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.
Source: BU Today
10/15/19
Andrew David pivots his lecture to teach about American presidential history as it unfolds.
Source: Newsweek
10/17/19
Among those on Twitter voicing their bemusement, was U.S. foreign relations expert Brad Simpson, an associate professor at the University of Connecticut.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
10/15/19
Female academics have about half the followers of men on Twitter and wield otherwise diminished influence there, according to a new study. The analysis pertains to medicine, but women across fields say the findings ring true.
Source: The Crimson
10/11/19
Professor Serhii Plokhii, the Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard, discussed Ukranian history, the Trump-Ukraine scandal, and the roles that both Russia and the United States have played in shaping the country’s politics.
The true story of a Jewish boy from Freiburg who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission.
Source: Black Perspectives
10/14/19
by AAIHS Editors
During the week of the online forum, Black Perspectives will publish new blog posts every day at 5:30AM EST.
Source: Washington Post
10/12/19
Historians Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Swanson are writing a new account of the notorious 1859 auction of 429 slaves and searching for descendants.
Source: AP
10/12/19
As the impeachment inquiry of Trump unfolds, Johnson, never among America’s most famous presidents, though widely considered one of the worst, is attracting renewed attention.
Source: NY Times
10/10/19
A book based on ideas associated with a labor group from the early 20th century has provided a blueprint for organizing without a formal union.
Source: Reuters
10/7/19
Perry recommended Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration talk with Daniel Yergin, a Pulitzer Prize winning energy historian.
Source: The Hill
10/4/19
Ginsburg offered her thoughts Thursday on how historians will view this period of American history.
Source: AHA Perspectives on History
10/7/19
Dozens of historians will be recognized for their exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects.
Source: New York Times
October 4, 2019
by Emily Gould
Thomas J. Campanella, a fourth-generation Brooklynite, traces the borough’s vibrant past and comments on the hipster heyday happening there now.
Source: Black Perspectives
10/2/19
by Aimee Loiselle
Historian Aimee Loiselle discusses Traci Parker's new book Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Source: The New York Times
October 2, 2019
by The Associated Press
As Brexit looms, one of Germany’s main history museums is examining Germans’ views of the British, complete with a countdown clock that may be reset if Britain’s departure from the European Union is delayed.
Source: Society for US Intellectual History
9/6/19
by Christine Talbot
“Lisa Pace Vetter’s book, The Political Thought of America’s Founding Feminists, examines the political theories of seven women who were central figures in American political thought, despite their exclusion from the contemporary canon."
Source: Washington Post
10/07/2019
by Jordan E. Taylor
The origins of our efforts to keep foreign countries out of our elections.
Source: Hyperallergic
10/7/19
New York City published an open call to replace a contested monument for Sims, who conducted brutal experimental surgeries on enslaved Black women without using anesthesia.
Source: National Security Archive
10/2/19
by Tom Blanton
Government agrees to preserve White House records.
Source: The Washington Post
9/30/2019
Featuring historians Kevin M. Levin, Kevin M. Kruze, Kevin Gannon, Adam Rothman, and David M. Perry.