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: Union of Concerned Scientists
1-16-14
A conversation with historian and science advocate Steven Leibo.
Source: The Collegian (University of Richmond)
1-20-14
Daniel spent thirty-six years teaching at Richmond.
Source: New York TImes
1-17-14
And why there's hope for Barack Obama on spying.
Source: New York Times
1-21-14
All presidents hang out with celebrities, but it's politically fraught for Democrats.
Source: New York Times
1-20-14
Why the esteemed military historian decided to write a general history of World War II.
Source: Reacting to the Past website
1-18-14
by Mark Carnes
Workshop at Gustavus Adolphus (St. Peter, MN), March 14-16, 2014 will feature Defining a Nation: The Indian Nation on the Eve of Independence, 1945 and Mexico in Revolution: 1911-1920.
Source: The Guardian
1-15-14
Newsnight presenter says education secretary's remarks about Professor Sir Richard Evans over first world war were unfair.
Source: The Guardian
1-13-14
Historians ask when FCO will release archive of 1.2m files, dating back to 1840s, hoarded in breach of the 30-year rule.
Source: The Guardian
12-13-13
Preventing the proliferation of Mein Kampf may feel the right thing to do – but it risks impeding those trying to demystify it.
Source: RUSI Analysis
1-13-14
by Gary Sheffield
Why is the UK centenary of the First World War turning into political football?
Source: National Security Archive
First Publication of "#Rwanda20yrs" project by U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Security Archive.
Source: Christian Post
1-11-14
Fewer students will be exposed to the great works of literature, art and
music under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, Terrence O.
Moore argues.
Source: History News Network
1-14-14
The American Historical Association has just released its first batch of videos from its 128th Annual Meeting.
Source: The Atlantic
1-10-14
by David Cutler
Eric Foner on what it takes to be a good K-12 history teacher.
1-13-14
McPherson is the author of "War on the Waters: The Union & Confederate Navies, 1861-1865," which formed the basis for his George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History at the 2014 annual meeting of the AHA.
Source: Cambridge University
1-8-14
Gove had called Evans' arguments about World War I those of "an undergraduate cynic."
1-8-14
Elaine Carey Philip Zelikow, Jonathan Rees, Ann Little, and Jeremy Adelman met to debate MOOCs at #aha2014.
Source: The Atlantic
1-6-14
"There is no one who
communicates the work of thinking to more people with more rigor and
effect than Harris-Perry."
Source: Inside Higher Ed
1-6-14
Historians from the State and Defense Departments and Congress expressed
few regrets at leaving the ivory tower.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
1-6-14
If the open access movement can’t replace the
traditional publishing model of scholarly journals, what problem is the
effort trying to solve?
