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Diego Olstein
Diego Olstein (also known as Diego Holstein, born 24 March 1970) is a professor of history and department chair at the University of Pittsburgh. He was associate and interim director of the World History Center (2011–2017) and a member of the executive boards of the European Network of Universal and Global History (2005-2011) and the World History Association (2016-2018).DIEGO HOLSTEIN (AKA DIEGO OLSTEIN): CURRICULUM VITAE https://www.history.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/HOLSTEIN%20CV.5.24.2019.pdf Biography Diego Olstein, grandson of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, was born and raised in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Upon graduation from Colegio Nacional and Seminario Dr. Hertzl high schools, he migrated to Israel. He earned a BA in history and psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he continued to graduate studies. He wrote his MA thesis (1995-1996) and PhD dissertation (1998-2003) on medieval Spanish history under the supervision of Benjamin Ze’ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca (; English: ''White Bay''), colloquially referred to by its own local inhabitants as simply Bahía, is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires province of Argentina, centered on the northwestern end of the eponymous Blanca Bay of the Argentine Sea. It is 4th largest city in the province, and the 16th largest in the country by metropolitan population. It is the seat of government of the Bahía Blanca Partido, with 336,574 inhabitants according to the . Bahía Blanca is the principal city in the Greater Bahía Blanca metropolitan area. The city has an important seaport with a depth of , kept constant upstream almost all along the length of the bay, where the Napostá Stream drains. ''Bahía Blanca'' means "White Bay". The name is due to the color of the salt covering the local soil surrounding the shores. The bay (which is an estuary) was seen by Ferdinand Magellan during his first circumnavigation of the world on the order of Charles I of Spain in 1520, lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Segregation
Religious segregation is the separation of people according to their religion. The term has been applied to cases of religious-based segregation which occurs as a social phenomenon, as well as segregation which arises from laws, whether they are explicit or implicit. The similar term religious apartheid has also been used for situations where people are separated based on their religion, including sociological phenomena. Bahrain Bosnia and Herzegovina Religious segregation has been practiced in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the 12th century. Being historically a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation, ethnicity and religion are interchangeable within the nation: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatians are largely Catholic Church, Catholic, Bosniaks are largely Muslims, Muslim, and Serbs are largely Serbian Orthodox Church, Orthodox. These Ethnoreligious group, ethnoreligious linkages have influenced political and cultural dynamics, especially during periods of political domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
