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SOURCE: TIME
5/8/2020
World War II in Europe Ended 75 Years Ago—But the World Is Still Fighting Over Who Gets to Say What Happened
The Polish historian Jan Grabowski is one of many scholars whose work has been challenged and attacked by right-wing nationalists who wish to present a purely heroic version of how Poles acted during World War II.
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SOURCE: History.com
5/6/2020
This Day in History: English Channel Tunnel Opens (1994)
In 1996, the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
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SOURCE: Associated Press
3/29/2020
Virus Forces Europeans To Ask: How United Do We Want To Be?
The north-south divide that has dogged the European Union for years has resurfaced as the virus has galloped across the continent.
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10/13/19
International Resistance in World War 2 Europe
by Olivier Wieviorka
While national histories of wartime resistance are plentiful, the European dimension of the shadow army has rarely been taken into account.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
5-1-17 (accessed)
Trump’s Plan to End Europe
by David Frum
Why does the president want to undo the post–World War II order?
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SOURCE: NYT
3-19-17
Once in the Shadows, Europe’s Neo-Fascists Are Re-emerging
A wave of nationalist victories, including Donald Trump's, has made Europe's most extreme right-wing parties more hopeful about their future.
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SOURCE: Newsweek
1-27-17
Jewish Leaders Warn Against ‘Post-Truth’ Populism on Holocaust Memorial Day
Jewish leaders have warned against anti-Semitism regaining a foothold with the rise of populist politicians.
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11-15-15
How Unprecedented Is the Mass Migration of Peoples Today?
by Pearl Duncan
Viewed through our DNA, it fits with a pattern of human behavior.
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10-25-15
The Hordes Are Banging on the Gates of Europe?
by Thomas Nail
It’s past time to retire this kind of language. The fact that it’s still being used reflects the crisis that is Europe.
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1-16-15
Europeans Need to Reconsider the Lessons of the Great Depression
by Barry Eichengreen
It is still not too late for European policy makers – and historians – to get this lesson right.
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3-24-14
Europe's Post-Cold War Order is Under Threat ... and Not Just from Russia
by Dan Stone
The specter of fascist-tinged parties in on the rise from Kiev to Athens to Paris.
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SOURCE: Science
3-10-14
New diet, sexual attraction may have spurred Europeans' lighter skin
For the longest time, skin color was thought to be a climatic adaptation. That may only be part of the story.
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SOURCE: National Review
2-27-14
Ukraine: A Domino Falls
by Conrad Black
Another historic step in the spread of liberty.
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SOURCE: New York Review of Books
3-20-14
Fascism, Russia, and Ukraine
by Timothy Snyder
The Ukrainian government is telling itself that its opponents are Jews and us that its opponents are Nazis.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
2-20-14
Will Ukraine Break Apart?
by Masha Lipman
In Ukraine’s two decades as an independent state, the prospect of disintegration has never looked so real.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
1-16-14
How countries across Europe will mark WWI centenary
From exhibitions and concerts to a movie and football match, a host of events will take place to commemorate anniversary.
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SOURCE: New York Times
10-1-13
Ukraine’s Bumpy Road to Europe
by Niall Ferguson and Pierpaolo Barbieri
Looking forward eagerly to Ukraine’s first step toward E.U. membership.
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SOURCE: BBC News
8-21-13
Prehistoric Europeans spiced their cooking
Researchers found evidence for garlic mustard in the residues left on ancient pottery shards discovered in what is now Denmark and Germany.
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SOURCE: LA Times
8-13-13
Neanderthals may have made tools from bone
Adding to the accumulating evidence that Neanderthals were more sophisticated than previously thought, scientists in Europe said that they had unearthed strong evidence that the early hominins — often typecast as brutish, club-lugging ape-men — fashioned their own specialized bone tools.In a report published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, archaeologists described the discovery of four fragments of bone tools known as lissoirs at two Neanderthal sites in southwest France.The implements are the oldest specialized bone tools found in Europe, said study lead author Marie Soressi, an archaeologist from Leiden University in the Netherlands....
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SOURCE: Eurekalert
8-8-13
Scientists have found new evidence to show how early humans migrated into Europe
Humans originated in Africa. But what route did they take as they began to disperse around the world 60,000 years ago? A new professor at the University of Huddersfield has played a key role in finding the answer to one of the most fundamental questions in the history of mankind.Professor Richards, who moved to Huddersfield from the University of Leeds, is a pioneer in the field -- one of just two professors of archaeogenetics in the world. He uses DNA evidence to study human origins, comparing data from modern samples across the world and occasionally to that which can be obtained from ancient sources such as skeletal remains and fossilised teeth. It leads to a vivid picture of the migration patterns of humankind and the origins of civilisation....