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Radical History Review Historicizing the Politics and Pleasure of Sport Volume 2016, Number 125, May 2016 This issue of Radical History Review explores the contradictory history of sports as a global cultural phenomenon that has provided opportunities for pleasure, freedom, solidarity, and resistance, as well… Continue Reading Radical History Review issue coedited by Alegi
Episode 100 of Africa Past and Present — the podcast about African history, culture, and politics — is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org/2016/04/afripod-100/ This special centenary episode brings together curated selections from the first eight years of the podcast. The segments broadly represent examples from our… Continue Reading Afripod Centenary!
Episode 98 of Africa Past and Present has been released! Listen to author Ben Rawlence (Open Society Foundations Fellow) discuss his new book: City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp. Working in Dadaab, Kenya, he describes Somali refugees’ daily struggles, their personal… Continue Reading PODCAST: City of Thorns—Inside the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded funding to two MSU doctoral students, Elizabeth Timbs (History) and Alyssa Morley (Education), to support their research under the fiscal year 2015 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program. This year’s program has awarded $3 million to 86 advanced… Continue Reading History Fulbright in MSU Today
On December 1, 2015, the Football Scholars Forum held its 33rd session and the last one of the calendar year. A pre-circulated shared list of readings sparked a wide-ranging, highly engaging discussion about the impact and aftermath of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Thirteen… Continue Reading Football Scholars Discuss Women’s World Cup