War, Middle East, Middle East history, Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=kOuaTVBKzdw:Zr7aQCbWZqY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=kOuaTVBKzdw:Zr7aQCbWZqY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=kOuaTVBKzdw:Zr7aQCbWZqY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/kOuaTVBKzdw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/kOuaTVBKzdw/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=58http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-10.m4a Craig D. Nelson 'The Energy of a Bright Tomorrow': The Rise of Nuclear Power in Japan The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan left the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled and the world worrying about the consequences of this nuclear disaster. This month Craig Nelson looks at the long relationship the Japanese have had with nuclear power to explore the paradox of how the nation that suffered nuclear destruction in 1945 came to embrace nuclear energy so enthusiastically. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=57 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:36:40 Japan, Nuclear Power, Japan History, Nuclear energy, Fukushima Daiichi, nuclear disasters, nuclear history, Futaba eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=C7jZRPMot6s:I0eKEvci4kI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=C7jZRPMot6s:I0eKEvci4kI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=C7jZRPMot6s:I0eKEvci4kI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/C7jZRPMot6s" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/C7jZRPMot6s/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=57http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-9.m4a Douglas Little Frenemies: Iran and America since 1900 For more than 100 years, the United States and Iran have engaged in an ambivalent relationship. Although the American and Iranian people have usually regarded each other as friends, their governments have frequently treated each other as enemies. Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, America and Iran have butted heads over issues as diverse as oil, communism, radical Islam, and nuclear proliferation, often framing their mutual antagonism as a clash between civilization and barbarism. Yet with a new administration in Washington eager to improve U.S. relations in the Muslim world and with young men and women calling for democracy in the streets of Tehran, the old 'frenemies' may find that they have more in common than they think. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=56 Sun, 01 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:28:59 United States, Iran, Greater Middle East, Iranian Revolution, Islam, U.S. Foreign Policy, US Iran, Mossadegh, Khomeini, Shah, Iran history, US Middle East eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=t4-vFvZyqgU:pBRjk269JUU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=t4-vFvZyqgU:pBRjk269JUU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=t4-vFvZyqgU:pBRjk269JUU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/t4-vFvZyqgU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/t4-vFvZyqgU/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=56http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-8.m4a Marc Horger American Populism and the Persistence of the Paranoid Style The Populists are back! Since the late 19th century, 'populist' is the name we've given to any American political movement that challenged either of the two major parties. But who are they, exactly? What does the label actually mean? And how has the meaning changed over the centuries? This month historian Marc Horger looks at the history of the term to put the current crop of populists in historical perspective. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=55 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:33:42 Populism, Paranoid Style, Conspiracy Theories, US History, Populist Party, American History, Tea Party, eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=NZqvmVY1KW4:2SxDdQgQKE8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=NZqvmVY1KW4:2SxDdQgQKE8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=NZqvmVY1KW4:2SxDdQgQKE8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/NZqvmVY1KW4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/NZqvmVY1KW4/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=55http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-7.m4a Steven Bryan Currency Wars, Or Why You Should Care About the Global Struggle Over the Value of Money In October 2010, the Brazilian Finance Minister made news by claiming an 'international currency war' had broken out. The term 'currency war' promptly became a buzz phrase with commentators and public officials warning about the dangers of these wars and their historical roots in the Great Depression. The U.S. government, in turn, has applied the idea to China, which it has accused of currency manipulation for the better part of a decade. So why does this matter? And how unusual is this all? This month, historian Steven Bryan puts currency wars in historical perspective and reminds us that currency policy is inextricably linked to national interests and that manipulation is the historical norm, not the exception. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=54 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:29:50 Currency, Currency History, Monetary History, Economic History, Dollar, China, Great Depression, China Currency, Yuan eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ZayYv-r_H0w:drcCC_Z88PA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ZayYv-r_H0w:drcCC_Z88PA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ZayYv-r_H0w:drcCC_Z88PA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/ZayYv-r_H0w" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/ZayYv-r_H0w/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=54http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-6.m4a Leslie Alexander A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti January 12, 2011 marks the grim one-year anniversary of the Haitian earthquake. In the past year, as Haitians have tried to rebuild from that disaster, they have suffered a cholera epidemic and flooding from Hurricane Tomas. Thousands remain homeless, buildings in ruins, and violence widespread. The political process offers little hope for relief. Haiti's recent, much-watched Presidential elections, like so many in its past, have been marred with accusations of fraud and corruption. Haiti is now arguably the most desperate nation in the Western hemisphere and among the most desperate places anywhere in the world. This month, historian Leslie Alexander puts Haiti's recent crises in a longer perspective and reminds us that historically the United States has often hindered, rather than helped, Haiti deal with its many challenges. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=51 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT 0:32:22 Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti History, Haiti Debt, Voodoo, Haiti Curse, Haitian Revolution, Haiti U.S. Foreign Policy, Haiti United States, Haiti Aid, Toussaint Louverture, Duvalier eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=2yO_qXaQ0-w:GZe0e3oFwQs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=2yO_qXaQ0-w:GZe0e3oFwQs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=2yO_qXaQ0-w:GZe0e3oFwQs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/2yO_qXaQ0-w" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/2yO_qXaQ0-w/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=51http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-5.m4a David Steigerwald Where Have You Gone, Holden Caulfield? Why We Aren't 'Alienated' Anymore Alienation. In the 1950s and '60s, this concept was used by sociologists, psychologists, pundits, and critics to explain any number of social problems. Kids were 'alienated' from their parents and from the larger society; adults were 'alienated' from their work and from their communities. It was a powerful concept and one that defined a generation of social commentary. Now, it seems, no one is alienated anymore. Historian David Steigerwald examines what happened to the notion of alienation by looking at the roots of the idea, the way it was used, and how it has disappeared from our discussion. Perfect reading for the holiday season! http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=50 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT 00:31:46 Alienation, consumerism, fifties, sixties, youth culture, generation gap, Facebook generation, cultural history, Facebook history, social media eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=AWgcd6SJDvI:K8T4HhAd8-E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=AWgcd6SJDvI:K8T4HhAd8-E:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=AWgcd6SJDvI:K8T4HhAd8-E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/AWgcd6SJDvI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/AWgcd6SJDvI/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=50http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-4.m4a Sarah Brooks South America's 'Sleeping Giant' Wakes: Brazil's 2010 Election Eight years ago, the prospect of a victory by the leftist Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil's 2002 presidential election sent shockwaves through international financial markets, prompting the IMF to step in with an emergency loan to steady the nerves of investors fearing default by a Lula government. This year, things could not be more different. President Lula da Silva is completing his second term with an 80% popularity rating, Brazil has paid off its foreign currency-denominated debt; has become a net creditor to the IMF. With the recent discovery of vast reserves of deep sea oil, and having won the chance to host both the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil seems poised to fulfill its perennial promise of becoming the 'country of the future,' despite many challenges ahead. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=49 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:27:50 Brazil, Lula, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff, Brazil politics, Brazil history, Brazil elections eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=wEys0cwDPMg:GGo4VifbNyk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=wEys0cwDPMg:GGo4VifbNyk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=wEys0cwDPMg:GGo4VifbNyk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/wEys0cwDPMg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/wEys0cwDPMg/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=49http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-3.m4a Michael J. Wishnie The Summer of '10: Federal Power, Local Autonomy, and the Struggle over Immigration Policy This summer, Arizona's efforts to implement a controversial new local immigration statute fueled passions and mobilized all sides of the immigration debate. For the moment, the law remains in limbo after the United States filed suit and the U.S. District Court enjoined the most significant provisions of the new law. As Americans struggle to define a twenty-first century immigration policy, Yale Law Professor Michael J. Wishnie examines the long history of disagreements over immigration measures between the federal government and the states (and among the states). The history tells us, Wishnie finds, that many punitive state laws are likely to be struck down by the courts. But, the local conflicts themselves will likely pressure Congress to reform the U.S.'s antiquated immigration statutes. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=48 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:34:46 immigration, SB 1070, Acadian, naturalization, citizenship, immigrants, citizenship eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xeF-l4o92mc:LoeauySfUxk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xeF-l4o92mc:LoeauySfUxk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xeF-l4o92mc:LoeauySfUxk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/xeF-l4o92mc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/xeF-l4o92mc/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=48http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-2.m4a M.M. Silver From Gaza to Jerusalem: Is the Two State Solution under Siege? In May, when an Israeli naval raid left nine self-described peace activists dead, commentators around the globe could scarcely stop themselves from saying 'here we go again.' Reports of violence and conflict between Israel and its neighbors are such regular occurrences in the news that they can have a numbing effect: the situation seems rooted in a tortured past and destined for a hopeless future. Leaders come and go, international mediation waxes and wanes and the disputes seem no closer to resolution. Historian M. M. Silver outlines the contours of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict across the last one hundred years. He reminds us that if the conflicts are of long-standing, the solutions have also been discussed for decades as well. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=45 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT Peace Process, Israel, Palestine, PLO, Hezbollah, Hamas, Zionism, Balfour Declaration, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=pG4x3LhgRjQ:CrdGWF4jeuc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=pG4x3LhgRjQ:CrdGWF4jeuc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=pG4x3LhgRjQ:CrdGWF4jeuc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/pG4x3LhgRjQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/pG4x3LhgRjQ/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=45http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_4-1.m4a Lawrence Bowdish The Kids Aren't Alright: The Policymaking of Student Loan Debt As the 2010-2011 school year begins, a growing number of college students will turn to college loans to pay for their education, and as the cost of college continues to rise in the midst of the Great Recession, the size of those loans is getting bigger. When the class of 2014 graduates, they will be $22,000 in debt on average. As student loans grow in both size and importance, the American public shows greater interest in their management and government policies toward them. This month, economic historian Lawrence Bowdish investigates the history of student loans, and how the arguments around government intervention often miss the point. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=44 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT Student Loan, Student Debt, debt, loan, FDLP, FFEL, Sallie Mae, College, University eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=Ldvv92WcKrE:YdY2Luv8Yn4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=Ldvv92WcKrE:YdY2Luv8Yn4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=Ldvv92WcKrE:YdY2Luv8Yn4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/Ldvv92WcKrE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/Ldvv92WcKrE/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=44http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-12.m4a Brandy S. Thomas The Other Half of the African Sky: Women's Struggles in Zimbabwe Late in 2009, President Barack Obama awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to the organization Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). While the economic and political crisis of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe has drawn attention from around the world, the award served as a reminder that women in Zimbabwe have not only been suffering the burdens of economic meltdown but working in a variety of ways to bring political change to the country. While many people had probably never heard of WOZA when President Obama honored them, this month Brandy Thomas examines the rich history of female activism in Zimbabwe and argues that any solution to Zimbabwe's collapsing economic and political system must take groups like WOZA into account. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=43 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:28:45 Zimbabwe, WOZA, Women's Rights, Mugabe, Harare, Human Rights, Rhodesia, Africa eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=9dYBlUjdpMU:6JGay4Erqbg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=9dYBlUjdpMU:6JGay4Erqbg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=9dYBlUjdpMU:6JGay4Erqbg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/9dYBlUjdpMU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/9dYBlUjdpMU/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=43http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-11.m4a Russell Field The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa Will the stadiums be ready? Will they be full? Will spectators and tourists be safe? These are the questions dominating media coverage as South Africa prepares to host the world's largest single-sport event, the 2010 soccer World Cup. The appearance in Africa for the first time of the highest profile competition in the world's most popular sport has people asking just what economic and social benefits sporting events offer a country, and whether hosting a month-long soccer tournament should be a high priority for the government in Pretoria. This month, historian Russell Field examines the larger racial and class debates that swirl around sport in South Africa, and the important role that sport played in the liberation movements and anti-apartheid efforts of the 1960s to 1990s. The significance of sport has not been lost on a new generation of leaders in the post-apartheid democracy. Today South Africa seeks to realize the developmental and diplomatic benefits of sport and assert their leadership of what former President Thabo Mbeki called the 'African Renaissance.' http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=42 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT Soccer, Football, World Cup, Rugby, South Africa, Springbok, Sport eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xxK7QlYVSPU:ooeMNlJpFTk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xxK7QlYVSPU:ooeMNlJpFTk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xxK7QlYVSPU:ooeMNlJpFTk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/xxK7QlYVSPU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/xxK7QlYVSPU/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=42http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-10.m4a John Spencer Updating 'No Child Left Behind': Change, or More of the Same? In the wake of a highly polarized battle over health care reform, Congress and the Obama Administration have begun to take up another major issue in domestic policy: reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Put forth in 2001 by the George W. Bush administration and passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, NCLB has had a powerful influence on American education, attempting to hold schools more 'accountable' for student achievement as measured by regular standardized testing. The law has been widely unpopular, especially among educators who feel it scapegoats them for the 'achievement gap' between students of different racial and social class backgrounds, yet politicans of both parties remain attracted to its main emphasis on test-driven accountability. As the debate over reauthorization gains momentum, historian John Spencer looks at how NCLB-style accountability grew out of, and at the same time ignores key lessons of, a long history of educational inequality. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=41 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:30:10 No Child Left Behind, Arne Duncan, EEP, NCLB, Education, Schools eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=BO8AJnkg-Lo:i9wnJoJa50U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=BO8AJnkg-Lo:i9wnJoJa50U:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=BO8AJnkg-Lo:i9wnJoJa50U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/BO8AJnkg-Lo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/BO8AJnkg-Lo/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=41http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-9.m4a Anne Sealey Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again Most years and for most people flu season is an annoyance. In 2009-10, however, with the pandemic of the H1N1 influenza strain the world was reminded that this seasonal occurrence can become widespread and potentially much more dangerous. As flu season in the northern hemisphere winds down, historian Ann Sealey looks at influenza pandemics past and present to explore how our responses to flu have changed over time. Which lessons we draw from the past, Sealey reminds us, will condition how we respond to the next great flu pandemic. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=40 Sat, 01 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:28:59 flu, swine flu, avian flu, CDC, pandemic, epidemic, H1N1, H5N1, vaccine, prevention, inoculation, influenza eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=3jvm7uzgsrY:LIU8S2Rd988:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=3jvm7uzgsrY:LIU8S2Rd988:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=3jvm7uzgsrY:LIU8S2Rd988:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/3jvm7uzgsrY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/3jvm7uzgsrY/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=40http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-8.m4a Nicholas Breyfogle Dry Days Down Under: Australia and the World Water Crisis For several years now, Australia, the driest inhabited continent, has been suffering perhaps the worst drought in its recorded history. Amidst disappearing rivers and empty dams, farmers have watched their fields go barren and their livestock perish, while urban dwellers face greater and greater restrictions on water use. Terrible wildfires have swept through the country, scorching millions of acres of land. The drought is challenging Australians' very idea of who they are as a people and their faith in the future. Australia is hardly alone with these problems, as much of the globe struggles with insufficient, polluted, oversubscribed, and increasingly expensive water. How successfully Australia responds to its current water woes will offer an important road map for others around the world. This month historian Nicholas Breyfogle puts the current Australian drought into historical perspective. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=39 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:40:37 Australia, drought, desert, great artesian basin, Sydney, eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=BParbLbXI9Y:-luAxB0qgEs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=BParbLbXI9Y:-luAxB0qgEs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=BParbLbXI9Y:-luAxB0qgEs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/BParbLbXI9Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/BParbLbXI9Y/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=39http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-7.m4a Chris Otter Feast and Famine: The Global Food Crisis It is one of the most striking paradoxes of our time. Today, more people around the world go hungry than ever before in human history. At the same time, even more people are now classified as obese - part of what observers are calling an overweight 'epidemic' and health crisis. This month, historian Chris Otter explores the history of how we have chosen to produce, distribute, consume, and think about food to explain how we have arrived at these extremes of feast and famine. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=38 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:24:14 hunger, obesity, food crisis, FAO, malnutrition, food, agriculture eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=2ypF2v1vQh0:_gX6CfNxx0o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=2ypF2v1vQh0:_gX6CfNxx0o:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=2ypF2v1vQh0:_gX6CfNxx0o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/2ypF2v1vQh0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/2ypF2v1vQh0/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=38http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-6.m4a Steven Conn Charles Darwin's American Adventure: A Melodrama in Three Acts 2009 was celebrated around the world as 'The Darwin Year.' It marked the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his landmark On the Origin of Species. While Darwin's theory of natural selection caused considerable controversy at the time, his ideas are now accepted as the foundation of all the modern biological sciences. With the festivities winding down, this month historian Steven Conn looks back on Darwin's history in the United States -- the only developed country where Darwin denial is still widespread -- to look at the strange career Darwin has had in this country. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=37 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:29:03 Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, social science, Agassiz, creationism, Scopes eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=NMI3aWR8lsc:XmxhMtVPvZo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=NMI3aWR8lsc:XmxhMtVPvZo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=NMI3aWR8lsc:XmxhMtVPvZo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/NMI3aWR8lsc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/NMI3aWR8lsc/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=37http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-5.m4a Paula Fass Child Kidnapping in America It was a strange and haunting coincidence. Jaycee Dugard was rescued from the husband and wife who kidnapped her 18 years ago in California at virtually the same moment Elizabeth Smart confronted her kidnapper in a Utah courtroom. Once again, the nation was riveted by the phenomenon of child kidnapping. As historian Paula Fass describes, child abduction, and our reactions to it, have a long history in the United States. This month she puts kidnapping in historical perspective. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=36 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT 00:22:12 abduction, children, dugard, walsh, kidnap, ross, smart, missing, FBI eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ninEj83P09s:6sjE5TWRz5M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ninEj83P09s:6sjE5TWRz5M:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=ninEj83P09s:6sjE5TWRz5M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/ninEj83P09s" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/ninEj83P09s/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=36http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-4.m4a Theodora Dragostinova 1989 Twenty Years On: The End of Communism and the Fate of Eastern Europe For those in the former Soviet Bloc, 1989 has been called an annus mirabilis -- a year of miracles. With astonishing speed, communist rule ended in Eastern Europe, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, and the nature of Europe was changed entirely. In 2009, those countries, from Germany to Bulgaria to Poland, have all mounted celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of this hope-filled year. Yet, two decades after the collapse of communism, many in those countries found themselves unsure of what, precisely, they were celebrating. Did 1989 really mark a moment of out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new, and how much had really changed in the intervening years? This month historian Theodora Dragostinova explores the impact of 1989 on the region and the legacy of history in today's Eastern Europe. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=35 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:25:29 Communism, Berlin Wall, annus mirabilis, Germany, 1989, Europe, Poland, Czech, Hungary, Prague Spring eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=j_G0E79FFfw:UzKBFU289Co:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=j_G0E79FFfw:UzKBFU289Co:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=j_G0E79FFfw:UzKBFU289Co:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/j_G0E79FFfw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/j_G0E79FFfw/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=35http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-3.m4a Mytheli Sreenivas Population Bomb? The Debate over Indian Population As the population of the globe surges past 6 billion, India is on the verge of surpassing China as the world's most populous nation. For at least two centuries India has struck many Westerners as a place that is over-populated, famine-prone, and, as a result, a threat to global stability. In fact, as historian Mytheli Sreenivas details, the question of 'over-population' is a relative one: is India producing too many people or too few resources? Does a growing population represent an opportunity or a danger? These questions take on a new urgency and relevance as India emerges as a major economic power and consumer society, and as the world confronts an ongoing food crisis. This month, Sreenivas puts these pressing concerns about population in historical perspective. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=34 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:26:32 India, Overpopulation, Underproduction, Nehru, Gandhi, 5 Year Plan, famine, contraception, family planning eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=6O86bty-xfU:Mu4X9JYzvkA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=6O86bty-xfU:Mu4X9JYzvkA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=6O86bty-xfU:Mu4X9JYzvkA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/6O86bty-xfU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/6O86bty-xfU/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=34http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-2.m4a Peter R. Mansoor From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine Renewed American efforts to 'win' the war in Afghanistan against a resurgent Taliban, as well as the ongoing war in Iraq, have kept the question of counterinsurgency strategy at the forefront of U.S. military and public life. This month, Peter R. Mansoor--a professor of history at Ohio State and a Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) who served most recently as the executive officer to General David Petraeus, the Commanding General of Multi-National Force-Iraq--examines the historical patterns of counterinsurgency doctrine. He explores the lessons of the Iraq War for Afghanistan and the radical changes to U.S. strategy of the last few years. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=33 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:30:06 eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=gj4slHDW2UA:H8J7mmp-Mtw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=gj4slHDW2UA:H8J7mmp-Mtw:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=gj4slHDW2UA:H8J7mmp-Mtw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/gj4slHDW2UA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/gj4slHDW2UA/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=33http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_3-1.m4a Scott Levi The Long, Long Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan In April of this year, a group of some 300 women protesters demanded that the government in Kabul repeal a repressive new law that went so far as to permit marital rape. They were publicly harassed and labeled 'whores'. Around the world, many observers were outraged. The law seemed to signal a return to the kinds of policies that the Taliban had instituted when it ruled Afghanistan - when the burqa stood as a haunting symbol of the regime's subjugation of women. While visitors to the country commonly report encountering a land somehow 'lost in time' where women are almost completely absent from the public world, this month historian Scott Levi examines the century-long efforts to improve women's lives in Afghanistan. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=30 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:22:52 Afghanistan, Women, Women's Rights, Mazar, Mazir, burqa, Tarzi, Hamid Karzai eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=tSQRIdJD0i0:t5Wmoy3St-4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=tSQRIdJD0i0:t5Wmoy3St-4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=tSQRIdJD0i0:t5Wmoy3St-4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/tSQRIdJD0i0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/tSQRIdJD0i0/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=30http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_2-12.m4a Donald A. Hempson Becoming 'European': The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics Rising from the ashes of the Second World War, the European Union has been perhaps the most important development in modern European history. Initially, it only included those countries we think of as 'Western Europe.' Since the collapse of the Soviet empire, however, membership in the EU has expanded dramatically and rapidly and now includes some 27 nations. This has created not simply logistical complications, but a debate over what 'European' means. This month, historian Donald Hempson looks at two recent joiners -- The Czech Republic (which recently held the EU's rotating presidency) and Slovakia (which recently adopted the Euro currency) -- and how their histories have defined their approaches to European integration. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=29 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:32:43 Czech Republic, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, Havel, Klaus, Benes, European Union, EU, Prague, Bratislava eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=zKumuPuSjqE:riqpyHIPjT8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=zKumuPuSjqE:riqpyHIPjT8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=zKumuPuSjqE:riqpyHIPjT8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/zKumuPuSjqE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/zKumuPuSjqE/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=29http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_2-11.m4a Sebastien Peyrouse Building a New Silk Road? Central Asia in the New World Order With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 five new nations gained independence in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. When they emerged onto the world stage they were little understood in the West, often confused with one another, and the subject of jokes on late-night TV. Increasingly, however, these nations demand our attention, whether because of the oil and gas resources in the region, because of the environmental crises -- most dramatically the disappearance of the Aral Sea -- and because of the strategic location between Russia, China and Afghanistan. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=28 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:25:29 Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Soviet Union eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=SZNTsSQ6CTM:5ny0QShU4qk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=SZNTsSQ6CTM:5ny0QShU4qk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=SZNTsSQ6CTM:5ny0QShU4qk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/SZNTsSQ6CTM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/SZNTsSQ6CTM/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=28http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_2-10.m4a Andrew J. Carlson Pirates of Puntland, Somalia In the first week of April, Somali pirates raided an American-flagged ship in the Indian Ocean and took the captain hostage. It was only one of several raids along the Somali coast in a 48 hour period. In recent months and years, pirates have made the Horn of Africa the most dangerous place to navigate in the world. This month, historian Andy Carlson examines the very long history of piracy in the region, and explores how the political problems of Somalia as a 'failed state' have contributed to the current wave of maritime brigandage. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=27 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:24:34 Somalia, Puntland, Pirates, Piracy, Indian Ocean, Africa, Maritime, Ship eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=a6bPJ_Ba5LQ:6dvhEl-aiJ8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=a6bPJ_Ba5LQ:6dvhEl-aiJ8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=a6bPJ_Ba5LQ:6dvhEl-aiJ8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/a6bPJ_Ba5LQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/a6bPJ_Ba5LQ/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=27http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_2-9.m4a Kevin Boyle Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America No city in America has had its fortunes tied to the rise and fall of the manufacturing economy more than Detroit. Home to the American auto industry, symbol of post-war prosperity, Detroit now stands as a synonym for urban decline. This month historian and Detroit native Kevin Boyle gives us a very personal meditation on the city and puts his own experience of growing up in Detroit in historical perspective. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=26 Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:24:27 Detroit, Kilpatrick, Poverty, Race, Housing, Boyle, Auto Industry, white flight, eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=F_kT000eR6s:zqBhA8kVGKI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=F_kT000eR6s:zqBhA8kVGKI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=F_kT000eR6s:zqBhA8kVGKI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/F_kT000eR6s" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/F_kT000eR6s/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=26http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_2-8.m4a Stephanie Coontz The Real Marriage Revolution The controversy that still swirls over California's Proposition 8 has kept the issue of same-sex marriage squarely in the national spotlight. For those who oppose gay marriage, allowing same-sex couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples amounts to nothing less than a revolution in the institution of marriage and the family. This month, historian Stephanie Coontz puts the desire for same-sex marriage into some intriguing historical perspective. She demonstrates that heterosexual couples instigated the real revolution in marriage--the idea that two individuals should be able to choose their partners based on love, sexual attraction, and mutual interests. Gays and lesbians have simply followed suit. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=25 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:30:48 polygyny, monogamy, same-sex marriage, gay marriage, gay, lesbian, marriage, polyandry, proposition 8, civil union eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xeKb3AK9ny4:NvyDFjAuzxM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xeKb3AK9ny4:NvyDFjAuzxM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=xeKb3AK9ny4:NvyDFjAuzxM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/xeKb3AK9ny4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/xeKb3AK9ny4/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=25http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_2-7.m4a Edin Hajdarpasic and Emil Kerenji Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future With its unilateral - and highly controversial - declaration of independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008, the former Yugoslavian territory of Kosovo joined the ranks of the world's sovereign states. Currently recognized by only 53 U.N. member nations, and opposed by Russia, the unsettled fate of Kosovo now sits with the International Court of Justice, which has been asked rule on the legality of its split from Serbia. This month, to mark the one-year anniversary, historians Edin Hajdarpasic and Emil Kerenji explore the roots of the conflicts that led to Kosovo's separation and evaluate the future prospects for this fledgling state. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=23 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT 00:42:02 kosovo, serbia, yugoslavia, milosevic, balkans, newborn, ICTY, Hashim Thaci, grbavica, prishtina, kostunica, newborn monument eHistory editorsno<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=6emvmE1hcsE:Auk9QW27jNA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=6emvmE1hcsE:Auk9QW27jNA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?a=6emvmE1hcsE:Auk9QW27jNA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OriginsPodcastm4a?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~4/6emvmE1hcsE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OriginsPodcastm4a/~3/6emvmE1hcsE/article.cfmhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=23http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/feed/podcast/podcast_origins_2-6.m4a eHistory editorsnonadultCurrent events in historical perspective. Each issues offers and analysis of a particular current issue, political, cultural, or social, in a larger, deeper context