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: The Chronicle of Higher Education
1-29-17
The executive director of the American Historical Association says departments should integrate communication, collaboration, and three other "basic skills" into their programs.
Source: Gothamist
2-6-17
An interview with Isabel Virginia Hull, professor of history at Cornell University, one of the foremost scholars on modern Germany.
Source: World Socialist Web Site
2-6-17
The professor of Eastern European history at Humboldt University in Berlin denounced refugees.
Source: NY Review of Books
2-6-17 (accessed)
by Jessica T. Mathews
While they have obvious points of overlap with Trump’s belligerence, neocons believe in constant, active global engagement by the US to advance both American power and values.
Source: The Atlantic
2-2-17
"Immigration restriction in the United States was rooted in poverty.”
Source: The Way of Improvement Leads Home
2-2-17
by John Fea
Barton claims the Declaration of Independence is based on Bible verses.
Source: The National Coalition for History
2-2-17 (accessed)
Effective January 8, 2017, Dr. Turkiya L. Lowe entered on duty as the National Park Service’s new Chief Historian.
Source: CBS News
1-31-17
Duke’s Timothy Tyson says the woman who claimed that the black youth had assaulted her broke her silence – and recanted.
Source: Middle East Eye
1-31-17
Deborah Lipstadt, who exposed David Irving as a Holocaust denier, accuses White House of 'softcore anti-semitism.'
Source: The Guardian
1-21-17
by Timothy Garton Ash
Under President Trump, we’ll enter an age of global confrontation.
Source: Petition
2-1-17 (accessed)
Over 5,000 academics have signed the petition – but the list includes fewer than a dozen historians.
Source: The Daily Beast
8-21-16
by Ronald Radosh
Bannon told Radosh he’s a Leninist who wants to destroy the state.
Source: Sandbox (blog)
2-1-17
by Martin Kramer
"Trump’s limited executive order doesn’t resemble the sweeping Jewish ban that changed the career of Bernard Lewis.”
Source: SFGate
1-31-17
She says the immigration order is a “shock event.”
Source: American Historical Association
1-30-17
"The order will have a significant and detrimental impact on thousands of innocent people, whether inhabitants of refugee camps across the world who have waited months or even years for interviews scheduled in the coming month (now canceled), travelers en route to the United States with valid visas or other documentation, or other categories of residents of the United States, including many of our students and colleagues."
Source: Business Insider
1-30-17
"Benefiting from the talents and energy, the knowledge and ideas of people from nations around the globe is not just a vital interest of the University; it long has been, and it fully remains, a vital interest of our nation."
Source: ABC News
1-31-17
Villanova University professor Christopher Haas pleaded guilty in September to accessing the internet with the intent to view child exploitation images.
Source: C-Span
1-5-17
Historians compared the first 100 days of previous presidents and talked about priorities for the new Trump administration.
Source: Quartz
1-28-17
Tip # 1: Do not obey in advance.
Source: Petition
1-30-17 (accessed)
The petition criticizes the executive order restricting immigration from select Muslim countries.
