Historians in the News

Historian ridicules Canadian PM for distorting history

Conservatives believe if they are to truly replace the Liberals as the dominant federal party, the country's history needs to be told in a way in which Conservative values and vision are emphasized.

RIP Vincent G. Harding, Historian Who Co-Wrote MLK’s "Beyond Vietnam" Speech

Harding was a well-known historian and scholar, and friend, colleague and former speechwriter for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Romanian historian who debunked Dracula myth dies

Radu Florescu was a Romanian-born historian, professor and philanthropist who intrigued American popular culture by writing a book linking the fictional Count Dracula to the 15th-century Romanian prince Vlad the Impaler.

James McPherson wins Schlesinger prize awarded by the Society of American Historians

He received the seventh annual Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award for distinguished writing in American history.

AHA urges historians to oppose House bill that cuts social science research

House Science Committee to Vote on FIRST Act.

Jesse Lemisch recalls his battle with the University of Chicago in the 1960s

by Jesse Lemisch

"In the early 1960s, the University of Chicago (U of C) was trying to remodel itself as less Jewish, more sports-oriented, and less left."

Drew Gilpin Faust: Harvard president’s 2012 earnings surpassed $1 million

Faust, 66, joins a growing group of private college presidents to surpass the $1 million mark as university leaders are increasingly paid like executives running large companies.

Niall Ferguson: The Black Swan Investors Should Fear

The Harvard economic historian says monetary tapering hasn’t even started but ‘geopolitical tapering’ is well underway.

The historian who took on Jack the Ripper has died

Philip Sugden, who has died aged 67, was the first academic historian to apply scholastic rigour to the notoriously flaky field of “Ripperology.”

Timothy Snyder lecture kicks off 'Ukraine:Thinking Together' conference

Snyder stressed that Ukraine has a “very typical European history,” noting its Renaissance, Reformation, and counter-reformation during the rule of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Historians’ dispute in Germany over a bestseller that claims Europe shares the blame for WW 1

"The Sleepwalkers" has lobbed a grenade into the debate and younger German historians have applauded Clark’s portrayal of a pan-European crisis with shared guilt.

Women’s History, Active History, and the 2014 Berkshire Conference

It is the first time that this venerable and highly visible conference has met outside of the United States.

Harvard historian runs for parliament in India

Mr. Bose began his campaign by dozens of meetings with party workers, where his aim was to dispel the notion that he was, as he put it, “an academic living in an ivory tower.”

Biographer of Gandhi unearths new evidence that shows he was shaped by experience in South Africa

‘Gandhi Before India’ Shows How the Mahatma Was Made

Fired Russian Historian Says East Ukraine Referendums 'Make No Sense'

Prominent Russian historian Andrei Zubov has dismissed the self-rule referendums in eastern Ukraine.

Sir James Holt, Historian Known for his Studies of the Magna Carta, Dies at 91

Sir James Holt was a medieval historian who argued that the Magna Carta was, in its time, neither unique nor successful.

New book, new allegations of plagiarism

Since the book’s publication, a blog called the Cabinet of Plagiarism has detailed numerous alleged instances of plagiarism in the book, including text and ideas taken from information websites and published scholarship.

Historian's spouse barred from teaching after newspaper runs a story about his past ... as a Symbionese Liberation Army bank robber

After his sentence, he returned to his wife, Teresa Barnes, who by then had become an associate professor of history at Urbana-Champaign.

Art Historian Says “Ideological Censorship Is Happening” in Russia

 “A month ago, or even one week ago, I wouldn’t have told you what I’ll say to you now.”

Citing University’s Commitment to Free Speech, Faust Says ‘Abhorrent’ Black Mass Will Not Be Barred

“The decision by a student club to sponsor an enactment of this ritual is abhorrent."--Drew Gilpin Faust