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Patterns, Assumptions, and Suspicions: A Review of Chile in their Hearts, by John Dinges
“…the Embassy investigation consisted almost exclusively of asking questions of Chilean officials. That might have been a reasonable approach in some countries, but it made little sense when the government that was being asked for help was in the midst of a campaign of mass…
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Rethinking the Samurai at the British Museum: A Conversation with Curator Rosina Buckland
You’ve heard of samurai, perhaps the most quintessential symbol of Japan, but how well do you really know these famed, so-called warriors? Did you know the term “samurai” actually refers to the samurai class and that half of that class were women? Perhaps you’ve heard of…
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Review of The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age (2025)
President Harry S. Truman is a wild card in historians’ dueling storylines about the atomic bombings of Japan at the end of World War II. For “orthodox” historians, Truman and his advisors let casualty projections, Japanese governmental paralysis, and American public opinion…
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Meg Lauren’s Songs from the Archive
This article is part of the series: History beyond Academia Meg Lauren’s song “Harriet Ross” tells the story of a fourteen-year-old factory worker from Scranton, Pennsylvania. While working at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), Lauren had the opportunity to…
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Curating History: Dr Pepper, Preservation, and Public Trust
This article is part of the series: History beyond Academia Ostrich egg models, Dr Pepper bottles, and toothbrushes preserved in soda. What do these artifacts have in common? At the Dr Pepper Museum, these objects collectively tell a story about the past that otherwise might go…
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The Brands of Garrison Hall at its Centennial
As the Roaring Twenties hummed on, a brand-new building was erected on the grassy slopes of central campus at The University of Texas at Austin. A crew of around 50 to 60 people, working with eight car loads of stone, six stone cutters, and ten lathers, pieced together what…
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The Battles of the Alamo and the Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
This is an essay about country music. While the narrative may not initially seem like it’s headed in that direction, trust me, it gets there; after passing through Texas, the story eventually arrives at the hallowed doorstep of contemporary country music: Music Row, Nashville,…
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Primary Source: Magic, Metal, and Medicine in Leonhard Thurneysser’s Paracelsus
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s…
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kate Imy
Formation What first drew you toward the study of history? My very uncool, non-academic answer is that my first historical obsession was the film Titanic. This resulted not only in seeing the film multiple times in theaters and being there at midnight for the VHS (!) release but…
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La Historia del Tiempo Presente en México: un campo en construcción
This article has an English version La Historia del Tiempo Presente[1] en nuestro país se perfila como un campo historiográfico en formación, aún abierto y en proceso de definición, el cual constituye un espacio de reflexión indispensable para comprender las fracturas,…