Historians in the News

They should give this definition of History to all first year undergrads on their first day

A tweet that says it all.

Field Report: What I learned by attending a workshop on Korean history

by Ron Eisenman

A compelling reason to learn about Korea is that there are 1.5 million Koreans in America, many with incredible stories.

Historians suggest ways California can integrate gay history into the school curriculum

A 2011 law in California requires schools to teach gay history. 

Now it’s Andrew Bacevich’s turn to do a MOOC

It will replicate the course he taught for years at BU: War for the Greater Middle East

Historians find hidden Jewish archive in the Azores

Some of the most important documents for historians of Jewish history are documents that haven’t been saved at all. In fact, they’ve been discarded – into a closed storage space known as a geniza.

Historian Charles B. Strozier says drought in Syria helped bring about ISIS

by Charles B. Strozier and Kelly A. Berkell

Drought did not singlehandedly spawn the Syrian uprising, but it stoked simmering anger at Assad's dictatorship.

Historian enlists Plato in campaign to win converts to an exciting way to teach history

by Mark Carnes

"During the past decade, some faculty members and administrators have discovered that the motivational power of "bad play" can be harnessed to academic purposes."

Teachers walkout in Colorado over AP history controversy and pay

Classes were canceled at Golden and Jefferson high schools after 81 percent and 70 percent of teachers called in sick respectively.

The Hong Kong events in historical perspective: An interview with Jeffrey Wasserstrom

by Zack Beauchamp

"There's been tension between Hong Kong and Beijing for some time. When did it start becoming acute, and why is it boiling over now?"

Colorado Students Strip Naked in Protest of ‘Censorship’ of AP History Classes

Pictures and videos from Colorado.

Colorado professor helped create framework for controversial AP US History Course

Anderson said the goal of the revisions was to encourage contextualizing and analytical thinking over memorizing facts and dates -- more like a college class.

5th day of protests at Colorado schools over proposal to ditch new AP history framework

Dozens of students walked out of class and protested for a fifth day in Jefferson County.

Environmental historian William Cronon awarded Wilderness Society’s highest honor

“To receive the Robert Marshall Award is for me an affirmation not just of my scholarship, but of what I’ve always regarded as one of the most important ways I’ve tried to enact the values of the Wisconsin Idea in my work as a citizen scholar.”

Richard Zuber, Wake history professor, dies at 82

During his career, he wrote two books, “Jonathan Worth: Biography of a Southern Unionist” in 1965 and “North Carolina During Reconstruction” in 1969.

Director's using Kickstarter to raise money for a film about the Kansas governor who implanted goat testicles in humans

NUTS! is the story of John Brinkley, who in 1917 cures impotence via goat testicle transplantation. (Then the story really gets weird.)

Colorado students protest proposed "censorship" of history curriculum

"I want honesty in my classroom," the students said in a letter presented to Superintendent Dan McMinimee.

Human Ingenuity Can Fix Past Mistakes and Shape the Future, says Diane Ackerman

Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.

Texas Moves To Override New AP History Course

Texas on Wednesday moved to require its high school students to learn only state-mandated curriculum — not be taught to the national test.

Hugh Trevor-Roper: the spy as historian, the historian as spy

A review of ‘The Secret World’, by Hugh Trevor-Roper. The future Lord Dacre's early work for MI6 shaped the rest of his life.

Historian David Kaiser rallying alums who say Harvard's paying its endowment traders too much

Kaiser and eight other members wrote to Harvard President Drew Faust demanding to know why compensation at the endowment doubled in three years.