Author: dschumacher
DISPUTES OF NANKING
Painting by Hung Liu, 2003 This image above is a painting by Hung Liu and it depicts a young girl surrounded by destruction and death. The colors used in this painting are culturally considered colors of devastation and death as well as ghosts. Hung Liu uses these artistic elements to represent the darkness and desolation …
WHAT IS A HOMELAND?
The period of time during and after World War II called for mass migrations and movements of people all over the world. These forced migrations of thousands of people created a system of narratives and differing opinions forming about the reasons for said movements. The relocation of people in and out of Palestine in the …
ZIONISTS AND JEWISH STATEHOOD
As the Jewish population before, during, and after World War II is ranked high as a victim of the War, they did not relieve the reparations needed for consecutive relocations over the years. The rapidly growing antisemitism in Western Europe caused the heightening Zionist movement advocating and calling for the Jewish Nation to protect its …
CONSUMER CULTURE
Following WWII, the race for recovery began as countries began the process of reconstruction. Nations such as France struggled with planning what they wanted the future of their country to look like. Countries from all over Europe would look at each other in hopes of obtaining an idea for their new systems of government and …
MORE THAN AESTHETICS
World War II set the stage for a brand new view on technology and the methods of warfare. As the war waged on the United States developed nuclear technology which caused catastrophic destruction. The U.S. caused waves of destruction across Japan by dropping two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This propelled the power of …
PSYCHIATRIC CASUALTIES
The state of mind and body in which veterans were left after WWII was intense for all involved. The duty of the state to rehabilitate these individuals and integrate them back into a normal way of living was great. The themes between these readings stand clear with a sense of disability as well as stigmatization …
GENDER AND HUMAN RIGHTS
In the period of time following the devastation that was World War II, there was much trepidation when it came to the revival of Europe and the movement of people that occurred both during and after the phases of the war. The largest recorded migration/ displacement of people from all over Europe brought both stress …
INTRODUCTION
Hello! My name is Danielle Schumacher ( I prefer to go by Dani) and I use they/she pronouns. I am from Smyrna, Delaware and a junior double majoring in political science and history and I am hoping to follow my undergrad degree with law school.
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