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: Breitbart
May 2, 2015
Tufts University History professor Peniel Joseph declared that President Obama “has a lot of soul-searching to do” because he won’t allow Jesse Jackson into the White House.
Source: Emory
April 30, 2015
Emory University historian Deborah Lipstadt's acclaimed 2005 book, "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," which chronicles her exoneration by a British court in a sensational libel trial, is being made into a feature film.
April 30, 2015
by Erik Moshe
This week we have reviews of books about the Japanese internment in World War II, Vikings, and the Ottoman Empire.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
April 30, 2015
His heirs want to be paid when historians quote him.
April 29, 2015
by HNN Editor
Historians go on record against the Washington Redskins.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 27, 2015
by Linda K. Kerber
Now she has to figure out what to do with all her books and papers.
April 28, 2015
by Marc Stein
The LGBT community is soliciting donations for the prize.
Source: AHA Today
April 27, 2015
History is in a state of crisis, losing readers and public influence, historians David Armitage of Harvard and Jo Guldi of Brown argue in their controversial book "The History Manifesto."
Source: WGN TV
April 27, 2015
His kids love history. He uses props to make it fun.
Source: Harvard Gazette
April 23, 2015
In her new book Martha Hodes tells how (Interview)
Source: Stanford News
April 23, 2015
Through a study of the history of the French colonial Congo-Océan Railway, Stanford historian JP Daughton has discovered how modern humanitarianism arose from the brutality of European colonialism.
Source: The New Republic
April 23, 2015
As a guide to the late twentieth century culture wars, Andrew Hartman is unrivalled.
Source: e Center for Millennial Studies, Boston University History Department and Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
April 24, 2015
They'll be doing this at a conference at Boston University May 2-3, 2015.
Source: New Jersey On-Line
April 23, 2015
50 years later Rutgers, where he was teaching at the time, is remembering the controversy
Source: Press Release
April 24, 2015
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Source: SBS
April 23, 2015
The War Precautions Act allowed people of so-called “enemy heritage” to be arrested and placed in prison camps without trial.
Source: Cliodynamics
April 23, 2015 (accessed)
by Peter Turchin
Evolutionary biologist Peter Turchin says science can help us understand how empires rise and fall.
Source: Huff Post (UK)
April 23, 2015
The always humble David Starkey shouted down a human rights lawyer on the Today programme this morning by claiming: "I"m the historian here, I'm a great historian."
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 20, 2015
Many of the undergraduates he teaches have grown up playing video games, and they’re used to interactive, audiovisually rich online environments.
Source: History Today
April 22, 2015 (accessed)
by Paul Fouracre
Why exactly did Rome fall?
