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
May 6, 2014
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
May 1, 2014
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)
April 30, 2014
Since his life-alternating experience in the archives, Craig Loftin has embraced his sexual orientation in numerous ways.
Source: nationalhumanitiescenter.org
May 5, 2014
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."
May 5, 2014
by Ann Hall
“History PhDs should be cultural mediators.”
Source: NYT
May 1, 2014
by Gordon Wood
Cheney tells the story well, though skimps on analysis.
Source: Raw Story
May 1, 2014
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
May 2, 2014
by Lee White
The Obama administration's $500,000 proposed increase is modest.
Source: Intellectual History blog
April 28, 2014
by James Livingston
He believed in what was evident yet unknown, and acted upon it.
Source: Boston.com
April 30, 2014
Adams was implicated by two IRA veterans who gave taped interviews to researchers for a Boston College history project.
Source: Organization of American Historians
May 1, 2014
The great lengths immigrants went to, to fit in.
Source: Jewish News Service
March 19, 2014
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)
April 24, 2014
Some tenured faculty members in English dept. remain troubled by U.’s handling of the matter.
Source: NPR affiliate
April 28, 2014
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
April 27, 2014
"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
April 28, 2014
"[My daughter] said ‘I don’t want to be black anymore, I want to be white."
Source: Columbia.edu
April 30, 2014
It's the story of David Rosner, who just got an award for his work.
Source: Daily Princetonian
April 28, 2014
Her appointment follows the University’s 2013-14 hiring of its first professor in Latino history, Rosina Lozano.
Source: Globe Newswire
April 29, 2014
Former Assistant Professor of History claims she was denied tenure due to bias against mothers.
Source: Business Wire
April 22, 2014
"We are very pleased to welcome Niall Ferguson to our Board."
