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Originally published 04/07/2018
Where does MLK fit in today's #MeToo world?

Jonathan Zimmerman

Should we judge him by today's standards?

Originally published 03/29/2018
Stanford’s All White Male History Conference

Sasha Turner, Barbara Molony, and Sandra Dawson

A response from the Coordinating Council of Women Historians.

Originally published 03/19/2018
He Told Me It was Inevitable that “He Would Have His Way with Me”

Catherine Clinton

The stunning account of sexual harassment disclosed by the past president of the Southern Historical Association.

Originally published 03/15/2018
‘Colorado College’s Own Harvey Weinstein’

Investigation documents how an early president of the college harassed and assaulted numerous women. Board strips his name from two buildings and revokes his honorary degree.

Originally published 03/13/2018
UCLA historian Gabriel Piterberg is out for sexual harassment

Students have been demanding his ouster for 2 years.

Originally published 02/22/2018
AHA President Mary Beth Norton says ending sexual harassment is a high priority

Mary Beth Norton

In a report to members she lays out the multi-pronged approach the organization is taking.

Originally published 02/19/2018
Writer Makes the Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas

Jill Abramson

With new evidence that Clarence Thomas lied to get onto the Supreme Court, it’s time to talk seriously about impeachment, argues Jill Abramson.

Originally published 02/06/2018
The American Historical Association wants to know if its members have faced sexual harassment

The organization is asking members to fill out a survey.

Originally published 02/05/2018
Stunning expose in the Daily Beast reveals tawdry story of sexual harassment by the late Allen Weinstein

Anthony Clark

She Was Assaulted by the Head of the National Archives. Then the Bush White House Helped Cover It Up.

Originally published 01/17/2018
What a medieval love saga says about modern-day sexual harassment

Lisa Bitel

One famous 12th-century saga involved a young philosopher, Abelard, and his teenage student Héloise. The story has many similarities with news of modern-day aggressors, with one major exception: None of today’s harassers has suffered medieval punishment.

Originally published 01/09/2018
Until 1975, ‘Sexual Harassment’ Was the Menace With No Name

Thanks to journalist-turned activist Lin Farley and the consciousness-raising efforts of the 1970s women’s movement, the newly coined term would not just help women give voice to their experiences: It would change U.S. law and life in the workplace.

Originally published 01/06/2018
Sexual Harassment: AHA to Survey Its Members

Rick Shenkman

The survey will be used to determine how big a problem the profession has. It will be distributed shortly.

Originally published 01/06/2018
Historians and Sexual Harassment: The Challenge for the AHA

How big a problem is it for the profession?

Originally published 01/02/2018
Do Historians Have a Sexual Harassment Problem?

Rick Shenkman

A survey by the Chronicle of Higher Ed implicates scores of historians.

Originally published 12/26/2017
Of Warlocks, Witches, and American Stampedes

Jim Sleeper

If we aren't careful the #MeToo movement could end up like other well-intentioned campaigns.

Originally published 12/26/2017
Liberals, make some distinctions

Jonathan Zimmerman

‘Zero tolerance’ didn’t work in schools and it won’t work with sexual misconduct.

Originally published 12/21/2017
UC Berkeley settles sex harassment claim against Middle East scholar for $80,000

Nezar AlSayyad sexually harassed his former student but remains on the school payroll.

Originally published 12/20/2017
The Father of Modern Libraries Was a Serial Sexual Harasser

Melvil Dewey is remembered today as an innovator who ushered American librarianship into the modern age, but his pattern of sexual harassment was so egregious that women dared to speak out against it, at a time when women were harshly judged for reporting sexual harassment.

Originally published 12/19/2017
We Have to Go Beyond Identifying and Punishing Individual Men

Joan Wallach Scott

It’s the history of the oppression of women we have to contend with.

Originally published 12/19/2017
Columbia Professor Retires in Settlement of Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Dr. William V. Harris, a renowned Greco-Roman historian, was accused of harassing grad students.

Originally published 12/19/2017
Why We Shouldn’t Let the #MeToo Movement Change History

David Greenberg

Some argue Bill Clinton should have resigned over the Lewinsky scandal. They’re getting it all wrong.

Originally published 12/15/2017
Re-watching Joe Biden’s disastrous Anita Hill hearing: A sexual harassment inquisition

What went wrong.

Originally published 12/12/2017
No one should be surprised by journalism’s sexual harassment problem

Kathryn J. McGarr

Women in the industry have long been treated as second-class citizens.

Originally published 12/11/2017
Before the Bus, Rosa Parks Was a Sexual Assault Investigator

The women standing up today are in fact part of a long history of activists fighting sexual harassment.

Originally published 12/11/2017
At Columbia, Three Women, 30 Years and a Pattern of Harassment

NYT details the complaints against Greco-Roman historian William V. Harris.

Originally published 12/08/2017
How many senators have resigned their seat?

It’s more than you’d think.

Originally published 12/04/2017
Professor at UC-Santa Cruz Disputes Sexual-Assault Accusations

Gopal Balakrishnan has denied the accusations, which were made by seven anonymous individuals whose accounts are part of a public statement circulating on the internet.

Originally published 11/29/2017
I Wrote a Book About Renaissance Queens. Today’s Stories of Sex Assault Sound Like Something Out of the 16th Century.

Sarah Gristwood

Like today many men blamed the victim.

Originally published 11/20/2017
The Threat of Senate Expulsion Facing Roy Moore is a Real One

David Pietrusza

Both houses of Congress have voted to expel members for sex-related matters.

Originally published 11/20/2017
Roy Moore and the revolution to come

Kimberly A. Hamlin

Women are rising. Will they be able to create lasting change?

Originally published 11/20/2017
It's absurd to place Al Franken in the same frame as monsters like Harvey Weinstein

Jonathan Zimmerman

And Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky is in a different category than his alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick.

Originally published 11/17/2017
Al Franken Could Face an Ethics Committee Investigation

Here's how that's gone for other Senators.

Originally published 11/13/2017
A History of Washington Sex Scandals and Misconduct

Refresh your memory. There are more scandals than you may recall.

Originally published 11/01/2017
Columbia’s William V. Harris, age 70, withdraws from teaching following sex harassment claims

"In the wake of a lawsuit alleging that tenured professor William V. Harris sexually harassed a female graduate student, Columbia University yesterday announced that Harris was withdrawing from teaching and all other student-related activities.”

Originally published 10/24/2017
The Casting Couch Perverts Who Peddled Fairy Tales

Gil Troy

Hollywood always has, still is, and likely will be full of predators. But two of the most prolific were also two men who dramatically changed the industry.

Originally published 10/19/2017
No, there is no witch hunt against powerful men

Michelle D. Brock

They're the hunters, not the hunted.

Originally published 10/03/2017
Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims Against Historian William V. Harris

When the woman, age 29, identified only as Jane Doe, reported Dr. Harris’s behavior to other professors and university officials, the complaint said, they turned a blind eye.

Originally published 01/11/2017
UCLA professor sanctioned over sexual misconduct allegations returns to teaching, sparking protests

UCLA spokeswoman Kathryn Kranhold said Piterberg would continue to teach his classes throughout the quarter but that his lectures would be videotaped for students who prefer not to attend in person.

Originally published 12/08/2016
UCLA history professor Gabriel Piterberg continues to come under attack after being accused of sexual harassment

Cinnamon Stillwell

Now it’s a pro-Israel group that is targeting him.

Originally published 11/16/2016
UCLA Professor Gabriel Piterberg — accused of sexual harassment — to return in winter 2017

Many students say his punishment wasn’t severe enough.

Originally published 04/13/2016
Petition calls for dismissal of UCLA historian Gabriel Piterberg

He was accused of sexual assault against two students.

Originally published 04/05/2016
UCLA students and faculty protest return of historian Gabriel Piterberg

The professor was accused of sexual assault and harassment following quarter of leave.

Originally published 03/03/2016
UCLA community protests professor's punishment for sex harassment: $3,000 fine and 11-week suspension

Students and other members of the UCLA community gather on the Westwood campus to protest the university's handling of sexual harassment complaints made against history professor Gabriel Piterberg.

Originally published 09/10/2013
West Point history department head reprimanded, removed after sexual harassment investigation

Colonel Matthew Moten was accused of attempting to kiss and touch female subordinates.

Originally published 12/17/2013
Why Drug Companies Can Take Your Body Tissue Without Your Consent: Interview with Bioethicist Harriet A. Washington

Robin Lindley

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