By Alina Scott 2020 is a significant moment in the history of the United States. As some locations begin the process of opening up in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic, the country is now collectively mourning and joining in protests against police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the […]
Periods
Immigration and Virologic Hysteria
This essay comes to Not Even Past from a student in the Pace-GLI Master of Arts in American History. For more on that program, see Prof Madeline Hsu’s blog on the UT History faculty who teach on-line classes for it. by Michael Louis Agovino Language alone cannot capture the lived experience of the immigrant. The […]
Talk: “Hope, Agency and Transformation: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic and Tackling Our Planetary Emergency” by John Barry, Queen’s College Belfast
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Dr. John Barry webcasted from Queen’s University Belfast, to speak on “Hope, Agency and Transformation: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic and Tackling Our Planetary Emergency.” We have been here before. Massive social and economic disruption. Rapid and massive intervention by states around the world to minimize or prevent […]
Road Rage
by Alison K. Smith This article is reposted from Russian History Blog. This blog post is inspired by petty anger. In this deeply weird and unsettling time, I am, like virtually everyone, staying at home. I am in almost every way lucky—I have a job (though hoo boy do I sometimes wish I had listened […]
Panel: “Socialisms in Practice: Three Twentieth-Century Cases” (Agency and Action: Chapters in Socialist and Collectivist History Series)
Wednesday March 11, 2020 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM From the time the term was coined in the nineteenth century, ‘socialism’ has been a protean concept, and remains so today. This panel will examine socialist activity and practice in three widely different twentieth-century contexts, analyzing the specific historical circumstances that gave rise to each manifestation. Panel […]
Panel: “Postcolonial Socialisms in Perspective” (Agency and Action: Chapters in Socialist and Collectivist History Series)
Thursday February 20, 2020 • GAR 4.100 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM From the 1940s to the 1970s, as part of the project of decolonization, leaders and thinkers in late colonial or postcolonial states developed strikingly new conceptions of socialism – conceptions that were distinct and often at odds with European ones. The panel will explore this […]
Talk: “The Problem of Newness: Art Cinema in India,” by Rochona Majumdar, University of Chicago
Monday October 28, 2019 • GAR 4.100 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM How do we think about newness in an aesthetic and commercial medium such as cinema? This talk explores this question with attention to the Indian new wave of the late 1960s-1970s. There is much controversy around the point that the body of films referred […]
Anti-Semitism in Poland after the Six-Day War, 1967-1969
By Alexander Bala On September 28, 1967, a special report was sent to the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, Richard Helms, that detailed ongoing attempts in Poland to have Defense Minister Marian Spychalski removed from his post. The efforts to oust Spychalski came from within the Polish Armed Forces and were largely orchestrated by chief […]
Indelibly Inked: Bodies, Tattoos, and Violence during Guatemala’s Civil War
If we understand Alvarez’s decision to tattoo as a direct response to the soldiers’ threats, his story elucidates the limits of state power. Where death squads in Guatemala repeatedly executed civilians and deprived their families of closure, Alvarez’s tattoo might have thwarted such efforts had he died. If the army killed him, or Felipe, or Alberto, their markings might have rendered them more recognizable to their families regardless of the military’s brutality. Their mothers and fathers could then recite the Lord’s Prayer and give them a proper burial. In this sense, Alvarez’s tattoo embodies rebellion against the Guatemalan government’s authority to deprive families of the ability to grieve. His indelible ink, even in death, may have prevented the state from terrorizing his people and denying them this right.
A Small Country Lost in the Files: Albania’s Absence in an American Archive
by Jonathan Parker Research projects don’t always go as planned. When venturing into the archives, historians are confronted with mountains of documents – boxes upon boxes of government memos, letters, records, etc. Knowing what you want to find can help, but the task of finding is still the proverbial needle in a haystack. This is […]
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