The union of a wealthy older woman who caused offence in polite society and a political nobody who would become one of the foremost politicians of the Victorian age is the subject of a new book.
‘Mr & Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance’ by University of Exeter English lecturer Dr Daisy Hay, tells the untold story of 19th century Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and his wife Mary Anne. (more…)
Geiselnahmen gehören zu den heimtückischsten Methoden moderner Terroristen. In der Antike und bis in die Neuzeit hingegen konnten Geiseln auch eine friedenssichernde Funktion haben. Ein Projekt unter Leitung des Kasseler Althistorikers Prof. Dr. Kai Ruffing beleuchtet nun die Praxis der Geiselstellung im Römischen Reich – und welch hohen Status die Geiseln dabei oft hatten. (more…)
Zum Irak-Krieg gibt es zwei große Verschwörungstheorien: Rohstoffe waren ausschlaggebend für die Entscheidung, der Krieg von langer Hand geplant. Beides entspricht nachweislich nicht den Fakten, wie der Politikwissenschaftler Franz Eder in seiner Habilitationsschrift nun zeigt: Die Bush-Regierung war überzeugt, dass vom Irak reale Gefahr ausgeht. (more…)
Moon-Ho Jung is an associate professor of history and editor of the book “The Rising Tide of Color: Race, State Violence and Radical Movements across the Pacific,” published by University of Washington Press. He answered a few questions about the book.
Q: What is the concept behind this book and how did it come to be written?
A: In May 2011, when I was directing the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, we hosted a major conference that sought to center the Pacific Coast in the study of race and politics, in part because the American West tends to be ignored in conversations about race. (more…)
Heilige Schrift statt Mao-Bibel: In China werden jedes Jahr 12 Millionen Bibeln produziert. Die Nachfrage ist auch im Inland gross.
Welches Buch wurde weltweit am häufigsten gedruckt? Die Bibel oder das «Rote Büchlein» Maos? Die Meinungen gehen auseinander. Fest steht jedoch, dass die grösste und modernste Bibeldruckerei der Welt im atheistisch regierten China betrieben wird. (more…)
How Culture Influences Violence among the Amazon’s ‘Fierce People’
When Yanomamö men in the Amazon raided villages and killed decades ago, they formed alliances with men in other villages rather than just with close kin like chimpanzees do. And the spoils of war came from marrying their allies’ sisters and daughters, rather than taking their victims’ land and women. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — Most young Americans plan to get married someday, but more than 40 percent of births now occur outside marriage, and the American family itself has become far more diverse and varied. (more…)
Recent Yale College graduate Aishwarya Vijay ’14 had never set foot in a prison until she traveled to Malaysia, where her work this summer allowed her to learn about the sometimes subtle connections between stigma and treatment-seeking behavior in injection-drug-using prisoners. (more…)
