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This week ...  Juan Cole, Daniel Pipes and more. 

Rick Warner named president of World History Association

The organization fosters the advance of scholarship and teaching within a trans-national, trans-regional, and trans-cultural perspective.

Daniel Pipes says Islamists should be banned from the United States

by Daniel Pipes

Skillful questions can distinguish enemy from friend among Muslims

These historians are training students to think about the future

A panel at the AHA was devoted to explaining what this entails.

Patty Limerick Named State Historian as History Colorado Looks to Future

She may be the most prominent historian in the country to head a state's history office.

The art history professor behind Cruz's foreign policy

Victoria Coates won a reputation in foreign policy circles after she started blogging.

Anger at UK history course that teaches pupils Africans lived in Britain before the English

The course has been slammed as "pro-immigration propaganda."

Historians Reject Resolution Condemning Israel's Treatment of Palestinians

The resolution was decisively defeated in a vote at the Business Meeting of the American Historical Association:  51 in favor, 111 opposed. 

Resolution Censuring Israeli Violations of Academic Freedom Debated by American Historical Association

by Historians Against the War (HAW)

126 members of the association signed the resolution, including many leading historians.

More History PhDs (Again) but Fewer with Jobs out of the Gate (Again)

by Allen Mikaelian

In contrast to the declining number of bachelors degrees in history, the number of PhDs in history continues to rise, according to the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED).

History meets geography: James Gregory's collaborative digital project tracks key 20th century social movements

The project has the three-part goal of developing geographic data about social movements, producing such visualizations as interactive maps and charts, and providing analysis and interpretation of the data they present.

George Elsey, One of the Last Survivors of World War II White House, Dies at 97, Was Trained as a Historian

Mr. Elsey worked in the White House Map Room under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, and later became an assistant to Truman, writing policy papers and speeches.

UK historian argues Poland's democracy is 'under threat'

Historian Timothy Garton Ash has argued in an opinion piece in UK daily The Guardian that Poland's recently elected Law and Justice party has put democracy in the country at risk.

Historians' panel at the AHA centers on what it takes to write good military history.

Hint -- it's not brass.

Historians at the AHA debate the value and place for Confederate monuments, memorials and other symbols

"White Southerners showed their power by dominating the space with martial monuments.”—Jane Censer

The Overlooked Problem in the History Jobs Crisis

PhD programs emphasize research, but small schools that are hiring need people who can teach, says Kevin Gannon.

Historian Jeff Herf taken to task for his criticism of the resolution against Israel

by Matt Peppe

“Apologists for the Israeli regime’s policies against Palestinians are putting forward nonsensical rationalizations for their opposition to the measure."

Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association: 2016

Highlights from the annual meeting held in Atlanta.

A Flawed Resolution: Errors, Misrepresentations, and Omissions in the Resolution Before the AHA

by Alliance for Academic Freedom (AAF)

The proposed resolution is factually unreliable.

Academic Freedom Worldwide and the Resolution Before the AHA: A White Paper

by Alliance for Academic Freedom (AAF)

"We reject the all-too-common binary approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict that seeks to justify one side or the other as all right or all wrong."