Reclaiming the Past: Using Memory and Education to Fight Intolerance
by Eric Davis, professor of political science and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,...
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by Eric Davis, professor of political science and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. http://new-middle-east.blogspot.com/2012/03/emo-killings-and-political-culture-in.html
Read MoreDoes Wikipedia Tell the Truth?
by Nathaniel Knight, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, Seton Hall University Those of us who teach will no doubt remember the moment when we first learned of Wikipedia. In my case, it was a student in a historical methods class who proclaimed the news—a new on-line encyclopedia that anyone can amend or edit. Like many, I first reacted with incredulity. So this is what the...
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by Eric Davis, professor of political science and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. http://new-middle-east.blogspot.com/2012/03/curtailing-freedom-of-expression-in.html
Read MoreThe 1824 Election: The Corrupt Bargain?
By John Sacher, University of Central Florida In February 1825, an angry Andrew Jackson scribbled, “So you see the Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive his thirty pieces of silver—his end will be the same. Was there ever witness such a bare faced corruption in any country before?” In doing so, he defined the 1824 election forever. One would be hard pressed to find a...
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by Eric Davis, professor of political science and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,...
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