Historians in the News

UNC professor blasts university and its athletic heroes in defense of Rashad McCants

by Pat Forde

Historian Jay Smith has had enough of the vilification of Rashad McCants.

Dinesh D’Souza’s movie, “America,” again criticized for being too political

by Michelle Togut

"D’Souza is right about one thing: Zinn’s work is unabashedly polemical."

Juan Cole prints a map and the blogosphere erupts

by Juan Cole

"There is nothing inaccurate about the maps at all, historically."

Before the latest fighting broke out, things had begun looking up for archaeology in Iraq

by Gil J. stein

"We at the Oriental Institute are excited to be playing a part in this archaeological renaissance."

Notre Dame professor says 1960s led to dressing down of Americans

"In the 1950s, the goal was to look sophisticated."

Veteran Journalists Discuss the Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

While many are familiar with the tumultuous public debate that surrounded the passage of the Civil Rights Act, perhaps less is known about the legislative side of the story.

Historians Against the War draws attention to case of professor investigated for meeting with controversial Palestinian leaders

by Van Gosse

"She complied with all university regulations and requirements in exemplary fashion."

American professor denied entry, blacklisted for supporting jailed Uighur professor

As soon as Eliot Harris Sperling landed in Beijing, Chinese immigration officers took him to a back room in the airport for questioning.

Michael Kazin vs. John Milton Cooper: How Wrong Was Wilson about the Necessity of War?

John Milton Cooper, Jr. has enormous faith in what Woodrow Wilson might have accomplished if World War I had lasted longer.

KU professor helping identify important sites, events in LGBT history

"Including LGBT will make the understanding of ourselves richer."

CIA employee terminated after using FOIA

His request set in motion a harrowing sequence.

Conservatives divided over a book that claims US foreign policy in WW II was directed by Moscow (more or less)

by HNN Staff

A book published in 2013 is roiling conservative ranks in 2014. 

Conservatives rallying to Dinesh D’Souza’s America as alternative to Howard Zinn

by Ron Radosh

"A People’s History of the United States has become a vehicle by which the Left has reached hundreds of thousands of American students with its message that the story of America is that of oppression."

New website founded to make learning history fun

"Our mission is to make it fun to learn about American history."

Historian starts a row with Christian colleges

" I would uphold the right of Cedarville faculty to speak on my campus; Cedarville would not return the courtesy."

Andrew Bacevich to retire this August from BU

During his 16 years at BU, Andrew Bacevich has become one of the University’s most public faces.

Beevor wins $100,000 Pritzker Military Prize

"Mr Beevor is at the height of his powers as a military historian, and he is a wonderful representative of the tradition the Museum and Library has established with the previous recipients.”

Andrew Sullivan condemns Walter Russell Mead’s assault on Obama’s legacy

"If you’re looking for a majestically sweeping indictment of everything president Obama has achieved in foreign policy over the last six years, go read Walter Russell Mead’s screed."

Ron Radosh says Peniel Joseph's leftwing bias distorts what happened in Freedom Summer

by Ron Radosh

"The radical path of which Prof. Peniel Joseph writes ... was wrong, and his conclusion reflects only his personal left-wing proclivities."

Martin Kramer doubts claim of a massacre in 1948 by Israelis

“In thirty minutes, at high noon, more than 200 civilians are killed. Zionism carries out a massacre in the city of Lydda.”