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Episode 54 of Africa Past and Present — the podcast about African history, culture, and politics — is now available at:http://afripod.aodl.org/2011/07/afripod-54/ In this episode, Heather Hughes (University of Lincoln) discusses her new biography of John Langalibalele Dube, founding president of the African National Congress. As… Continue Reading New Africa Past and Present podcast available

A Russian translation of Lewis Siegelbaum’s “Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile” was published in May by Rosspen (Moscow), the leading publisher of historical works in Russia. The translation by Marina Leiko was  closely supervised by the author. The book appears in… Continue Reading Russian Translation for “Cars for Comrades”

Emeritus professor Linda Cooke Johnson’s new book, titled “Women of the Conquest Dynasties: Gender and Identity in Liao and Jin China” will be out this month from University of Hawaii Press.

Episode 53 of Africa Past and Present — the podcast about African history, culture, and politics — is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org In this episode, David Wiley, James Pritchett, Laura Mitchell, and Joshua Grace discuss the huge US government cuts to Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs… Continue Reading Africa Past and Present – New Podcast

Professor Sean Forner published  ‘Deutscher Geist’ und demokratische Erneuerung: Kulturbünde in Ost und West nach 1945.” In Rückblickend in die Zukunft: Politische Öffentlichkeit und intellektuelle Positionen in Deutschland um 1950 und um 1930, ed. Alexander Gallus and Axel Schildt. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2011. Translates as: ‘German… Continue Reading ‘Deutscher Geist’ / ‘German Spirit’ published by Dr. Sean Forner