This thesis investigates how local historical societies in Philadelphia use public programs to engage their audiences and provide value for their neighborhood communities. Interviews with staff from six local historical societies associated with Philadelphia neighborhoods collected information about these ...
The Reform Societies of Germany have commenced a formidable attack upon the Oral Law, and a free discussion is now carried on in the numerous Jewish periodicals of that country, of which the results are easily foretold." McCaul emphasizes again that his discussion is an attack on rabbinism, ...
also known as Amtorg (short for Amerikanskaia Torgovlia, Russian: Амторг), was the first trade representation of the Soviet Union in the United States, established in New York in 1924 by merging Armand Hammer’s Allied American Corporation (Alamerico) with Products Exchange Corporation ...
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2015. Teachers in the social trenches: Teaching civics in divided societies. Theory and Research in Education 13: 121–136. Article Google Scholar Verdeja, Ernesto. 2009. Unchopping a tree: Reconciliation in the aftermath of political violence. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Google Scholar...
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Associated Organizations At Large Members Museums and Societies Pennsylvania Bucktail Central Pennsylvania Cumberland Valley Delaware Valley Harrisburg Horseshoe Curve Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Lancaster Lehigh Valley Philadelphia Pocono Mountains Pottstown & Reading Regional Chapters Canada: British Columbia Japan...
Falmouth’s Portuguese communities also formed fraternal societies, such as The Fresh Pond Holy Ghost Society and the East Falmouth Holy Ghost Association. The Fresh Pond Society still puts on a festa in June. The celebration starts with a procession that takes a crown and a scepter to an alta...
“I was interested in writing about the gray space between militarized societies and questions of choice and coercion,”V.V. Ganeshananthan, in an interview withHere & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes Further Reading wbur Interview:‘Brotherless Night’ explores Sri Lanka’s civil war through stories of ...
At the same time, scientists have sought to find in historical knowledge keys to better understand the impact of climate on societies. Have these collaborations enhanced our understanding of climate’s role in shaping the human past? In this talk, Professor Di Cos...