Historians in the News

This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in each source note. Quotation marks are not used.

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• SOURCE: Axios
  7-21-17
  

  One reason H.R. McMaster and Trump don't have a close relationship

  by Mike Allen

  Trump wants to kibitz. McMaster wants to get down to business. 

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• SOURCE: Rick Perlstein's Facebook page
  7-14-17
  

  Rick Perlstein joins criticism of Nancy MacLean's "Democracy in Chains"

  by Rick Perlstein

  "The foundation of the entire book is a conspiracy theory that suggests that if you understand THIS ONE SECRET PLAN, you understand the rise of the right in America in its entirety."

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  7-17-17
  

  Daniel Pipes says it’s time for the Palestinians to recognize they lost

  by Daniel Pipes

  "It is time to see that this conflict has reached its end and to close it down.”

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-17-17
  

  Wm. Theodore de Bary, Renowned Columbia Sinologist, Dies at 97

  Wm. Theodore de Bary, an authority in particular on Confucius, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.

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• SOURCE: South China Morning Post
  7-17-17
  

  Iran sentences Princeton history grad student to 10 years for spying

  The U.S. State Department accused Iran of fabricating national security-related charges to detain Americans and other foreigners.

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  7-16-17
  

  Medievalists, Recoiling From White Supremacy, Try to Diversify the Field

  The use of medieval references by the alt-right, along with the traditional insularity of the field, prompts some scholars to argue for more diversity among scholars and scholarship.

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• SOURCE: Shanghaiist
  7-14-17
  

  Tsinghua University cancels professor's Cultural Revolution history class

  The course was taught by a philosophy professor.

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• SOURCE: The Telegraph
  7-14-17
  

  Denis Mack Smith, historian of Italy, has died

  He dominated the historiography of modern Italy for half a century.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  7-13-17
  

  He’s got a PhD in history from Yale & is a US senator

  Slate says Ben Sasse is not using his big brain.

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• SOURCE: Moyers & Company
  7-13-17
  

  Nancy MacLean says before her research she had never heard of the conservative who is front & center in her new book on democracy

  She focused on him after discovering information that was “shocking.”

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• SOURCE: Northeastern University
  7-12-17
  

  After five decades, professor Bill Fowler—Northeastern’s great storyteller—retires

  "If he were teaching a class on paint drying, I’d still take it."

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• SOURCE: The Herald Journal
  7-12-17
  

  Conference celebrates 100 years of late Mormon scholar Leonard Arrington

  Arrington was appointed church historian by LDS Church in 1972.

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• SOURCE: Network of Concerned Historians
  7-13-17
  

  United States shows up in list of countries where historians' free expression has been threatened

  by Antoon De Baets

  The US is singled out for issues related to Confederate monuments, FRUS, and the firing of teachers for their ideological views. Professor Watchlist is among the organizations singled out for attention. 

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• SOURCE: Fox News
  7-12-17
  

  Max Boot goes at it with Fox News host Tucker Carlson

  Their Russia discussion goes off the rails: "You are ridiculous."

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-11-17
  

  Amelia Earhart biographer doubts she was captured by the Japanese

  by Susan Butler

  That new picture that’s surfaced. Forget it.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  7-12-17
  

  Nancy MacLean’s new book "Democracy in Chains" is under attack from the right

  She alleges her critics are tied to the Koch network.

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• SOURCE: PR Newswire
  7-6-17
  

  American Heritage Returns in Digital Format

  American Heritage, the beloved, 68-year-old magazine of history, returned to regular publication on our Nation's Birthday, July 4, 2017

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7-8-17
  

  Victor Davis Hanson (sorta) defends Trump’s tweets

  In a radio interview the conservative military historian says Trump’s not to blame for the corrosive turn our politics have taken.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-9-17
  

  Historian and novelist Rebecca Stott’s memoir, just published, describes how she grew up in a cult

  "I did it as a promise to my father. What I discovered was far worse than I could have imagined."

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• SOURCE: Guardian
  7-7-17
  

  Women are making the classics their own

  by Emily Wilson

  Now, at long last, we are beginning to see an outpouring of translations of Greek and Latin texts by women.