Showing posts with label Artifact of the Moment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artifact of the Moment. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Christmas Decorating With the Nazis: Literary Tree Ornaments

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The Nazis were nothing if not culturally acquisitive. Although harshly critical of modernist art and literature, they portrayed themselves a...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

18 December 1916: Battle of Verdun Ends

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The Battle of Verdun, which had begun on 21 February 1916, at last came to an end on 18 December. The meat-grinder, as it came to be known, ...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

21 February 1916: The Battle of Verdun Begins

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This month's artifact of the moment: A century ago began one of the fiercest battles of a war that has come to stand for unprecedented...
Monday, August 31, 2015

Artifact of the Moment: "Souvenir de la Libération": France, 1944

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As the anniversary of the start of World War II draws near, time to squeeze in one more piece on the endgame. Recently, it was Okinawa and H...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The (elegant brass) Christmas Box--Anno 1914

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Whenever possible, I like to use images and objects in teaching. They can provide insights into specific aspects of life in the past in th...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Going Postal in Gaza

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Artifact of the Moment: Not necessarily what you think. An arcane and quotidian piece of history. Over on the Tumblr :

Would You Wear Jewelry Commemorating a War or Battle? (The Somme of All Fears)

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A pretty pin marking the proverbial bloodiest day in British military history. Would you consider it strange to wear jewelry commemorating ...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Prosit Neujahr! The Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Army railroad engineers wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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As I pondered which historical Christmas or New Year's artifact to share this year, I managed to settle on a modest one that addresses b...
Friday, March 9, 2012

International Women's Day--and Portaits of Twentieth-Century European Feminists

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Let a joyous sense of serving the common class cause and of fighting simultaneously for their own female emancipation inspire women wo...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Artifact of the Moment: A Book, and a Belief in World Cultural Unity Amidst Diversity

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11 February Beginning a new rubric, which I had been meaning to do for quite some time.  "Artifact of the Moment" (and yes, I di...
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