This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Historians Against the War (HAW)
Jul 27, 2015
by Van Gosse
This fall, HAW will submit another resolution regarding Israel's violations of academic freedom to the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, to be held in Atlanta on the first weekend of 2016.
Source: AHA Blog
Jul 27, 2015
President: Patrick Manning. President-elect: Tyler E. Stovall.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Jul 27, 2015
by Jonathan Zimmerman
It’s homophobia that is.
Source: Politico
Jul 26, 2015
by Sven Beckert
They include books by Ira Berlin, Eric Foner, and Thavolia Glymph. (Not mentioned: David Brion Davis.)
Source: The Topeka Capital-Journal
Jul 25, 2015
“Exploring issues of human nature brought me back to the Holocaust.”
Source: WSJ
Jul 24, 2015
by Nial Ferguson
What’s most likely is that Iran will use fresh funds to bolster terrorists, inspiring others in the region to beef up their militaries.
Source: Times Higher Education
Jul 23, 2015
by Howard Segal
"In 2012, my own impoverished public institution, the University of Maine, paid $45,000 to bestselling historian Doris Kearns Goodwin for a speech that summarised her 2005 book, Team of Rivals. She was a very good speaker, but her fee could have nearly paid the first-year salary of an assistant professor desperately needed by my history department."
Source: NYT
Jul 23, 2015
“The Reformation” (1964), one of two volumes Professor Chadwick wrote for The Penguin History of the Church, was required reading in colleges for decades.
Source: NYT
Jul 23, 2015
In his new book he raises the fact that Obama's father was Muslim.
Source: NYT
Jul 22, 2015
Professor Crone challenged conventional views of the roots and evolution of Islam and her numerous books and articles shed new light on the history of the religion.
Source: Society of American Archivists
Jul 21, 2015
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which oversees NARA, will take up a bill to address the recent data breach at the Office of Personnel Management.
Source: The Conversation
Jul 21, 2015
by Michael Wutz
His fictions held a mirror up to the popular myths and self-constructions of America and made his name synonymous with critical self-investigation.
Source: AP
Jul 19, 2015
Historian Robert J. Stahl filed a petition Friday with the New Mexico Supreme Court to order the state's medical examiner to create the document for the legendary outlaw.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Jul 19, 2015
One solution has been turning to undergrads to help with research.
Source: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Jul 18, 2015
"The World at War" with Michael Neiberg, "The Age of Jefferson" with Peter Onuf, and "Colonial North American" with John Fea.
Jul 17, 2015
by Erik Moshe
This week ... the Holocaust and the Indian partition.
Source: Daniel Pipes blog
Jul 16, 2015
by Daniel Pipes
Of several alternatives, Pipes thinks it's likeliest that Israel will try to sabotage Iran through the use of special operations, including attacks on the country's computers.
Source: National Archives Foundation
Jul 16, 2015
The honor recognizes Branch’s lifelong work to chronicle the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the history of the Civil Rights movement in his landmark series America in the King Years.
Source: NYT
Jul 16, 2015
Mr. Mack was a Dallas broadcaster whose fascination with the event led him to become a widely consulted expert on the subject.
Source: Ashland Daily Tidings
Jul 15, 2015
It's a collection of his love letters to his wife during World War II.
