In an exploration of Patty Ortiz’s art with DACA migrants to the US, Irina Popescu argues that performance art can encourage empathy and political responsibility.
Tag: activism
Call for Papers: Activist Histories of Ireland
Next year, on July 12th and 13th, Hertford College, Oxford will host an exciting conference connecting Irish campaigners and historians to discuss Activist Histories of Ireland.
Extended Call for Applications: Three Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop Online
History Workshop Journal and History Workshop Online (HWO) are seeking to appoint three Editorial Fellows to join our radical history magazine.
Remembering 1968: Children of the New Age at Columbia University
By Nancy Biberman We were an optimistic and righteous generation, many of us conceived and raised by men and women who had survived World War II. My dad was an Army combat vet who fought in the South Pacific and trained GIs on the use of top-secret proximity fuse weaponry. […]
Episode 3: History Acts – Housing in Crisis
In this episode, activists and historians discuss the UK housing crisis in contemporary and historical perspective.
The Women’s March: reflections from around the world
Protestors from around the world share their thoughts and experiences of the Women’s March, 21 January 2017.
Review: Australian Aboriginal Protest in Interwar Europe
A short review of the life of A.M. Fernando, the first an Aboriginal Australian activist to present the Aboriginal cause directly to the European public in the 1920’s
