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: Deseret News
6-5-14
Mormon history enthusiasts will gather in San Antonio for the 49th annual Mormon History Association Conference.
Source: The Daily Princetonian
6-4-14
Teaching a massive open online course was “the most interesting pedagogical experience in the quarter-century,” history professor Jeremy Adelman said in a lecture Saturday.
Source: NYT
6-4-14
“It’s about creating a sense of that world, and immersing yourself in it.”
Source: NYT
6-4-14
Her most lauded personal achievement was a series of books she wrote about her family.
Source: The Telegraph
6-3-14
Serious history books could soon become a “rarity” due to the pressure on academics to churn out short articles to meet funding quotas, professor Catherine Merridale has said.
Source: The Telegraph
6-1-14
Turning the war into a "strategic game" would allow children to understand the logistics of it, while "playing to their strengths."
Source: Monroe News
6-2-14
The news of Mr. Barron’s paid administrative leave was met with outrage by hundreds in the community and even nationally who showed their support to the teacher through social media.
Source: The Chronicle
5-27-14
The history of science has never had the easiest stories to tell.
Source: Office of the Historian, US State Department
5-29-14
This volume is part of a Foreign Relations subseries on the First World War that documents the most important decisions made by the Department of State relating to international law.
Source: National Coalition for History
5-30-14
“Our students will continue to have History and Social Studies courses in school just as they do today, taught by highly-qualified History and Social Studies educators, just as today.”
Source: AP
5-28-14
"Killing Patton" will be published on Sept. 23.
Source: The National Constitution Center (blog)
5-29-14
National Constitution Center president Jeffrey Rosen spoke with Dallek in a riveting one-hour discussion about a leader whose resistance to pressure and adherence to principle offers a fascinating perspective on presidential power.
Source: WSPD
5-28-14
In this movie, a troubled, young history professor tries to escape his past by taking a job at a new university.
Source: NY Daily News
5-28-14
Ravitich isn't saying publicly if she'd run.
Source: Society for US Intellectual History
5-27-14
by Andrew Hartman
Kolko showed that conventional understandings of the Progressive Era were exactly wrong.
Source: New Politics website
5-17-14
by Jesse Lemisch
"In the early 1960s, the University of Chicago (U of C) was trying to remodel itself as less Jewish, more sports-oriented, and less left."
Source: Government Book Talk
5-28-14
This book joins existing publications "Women in Congress" and "Black Americans in Congress" in honoring minorities and their role in government.
Source: Come Home America
5-20-14
Kolko was an American historian who wrote about the close connection between the government and big business throughout the Progressive Era and the Cold War.
Source: London Evening Standard
5-27-14
Instead of reading whole books, undergraduates are using the index to find relevant points, reading articles and looking information up on Wikipedia.
Source: OAH Outlook
May 2014
by Patricia Limerick
The president of the OAH wants historians to give her evidence refuting Kristof's claims.
