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Nov 21, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Oxford Academic
From Byzantium to Constantinople is an exploration of the generally accepted truth that the great city founded by Constantine on the shores of the Bosporus as a second Rome and new capital of the Roman empire was built upon the Graeco-Roman city that preceded it, but there is still room for discussion as to exactly how this transition was accomplished.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
medium.com | Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic·FollowPublished inPolitics Unleashed·5 min read·Oct 26, 2024--Image by Marek Studzinski via Unsplash. In this edited excerpt from The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Second Edition, author James L. Gelvin examines the key factors leading up to the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza, as well as the consequences for Palestinians and the wider Middle East.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
marketscreener.com | SINTEF Industry |Oxford Academic
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
medium.com | Oxford Academic
Deondra Rose’s The Power of Black Excellence is a powerful and revealing history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities which have been essential for empowering Black citizens — including current US Vice President Kamala Harris. In this excerpt, Rose outlines the initial visions for Black education and citizenship that HBCU’s promoted. The pivotal role that HBCUs have played in providing higher educational opportunity for Black Americans has been well documented.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
smechlapi.noviny.sk | Oxford Academic
Mohla by za týmito stavbami stáť civilizácia oveľa vyspelejšia ako tá naša? Jednou z najväčších záhad vesmíru a Mliečnej cesty je nepochybne fenomén Dysonovej sféry, ktorého existenciu prvýkrát načrtol teoretický fyzik Freeman Dyson v roku 1960. Podľa tejto teórie by mohli technologicky vyspelí mimozemšťania budovať gigantické štruktúry okolo svojich vlastných hviezd alebo čiernych dier, aby využili obrovské množstvo energie vyžarovanej týmito objektmi a ďalej rozvíjali svoju civilizáciu.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
medium.com | Oxford Academic
The Ten Commandments are back in the news. Nearly twenty years ago, they made headlines and are doing so again now. In 2005, two cases involving the display of the Ten Commandments were brought to the US Supreme Court - Van Orden v. PerryMcCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky - with very different rulings. Read an extract from Jenna Weissman Joselit's Set in Stone: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments about these cases and what they meant for America below.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
medium.com | Oxford Academic
In this excerpt from the groundbreaking, COMBEE, Edda Fields-Black tells the dramatic story of how Harriet Tubman led the 150 African American soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers to rescue more than 700 former slaves freed five months earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation.
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May 27, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Holly Ordway |Oxford Academic |Beatrice Marovich |Kevin Hart
While J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and other creations enthrall readers through immersive adventures and captivating characters, a deeper understanding of the author’s faith unlocks a new dimension of appreciation. Tolkien declared his works “fundamentally religious and Catholic,” but their subtle nuances often escape surface-level readings. Delving into his faith journey unveils crucial threads woven into the very fabric of his narratives.
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May 22, 2024 | 
medium.com | Oxford Academic
In this unpublished excerpt from Becoming Attached, Robert Karen explores how John Bowlby grew to understand how childhood grief shaped a child’s attachment style. In 1990, the year he died, John Bowlby published a biography of Charles Darwin, one of his heroes. Bowlby had spent most of his 83 years fighting for the critical importance of a loving parent-child bond and the idea that each of us comes into the world both ready and longing to be cherished, protected, guided, and taught.
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May 14, 2024 | 
medium.com | Oxford Academic
Are most white American Christians actually committed to a Religion of Whiteness? Using national survey data, in-depth interviews, and focus group results gathered over several years, Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracey II explore the values that have fueled the rise of White Christian Nationalism. In this excerpt from their new book The Religion of Whiteness they explore the contrast in religious experiences that are visible in America.
