… Originally from El Paso, Texas, Esparza chose Cornell for his Ph.D. because of its commitment to evidence-based teaching methods, its continued … GRF. On a professional level, the GRF provides me with the freedom and time to pursue opportunities that further my …
… B.C. – at the Battle of Actium. But the real story is more complicated and even more engrossing, according to … the culmination of a campaign that had seen active fighting for six months and military and political preparations … warfare today, Actium was a war of misinformation and fake news. Octavian turned a hostile situation into open …
… through a constellation of images, from Marx’s ‘locomotives of history’ to Lenin’s mummified body to the Paris Commune’s demolition of the Vendome Column. … significant. The history of the USSR is constituted by unfreedom, dictatorship, and violence, and we are accustomed …
… view that biology governed humans’ remarkable facility for language. Over the second half of the 20th century, … or that we had evolved a special language instinct. Communication was widely seen in engineering terms, as the computer-like transfer of information. Now in a new book …
… Three of the conference’s keynote speakers are former students of Schwarz who are now professors. … Presidential Fellow. The conference, “50 Years of Transformative Teaching,” will feature panels, lectures and other … at the Celebrating Dan Schwarz event webpage. The event is free but registration is requested. “The English department …
… a 2021 book prize from the Urban History Association (UHA) for “Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt." Fahmy’s book was recognized for Best Book in Non-North American Urban History. … a 2021 book prize from the Urban History Association (UHA) for “Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern …
… of LGBTQ history have typically focused on battles for public space and visibility. As gay liberation activists … how they make their home lives visible, who gets to come in, and what they’re allowed to see. In that sense, … against people living with HIV/AIDS, and people could become incredibly isolated in their homes. What the volunteers …
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Cornell students enjoy the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
… professor of English, and novelist Emily Fridlund, visiting scholar in the Department of English, have each … professor of English, and novelist Emily Fridlund, visiting scholar in the Department of English, have each …
… with petitions, threats and violence. Some proactively freed their slaves, and others fought against it. The three … slaves education and many opportunities. “He never formally freed them but he didn’t have to, because he was prepared to … Christianity. The missionaries strongly encouraged him to free his slaves, says Greene, and unlike many other …
