Historians in the News

What Francis Fukuyama Says Follows the End of History

It’s identity politics. This explains Trump.

Duke history professors ask to rename their building

It honors the white supremacist who dedicated UNC’s Silent Sam statue.

Conan O’Brien’s Unrequited Fanboy Love for Robert Caro

The famed biographer of LBJ keeps saying no to interviews.

NYU's Stephen F. Cohen continues to dismiss theories of Russian collusion

He says former CIA Director John Brennan's statements about Trump echo Jospeh McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover

Gil Troy urges left and right in Israel to cool it

by Gil Troy

He argues that both extremes are distorting the country’s politics.

For Historians, the Business of Studying Monuments Like UNC’s Silent Sam Takes a Toll

On campuses with Confederate statues, historians are living artifacts to interrogate.

Sam Wineburg's got some advice for teachers

by Elizabeth Elliott

The Stanford professor says historians need to ditch traditional textbooks and teach students how to determine what's true and what's fiction on their phones. 

Kevin Kruse draws attention for his post on lynching

by Kevin Kruse

How he brings home to students the horror of it all.

Kathleen Sprows Cummings says the Catholic Church needs wholesale radical transformation

by Kathleen Sprows Cummings

In an op ed in the NYT she says she can nom longer advocate piecemeal reforms.

Robert H. Ferrell, a Historian of Breadth and Clarity, Has Died. He Was 97.

Truman was his most congenial subject, but his curiosity about the world was unparalleled.

David Greenberg says the left is distorting the fight for the soul of the Democratic Party

by David Greenberg

It’s a mistake to label the fight in the Democratic party as one between “moderates” and “progressives.”

An author defends his decision to write a new book celebrating Henry Kissinger

In Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level, James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, and Robert H. Mnookin examine a number of Kissinger’s diplomatic moves, from Vietnam to China to southern Africa.

Julian Zelizer says Avenatti is right: Democrats need to fight fire with fire

by Julian Zelizer

"Without question, whoever the Democratic nominee is in 2020, Trump will go after him or her with hammer and tong, aiming to destroy their reputation, credibility and viability with a barrage of insults and smears."

History professor’s constant "dumb blonde" remarks forced me to dye my hair, claims Stony Brook student in lawsuit

The suit accuses Larry Frohman of sexually discriminating against her.

A UVa Historian Talks About Charlottesville’s White-Supremacist Rally a Year Later

Claudrena Harold discusses the difficult conversations she’s had with students and colleagues at the University of Virginia. “These events tested their faith,” she says.

Historian Kevin Kruse Traces Laura Ingraham's Racist Attack on Immigrants

The Princeton professor says it echoed “racial citizenship laws That took root in Nazi Germany.”

Historian Asserts That Leonardo’s Assistant Painted Majority of ‘Salvator Mundi’

The Oxford research fellow names Bernardino Luini as main artist, believes da Vinci only painted between five to 20 percent of the painting.

NYT hails history of the financial crisis of 2008 by Columbia’s Adam Tooze

It “connects the dots from 2008 crisis to Trump, Brexit and more.

Historians Urge Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Confirm Harriet Tubman on the New 20-Dollar Bill for Upcoming Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

127 professional American historians have signed an open letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin urging that he commit to plans previously announced to replace President Andrew Jackson.

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