When laws are written in a vague way, they run the risk of wrongly convicting innocent people. Jessica R. Pliley, Associate Professor of the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities at Texas State University, recently published an article in The Atlantic
Category: History
The Shifting Dynamics of Revolutionary Families
Painting depicting the story of Betsy Ross presenting the first American flag to General George Washington, by Edward Percy Moran In addition to shaping global politics, wartime inevitably impacts local family dynamics. In “Writing Women’s History Through the Revolution: Family
Youth Culture Fought Fascism in Francoist Spain
In an era ruled by a dictatorship, Madrid’s youth emerged as a force for democracy and resistance. In Antiauthoritarian Youth Culture in Francoist Spain (Bloomsbury Press, 2018), Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia, assistant professor of history, explores the role of young people
Conflicting Accounts of Gandhi’s First Encounter with Christianity
A lot of what we know about Gandhi’s early life is generally pulled from autobiographical accounts. Unfortunately, these sources describing his life stories are problematic because they are told by a potentially unreliable narrator–namely, Gandhi himself. In a new article, “The
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Alkek Library Welcomes Fulbright-Scholar-in-Residence’s Exhibit
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Gökser Gökçay and Alkek Librarians Selene Hinojosa and Margaret Vaverek co-curated an exhibit titled “Celebrating Cultural and Educational Exchanges between the US & Turkey.” The exhibit is located on the second floor of Alkek Library and is
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