Historians in the News

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Historians join debate about our role in post-war Indonesia

Should Australia re-examine its role in attempting to restore Dutch rule in Indonesia?

Historian Richard Slotkin on Adam Lanza's Influences

Cultural historian Richard Slotkin talks about Newtown shooter Adam Lanza in a rather lengthy interview with journalist Bill Moyers.

Appeal for Contributions to an Online Festshrift for Bernard A. Weisberger

Students, friends, colleagues, mentees of Bernard Weisberger!

William Pencak, R.I.P.

by John Fea

William Pencak spend most of his career at Penn State before moving to the University of South Alabama in his retirement.

Longtime Wake professor Cyclone Covey dies at 91

Yes, Cyclone Covey was his real name.

Peter Kolchin honored for research on U.S. slavery

Kolchin has taken a comparative approach between U.S. slavery and Russian serfdom.

UNL history professor Thomas Borstelmann becomes SHAFR’s new president

SHAFR is a 45-year-old organization dedicated to the study of the history of American foreign relations.

David Schwartz, stock market historian, dies

Schwartz studied statistics and was a regular commentator on stock market trends.

Cynthia Russett, longtime Yale historian, dies

Prof. Russett was 78.

Historian presents prize-winning book to Irish president

Teesside University senior lecturer Dr Roisin Higgins's "Transforming 1916" won the ACIS James Donnelly Senior prize in 2012.

Digitised Diseases website allows users to see the bones of the past

Digitised Diseases, a new online resource being launched today, will offer medical experts, archaeologists and historians the chance to view over 1,600 bone specimens with chronic diseases.

Michael Kammen, Historian of U.S. Psyche, Dies at 77

Michael Kammen was fascinated by paradox and contradiction.

Brooklyn Historical Society to Present Exhibition on Abolitionists

A major five-year exhibition opening Jan. 15 at the Brooklyn Historical Society will bring to life the stories of largely unknown Brooklyn abolitionists who led the anti-slavery movement.

Western Michigan University history professors ask Board of Trustees to investigate provost

Tensions between Western Michigan University's faculty and provost continue.

Faculty Praise, Remember Esteemed Cornell Historian Michael Kammen

Faculty remembered Kammen as a "gentle, unassuming man."

Where to now, Ukraine?

Historian Stanislav Kulchytsky on the tumult in the streets of Kiev.

Malta accused of Muslim history cover-up

Mark Camilleri, a Maltese historian, has accused the government of attempting to hide the island's 600-year Islamic history.

Historian Mubarak Ali honored in Karachi

The work of the veteran historian Dr Mubarak Ali was celebrated at the 6th International Urdu Conference.

David Peleg, Israeli historian and diplomat, dies at 72

The former ambassador to Poland was 72.