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: Telegraph
5-6-14
Prof Amanda Vickery says women should present the remake of Civilisation because "one white, middle-aged man" should not be telling the story of art and culture.
Source: Perth Now
5-1-14
THE "history wars" fought over Tasmania's past should come to an end with the release of a new book, historian Henry Reynolds says.
Source: Daily Titan (student newspaper, CA State University, Fullerton)
4-30-14
Since his life-alternating experience in the archives, Craig Loftin has embraced his sexual orientation in numerous ways.
Source: nationalhumanitiescenter.org
5-5-14
by Harvey J. Graff
"When I started the project I half expected to find a golden age of interdisciplinarity before disciplines. And, as appealing as that is romantically and idealistically, it’s nonsense."
5-5-14
by Ann Hall
“History PhDs should be cultural mediators.”
Source: NYT
5-1-14
by Gordon Wood
Cheney tells the story well, though skimps on analysis.
Source: Raw Story
5-1-14
Barton argued that in the time since the women’s suffrage movement succeeded in the United States, “we’ve moved into more of a family anarchy kind of thing.”
Source: National Coalition for History
5-2-14
by Lee White
The Obama administration's $500,000 proposed increase is modest.
Source: Intellectual History blog
4-28-14
by James Livingston
He believed in what was evident yet unknown, and acted upon it.
Source: Boston.com
4-30-14
Adams was implicated by two IRA veterans who gave taped interviews to researchers for a Boston College history project.
Source: Organization of American Historians
5-1-14
The great lengths immigrants went to, to fit in.
Source: Jewish News Service
3-19-14
Dr. Randolph L. Braham, a prominent Holocaust historian and a survivor from Hungary, chose to return an award he got in 2011.
Source: Brown Daily Herald (student newspaper)
4-24-14
Some tenured faculty members in English dept. remain troubled by U.’s handling of the matter.
Source: NPR affiliate
4-28-14
Joan Waugh says it was southern authors and historians who made Grant's name synonymous with brutal warfare, alcoholism and overwhelming corruption.
Source: R.I. Future
4-27-14
"Historian Laureate Patrick T. Conley’s view of Rhode Island history is one where great men built greater factories and amassed the greatest of fortunes."
Source: NPR
4-28-14
"[My daughter] said ‘I don’t want to be black anymore, I want to be white."
Source: Columbia.edu
4-30-14
It's the story of David Rosner, who just got an award for his work.
Source: Daily Princetonian
4-28-14
Her appointment follows the University’s 2013-14 hiring of its first professor in Latino history, Rosina Lozano.
Source: Globe Newswire
4-29-14
Former Assistant Professor of History claims she was denied tenure due to bias against mothers.
Source: Business Wire
4-22-14
"We are very pleased to welcome Niall Ferguson to our Board."
