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: Iraq Crisis List
March 4, 2015
by Jeffrey Spurr
"Dr. Eskander's ouster is another example of the shocking incapacity of Iraq's leaders for wise and effective governance."
Source: OAH bulletin
March 4, 2015
After the Annual Meeting, Jon Butler, Yale University, emeritus, will become OAH President, Nancy Cott, Harvard University, will become President-Elect, and Ed Ayers, University of Richmond, will become Vice President.
Source: Truthout
March 2, 2015
In an interview Zainab Bahrani, professor of Near Eastern and East Mediterranean art and archeology at Columbia University, says it’s an attack on diversity.
Source: Philly.com
February 26, 2015
Then one day he needed to teach his son how to use chopsticks.
Source: WSJ
February 27, 2015
He won the Pulitzer. So did 3 of his students: Gordon Wood, Michael Kammen and Jack Rakove.
Source: AHA Blog
March 2, 2015
Economic inequality in the U.S. is Déjà Vu all over again, says Robyn Muncy.
Source: Harvard Gazette
March 2, 2015
University of Amsterdam Professor of Social Science Emeritus Abram de Swaan takes a hard look at the subject in his new book, “The Killing Compartments: The Mentality of Mass Murder.”
March 2, 2015
by Erik Moshe
Can a book that includes possibly plagiarized sections be saved? That’s our question of the week about a book under review.
Source: National Post
March 2, 2015
by Andrew Roberts
It’s a history of Canada. Historian Andrew Roberts likes it, but doesn’t mention Black’s conviction for fraud.
Source: Greek Reporter
February 25, 2015
Heinz Richter says “The political culture in Greece differs from the rest of Western Europe because it is based on clientelism."
Source: Cambridge News
February 26, 2015
David Abulafia, a professor of Mediterranean history, says schools are “papering over” past disunity on the continent to further integration under the European Union.
Source: CNN
February 25, 2015
by Martha S. Jones
Wikipedia Foundation has partnered with institutions such as Washington's Howard University to ensure that black people have a history, Wikipedia style.
Source: Columbia Daily Spectator
February 25, 2015
He says he’s not getting a penny for it.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 25, 2015
The labor historian says one thing adjuncts can do to advance their cause is to educate "the public and especially the students about the reality of who is teaching them."
Source: Press Release
February 24, 2015
Find out who's won the top prizes and awards in military history.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 23, 2015
Data show that ancient Greece was a wealthy society, largely as a result
of its socially diverse political institutions, says Stanford’s Josiah Ober.
Source: The Guardian
February 19, 2015
She wonders why everybody assumes she’s gay.
Source: Harvard Gazette
February 17, 2015
Historian Richard Dunn’s study of plantations in Jamaica and Virginia has recently been published.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
February 19, 2015
Responding to uproar, a conservative Oklahoma lawmaker backs off bill to curb funding for AP history that he says downplays American 'exceptionalism.' The bill 'was very poorly worded,' he said.
Source: The Way of Improvement Leads Home (blog)
February 19, 2015
In an interview with John Fea, Fox says he was fascinated with the fact that Lincoln seemed uninterested in Jesus.
