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Call for Contributors: Oh, the Humanities!
The Activist History Review invites proposals for that essay you’ve been meaning to write, and other stories of good will.
Global Engagement at the United Nations: Lessons from Ancient Greece for our Modern Times
The present political moment in America is rife with irony. One example, revealing a battle for America’s soul, involves two speeches recently delivered at the opening of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.
Hiya Norm, Where ‘Ya Headed?
History doesn’t repeat itself, but that’s not why we study it.
“Within the Forms of Law”: Politics and Activism, 1850s and Today
Activists have applied political pressure most effectively on the state and local levels. The fugitive slave crisis of the 1850s provides a historical roadmap for embracing formal politics as a means toward activist ends in the United States.
Graduate Workers, Political Activism, and the Uncertain Futures of Cautious Universities
The advances that helped make universities minimally accessible through needs-blind admissions, federal Pell grants, and Title IX protections were all forged by the political struggles of the generation that came before us. How are we going to expand upon them?
American Political Parties as Lifestyle Brands
Many incidents in recent American politics appear bizarre when analyzed as policy discussions, but become meaningful political acts if interpreted as efforts in brand management. In particular, viewing voter behavior as a form consumer culture provides some explanation for the popular support enjoyed by the Republican party.
Religion in the Academy
With the world more globalized and fields more interconnected than ever before, there is room for a détente between religion and academia. However, in my experience that has not been the case. In the two countries where I have interacted with and been a part of the academy, it is sometimes very clear that most academics, at least in the social sciences and humanities, tend to view religion with suspicion.
Call for Contributors: Making Brett Kavanaugh – Masculinity in America
The Activist History Review seeks articles on the historical and present-day construction of masculinity in the United States and its significance for politics, society, economics, and culture.
Gender and the Left from SDS to DSA
While Democrats are banking on the support of women and trying to make sure that women vote, the left has its own issues with gender that it struggles to deal with. Underneath the surface level performative support for #metoo, however, gender based harassment and discrimination is not only a right wing issue.
Are Millennials Still Feeling the Bern?
In 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders was far and away the favorite candidate of young people in the US. Two years later and two years closer to 2020, is Sanders and his message still resonating with millennials and would they support him again?
