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: Omaha World-Herald
Mar 23, 2015
Ann Schneider’s research paid off when an immigration court ordered a former defense minister deported from the US
Source: Sputnik
Mar 21, 2015
by Eva Hahnova
Czech historian Eva Hahnova has challenged attempts to rewrite the history of the Second World War, including the story of the mass exodus of Germans from Eastern Europe at the end of the war, which she calls the last massive crime committed by the Nazi regime.
Source: National Women’s History Project
Mar 19, 2015
The 2015 (NWHM) Honorees were chosen for their pioneering leadership and accomplishments in researching and sharing the details of women's lives.
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward
Mar 18, 2015
Dr. Daniel Weiss, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new president, is an MBA-toting medieval art historian who links his relentless curiosity and academic passions to his Jewish background.
Source: Patheos
Mar 18, 2015
by Warren Throckmorton
He's been caught making up history, but evangelicals are sticking by him, including Wallbuilders.
Source: New York Review of Books
Mar 18, 2015
Joel Klein, the former leader of the NYC school system, defends his record from attacks after historian Jonathan Zimmerman reviews Klein's new book.
Source: LC blog
Mar 17, 2015
March is designated as Women’s History Month and this year the National Women’s History Project has selected “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” as the theme.
Mar 17, 2015
“There is some evidence that certain immigrant groups, particularly those that come from countries which are war zones, have difficulty engaging with the Anzac legend.”
Source: Harvard Gazette
Mar 17, 2015
They are pushing hard toward breakthrough remedies, Faust says in speech at Beijing
Mar 16, 2015
by Erik Moshe
This week's books cover the Lusitania sinking, the Spanish civil war, terrorism, and Caesar.
Source: WaPo
Mar 14, 2015
by David Bennett and Matt Bennett
"This extraordinarily important building is named for one whose historical legacy is unworthy of such an honor: the late senator Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.). "
Source: Yale News
Mar 13, 2015
The culmination of more than 50 years of research, Davis’ award-winning work is the third volume in his “Problem of Slavery” trilogy, which includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture” (1966) and “The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770–1823” (1975).
Source: Reuters
Mar 12, 2015
Former Navy intelligence analyst Samuel L. Morison, who received a presidential pardon in 2001 after being convicted of passing secret ship photos to a British publication, pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing records related to his naval historian grandfather.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Mar 11, 2015
An interview with editors of "The American Yawp."
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Mar 11, 2015
Feminist art history professor discusses book on how she came to study and participate in a form of bodybuilding called "figure girl" competitions.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Mar 10, 2015
Alice Dreger is a feminist atheist who writes frankly about sex and science. She drew barbs when she adopted a controversial theory about transsexuals.
Source: AHA
Mar 10, 2015
Textbook publisher McGraw-Hill was rebuked for refusing to drop a reference to comfort women in World War II.
Mar 10, 2015
by James Grossman
"[S]ince FY 11 there has been no federal funding provided for history or civics education. We are not providing our teachers with the help they need, the professional development that is essential, to prepare our children to be productive citizens."
Source: NYT
Mar 9, 2015
Five years and eight drafts later, Mr. Larson’s new book, “Dead Wake,” which is about the sinking of the Lusitania, is shaping up to be one of the biggest nonfiction titles of the year.
Source: OAH
Mar 9, 2015
Written by OAH member George Chauncey, professor of history and American studies at Yale University, the brief focuses on the history of discrimination against gays.
