Historians in the News

Did a Polish Far Right Activist Help Donald Trump Write His Speech in Warsaw?

According to the U.K. based Hope not Hate anti-racism charity, the historian,Marek Jan Chodakiewicz is a frequent commentator on right-wing Polish media and has expressed anti-Semitic views.

American Heritage Returns in Digital Format

American Heritage, the beloved, 68-year-old magazine of history, returned to regular publication on our Nation's Birthday, July 4, 2017

Columbia’s Charles K. Armstrong returns prize for high-profile book with 70+ corrections

The AHA had awarded the book the Fairbank prize in 2014.

Niall Ferguson is coming out with a new book

It’s "The Square and The Tower” and it’s about history’s hidden networks.

Morton Cohen, Scholar of Lewis Carroll and His Wonderland, Dies at 96

Mr. Cohen tracked down many of the women Carroll had corresponded with when they were young.

Historian: The Declaration of Independence was a plea for help

Larrie Ferreiro argues in a recent book that the Declaration should be considered a "Declaration That We Depend on France (and Spain, Too)."

Jon Meacham: Being a historian at a time like this means every day is Christmas

"If you care about the underlying elements of our national story, the national order, then a moment in which all of those fundamental assumptions are being questioned is a time of intrinsic interest."

NEH and Nancy MacLean blasted in Forbes

by George Leef

MacLean is the author of "Democracy in Chains," a book that takes on the radical right. 

US Archivist David Ferriero says it makes sense for Obama not to build a standard presidential library

It’s because most of his records were digitized anyway.

Celebrated historian Michael Vickery dies, 86

His principal scholarly contribution was that he was the first to have methodically described the social structures of ancient Cambodia.

Gay historian Martin Duberman on Pride and why we must keep it political

Distinguished author, historian and playwright Martin Duberman, 86, has written more than two dozen books on LGBT heritage and culture, icons of the progressive movement and race relations in America.

Head of New Hampshire Historical Society says he’s seen a marked decline in students’ knowledge in the last 5 years

by William Dunlap

Many fourth graders don’t seem to know anything about the American Revolution, he says.

New Left historian Norman Pollack has died

by Jesse Lemisch

Taking on Hofstadter, he redefined Populism.

Suzanne Wasserman, Historian of New York City and Filmmaker, Dies at 60

Suzanne Wasserman, a Chicago-born historian and filmmaker who made New York City, especially the Lower East Side, the focus of her work in a wide array of publications, exhibitions and educational programs, died on Monday in Manhattan.

List: The 25 Moments that Changed America (as selected by historians)

Manisha Sinha, Anne Hyde, Ken Burns, Matthew Karp, Wendy Warren, Christine Heyrman, and more.

Historians Still Uncovering Details of 150-Year-Old Chinese Railroad Strike

One hundred fifty years ago, an event occurred that became a part of American history still studied by academics today: Countless Chinese railroad workers for the Central Pacific Railroad stopped going to work.

Canada 150 events fail to showcase military's role in building nation, historians say

University of Calgary military historian David Bercuson says the Liberals are making a political calculation in toning down its focus on the military around the milestone birthday.

Rare Colonial Court Documents Found on eBay

Thanks to a historian’s spidey sense, they’re now housed in a New York archive.

Duke’s Nancy MacLean says the GOP plan to replace Obamacare reflects the radical right’s “stealth plan” (Interview)

She is the author of "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America."

Annette Gordon-Reed says that no one needs to worry we’ll start taking down statues of Jefferson & Washington

They were slaveholders, but there’s a big difference between them and the leaders of the Confederacy.