Historians in the News

A historian is helping students register to vote

by Van Gosse

Franklin and Marshall College's Van Gosse is helping organize a national student voter conference on March 3, 2018 to help students vote. (State legislatures are barring the use of college-issued IDs, even from public universities.)

Pension report shows that a historian continues to be the highest paid pensioner in New York State education system

Edgar McManus, 93, a retired Queens College history professor, received $561,286 last year.

Ibram X. Kendi’s NYT op ed drew a strong response

The Times devoted an entire page to the response.

Andrew Roberts says Trump might even win a second term

by Andrew Roberts

The conservative British historian who once described Trump as a clown says the president has many accomplishments to brag about.

Barbara and Karen Fields discuss their new book, "Racecraft"

by Daniel Denvir

What’s that? It’s about the illusion of race, the dead-end of "whiteness," and the need to revive class politics.

What’s Antifa all about? Mark Bray explains.

In a talk at Dartmouth he provided the history of the movement and its symbols.

Historian Keisha N. Blain tells the story of black nationalist women in her new book

by Marius Kothor

In this interview she explains why she was drawn to the story.

War or Peace for North Korea: A call for Action by Historians for Peace and Democracy

The organization (formerly Historians Against the War) wants to use the Winter Olympics to achieve peaceful resolution of the U.S.-North Korean confrontation.

George Will goes after liberal historian David Goldfield

by George F. Will

Goldfield’s new book, “The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good,” reflects the liberal’s belief in government overreach, says Will.

Stephen F. Cohen continues to berate Democrats for “demonizing Russia”

In an article in The Nation he argues that they are repudiating FDR’s policy of detente.

Historian Taner Akçam’s new book includes "smoking gun" of Armenian Genocide

In his groundbreaking new book, “Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide,” due out in March, Clark University historian Taner Akçam destroys the Turkish government’s denial strategy.

Historian Antony Beevor “Astonished" At Ukraine Ban On His Best-Selling Book, “Stalingrad”

Officials banned the Russian translation of the book. 

Robert Caro says he’s reached 1966 in his next book on LBJ

He hasn’t yet started writing about Vietnam.

AHA asks members to "Help Protect the Census"

The AHA urges members to contact Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to register their concern.

Sports Historian Explains Why She Wrote that the NCAA is the Modern Jim Crow

Victoria Jackson’s claim appeared in an explosive op-ed for the Los Angeles Times.

Ibram X. Kendi says "The Heartbeat of Racism Is Denial”

"Mr. Trump, I suspect, will go to his grave with his heart beating in denial of the ill will of racism. Many others will as well."

Historians Call Trump’s ‘Sh*thole’ Comment "The Most Openly Racist by a President in Decades"

“No president has ever said anything publicly as explicitly racist as what we’ve heard from President Trump.”  –  Daniel Rogers

Bruce Cole, renaissance scholar who led National Endowment for the Humanities, dies at 79

Dr. Cole, who retired from Indiana University as a distinguished professor emeritus of fine arts and professor emeritus of comparative literature, became chairman in December 2001.

New book lays out for the first time the full story of Cuba's Cuban Missile Crisis

James G. Blight and janet M. Lang lay out the story in "Dark Beyond Darkness."

Doug Brinkley says "Trump is the most racist president since Woodrow Wilson"

The president has a “heart of stone.”