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On Lusotropicalism
Portuguese Africa (Lusophone Africa for the remainder of this essay) has always been considered to be something different as if it had less in common with Anglo- and Francophone Africa than with the colonial metropolis on the fringe of Europe. To this day, scholarship on Lusophone Africa in the English and French languages lags far far behind the ( Read more... ) -
On South African Indians and the failure of the Imperial Philosophy
The British Empire worked like a piece of congressional legislation; it was the most expedious compromise for the moment, but not always the best plan in the long term. The "Empire" was really a patchwork quilt, half governed from the Foreign Office, the other half from the Colonial Office, and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan not really from either, a ( Read more... ) -
On Hitler's Pope
What is so troubling about the question of Pope Pius 12 is that people can read the events in his life in various ways and come to so drastically different conclusions. It may seem like a succinct argument to say that Pius 12 acquiesed before Hitler because he was cowardly, because he was an anti-Semite, and/or because he did not believe or was ( Read more... ) -
For the archives...
My articles for the GW Hatchet (this is a memory post). For access, simply type in ajnovak@gwu.edu into the registration box (I'm already registered). No password necessary.
As Editorial Office Assistant:
ROTC, University Policies Differ
November 21, 2002
GW Considers Study Abroad List Additions
December 9, 2002
Organizers Raise Funds for MLK ( Read more... ) -
Saving Mount Vernon...
Column: The man who saved Mount Vernon
Remembering the legacy of Peter D. Pelham (1931-2005)
by Andrew Novak
Published: 5/5/2005
GW Hatchet
He turned a small girls' seminary into a four-year accredited college for young women. For fifteen years, Peter Pelham held the reins of power at Mount Vernon College - today the Mount Vernon Campus of the ( Read more... ) -
Women and the Church of Roman North Africa
Christianity, and Roman influence, did not disappear immediately from North Africa. Archaeological evidence and Islamic sources indicate that the Latin language was spoken in some areas and the Christian religion still practiced until the persecutions of the twelfth century. There remain some bastardized, but recognizable, Latin words among the ( Read more... ) -
My intro...
The pomp and extravagance of the opening ceremony at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games cleanly covered one of the most bitter political battles ever fought by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)-and one of its most disastrous defeats. An international controversy that nearly derailed the Games only days before the opening, coupled with a ( Read more... ) -
Quote of the day...
"Some years ago, in Washington, I had a nostalgic attack. I sought out the oldest cab driver I could find, who had the worst looking rig and the most decrepit horse. As we jogged along the Potomac talking of the changes we had witnessed, he pointed with his whip to the trees and said, "Mister, do you know why them willows is weepin'? They're ( Read more... ) -
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933-2003)
This is one of the best short essays I have ever written, about my hero, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1933-2003. It has been almost a year since his death, and the world has lost one of its biggest defenders.
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