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Tag Archives: Europe
Consolidating Freedom
“Throughout the 20th-century civil societies have been crucial both to emerging as well as established democracies worldwide. This week on Soundings Wayne Ponds interviews a group of scholars who recently convened in Costa Rica talk about their prospects for civil societies in Latin America, the Korean peninsula, and Central Europe.” [Wayne Pond]
Interviewees include Saul Sosnowski, Nak-Chung Paik, Eduardo A. Rabossi, Gaspar M. Tamas, Florisa Verucci, and Czeslaw Milosz.
Christians Centuries
How has Christianity changed over the last 700 years? A comparison of Christianity in 12th-century Europe with Christianity today.
War and Democracy
A discussion of the Nazi occupation of Greece and its impact on that country’s social and economic culture and a reflection on the history of democracy in 20th-century Europe.
Artists and Audiences
What do American movies of 40 years ago have in common with European painting between the years 1500 and 1700? Ronald Moore and Ivan Olson discuss arts education in America and present an overview of a recent conference on the arts and educational leadership. Larry Silver traces the links between them and discusses the rise of the modern cultural marketplace.
Renaissance Ritual and Art
A discussion of the power of ritual from Renaissance Europe to the modern world. A discussion of religion and gender in Renaissance art.
Improvised Europeans
Alex Zwerdling discusses his new book, Improvised Europeans: American Literary Expatriates and the Anglo-Saxon Legacy.
Rethinking European Lit
A talk about satire and structure in early modern French literature. A discussion of new perspectives on Old English literature.
Lives in Between
Leo Spitzer talks about his book, Lives in Between, an account of social assimilation and social margins in the lives of three families from Europe, South America, and West Africa.
Manly Rituals
A discussion of his new book, Southern Hunting in Black and White. A discussion of his new book, Mad Blood Stirring, about vendettas and masculine honor in Renaissance Europe.
Flowers & Famines
Jack Goody talks about the anthropology of flowers in African and European cultures. James McCann discusses People and the Plow, his study of farming and famine in modern Ethiopia.
New World Encounters
Claudia Bushman discusses her new book, America Discovers Columbus (University Press of New England). Neal Salisbury talks about native Americans and their contacts with Europeans between 1500 and 1800.
The Civil Society Part 3
Robert Darnton traces political censorship from 18th-century France into contemporary Europe. Conor Cruise O’Brien discusses civil societies around the globe.
Artistic Visions
Mary Cross discusses her recent book, Egypt. Molly Faries discusses modern technology and the recovery of European Renaissance art.
Historical Labors
Dirk Philipsen and Leonid Gordon talk about labor and political culture in contemporary Eastern Europe. Jacques Ranciere and Donald Reid talk about French labor history.
What Should Teachers Know? Part 3
A discussion of teacher preparation and the teaching of European and North American history in American high schools and universities.