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: Orange County Register
May 12, 2014
The position has been vacant since the departure of Tim Naftali, the library’s first and only federal director.
Source: BioEdge
May 10, 2014
The latest comes from Vienna, Austria, where researchers deliberately infected hospitalised children with malaria in the hope of finding a cure for syphilis.
Source: PJ Media
May 10, 2014
by Ron Radosh
Marty Sklar believed in America and its promise. We need more socialists like him.
Source: AP
May 8, 2014
"I think it's the best thing Ken's done since 'The Civil War.' "
Source: Telegraph
May 6, 2014
Prof Amanda Vickery says women should present the remake of Civilisation because "one white, middle-aged man" should not be telling the story of art and culture.
Source: Oral History Association
May 5, 2014
"The concern has been raised that the Belfast Project developments will have a chilling effect on academic freedom and research. This need not be the case."
Source: nationalhumanitiescenter.org
May 5, 2014
by Harvey J. Graff
"When I started the project I half expected to find a golden age of interdisciplinarity before disciplines. And, as appealing as that is romantically and idealistically, it’s nonsense."
May 5, 2014
by Ann Hall
“History PhDs should be cultural mediators.”
Source: Boston College
May 3, 2014
Press reports have been inaccurate.
Source: Diane Ravitch blog
May 2, 2014
by Diane Ravitch
It started with a tweet.
Source: National Coalition for History
May 2, 2014
by Lee White
The Obama administration's $500,000 proposed increase is modest.
Source: OAH Outlook
May 1, 2014
by Patricia Limerick
The president of the OAH wants historians to give her evidence refuting Kristof's claims.
Source: Perspectives (American Historical Association)
May 1, 2014
by Nicolas Trépanier
Yes, "historical" video games are filled with inaccuracies. But ...
Source: AHA Perspectives
May 1, 2014
by Stephen W. Campbell
" I was a strident Wikipedia critic, having become frustrated by too many Wikipedia-derived answers on student exams. But ... I have grown more optimistic."
Source: Perth Now
May 1, 2014
THE "history wars" fought over Tasmania's past should come to an end with the release of a new book, historian Henry Reynolds says.
Source: NYT
May 1, 2014
by Gordon Wood
Cheney tells the story well, though skimps on analysis.
Source: Raw Story
May 1, 2014
Barton argued that in the time since the women’s suffrage movement succeeded in the United States, “we’ve moved into more of a family anarchy kind of thing.”
Source: Organization of American Historians
May 1, 2014
The great lengths immigrants went to, to fit in.
Source: Daily Titan (student newspaper, CA State University, Fullerton)
Apr 30, 2014
Since his life-alternating experience in the archives, Craig Loftin has embraced his sexual orientation in numerous ways.
Source: Boston.com
Apr 30, 2014
Adams was implicated by two IRA veterans who gave taped interviews to researchers for a Boston College history project.
