Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Cacee Hoyer, doctoral student, Department of History This episode provides an overview of the Scramble for Africa and how the 1885 Berlin Conference changed European colonialism on the continent. … Continue reading →

In this episode, we tackle “that pesky standard” in the Texas World History course that requires students to understand the development of “radical Islamic fundamentalism and the subsequent use of terrorism by some of its adherents.”

Guest Joan Neuberger from UT’s Department of History discusses the long-simmering causes of the revolution and discontent in Russia, and what finally lit the spark that caused the uprising that toppled the three hundred-year old Romanov dynasty.

Host: Joan Neuberger, Professor, Department of History, and editor, Not Even Past Guest: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies In this episode, we tackle “that pesky standard” in the Texas World History course that requires students to … Continue reading →

Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Joan Neuberger, Professor, Department of History, and editor, Not Even Past In February 1917, long summering tensions sparked a revolution that led to the overthrow of Russian Tsar Nicholas … Continue reading →