Skip to content

e-Storia

Your Primary Source For All Things History

About
Joseph Imre
Links
Contact Me

National Alliance of Hungarians in Canada

Posted by Joseph & Jazmin on December 31, 2012

The new website of the National Alliance of Hungarians in Canada is now operational. Please feel free to visit the new site here:

Share this:

Share

Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Tumblr
Twitter
Reddit
Pinterest
Pocket
Print

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Post navigation

Previous Post 2012 in review

Next Post Rapturous Research – NYTimes Op-ed

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Notify me of new comments via email.

Notify me of new posts via email.

Welcome!

Welcome to eStoria! This site has been generated to serve as an open forum for accessible history from around the world. I have assembled on the main page recent posts and links of historical interest. Please feel free to peruse the following pages and posts and contact me with your comments and questions. Thank you for visiting and do visit again soon. You can stay up-to-date on all posts by signing up for regular updates via email.

This Day in History

Winston Churchill born
“Elton John’s Greatest Hits” reaches #1
Meteorite strikes Alabama woman
Brady Bill signed into law
Ralph Nader’s “Unsafe at Any Speed” hits bookstores
Folies Bergère stages first revue
President Truman refuses to rule out atomic weapons
Mark Twain is born
“Jeopardy!” contestant’s record winning streak ends
Female serial killer strikes in Florida

BBC News

Covid: Fauci warns of 'surge in cases' post Thanksgiving
Australia demands China apologise for posting 'repugnant' fake image
White Island volcano: NZ officials charge 13 parties over tragedy
Biden announces all-female senior press team
Sri Lanka: Six die in prison riot over Covid panic
Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won
Japan's crown prince 'approves' daughter's wedding
Indonesia: Thousands flee poisonous gas after volcano erupts
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Mekelle hospital struggling after attack - Red Cross
Joe Biden: President-elect fractures foot while playing with dog

New York Times

One Seat, Competing Pressures as Newsom Considers Senate Pick
Biden Expected to Name Top Economic Officials This Week
Biden Fractures Foot Playing With His Dog, Putting Him in a Boot
The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It
New York City Will Reopen Elementary Schools and Reduce Hybrid Learning
Thanksgiving Travel Could Seed a Surge on Top of a Surge, Officials Say
Should Isolation Periods Be Shorter for People With Covid-19?
The Lost Days That Made Bergamo a Coronavirus Tragedy
‘Because She’s a Girl’: Lockdown Exposes Gender Gap in U.K. Sports
A Wong Kar-wai Retrospective

Time Magazine

President-Elect Joe Biden Picks All-Female Team to Lead White House Communications
President-Elect Joe Biden Fractures Foot While Playing With Dog
New York City to Reopen Schools as COVID-19 Spread Intensifies
Dr. Fauci Says U.S. May See ‘Surge Upon Surge’ of COVID-19 in Weeks Ahead
Cost to Delay Tokyo Olympics Is Estimated at $2 Billion
Dave Prowse, Actor Who Played Darth Vader, Dies at 85
Eric Schmidt Thinks This Is The Best Age To Start Measuring Excellence
It’s Not Just…The Maddening Psychology of Holiday Zooms
Ethiopia Says Its Military Now Controls the Tigray Capital
Tony Hsieh, Retired Zappos CEO, Dies at 46

Memorial Fund

Memorial Fund

Reuters News

An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

WSJ World News

An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

The World Next Week

CFR Master Class With Adam Segal
A Conversation With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission
A Conversation With House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith
A Conversation With Vice Admiral Robert Sharp
A Conversation With Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh of the Palestinian Authority
A Conversation With President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
CFR Master Class With Sheila Smith
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Robert S. Kaplan
A Global Look at Primary Care in the Era of COVID-19
Lessons From History Series: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin—25 Years Later

AbeBooks Blog

DreamHaven Books – Minneapolis’ haven for sci-fi, fantasy & horror
American poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature
Spend the night in Gladstone’s Library
Gustave Dore’s London
The Book of Black Magic

Smithsonian History Feed

The Ten Best Books About Food of 2020
Why the P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II Beast of the Airways, Ruled the Skies
Why the Myths of Plymouth Dominate the American Imagination
Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut
A Brief History of the Falklands War
The Storied History of Giving in America
A History of Felines, as Narrated and Illustrated by a Cat
A Special Air Delivery From the U.S. Navy Arrives With Only a Few Dings
How History Records the Peculiar Role of America’s First Ladies
What the Survival of the Hawaiian Language Means to Those Who Speak It

The New Yorker

Cartoon Caption Contest
Joni Mitchell’s Youthful Artistry
Having a Baby in Quarantine
Sunday Reading: Whodunnits and Other Mysteries
The Cost of Trump’s Assault on the Press and the Truth
The Cryptic Crossword: No. 96
A Poet Reflects on Europe’s Last Dictatorship
Welcome to Our Writing Retreat, You’re Grounded!
A Quest to Discover America’s First Science-Fiction Writer
Music Will Not Be Quarantined

History Today

A Historic Turning Point?
Illyria Found
A Queen on Trial
On the Wrong Side of History
Illuminating Conspiracy
Trust in Change
The Goths Take Rome
Medicine Woman
The Crown Lost at Sea
Interspecies Violence

History Today Podcasts

The Crown Lost at Sea
The Wars of the Roses: The Queen who Lost Everything
Foreign Correspondents in the Soviet Union
Nagorno-Karabakh’s Myth of Ancient Hatreds
‘The Terrible Lioness’
Terror on Wall Street
The Power of the Royal Mistress
The Rise of the Valkyries
Henry VIII Meets his Match
A History of the Oceans

Medievalists Blog

Essential Hiking Gear for a Medieval Chinese Monk
The kingdom of Rus’ and medieval Europe, with Christian Raffensperger
Bad Bread, Big Wines, and Plenty of Meat: A Culinary Tour in the Year 1404
Medieval Scandinavia: The Finnish Peoples
New Digital Resource: Mapping Eastern Europe

In the Middle – Medieval Blog

In Support and Solidarity
Open Letter from Medievalists In Support of the Wet'suwet'en Protectors
A Graduate Student in the (Farmers') Marketplace of Ideas
On hidden scars and the passive voice
#RaceB4Race: Beginnings

Medieval Hungary

Mapping Eastern Europe Website Launched
Croatia and Hungary. 800 Years of Common Heritage
10 Years of the Medieval Hungary blog
An Antonio Tempesta rediscovered in Budapest
In memoriam Paul Crossley (1945-2019)

History Extra Podcasts

Ancient Babylon: everything you wanted to know
Looking for Egypt’s lost tombs
Robert Harris on V2, historical fiction and WW2
2020: The historians’ verdict
Women in Greek myths
Princes in the Tower: A medieval murder mystery. Episode Five: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND STRANGE BEHAVIOUR
Germans who resisted the Nazis
Shakespeare: everything you wanted to know
A secret WW2 wargame
Bernard Cornwell on The Last Kingdom’s finale and the next Sharpe

Ask the Past

How to Freshen Your Face, 1565
How to Increase Your Energy, 15th century
How to Cure Your Cough, 1558
How to Interpret Forehead Wrinkles, 1562
How to Pest-Proof Your House, 1639
How to Bathe in January, c. 7th century
How to Make It Through November, c. 7th c.
How to Eat a Pumpkin, 1597
How to Survive a Mermaid Attack, 1527
How to Treat the Freshmen, 1367

CBC Ideas Podcasts

What's in a Name?
Common Good | Commanding Hope: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Peace, Order, and Good Geometry
The Cult Movie Canon
The Complexity of Cuteness
Thucydides, Part 2: Lessons from the plague of Athens
Thucydides, Part 1: The First Journalist
Render Unto Caesar: Render What? Unto Whom?
Roxane Gay: A Fierce and Vital Voice
CBC Massey Lecture #6: Retreat, Reform, Restraint

Council on Foreign Relations

CFR Master Class With Adam Segal
A Conversation With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission
A Conversation With House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith
A Conversation With Vice Admiral Robert Sharp
A Conversation With Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh of the Palestinian Authority
A Conversation With President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
CFR Master Class With Sheila Smith
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Robert S. Kaplan
A Global Look at Primary Care in the Era of COVID-19
Lessons From History Series: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin—25 Years Later

A Don’s Life

An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

Today’s Document from the National Archives

An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

The History Blog

Oldest evidence of horseback riding in China
Artemisia exhibition film: a review
Rare Viking chamber grave found in central Norway
Ancient Puebloan blanket made with 11,550 turkey feathers
Pillow brick found in 13th c. clergyman’s grave
Darwin’s Tree of Life notebook stolen
Biggest Bronze Age goddess statue found in central Turkey
Dueling Dinosaurs gifted to North Carolina museum
Two of Vesuvius’ victims found, cast
Head of Hermes found in Athens sewer

History of the Ancient World

A History of Ancient Rome in 10 Buildings
10 Self-Help Tips from a Roman Emperor
The Search for Early Christian Egypt: Archaeology and the Treasures of the Desert
Basel papyrus is an ancient medical text, researchers find
Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean
Pliny the Elder’s History: Recording the past in the Naturalis Historia
Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
Rome’s Flaminian Obelisk: an epic journey from divine Egyptian symbol to tourist attraction
Religions of Ancient Italy
Research network sheds new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world

Got Medieval

Medieval Batman Cosplay Worth the Click-Through
The Medieval Secret To Besieging Castles That THEY Don’t Want You To Know (Wmm… Marginalia #118)
A Little Something Classy for the Patron (Mmm… Marginalia #116)
Speaking of Horses (Mmm… Marginalia #115)
Finally, a reason to call fundamentalists ‘medieval’
Make Like a Manuscript and Leaf (Mmm… Marginalia #114)
Adventures in Adaptation
On Horses, Getting Back On Them (Mmm… Marginalia #113)
Gravity in the Margins, again (Mmm… Marginalia #112)
Blasphemy, Blaspheyou, Blaspheverybody (Mmm… Marginalia #108)

History and Women

Boudicca - Rage Against the Dying Light
Martha Graham's Cold War
The Aloha Spirit - The Life of Carmen Dolores Jaime Medeiros Rodrigues
Edith of Wessex - The Confessor's Wife
George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin) 1804-1876
Those Not-So Wicked Sporting Ladies of the Wicked West - Pearl DeVere
The Pioneer Women of California - Ellen VanValkenburgh, Emily Williams, and Eva VanValkenburg
Tituba - The First Witch of Salem
Mary De Morgan - A Writer of Fairy Tales
Suffragettes - Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflins

Roman Times

Phrixus and the origin of the golden fleece
Minerva or Bellona?
Africans in Greek and Roman Art
Small Etruscan bronzes
Alectryomancy and the sacred rooster
Animal mummies of the Ptolemaic and Roman Period
Byzantine Temple Pendants
Roman cavalry masks
Apulian vase painting
The cult of Serapis: Visions and Portents

Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Coubertin and the Modern Olympics
Behind the Scenes Minis: Jim Thorpe Parts 1 & 2
Jim Thorpe, Olympian (Part 2)
Jim Thorpe and Carlisle Football (Part 1)
SYMHC Classics: Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
Behind the Scenes Minis: Baby Savers
Vivien Thomas, Surgical Pathfinder
Helen Taussig, Mother of Pediatric Cardiology
SYMHC Classics: The Cod Wars
Behind the Scenes Minis: Cecilia and Maria Anna

Intelligent Life

Mindfulness is useless in a pandemic
On the hunt with Yorkshire’s virus-detectives
The crown and the crop top: the king of Thailand in six objects
How Dominic Cummings wasted the greatest opportunity of his life
The Thanksgiving turkey is a beast of no nation
The painter and the zebra-hunter: what presidents do after leaving office
How to train your algorithm: lessons from the pointless and important world of TikTok
Never-ending story: why do today’s TV shows go on and on?
Lessons in losing, from Cleopatra to Thatcher
Blackjack with Matthew McConaughey

Archives

Archives

Blog Stats

15,435 hits

Follow My Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address:

Click here for my RSS Feed

RSS - Posts

Meta

Register
Log in
Entries feed
Comments feed
WordPress.com

Powered by WordPress.com.

Post to

Cancel

Send to Email Address Your Name Your Email Address

Cancel

Post was not sent - check your email addresses!

Email check failed, please try again

Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

%d bloggers like this: