Historians in the News

Amelia Earhart biographer doubts she was captured by the Japanese

by Susan Butler

That new picture that’s surfaced. Forget it.

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

She alleges her critics are tied to the Koch network.

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

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.

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."

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.

Rolf Peter Sieferle: Germany’s Newest Intellectual Antihero

by Christopher Caldwell

The German historian who took his own life last year has become a hero of the extreme right.  But does he deserve their praise?

Columbia’s Charles K. Armstrong returns prize for high-profile book with 70+ corrections

The AHA had awarded the book the Fairbank prize in 2014.

Morton Cohen, Scholar of Lewis Carroll and His Wonderland, Dies at 96

Mr. Cohen tracked down many of the women Carroll had corresponded with when they were young.

List: The 25 Moments that Changed America (as selected by historians)

Manisha Sinha, Anne Hyde, Ken Burns, Matthew Karp, Wendy Warren, Christine Heyrman, and more.

Niall Ferguson is coming out with a new book

It’s "The Square and The Tower” and it’s about history’s hidden networks.

Historian: The Declaration of Independence was a plea for help

Larrie Ferreiro argues in a recent book that the Declaration should be considered a "Declaration That We Depend on France (and Spain, Too)."

NEH and Nancy MacLean blasted in Forbes

by George Leef

MacLean is the author of "Democracy in Chains," a book that takes on the radical right. 

Jon Meacham: Being a historian at a time like this means every day is Christmas

"If you care about the underlying elements of our national story, the national order, then a moment in which all of those fundamental assumptions are being questioned is a time of intrinsic interest."

Head of New Hampshire Historical Society says he’s seen a marked decline in students’ knowledge in the last 5 years

by William Dunlap

Many fourth graders don’t seem to know anything about the American Revolution, he says.

US Archivist David Ferriero says it makes sense for Obama not to build a standard presidential library

It’s because most of his records were digitized anyway.

New Left historian Norman Pollack has died

by Jesse Lemisch

Taking on Hofstadter, he redefined Populism.

Celebrated historian Michael Vickery dies, 86

His principal scholarly contribution was that he was the first to have methodically described the social structures of ancient Cambodia.

Suzanne Wasserman, Historian of New York City and Filmmaker, Dies at 60

Suzanne Wasserman, a Chicago-born historian and filmmaker who made New York City, especially the Lower East Side, the focus of her work in a wide array of publications, exhibitions and educational programs, died on Monday in Manhattan.

Historians Still Uncovering Details of 150-Year-Old Chinese Railroad Strike

One hundred fifty years ago, an event occurred that became a part of American history still studied by academics today: Countless Chinese railroad workers for the Central Pacific Railroad stopped going to work.