History

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past. Events occurring before the invention of writing systems are considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. Historians place the past in context using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, ecological markers, and material objects including art and artifacts.History also includes the academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze a sequence of past events, and investigate the …

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Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies · 16 December 2024 Portuguese

cultural resistance, and cinema as a tool for reclaiming ancestral narratives. He recounts the history of Quilombo do Campinho, his matriarchal quilombola community, and the struggles for land rights


13 December 2024

The Mara Cultural Heritage Digital Library was created as a way to share historian Dr. Jan Bender Shetler’s collection of primary resources from the Mara Region, Tanzania with other researchers …


AODL: Africa Online Digital Library · 2 October 2024

Lauren Jarvis (History, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) on her new book, A Prophet of the People: Isaiah Shembe and the Making of a South African Church (Michigan State University Press, 2024)


UCL: University College London · 13 August 2024

books: Uninhabited: Science Fiction and the Decolonial (Zero Books) and F.H. Bradley and the History of Philosophy: Animating a Lost Idealism (Edinburgh University Press).  Camille Crichlow is


UCL: University College London · 17 July 2024

in the making of racial difference in the Middle East, and a humanistic approach to sociology and history. This conversation was recorded on 17th June 2024. Speakers: Dr Gala Rexer, Leverhulme Early Career


AODL: Africa Online Digital Library · 11 June 2024

Michelle Sikes (Kinesiology, African Studies and History, Penn State University) on her new book, Kenya’s Running Women: A History (Michigan State University Press, 2023). The conversation begins with


AODL: Africa Online Digital Library · 23 May 2024

Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi (History, University of the Free State) on his new book, Cultural Resistance on Robben Island: Songs of Struggle and Liberation in South Africa (Skotaville 2024). After discussing


AAI: The Africa-America Institute · 1 March 2024 English

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GALA: Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action · 2024 English

Times, we pay tribute to photography as a vital instru- ment for enriching and shaping LGBTQIA+ history. [...] Once in a while, you will be a version of yourself that you don’t like, and that will just

that words cannot. When documenting LGBTQIA+ history, photography has played a crucial role in recording a tool for visibility and change. For much of history, LGBTQIA+ individuals lived in the shadows, forced for LGBTQIA+ rights. Iconic images in LGBTQIA+ history have not only documented events but have also The role of photography in documenting LGBTQIA+ history remains as important as ever. In an age where instru- ment for enriching and shaping LGBTQIA+ history. Through photographs, we create a legacy for future


GALA: Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action · 2024 English

In this issue of The GALA Times we go back to the late 1980s, a time of conflict, uprising and hope. [...] Also, there is still a large portion of …

and I particularly en- joy material on queer history and issues such as climate change and environment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau famously said. Yet, history has shown us time and again that it is society’s


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