Organization of American Historians

ALAA ALASWANY'S THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING: A NEW HISTORICIST READING Mona A. M. Ahmed In his novel, The Yacoubian Building, Alaa Alaswany presents an accurate image of Modern Egypt; he masterfully depicts the social, political and economic conditions of the Egyptian society during the last few decades that preceded the publication of this successful literary work. The purpose of the present paper is to attempt a reading of…

Elizabeth Li Professor Kathryn Kahn TA 100W 29 September 2014 Schizophrenic Soldiers During the Second World War Schizophrenia treatment has evolved since the 1940s. Today, schizophrenic patients can receive antipsychotic medications, psychosocial treatments, specialized rehabilitation programs, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Although psychiatric care had significantly improved since the First World War, World War II military hospitals were not without their flaws. During the Second World War…

widespread fear and paranoia, witch hunts and many innocent and gifted women were being accused of witchcraft and being hung. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 was written by Wallace Notestein in 2010. Wallace Notestein was an American historian and Sterling Professor of English History at Yale University from 1928 to 1947. This source emphasizes on the witch hunt and how terrible the prosecution was conducted. It portrays the senseless belief that anyone who is suspected of…

assess her impact as a Black orator. The institution of slavery profoundly shaped African American activism and oratory during Tubman's time. Enslaved individuals faced systemic oppression and violence, yet many found ways to resist through acts of rebellion, escape, and advocacy. Oratory emerged as a powerful tool for expressing dissent, rallying support, and challenging the legitimacy of slavery. African American activists, including…

and named the grammatical system of language as langue, and the social use of language as parole. Firth (1937) also said that “speech is social ‘magic’. You learn your languages in stages as conditions of gradual incorporation into your social organization…. the approach to speech must consequently be sociological” (p. 153). Language is the tool for communication no matter it is uttered through voice or articulated voicelessly by gestures or other methods of expression in various social…

come they sexually exploit the untouchables; if they do not yield to their demand, they would be accused doing something wrong or they talk pollution, god and religion as it happens in the case of Sohini, Bakha’s sister. A L Basham, a well-known historian points out in his famous book The Wonder That Was India:Vol.1 how the Brahmans sexually exploited the women of lower castes in the name of god and religion. The exploitation of untouchables in all possible way is taking from pre-historic age to…

placed in the jail for his safety. The other accounts would merely assert that a guard was placed by the regimental officers to protect the Butler property from further intrusions. The killing of “slave-catching dogs” while perhaps under discussed by historians was not an uncommon practice by Union soldiers during Sherman’s March to the Sea. The Iowa City Weekly Republican, by far the most mentioned publication in the letters of the 22nd Iowa, included an article in early 1865, which declared…

Did you know that even if we were to put the earth’s history into a clock human history would be less than a second? Still, we’ve made the most impact on the earth than any other species.Moreover, we are very inclined on learning about our past. Our history. Our revolution. The human revolution occurred two hundred and fifty thousand years ago. Humans began migrating to Eurasia, Australia,The Americas as well as to The Pacific.Likewise, the core languages also began to spread.Such as Bantu…

They did so through the special security organization and also by placing spies all over Iraq. It was difficult to trust anyone or to openly express a view that opposed the party’s beliefs. The Ba’ath party made sure to employ individuals in all classes to keep track on the affairs of all civilians…

rest of the Union in the winter of 1860. The definition of the word “secession” or “secede” has not changed much over the last two hundred years. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, secession is defined as a “formal withdrawal from an organization”. Following the election of Abraham Lincoln earlier in the year, the South Carolina General Assembly voted to secede from the Union and form its own nation: The Confederate States of America. Six other states then followed in South…