Historians in the News

Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn on Amazon's Tentacular Reach

The eminent historian appeared on WGBH Boston.

Historian mentioned at Oscars for work

Sue Eakin was one of the most important figures in the preservation of "12 Years a Slave."

Justin Kaplan, Bartlett’s editor, dead at 88

Kaplan, a longtime professor at Harvard University, was also the author of several acclaimed literary biographies.

He Cried Out ‘Black Power,’ Then Left for Africa

Peniel E. Joseph on his biography of Stokely Carmichael.

Q&A with historian and author Nick Turse

The UNC Chapel Hill student newspaper talks with the author of "Kill Anything That Moves."

Tensions at the New Republic revealed in open email to historian

Leon Wieseltier unloads on John Judis to Ron Radosh.

U. of Richmond’s Ayers will step down in 2015

Ayers, 61, a Civil War historian, has presided at the 4,130-student university since July 2007

With State Funding Drying Up, Museums and Archives Turn to the Private Sector

by Victoria Torres

Major corporations have stepped into the gap as federal and state arts and humanities budgets are slashed.

MIT professor argues colleges reinforced slavery

MIT history professor Craig Steven Wilder argued that colleges were responsible for reinforcing slavery in antebellum America.

James McPherson to do AMA in /r/AskHistorians on Reddit Friday, Feb. 28 at 1:30pm Eastern

Set your calendars!

Lichtman: Best historical parallel for 2014 is 1938

“It’s very uncommon to challenge incumbents — period. So this is truly unusual.”

Stephen J. Tonsor III, UMich prof., dies at 90

Tonsor taught German history.

Behind the Scenes at the U.S. Army Center of Military History

BuzzFeed recently toured the U.S. Army Center of Miulitary History.

Ask A Historian: How Accurate Is 'Downton Abbey'?

SPOILER ALERT: Don't read if you haven't already seen Season 4.

Army historian says report on deadly Afghan battle was altered to absolve faulty gun

Survivors of bloody battle report M4 jams.

Marshall Plan Speech Exhibit Joins Google Cultural Institute

The online Google exhibit includes other materials from the Foundation’s archives that illustrate the reach of Marshall Plan aid.

The truth about Florida's Civil War history

150 years ago a brutal battle in the Civil War was fought in Florida but what happened that day has been obscured by political games and historical revisionism -- as so often happens in the Sunshine State.

Presidential palates: Culinary historian shares insights on White House cuisine

If the walls of the White House kitchens could talk, they'd probably reveal some fascinating secrets about our presidents and their eating habits.

British historian Richard Overy revisits the case for the World War II Allied air offensive in 'The Bombers and the Bombed'

How could dropping millions of tons of explosives on factories and cities not seriously weaken the enemy?

Vilbert White, UCF historian and former Farrakhan aide, draws parallels between Davis and Martin

“If you’re a black guy, you’re a thug.”