The Historical Nerds

30/06/2021

Teacher Cami Houston talks to 5 year old Donnell Price during a class for first graders at Northern Trust Bank's Cooperative Learning Center in Chicago Sep 9, 1993. (AP Photo/Mark Elias) By: Andre Lopes Massa Abstract Traditional historical narrative has purported for generations that education has been the key to American progress and that, more importantly, the American political system has corrected the disparities in education access and attainment between white and black individuals....

Teacher Cami Houston talks to 5 year old Donnell Price during a class for first graders at Northern Trust Bank’s Cooperative Learning Center in Chicago Sep 9, 1993. (AP Photo/Mark Elias) By: …

28/06/2020

At the time of writing, the world is starting to emerge from the self-imposed social distancing measures implemented in response to the COVID-19. Countries all over Europe are starting to revert back to a life that was once thought gone when COVID-19 was declared a worldwide pandemic by WHO in March, with cafes sprawling with visitors in masks, soccer leagues such as Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, and England’s Premier League resuming play, and a general sense of optimism that Europe may have finally left the worst of the pandemic behind them, with the latest data indicating declining rates of cases. [ 1,824 more word ]

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02/04/2017

So, for those of you who are craving some of our older, research oriented content, I decided to upload my term paper last year exploring the relationship between education and anti-immigrant sentiment. Hope you find it an interesting read! As always, feel free to leave any feedback in the comments section below. Introduction The history of the United States has often been praised as being one that, one the face of it, many paint as being the place where an immigrant can come and make anything of themselves, so long as they are willing to work hard they can give themselves and their children a better life than the one they had. [ 5,546 more words ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2017/04/02/a-study-in-the-relationship-between-education-and-xenophobia

So, for those of you who are craving some of our older, research oriented content, I decided to upload my term paper last year exploring the relationship between education and anti-immigrant sentim…

02/04/2017

By: Andre Lopes Massa So, before I get into this week’s content, I just want to mention that, as you’re noticing right now, the appearance and design of the website are completely different from what you all are used to. Nick and I worked tirelessly to ensure that he appearance was more vibrant to match the transition the Historical Nerds are making and to organize our posts in a way that you all can easily find what you’re looking for. [ 1,079 more word ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2017/04/02/dating-from-the-perspective-of-an-old-fashioned-millennial

By: Andre Lopes Massa So, before I get into this week’s content, I just want to mention that, as you’re noticing right now, the appearance and design of the website are completely different from wh…

28/03/2017

By Andre Lopes Massa Since the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1868 and the restoration of the emperor to power through the reforms of Emperor Meiji, Japan’s foreign and commerce policy began to change radically in the late 1800’s. Determined never to suffer the humiliation that Japan suffered at the hands of Western powers in the later years of the Tokugawa period, the Meiji regime introduced the Oath of 1868 that claimed to “lay down the foundations of the Empire.” Early in the new regime, Japan was determined to “Westernize” in every way possible, from internal democratic reforms within the government to mimic Western European structures to an aggressive foreign policy driven by the formation of a national conception of self-identity that formed as a result of the demands attempts at western industrialization placed on the Japanese people. [ 2,710 more words ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2014/06/05/the-rise-of-japanese-imperialism

By Andre Lopes Massa Since the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1868 and the restoration of the emperor to power through the reforms of Emperor Meiji, Japan’s foreign and commerce pol…

26/03/2017

By: Andre Lopes Massa Home is a wonderful place. It’s where you feel accepted and it’s full of the familiar surrounding you’re used to. But, after a time, you may crave something different from the culture you’re used to, but, perhaps because of the uncertainty surrounding leaving the place you’ve known your whole life. Don’t fear that craving. It just means that you have the courage to want to explore the world, take a risk and find out more about yourself and where you’re meant to be. [ 1,308 more word ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2017/03/26/a-nerds-perspective-brought-from-the-south

By: Andre Lopes Massa Home is a wonderful place. It’s where you feel accepted and it’s full of the familiar surrounding you’re used to. But, after a time, you may crave something different from the…

20/03/2017

By: Andre Lopes Massa It’s been a long time since the last time I’ve blogged here on the Historical Nerds. Since my last post, I have become a college graduate from George Mason University, experiencing the highs and lows of post-graduate life. For those that have read my posts on this blog from the time I founded it as a freshmen project all those years ago, I just want to thank you for persisting with me all this time and being patient with me. [ 1,164 more word ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2017/03/20/a-nerds-guide-to-get-through-college

By: Andre Lopes Massa It’s been a long time since the last time I’ve blogged here on the Historical Nerds. Since my last post, I have become a college graduate from George Mason University, experie…

05/11/2015

By: Andre Lopes Massa Every grocery-shopping trip always end up with the same dilemma every time we get to the desert section: which flavor of ice cream should we buy? As you begin to look towards the ice cream section, you begin to notice the multitude of ice cream brands and sizes of vanilla, enough to overwhelm you over the minute differences advertised on each carton of ice cream to draw you towards it. [ 1744 more words. ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2015/11/05/baudrillards-vanilla/

By: Andre Lopes Massa Every grocery-shopping trip always end up with the same dilemma every time we get to the desert section: which flavor of ice cream should we buy? As you begin to look towards ...

21/10/2015

By Andre Lopes Massa The Iliad is a remarkable tale of how the lowest points of human emotions end up unifying a population from the sheer feelings of loss and mourning that can occur whether one was Greek or Trojan. Whether it be through the way in which a recognition of value comes from those moments of loss or mourning or whether the way in which Homer presents the… [ 2699 more words. ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2015/10/21/death-and-mourning-in-the-iliad

By Andre Lopes Massa The Iliad is a remarkable tale of how the lowest points of human emotions end up unifying a population from the sheer feelings of loss and mourning that can occur whether one w...

01/09/2015

By: Andre Lopes Massa The question of truth has always been one approached from multiple angles regarding whether it is something that can be objectively reached or whether it is a subjective construction that can be manipulated through different techniques and forms of writing. Truth can be represented, for Plato, according to the forms that our souls attempt to remember during our lifetime in the human body. [ 2376 more words. ]

http://thehistoricalnerds.com/2015/09/01/truth-according-to-nietzsche-plato-and-obrien

By: Andre Lopes Massa The question of truth has always been one approached from multiple angles regarding whether it is something that can be objectively reached or whether it is a subjective const...

18/05/2015

Exploring the Psychology of Terror Threat Construction http://wp.me/p2Ypud-sm

By Andre Lopes Massa Since the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on 9/11, there has been a strong group dynamic regarding the construction of the friend/enemy binary regarding the discourse that surrounds the construction of a terrorist enemy. A rhetoric of American exceptionalism has often been one of the central components of forming this binary as a strong feeling of nationalism has often been at the heart of forming biased assumptions about other relevant groups that project enemy images onto them in a need to protect our own conception of ourselves. [ 3425 more words. ]

10/05/2015

Hello Everyone, This is the next video created by Jimmy Fitch (Son of a Fitch Productions) and Nick Hossan (Sword Strike Productions). This is the full version of one of the videos in the Final Ree...