In this new book, Mateo Jarquín explores the rise and fall of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution (1979-1990). Whereas most scholars recall the Sandinistas from U.S. debates over the Reagan administration’s policies in Central America, Jarquín recenters the Nicaraguan Revolution as a major episode in the history of Latin America, the international left, and the Cold War. Drawing on research in Nicaragua and several other Latin American countries, he recreates the perspective of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leaders in Managua and shows how their...
Robinson Hall, History Department Conf. Room (#125), 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Please join us in discussing Jesse Robertson's paper titled "This Doomsday: The Climate of Conspiracy." Professor Joyce Chaplin will serve as respondent.
Asked to consider the relationship between conspiracy theories and climate change, one will most likely imagine skeptical cranks sparring with scientists over the factuality of warming data. But to take today’s...
Since the 1970s, Germany has experienced five energy transitions. In 2018, the country started to rethink its dependence on fossil fuels and initiated a plan to a low-carbon, nuclear free economy. This policy, known as Energiewende, has met significant challenges. This seminar will explore the difficulties, political battles, and unintended consequences that the country has had to face.
Speaker: Stephen Gross, Associate Professor of History & European Studies, New York University; Director,...