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Dr. Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried, receives $7,500 prize December 16 , 2022 —The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is pleased to announce that Dr.

From the blog of Jonathan Sacks at The Times of Israel

For a brief period in the 19th century, Mexico was ruled by a Hapsburg prince installed by France and named emperor. The story is told brilliantly in Edward Shawcross's new history, 'The Last Emperor of Mexico.'

President Bush, at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec, will havea unique opportunity to promote economic liberalization throughoutthe hemisphere by presenting the opportunity for countries thathave already liberalized their economies to sign a free tradeagreement with the United States, beginning with Chile.

Team Trump has sometimes compared former President Donald Trumps current quest for a non-sequential second term to two-term President Grover Clevelands similar three election bids.

In This Beauty: A Philosophy of Being Alive, philosopher Nick Riggle explores the common phrases people say to inspire others.

Five categories, from fiction to brain food, covering books to give as gifts or to read yourself – or both.

A new book traces the long history of cloaking racism in the language of resistance to an overbearing federal government.

On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World by Sean Connolly. Basic Books (New York, 2022). 544 pp., $35. The Catholic Church throughout much of the world was shaped by the Irish diaspora, the migration of 8 million Irish men and women that took place (mostly) between 1760 and 1960. As the Irish left their native soil to escape poverty and find new opportunities, they were followed by priests and bishops, and religious sisters and brothers who provided the sacraments, taug

The historical lies and falsifications of Bloodlands are not only part and parcel of the rehabilitation of fascism and preparations for a new imperialist world war. They also constitute a fundamental assault on historical consciousness and the very concept of history as a science.