The Ends of History Fall 2020
The past is always with us—even when governments try to alter or erase it. How does contested history shape our politics and culture?
By Izabella Tabarovsky
The Soviet Union erased disabled troops, women and political purges from the narrative of its victory in World War II. Today’s Russian state has done the same.
By Jonathan Holloway and Richard Byrne Wilson Center 2020 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Jonathan Holloway traces Woodrow Wilson’s vexed legacy on racial equality.
The Past’s Transformative Power in China By Zheng Wang How does the memory of national humiliation in the 19th and 20th Centuries drive Chinese propaganda to this day? |