Historians in the News

Victor Davis Hanson is comparing Obama with Harding — Says Obama is worse

by Davis Hanson

"The Obama administration has tarnished nearly every major federal agency."

Art history professor wins $38,000 on Jeopardy

It took Elisa Korb two years to get to the set of the hit ABC game show "Jeopardy!"

Now it’s gay history that’s being uncovered at William & Mary

For years, many people deliberately hid their stories — and a large part of themselves — out of fear of exclusion or punishment.

Ken Burns's surprising discovery about his Revolutionary War ancestor

Henry Louis Gates uncovers Americans' unsuspecting ancestry in his PBS series. The latest to face a surprising truth -- Ken Burns. 

Professional historian joins Board of Directors of the controversial National Women's History Museum

Dr. Allgor is a leading historian of first ladies and a frequent commentator on television and in other media on issues having to do with the role of the first lady.

Celebrated Thai historian called in for questioning by the new military government

The detention took place during a lecture on democracy.

Diane Ravitch aghast at NYC schools for punishing a teacher who used Kickstarter to help disabled student

This teacher was suspended without pay for 30 days for “theft of services,” having helped the campaign during school hours.

Washington Post highlights the clash in Colorado over the AP history course

Jefferson County has become ground zero for a new culture fight — this time over how to teach U.S. history to high-achieving 10th-graders.

Retired CUNY history professor gets $560K a year pension!

Queens College's Edgar J. McManus earned $116,000 his final year as a professor.  “They don’t pay you much when you’re working, but the pension is certainly good," he says.

A historian -- John Barry -- is behind the biggest environmental lawsuit in US history

by Nathaniel Rich

"And it was served by the most unlikely of antagonists, a former college-football coach, competitive weight lifter and author of dense, intellectually robust 500-page books of American history: John M. Barry."

After fierce debate, Jeffco Board adopts curriculum review panels, includes teachers and students

Opponents accuse board majority of breaking policy

James M. McPherson: By the Book (Interview)

The author, most recently, of “Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief” says that coming of age in Minnesota in the ’50s, he saw the South as “a mysterious, almost foreign land.”

Questions remain after Jeffco curriculum review vote

It's not immediately clear whether the new committee will review the AP US history course.

Former Stanford history professor George Knoles dies at 107

Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States when George Knoles was born. Nineteen presidents later, on Aug. 27, the Stanford history professor died, having seen a century of history firsthand.

Students sound off at Colorado school board meeting about history controversy

Students let the Jefferson County school board know they want history warts and all.

Historian to Lead Notre Dame's First New School in Almost a Century

A conversation with a group of biologists who study climate change led R. Scott Appleby, a historian, to refine some of his thinking about the new school he would lead at the University of Notre Dame.

How Cuban Music Made Me a Better Historian

“If you want to learn anything about the history of this country, you have to start listening to Carlos Varela.”

When does history end?

"There is no automatic cut-off point for when history stops and current affairs begin."

Jewish-Studies Scholars Condemn List of ‘Anti-Semitic’ Professors

"[The] technique of monitoring lectures, symposia and conferences strains the basic principle of academic freedom on which the American university is built."

British Empire in India: Historians and journalists debate

The speakers assembled in London to debate the motion ‘The Indian sub-continent benefited more than it lost from the experience of British Colonialism.’