Historians in the News

Donald Trump Is Most Like ... ?

We polled several historians.  Here's what they told us.  (No, not one said Hitler.)

History Jobs Crisis: One Man's Story

The story of Mike Bowen, a PhD in history. He held nine one-year positions in three different states.

Should Historians Speak Out Against Trump?

Stanley Fish versus historians.

A President's First 100 Days

Historians compared the first 100 days of previous presidents and talked about priorities for the new Trump administration.

Are Grad Students Worried About the Job Market?

We asked.  They answered.

What We Can Make of the Election of 2016: An Interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad

This video of Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), was made at the annual convention of the American Historical Association on January 5, 2017.

Henry Kissinger’s Washington is coming back around

The president-elect who waged a campaign against global elites is turning to a man who knows most of them on a first-name basis.

Historian Deborah Lipstadt ‘Overwhelms’ Fellow Passengers Watching In-Flight Movie ‘Denial,’ Based on the Infamous Lawsuit Filed Against Her

These are the people who loved the movie and told her so.

Stephen F. Cohen says “hysteria” over Russia’s alleged hacking of the 2016 presidential election is preventing a rational discussion of the issues

He doubts there’s hard evidence Russia tried to put Trump in the White House.

Another Big Drop in History Majors: Yes, This Is Still Happening

by Allen Mikaelian

Between academic years ending in 2014 and 2015, the number of bachelor’s degrees in history dropped by 9 percent, for the second year in a row.

Essay by University of Washington's Laurie Marhoefer named most memorable of 2017 by The Conversation

The historian’s essay? “How should we protest neo-Nazis? Lessons from German history”

Get Rich. Major in History?

by Jennifer Freilach

It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds if you follow the path of these students who became college presidents.

Presidential historian Allan Lichtman says Obama’s worst legacy is the collapse of the Democratic Party (Interview)

“He has forgotten what the great iconic Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt always taught, and that is, you not only have to be an innovator of policy, have you to be a party-builder."

In Memory of Joyce Appleby (1929-2016)

A tribute to a wonderful historian and friend of HNN.

Cambridge historian reveals double life of Renaissance artist

A history student doing research on a landscape artist in the Renaissance turned up evidence suggesting he was a spy (sort of) for the Medici.

In an interview Andrew Bacevich explains why every president since Carter has tried and failed to transform the Middle East

“We are not a people to whom ... limits don’t apply.” —Andrew Bacevich

Jonathan Zimmerman says both sides were wrong in the Drexel tweet storm

by Jonathan Zimmerman

"Got that? If you dislike the tweet about genocide by George Cicccariello-Maher, it must be because you harbor some kind of racist or even genocidal impulses yourself."

Leading historians on how 2016 wasn’t a unique election year, but the winner was

Historians of the future will likely ask how and why Donald Trump’s election victory was possible—as well as why so many supposedly clever people really, really didn’t see it coming.

Juan Cole renews call for Obama to recognize Palestine as a state

by Juan Cole

"Just as he established diplomatic relations with Cuba, so he could do the same with regard to Palestine."

Henry Kissinger 'advises Trump to accept' Crimea as part of Russia

Kissinger proposes we swap support for Crimea takeover for Russian agreement to withdraw troops from rest of Ukraine.