Videoconference: Austrian Perspective on the Great Recession and its Aftermath (Socratic Seminar)

Gene Epstein, November 16, 2011 | Universidad Francisco Marroquín

Click here to watch the conference (70:07 minutes)

Gene Epstein is Barron’s economics editor and author of the column “Economic Beat”. Previously, he was senior economist at the New York Stock Exchange, and has taught at the City University of New York and St. John’s University. Epstein holds a MA in economics from the New School and a BA in history from Brandeis University. He is author of the book Econospinning: How to Read between the Lines when the Media Manipulate the Numbers.

Did Empire Matter? Indian Migration in Global Context 1834-1940

Prof. Adam McKeown from Columbia University did an online conference a couple weeks ago (November 08, 2011. University of Pittsburgh. World History Center.). The title was “Did Empire Matter? Indian Migration in Global Context 1834-1940” as a continuation of the Global Migrations Discussion. I have uploaded a summary of that lecture’s content and here’s the link to the pdf,

PDF: McKeown – Migrations

You can still watch the tape of the online conference in this link: LIVE Conference (taped)

Prof. Adam McKeown, is a leading figure in world-historical interpretation, has shown the value of migration studies in clarifying global patterns. He is author of studies including, Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders /(2008), and he is writing a history of globalization since 1760. He co-directs the International and Global History graduate track at Columbia.

Article: Global Migration, 1846 – 1940 by Prof. Adam McKeown (capitalisthistory.wordpress.com)
Where are the world’s biggest Chinese and Indian immigrant communities? (capitalisthistory.wordpress.com)
Why Globalization Matters? (capitalisthistory.wordpress.com)
Paper: Eugene Kulischer, Joseph Schechtman and the Historiography of European Forced Migrations (capitalisthistory.wordpress.com)
Journal Reco: Globalization and Global History in Toynbee (capitalisthistory.wordpress.com)
World: World Migration Report 2011 – Communicating Effectively about Migration (reliefweb.int)
Journal of World History, vol. 22, no. 4 (2011) (uhpjournals.wordpress.com)

Dec. 8, 1941. War on Japan Declared

Video of original footage of the Declaration of War to Japan

Dec. 8, 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war on Japan. One of the gloomiest days on History.

Dec. 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor Attack Footage

Video of original footage of the Declaration of War to Japan

This footage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was shot by CWO4 Clyde Daughtry. The attack occured at exactly 7:55 a.m. Hawaii Time. The original footage has since been lost, and the poor quality of this footage is due to the fact that it is a copy, and believed to be the best remaining version of this film in existence. Among the many valuable portions of this footage are shots of USS Nevada (BB-36) underway and firing back at Japanese aircraft, USS Oglala (CM-4) rolling over and sinking, and USS St. Louis underway (CL-4). Naval History and Heritage Command, Photographic Section, UM-10.

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