Monday, June 22, 2009

22 June 1941 "Operation Barbarossa": Germany Attacks the USSR

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The surprise attack by Nazi Germany on its erstwhile Soviet ally was fateful in numerous regards. It was the beginning of the full ideologi...

Getting back in the groove

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For a variety of reasons, I decided not to attempt to maintain a regular posting schedule during our very full and successful study abroad c...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

17 June: Bunker Hill Day--and where's the spirit of revolution today?

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Boston, and Bunker Hill from the east, with Charlestown and the monument on the right: engraving by W. H. Barlett, from one of the many ...

17 June: "Day of German Unity"

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The original Day of German Unity (Tag der deutschen Einheit) commemorates the disturbances of 17 June 1953, when workers in East Germany (G...
Friday, May 29, 2009

27 May 1942: Assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich by Czech Paratroopers

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On this day in 1942, paratroopers sent by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, the ruler of the ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Practical Things You Can Learn from Studying Science. Lessons from history

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A recent article by John Malone and Brian Oliver, " The genomic 'inner fish' and a regulatory enigma in the vertebrates ,"...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Run It up the Flagpole and See. . . what?

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This was the sight that greeted visitors as they came up the main drive onto the Hampshire College campus shortly before Commencement. The q...

Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk

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The Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk, held annually on the weekend closest to the date of her death, by tradition concludes at her graveside, whe...

West Cemetery Landscape Restoration: Second Planting

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This weekend, just in time for the Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk and close on the heels of Town Meeting's approval of a long list of Histo...
Saturday, May 16, 2009

May 15: The Cemetery is Alive on the Anniversary of Emily Dickinson's Death

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The spirit of Emily Dickinson seemed tangible in West Cemetery as night waned on the anniversary of her death. Following the very successfu...