Historians in the News

Liberal historians have been writing the history of conservatism. But have they been fair?

by Geoffrey Kabaservice

"A common flaw of the new political histories is to take the extreme right as representative of conservatism (or the Republican Party) as a whole. “

GOP senator – and historian – Ben Sasse, says he 'regularly' considers leaving Republican Party

He only partly blames his unease with the GOP on Trump.

Historians have briefed members of Congress about the history of federal aid to agriculture

by Dane Kennedy

One lesson? Federal intervention led to a revolution in productivity. But there were problems.

How 50 Years of Latino Studies Shaped History Education

The first program of this kind, founded in 1968, inspired the expansion of ethnic studies as a discipline, which provides an important counter-narrative to typically Eurocentric college classes.

Black faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill object to reinstalling “Silent Sam”

It would be a rebuke to every black member of the university community.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Looks to Past Presidents for Lessons the World Could Use Right Now

She has a new book, out in a few weeks, "Leadership: In Turbulent Times."

Jesse Lemisch, Radical Historian, has Died (1936-2018)

Lemisch helped to pioneer history from below, which erupted in late 1960s and early 1970s as various social movements demanded power.

Jan Ellen Lewis, Expert on Jefferson’s Other Family, Dies at 69

She is being remembered for her role in staging a ground-breaking conference on Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

Historians protest Saudi Arabia's detention of Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi

On September 4, the AHA sent a letter to King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud expressing concern regarding the detention of Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi, an associate professor of history at King Saud University, because of her activism on behalf of women’s rights.

7 Questions for Yuval Noah Harari

The Oxford-trained historian has a new book: “21 Lessons for the 21st Century.”

20 Years Of Google Has Changed the Way We Think, Says Historian

The historian? James W. Cortada, author of "All the Facts: A History of Information in the United States since 1870."

Classicist Mary Beard on Feminism, Online Trolls and What Ancient Rome Can Tell Us About Trump

An interview with Time Magazine.

Rutgers reexamines decision on racially charged Facebook posts made by historian James Livingston

Did he really violate policies with his satirical post about white people?

Prominent Ukrainian Historian Found Dead With Stab Wounds

Mykola Shytyuk was known for his works on the Holodomor famine that killed millions in Ukraine in the early 1930s.

Allyson Hobbs writes in the NYT about family trips to Hilton Head that left her frightened

She wondered why her family made the annual trips at a time when black people faced uncertainty on the roads they used.

What an Ancient Historian Says About the U.S.-China Clash

Who came up with the Thucydides Trap?

Jonathan Zimmerman says Donald Trump should be given a pardon in exchange for resigning

"Mike Pence should make Donald Trump an offer he can't refuse: Full pardon if he resigns the presidency and ends our national nightmare."

Sterling Stuckey, 86, Dies; Charted African Culture in Slavery

Early on he was bitterly critical of “numerous white experts on black Africa,” as he described them, who “have elaborated a fabric of untruths to rationalize continued white control over African studies.”

Harvard’s Graham Allison answers his critics

No, the liberal order didn’t make the modern world.

Historians: "History Faces an Uncertain Future at the State Department”

by Seth Denbo

Since the president’s inauguration, several government agencies have stripped their websites of information that was previously available publicly.