Historians in the News

What’s Antifa all about? Mark Bray explains.

In a talk at Dartmouth he provided the history of the movement and its symbols.

Historian Keisha N. Blain tells the story of black nationalist women in her new book

by Marius Kothor

In this interview she explains why she was drawn to the story.

Stephen F. Cohen continues to berate Democrats for “demonizing Russia”

In an article in The Nation he argues that they are repudiating FDR’s policy of detente.

Barbara and Karen Fields discuss their new book, "Racecraft"

by Daniel Denvir

What’s that? It’s about the illusion of race, the dead-end of "whiteness," and the need to revive class politics.

War or Peace for North Korea: A call for Action by Historians for Peace and Democracy

The organization (formerly Historians Against the War) wants to use the Winter Olympics to achieve peaceful resolution of the U.S.-North Korean confrontation.

George Will goes after liberal historian David Goldfield

by George F. Will

Goldfield’s new book, “The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good,” reflects the liberal’s belief in government overreach, says Will.

Historian Taner Akçam’s new book includes "smoking gun" of Armenian Genocide

In his groundbreaking new book, “Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide,” due out in March, Clark University historian Taner Akçam destroys the Turkish government’s denial strategy.

Historian Antony Beevor “Astonished" At Ukraine Ban On His Best-Selling Book, “Stalingrad”

Officials banned the Russian translation of the book. 

Robert Caro says he’s reached 1966 in his next book on LBJ

He hasn’t yet started writing about Vietnam.

AHA asks members to "Help Protect the Census"

The AHA urges members to contact Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to register their concern.

Ibram X. Kendi says "The Heartbeat of Racism Is Denial”

"Mr. Trump, I suspect, will go to his grave with his heart beating in denial of the ill will of racism. Many others will as well."

Historians Call Trump’s ‘Sh*thole’ Comment "The Most Openly Racist by a President in Decades"

“No president has ever said anything publicly as explicitly racist as what we’ve heard from President Trump.”  –  Daniel Rogers

Sports Historian Explains Why She Wrote that the NCAA is the Modern Jim Crow

Victoria Jackson’s claim appeared in an explosive op-ed for the Los Angeles Times.

Bruce Cole, renaissance scholar who led National Endowment for the Humanities, dies at 79

Dr. Cole, who retired from Indiana University as a distinguished professor emeritus of fine arts and professor emeritus of comparative literature, became chairman in December 2001.

Doug Brinkley says "Trump is the most racist president since Woodrow Wilson"

The president has a “heart of stone.” 

New book lays out for the first time the full story of Cuba's Cuban Missile Crisis

James G. Blight and janet M. Lang lay out the story in "Dark Beyond Darkness."

Historian Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Records from the National Archives

Antonin DeHays, age 33, sold some of the tags on eBay.

Niall Ferguson says the book that best reflects his politics is Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France.”

He was the subject of this week's NYT book interview.

Inside the Weird World of Historical Re-enactors

From Civil War uniforms to Viking smelts, meet the people who bring history to life.

Russian historian who exposed Stalin's crimes faces enforced psychiatric testing

Yuri Dmitriev, whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s crimes angered state officials is due to begin enforced psychiatric testing this week amid fears he will be falsely declared insane, his lawyer said.