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A fascinating new history of Texas emphasises the importance of Mexico's political culture in attracting US settlers and Texas's unique role in the nation-building efforts of both Mexico and the United States.
King's College, London is delighted to host the biennial Kass Lecture in the History of Medicine, which this year features Beth Linker (Penn) who will speak on John F. Kennedy's brush with debilitating back pain changed Cold War notions of physical fitness, stoking new lines of geopolitical concerns, in a talk titled 'The Other Disabled President.' The talk will be held on 22 October at 5.30 pm in the Council Room, King's Building, King's College, London, with a reception to follow. For more information and to reserve a seat, please go to: https://buytickets.at/chostm/1413116
As the United States heads into a high-stakes presidential election, Oxford's Rothermere American Institute is running an in person discussion series exploring the structural problems and political challenges behind the headlines. The Present and Future of US Politics series examines why American politics is so polarised and asks: what is at stake in the 2024 election? The seminars will open with a short presentation by an expert, followed by questions and discussion. Everyone with an interest in US politics is welcome.
The association of British American Nineteenth Century Historians (BrANCH) invites submissions for its annual dissertation prizes.
"Insightful . . . . Going beyond the stereotype of Springsteen as chronicler of the white everyman, Sawyers examines his focus on social issues like AIDS and the Iraq War and provides an intriguing analysis of how his Catholic roots intersect with his political consciousness . . . . It's a dynamic portrait of the complicated political and social influences of a rock legend." ~Publishers Weekly
The book "Reinventing the Warrior – Masculinity in the American Indian Movement, 1968-1973" offers fresh perspectives into the American Indian Movement (AIM), a key player in Indigenous protest politics –most famously known through the 71-day long occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973. The book explores how Indigenous men remade self and society during the 1960s and 1970s in struggle against colonial domination. More specifically, it describes and analyzes the ways in which Indigenous men reinvented themselves as men and as warriors in complex processes of gendered nation-building.
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