History Lens
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Politics, Presidents and political Systems (History Lens)
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The Rise and Fall of Global Secularism (History Lens)
Threats to Religious Liberty. Yale University scholar Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins will discuss Religious Liberty, the Neoconservative Movement, and the Rise and Fall of Secularism in the Twentieth Century. The host for this episode is Jon Davidann. The guest for this episode is Daniel Steinmetz Jenkins. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to […]
The History of Presidential Power (History Lens)
And its dramatic inexorable increase over the years. Jay Fidell, Gene Fidell and Jon Davidann will discuss the history of presidential power in the United States, with due regard for how it has increased over the years and now particularly under the Trump Administration. The host for this episode are Jay Fidell and Jon Davidann. […]
Political Parties Through the Lens of History
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Trumps Border Wall (History Lens)
History of Crisis Manufacturing. Jay Fidell and Jon Davidann talk about Trump’s border wall crisis and a history of manufactured crises. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Jon Davidann. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, […]
The Limits of Westernization, Part V (History Lens)
East Asian Modernity after WWII. Postwar intellectuals in East Asia struggled to understand why modernity had failed so terribly in WWII especially in Japan. Two arguments emerged, state-initiated external coercion vs inner cooptation. In China, intellectuals were brutalized during the WWII and reeducated afterward by the CCP, forced to recent western liberal leanings. The hosts […]
The Limits of Westernization Part IV (History Lens)
Postwar Transformation. In the United States, intellectuals interpreted the U.S. victory and occupation of Japan as a sign of American dominance, in the process exaggerating westernization in East Asia. In Japan, intellectuals tried to answer what went wrong. In China, the Communists took power and intellectuals were further marginalized. The host for this episode is […]
How Did World War I Change America (History Lens)
It wasn’t only the casualties. Jon Davidan, history professor at HPU, will discuss one of his favorite subjects – World War I. How it draw America in, America’s role in it, and how it affected America through the rest of that century, and now. It wasn’t only the casualties, it was the technology, the oil, […]
The 100th Anniversary of the End of World War I (History Lens)
What do we remember; what have we learned. A discussion with History Professor Peter Hoffenberg of UH Manoa on how World War I began, how it was fought, how it affected Europe and the world, and what, if anything, the world remembers about it and what it means in our lives today. The host for […]