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… own stories to tell. Fragmented stories from Hondurans crossing through southern Mexico assemble a vivid portrait of … migration system that renders human beings invisible in life as well as death. Directed by Raúl O. Paz Pastrana …

… Many of my interviewees, however, did not think of their life stories as distinct from the history of their … them questions that focused on major events in a woman’s life cycle in Ewe communities. For example, I would ask them, … women about the birth of their first child because this event is seen as the marker of the transition to womanhood in …

… On Friday, we took the steamer for Beaver, on the Ohio river, (which commences at Pittsburgh, the Monongahela and … and myself, ascended a very steep eminence across the river, three hundred feet high, where we had a beautiful … quite overpowering. I have never perspired so much in my life. The quantity of water thus exuded through the pores of …

… specific downstream initiatives are required to apply the lessons of religious freedom and civic virtue? What is the … mistrust and intolerance?  Are there wider comparative lessons to be drawn for inter-disciplinary exploration and … the capacity for discerning God’s plan and purpose for life. Accordingly, we are summoned as moral persons to …

… Studies, University of California – Berkeley   The Mekong River has undergone vast infrastructural changes in recent … impact upon the lives of those residing on the great river. It also impacts how they dream. In Mekong Dreaming, … Johnson explores the changing relationship between the river and the residents of Ban Beuk, a village on the …

… protect his “freedom” outside of the law.   Douglass’s life and work serve as a striking symbol of one of the first … Sanford in 1857. They were at the heart of a politics of fear in the 1850s that led to disunion. Among the many legacies of Douglass’s life and writings alive today, one of the most potent is his …

… to include economic history, agriculture, empire, everyday life, village organizations, and the emergence of the modern … and Market Networks in Korea, 1876-1945—examines the Korean rural economy during a period of immense political … a class in spring 2018 on economic change and everyday life in modern Korea. Dominik Wallner has degrees Japanese …

… volumes, The Fernando Coronil Reader: The Struggle for the Life is the Matter (Duke University Press, 2019) and The …

… volumes, The Fernando Coronil Reader: The Struggle for the Life is the Matter (Duke University Press, 2019) and The …

… Russia’s tempting riches in energy and minerals. There are lessons here, for both China and Russia but also for the … as the Chinese looked to the Soviets for support in the Korean War in the 1950s, Russian leaders today will look to … has to go back to status quo ante, as Mao had to do in the Korean War, resentment at a partner for not having supported …

… Theological Seminary in Kentucky whose research focuses on Buddhist religious nationalism and ethnic identity conflict … next to speak. He argued that “it’s not possible to ignore Buddhist nationalism and ethnic ideological conflict” when it comes to the current political situation in Myanmar. “Buddhist nationalism is nothing new in Myanmar,” Moe added, …

… volumes, The Fernando Coronil Reader: The Struggle for the Life is the Matter (Duke University Press, 2019) and The …