Aging on the Run, Israel/Palestine, Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Radical Hospitality
In Tom Wolfe’s 1940 autobiographical novel, You Can’t Go Home Again, a young white man moves to New York City and then returns to the South, where he no longer feels like he belongs. I was assigned his book in 1975 at Oberlin College when I was a 17-year-old...
Aging on the Run, Radical Hospitality, Travel to the Netherlands
This essay on travel to the Netherlands mentions Minnesota, Texas, California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, Ottawa, Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, Mexico, Germany, and France. Local is global in the Netherlands. We came to Groningen because Professor Anne...
Aging on the Run, Israel/Palestine, long term travel, Nationalism, Radical Hospitality, Social Movements
Walking Welsh Winds. South Wales reminded me of the Driftless Region of Minnesota and Wisconsin, with rolling hills, rivers, and a mixture of forest and field. Yet there was the ocean and warm Gulf winds. Plants that we only see indoors in Minnesota grew along the...
Aging on the Run, Balkans, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Public History, Radical Hospitality, Social Movements
Albania’s oldest city has 1,000 identical windows in its Ottoman-era old town, and a Byzantine city on top of one of its mountains. The Osum River runs through Berat, with buildings hugging the slopes. A green ridged range covers its north side. South of the...
Aging on the Run, Nationalism, Public History, Radical Hospitality, Sustainable Economies
Getting off the train in Madrid, we followed the crowds into the dark city. Our train companions formed a line for taxis, but we crossed the street, got on the right bus to the right apartment. Perhaps that does not sound like a big deal to you, but we are notorious...
Nationalism, Radical Hospitality
Below is an article I wrote 21 years ago, with some edits. At the time my byline read: Anne Winkler-Morey teaches History and Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota and Macalester College. _______________ APRIL 12, 2002 The Curses of Nationalism BY ANNE...
