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: NYU
3-3-15
Scholar of African Diaspora History to head renowned center for the study of left politics, labor, and social protest movements
Source: Press Release
3-26-15
by Lee Wright
This year History Camp is taking place in Boston on Saturday, March 28.
3-26-15
by HNN Editor
The department condemns a post in which a philosophy professor referred to Hamas as “a rabid pit bull chained in a cage.”
Source: American Historical Association
3-24-15
"The many scholars and teachers who will make their way to Georgia for our upcoming professional conferences include colleagues who could be excluded from establishments that fall within the purview of this legislation."
Source: Omaha World-Herald
3-23-15
Ann Schneider’s research paid off when an immigration court ordered a former defense minister deported from the US
Source: TomDispatch
3-24-15
by Paula J. Giddings
Insubordination in the service of a good cause is required.
Source: Sputnik
3-21-15
by Eva Hahnova
Czech historian Eva Hahnova has challenged attempts to rewrite the history of the Second World War, including the story of the mass exodus of Germans from Eastern Europe at the end of the war, which she calls the last massive crime committed by the Nazi regime.
Source: WaPo
3-14-15
by David Bennett and Matt Bennett
"This extraordinarily important building is named for one whose historical legacy is unworthy of such an honor: the late senator Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.). "
4-18-15
by Rick Shenkman
The OAH is on track to demand that the Redskins change their name.
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward
3-18-15
Dr. Daniel Weiss, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new president, is an MBA-toting medieval art historian who links his relentless curiosity and academic passions to his Jewish background.
Source: National Women’s History Project
3-19-15 (accessed)
The 2015 (NWHM) Honorees were chosen for their pioneering leadership and accomplishments in researching and sharing the details of women's lives.
Source: LC blog
3-17-15
March is designated as Women’s History Month and this year the National Women’s History Project has selected “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” as the theme.
Source: Patheos
3-18-15
by Warren Throckmorton
He's been caught making up history, but evangelicals are sticking by him, including Wallbuilders.
Source: New York Review of Books
3-18-15 (accessed)
Joel Klein, the former leader of the NYC school system, defends his record from attacks after historian Jonathan Zimmerman reviews Klein's new book.
3-17-15
“There is some evidence that certain immigrant groups, particularly those that come from countries which are war zones, have difficulty engaging with the Anzac legend.”
Source: Harvard Gazette
3-17-15
They are pushing hard toward breakthrough remedies, Faust says in speech at Beijing
3-16-15
by Erik Moshe
This week's books cover the Lusitania sinking, the Spanish civil war, terrorism, and Caesar.
Source: Yale News
3-13-15
The culmination of more than 50 years of research, Davis’ award-winning work is the third volume in his “Problem of Slavery” trilogy, which includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture” (1966) and “The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770–1823” (1975).
Source: Reuters
3-12-15
Former Navy intelligence analyst Samuel L. Morison, who received a presidential pardon in 2001 after being convicted of passing secret ship photos to a British publication, pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing records related to his naval historian grandfather.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
3-11-15
An interview with editors of "The American Yawp."
