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Yearly Archives: 2014

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  • 24 Jul 2014
    Brian A. Catlos

    Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom

    Brian A. Catlos, the author of Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050–1614, explains the history and legacy of Muslims in medieval Europe.

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  • 23 Jul 2014

    Notes from the Battlefield

    The Great War left behind a legacy of pain, suffering, and anger. The writers who captured it tell a heartbreaking story of a generation lost to war.

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  • 22 Jul 2014

    Happy Birthday, fifteeneightyfour

    Our humble academic blog turns a year old today, and to celebrate, we’ve organized a little game. Join us in a fifteeneightyfour scavenger hunt and you could win Cambridge swag, books of your choice, and eternal glory. Here’s how it works: we’ll start with a question, which you can find the answer to in one […]

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  • 21 Jul 2014

    Into the Intro: The Outbreak of the First World War

    July 1914 was an explosive time, as Europe teetered on the brink of war. The Outbreak of the First World War explores that volatile period, and how it has captured the imaginations of scholars across disciplines, around the world, and through the century.

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  • 18 Jul 2014

    The Many Faces of Tyranny

    Waller R. Newell, the author of Tyranny, gives a lecture at the Heritage Foundation on the inescapable struggle between democracy and tyranny.  

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  • 17 Jul 2014

    Reacting to Hobby Lobby

    The U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision last month in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby was a blow to women’s rights organizations and civil rights lobbyists everywhere, but a victory for religious organizations hoping to preserve their religious liberty. In this interview with Cardozo Law School, Marci A. Hamilton, whose revised book God vs. the Gavel will be released this fall […]

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  • 16 Jul 2014
    Paul Sheehan

    Poetry vs. Pity

    This week, we delve further into the cultural impact of author of the Great War as Paul Sheehan, Modernism and the Aesthetics of Violence, examines pity and pathos in World War I poetry.

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  • 15 Jul 2014

    When Religion and the Law Collide

    As long as there has been law, there's been religion—and vice versa. In this interview with Russell Sandberg, the author of Religion, Law and Society, he explains how age-old debates over the relationship between law and religion have shaped our modern world.

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