Institutional Change & Identity: Unexpected Impact of the Arab Spring
December of 2010 saw what would become a massive wave of demands for change throughout the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) area. Governments…
Micro-Loans, Macro-Impacts: The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh Transforms Lives
In the early 1970s, Bangladesh endured a war that left its people to cope with the harsh effects of famine and poverty. In 1976,…
Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones, But My Words Will Build an Army Against Apartheid
Winner of the Spring 2019 StMU History Media Award for Article with the Best Title “I have fought against white domination, and I have…
The Enemy of My Enemy is My Frienemy: The Syrian Civil War
When the Syrian Civil War started in 2011 with protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, it seemed like a clear-cut alliance system. Russia and…
From a Museum to a World Renown Circus: The Creations of P.T. Barnum
In May 2017, a historic event happened: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus shut down. Almost two centuries ago, it was created by…
Three Years Later, You Don’t Exist: The Kurdish Nation-State
To understand the importance of the Kurdish fight for independence in the Middle Eastern conflict today, one might trace thee roots in the earlier…
“I’m No Hero”: The Life Saving Acts of Irena Sendler
Winner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Political History” Best Article in the Category of…
The Artful Way to Equality: Tattoos and Women
“In the never-ending project of women’s self-transformation, tattoos are both an end and a beginning, a problem and a solution.”1 From the first tattoo,…
Medea did WHAT for love?
“Once upon a time…” is how many of our favorite love stories start. The couple meets, and complications arise, but in the end they have a…