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: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Apr 15, 2015
by David Armitage and Jo Guldi
David Armitage and Jo Guldi say the CHE didn’t provide a fair report.
Apr 14, 2015
by Rick Shenkman
Historians debate sex, race and class -- and other taboo subjects.
Source: Xinhua
Apr 14, 2015
He cites documents he collected in a new book.
Source: Public Radio of Armenia
Apr 14, 2015
Although modern-day Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide, it’s an undeniable fact that Turkey was the first country to condemn the atrocity, expert of Turkish studies Meline Anumyan told a press conference.
Source: NYT
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Alford’s book, published by Oxford University Press, is already being hailed as an important contribution, with the Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer praising it as “so deeply researched and persuasively argued that it should stand as the standard portrait for years.”
Source: NPR
Apr 13, 2015
In an interview Kutler said that Nixon couldn’t admit he had authorized break-ins.
Source: The Daily Bruin
Apr 13, 2015
It was organized by historian Sebouh D. Aslanian.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Apr 13, 2015
"He had drop-dead good looks, perfect teeth, great complexion. Physically, he was a marvel, a gym rat, an exercise fanatic."
Apr 13, 2015
by Erik Moshe
What do the Hindenburg and a leading black journalist have in common? The NYT just reviewed books about them.
Source: Yale Daily News
Apr 13, 2015
“There’s never been a world order before. What used to be considered world order was a regional order.” — Kissinger
Source: Letter to the Editor of the Wall Street Journal
Apr 9, 2015
by Trevor Packer
"Given the substantive feedback we have received from educators and the general public representing a range of political viewpoints, we are confident that the concerns some have expressed this past year—including those of Mrs. Cheney—will be resolved by the new framework."
Source: Slate
Apr 9, 2015
by Eric Herschthal
Historian Gregory P. Downs says the Southern states ratified the 13th Amendment ending slavery because Andrew Johnson left 100,000 troops there after Appomattox, refusing to end the war until they agreed to end slavery.
Source: Los Angeles Review of Books
Apr 9, 2015
by Jim Sleeper
“For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.” — Kissinger
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Apr 9, 2015
At issue is "The History Manifesto,” written by Jo Guldi and David Armitage, which calls on historians to return to big picture thinking.
Source: The Fifteen Minute Interview in the Harvard Crimson
Apr 8, 2015
He was stuck in the waiting room for 10 days but was never allowed in.
Source: AHA Today
Apr 8, 2015
Chairs of departments at public universities won’t have to disclose personal finances
Apr 8, 2015
by Michael H. Ebner
It's Reviews in American History.
Source: AHA Today
Apr 7, 2015
With a PhD in history from Rutgers University‑New Brunswick (2012) and 10 years’ experience in magazine and academic publishing, Miller brings to Perspectives a flair for the written word to match her commitment to the scholarly practice of history.
Source: The Economist
Apr 7, 2015
Economic history may well be dead as a subject studied in independent academic departments, as it was at universities in the 1970s. But as a subject that is needed as part of the study of economics and the making of public policy, economic history is—and should be—very much alive.
Source: NYT
Apr 7, 2015
He singles out Doris Kearns Goodwin, among others, in a new book that’s being sold as a novel but which Kramer says is history.
