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: CNN
3-11-18
by Julian Zelizer
He sparked hope -- and got blindsided
Source: BC Heights
3-18-18
“If you start to look at your history with clear eyes, you will be more likely to look at the world with clear eyes.”
Source: The Conversation
3-16-18
by Tamar Carroll and Lara Nicosia
Why? Wikipedia's coverage of women is less comprehensive, and its volunteer editor base is mostly male.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
3-15-18
Niall Ferguson conference at Stanford is being attacked for featuring 30 white men and not one woman.
Source: The Seattle Times
3-13-18
by Robert Stacey
Historian Robert Stacey says the belief that history majors are unemployable is plain wrong.
Source: The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies – Press Release
3/15/18
“David was a brilliant scholar, a gifted speaker, an exceptional teacher, and a devoted friend. But above all, he was a person of extraordinarily fine character—a true ‘mensch’. ” – Rafael Medoff
Source: NYT
by Jon Meacham
"To Tuchman, folly begins with the most fundamental of things: an outsize and self-destructive will to power."
Source: The Berkshire Eagle
3-13-18
She’s served as dean at Brown.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
3-13-18
Faculty members at Wisconsin Stevens Point react to a plan to cut 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology, and expand more job-oriented programs.
Source: guns.com
3-13-18
“There’s been people on both sides who’ve misappropriated historical evidence over time or failed to fully contextualize it.”
Source: The Washington Post
3-12-18
by Jonathan Zimmerman
West Virginia teachers won by striking. There’s a lesson in that.
Source: UCLA
3-13-18 (accessed)
Students have been demanding his ouster for 2 years.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
3/9/18
by Scott McLemee
"Metahistory" was one of the most influential books in the humanities over the past four decades.
Source: Twitter
3/9/18 (date accessed)
Kruse's tweets have drawn wide attention.
Source: WaPo
3/9/18
by Max Boot
Moon and Kim have, for their own reasons, snookered the credulous American president into a high-profile summit that is likely to end in disaster one way or another.
Source: heartland.org
3/9/18
A prizewinning history professor, he decided to leave after teaching there for 37 years, frustrated by what he deemed “marginalization” by other faculty and lack of support by the administration.
Source: politicsusa.com
3/8/18
When all is said and done, it's possible that this meeting is nothing but an attempt by two small leaders to gain legitimacy via photo op.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
3-4-18
Criticized for producing graduates with few job prospects, doctoral programs are starting to reform.
Source: Commonweal Magazine
3-5-18
by Julia G. Young
Proud of their own ancestors migration to America, they’re quick to condemn Mexicans who are coming here.
Source: Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
3-6-18
In 2013, Hine was presented a National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama for her work on understanding the African-American experience.
