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: New York Times
2-17-14
Education historian Diane Ravitch says that very little of the curriculum taught to first graders will actually stick with them.
Source: New York Times
2-17-14
Doniger was "not surprised" by the decision of Penguin Books India to recall and pulp all copies of her "The Hindus: An Alternative History."
Source: Orange County Register
2-4-14
Steven Topik's history course at UC Irvine looks at history through the lens of a coffee cup.
Source: Wired
2-6-14
Twitter is sharing its massive trove of data with the academic world — for free.
Source: Hetq
2-10-14
Elke Hartmann: “If we remove the topic of the Genocide, we have no need to dialogue with the Turks.
Source: WGBH
2-11-14
Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn: "a supremely wise and forward thinking move.
Source: Tablet Magazine
2-10-14
Gil is remembered by his colleague Noam Stillman.
Source: History.com
2-10-14
Humphries writes that victims of a mysterious respiratory disease that broke out in northern China in November 1917.
Source: New York Times
2-12-14
Frank will write feature articles every Sunday.
Source: New York Times
2-10-14
The research is designed to be collaborative,
bringing curators, conservators, artists or designers and scholars
together.
Source: Medievalists.net
2-7-14
With the discovery, the mysterious runes can now be translated. They read "kiss me." Seriously.
Source: Opposing Views
10-31-13
by Michael Allen
"And today we're saying 'oh no, it's global warming.' No, we opened a door that lost God's protection over our environment and that's our choice."
Source: Press Release -- www.davidbrucesmith.com.
2-4-14
“You have to know where you came from to know where you are going.”
Source: The New Republic
2-4-14
Clark is an historian of social mobility.
Source: Charlotte News-Observer
2-2-14
Joe Manning has found her descendants and her name. “She was a person, not just a picture,” he said.
Source: The Courier-Journal (KY)
2-2-14
Ravitch spoke Saturday to the Kentucky School Boards Association.
Source: Washington Post
2-4-14
Reynolds worked at State for thirty years.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
1-26-14
How Boston College’s oral history of the Troubles fell victim
to an international murder investigation.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
1-31-14
Linda A. Downs, executive director of the College Art Association, isn't laughing.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
2-3-14
The historian's influence has been enormous, if not always obvious.
