Historians in the News

Heather Cox Richardson says the crisis of the Trump administration has begun

by Heather Cox Richardson

"These are terrifying developments that give the president the powers of a dictator with a compliant cabal." – Heather Cox Richardson

On Becoming An American Jewish Historian

A new book curates the intriguing insights of 16 senior scholars of American Jewish history and their path to the subject.

Archaeologists are rewriting the history of Arabia

How strange rocks—and an obscure language—are changing a decades-old academic consensus.

We’re whitewashing the history of our founding, says Leslie Harris

by Leslie M. Harris

"It’s fueling problems today.”

Historian: Native Americans deserve to be remembered as Southerners, too

by Malinda Maynor Lowery

"We Are the Original Southerners."

Historians Debate Which President Leonardo DiCaprio Should Play

The Oscar winner has Teddy Roosevelt and Ulysses S. Grant biopics lined up, and scholars are using everything from 'Hamilton' to toxic masculinity to make their pitches to the actor.

Yuval Noah Harari: Brexit will not halt drive to 'human unification'

New book by bestselling historian argues global challenges will make nations ever more interdependent.

Bernard Lewis, eminent historian of the Middle East, dies at 101

Dr. Lewis’s prolific scholarship — including more than 30 books, hundreds of articles and competence in at least a dozen languages — traced fault lines that define the modern Middle East.

Historian's new book backs Taika Waititi's claims New Zealand is 'racist as f**k’

"I wanted to expose the secret history of Auckland and New Zealand.” – Scott Hamilton

Howard M. Sachar, GWU scholar and ‘trailblazer’ of Jewish history, dies at 90

“In some ways, he talked past the historical profession. He craned his neck as I see it, to reach the larger public.”

When did the Census begin to ask about citizenship?

The author of "The American Census: A Social History” says it was way back in 1820, but then the question was dropped. Until 1890.

As historians and New York City educators, here’s what we hope teachers hear in New York City's new anti-bias training

by Ansley Erickson, Brian Jones, and Adam Sanchez

"Anti-bias education should lead teachers not only to address racism as an individual matter, but to perceive and struggle against its institutional and structural forms.”

Richard Pipes has died at age 94

by WSJ Editorial Board

The Russia scholar helped America win the Cold War, says the Wall Street Journal.

Henry Kissinger is worried about AI?

by Henry Kissinger

Yes. He warns it might threaten the Enlightenment world the West aspires to embody.

Can only an indigenous scholar teach indigenous history?

That’s the question roiling a Halifax university in Canada.

Historian running as a Democrat for Congress in Illinois

Junius Rodriguez is a history professor at Eureka College.

Historian Benjamin Carter Hett: Trump’s “cultivation of dishonesty” strongly reminiscent of Nazis

by Jason Porath

The author of “The Death of Democracy” reminds us that Germans in 1933 thought they were “good people” and nothing could go wrong.

Daniel Pipes says regime change in Iran is “inevitable”

by Daniel Pipes

In an expansive interview he gives his views on Iran, Turkey and the future of Islamism.

Being a historian is an increasingly dangerous profession in Russia, rights group says

Study: The Russian authorities have increased their efforts to impose a single conception of Russian history in almost all its periods but especially during World War 2.

Mr. Big History – David Christian – is out with a new book

It’s called: "Origin Story: A Big History of Everything.” (Interview)