Historians in the News

Convicted felon Conrad Black has a new book out

by Andrew Roberts

It’s a history of Canada. Historian Andrew Roberts likes it, but doesn’t mention Black’s conviction for fraud.

White House March to stop ISIS from destroying what remains of Mesopotamian Civilization

We are cultural and archaeological activists preparing to kick off a campaign in Washington, DC to urge and pressure the policy and decision makers to take immediate action to stop ISIS from destroying the remaining Mesopotamian Civilization in Mosul as well as other archaeological sites.

Bernard Bailyn’s influence on the profession is hailed in the WSJ

He won the Pulitzer. So did 3 of his students: Gordon Wood, Michael Kammen and Jack Rakove.

Historian Qingjia Edward Wang never thought he would one day write a book about chopsticks.

Then one day he needed to teach his son how to use chopsticks.

UK teaching "invented" history as EU propaganda, says Cambridge professor

David Abulafia, a professor of Mediterranean history, says schools are “papering over” past disunity on the continent to further integration under the European Union.

German Historian: Rich Greeks Evade Taxes Since 1830

Heinz Richter says “The political culture in Greece differs from the rest of Western Europe because it is based on clientelism."

The move accelerates to show that black people have a history

by Martha S. Jones

Wikipedia Foundation has partnered with institutions such as Washington's Howard University to ensure that black people have a history, Wikipedia style.

Eric Foner says he insisted on his MOOC on the Civil War being free

He says he’s not getting a penny for it.

Ellen Schrecker backs “National Adjunct Walkout Day” as a brilliant tactic

The labor historian says one thing adjuncts can do to advance their cause is to educate "the public and especially the students about the reality of who is teaching them."

John Lewis Gaddis and other Cold War historians are back in demand

by HNN Staff

Russianists are once again the talk of the town.

Society for Military History 2015 Awards

Find out who's won the top prizes and awards in military history.

Classicists Crunch Data to Test Hypotheses About Greece

Data show that ancient Greece was a wealthy society, largely as a result 
of its socially diverse political institutions, says Stanford’s Josiah Ober.

David Starkey is once again in the middle of controversy

He’s been accused of being a bigot. Have his critics gone too far?

Journalist/historian writes a novel about gay history, but she’s straight

She wonders why everybody assumes she’s gay.

AP History survives funding cut in Oklahoma. Here's why.

Responding to uproar, a conservative Oklahoma lawmaker backs off bill to curb funding for AP history that he says downplays American 'exceptionalism.' The bill 'was very poorly worded,' he said.

Richard Wightman Fox tells why he wrote about Lincoln’s death (interview)

In an interview with John Fea, Fox says he was fascinated with the fact that Lincoln seemed uninterested in Jesus.

Harry Pfanz, historian who wrote Gettysburg trilogy, dies at 93

After retiring from the park service in 1981, Dr. Pfanz spent the next 20 years researching and writing his Gettysburg trilogy: “Gettysburg: The Second Day” (1987), which was the most critically praised book in the trilogy.

This is how Harvard’s remembering World War I on its 100th anniversary

“World War I is seen to have introduced a rupture in the history of war.”

"The Actual Truth Is, I Was a Racist"

A conversation with President Thomas Jefferson and the scholar and podcaster who channels him, Clay Jenkinson.

Penn historian finishes work on slavery he started researching 40 years ago

Historian Richard Dunn’s study of plantations in Jamaica and Virginia has recently been published.