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Politics and the Chinese Language

What distinguishes political language from daily-life language in thePeople's Republic of China? In what ways have different sorts of people (officials, protesters, ordinary folk) used or responded to the official […]

Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War

Prof. Andrews will discuss his new book, Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War, which reconsiders the 1914 Ludlow Massacre from the perspectives of labor and environmental history. It won […]

2nd Ancient Borderlands Conference

Beyond Borders: Ancient Societies and their Conceptual Frontiers McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6th floor) Friday, 4/16, 1:00 - 6:00 pm Saturday, 4/17, 8:30 am - 4:15 pm Sunday, 4/18, 8:30 […]

Nationalizing States Revisited

In this talk Prof. Brubaker will return to his influential book, Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe, to reflect upon changes since the collapse of […]