Historians in the News

Auto Historian: Fascination with Car Theft Began Long Before Violent Video Game

Remember, grand theft auto was a crime before it became a video game.

Diane Ravitch: Cyber charter schools are "scams"

The NYU historian spoke in Pittsburgh on Monday.

Andrew Bacevich on Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now!"

Bacevich discusses his new book "Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country."

Lansing Lamont, Journalist and Historian of Atomic Bomb, Dies at 83

Lamont was the author of "Day of Trinity."

The Peculiar History of Foot Binding in China

by Matt Schiavenza

Wang Ping, a professor at Macalester College, explains the phenomenon.

Harvard history student discovers missing Indian College Poem

The poem, by colonial-era student Benjamin Larnell, was discovered by fourth-year PhD student Stuart M. McManus.

Estelle Freedman examines the politics of sexual violence

Freedman's new book is "Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation."

Learning the pivotal moments in America’s civil rights struggle with Taylor Branch

by Valerie Strauss

Branch's scholarship is driven by the belief that history also informs citizenship.

Former Penn President Sheldon Hackney dies

Hackney was a former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Irish government no comment as historian queries relationship with the IRA

Lord Paul Bew suggested that Dublin conduct its own investigation into its relationship with the IRA.

Virginia names scholar to new Mormon studies chair

Kathleen Flake is part of a new generation of non-Mormon Mormon scholars.

Indiana State, Indiana University professors named co-editors of history journal

Anne Foster and Nick Cullather begin at the journal in fall 2014.

Carol K. Bleser, former Colgate prof, dies

She taught from 1970 to 1985 and was the university's first female full professor.

'Porn Professor' Hugo Schwyzer Admits He Had Sex With Several Students

Schwyzer is now under review by his college.

Ben Urwand's "The Collaboration" profiled in Wall Street Journal interview

The young Harvard scholar's book argues that Hollywood willingly censored popular movies to cater to the Nazi regime.

West Point history department head reprimanded, removed after sexual harassment investigation

Colonel Matthew Moten was accused of attempting to kiss and touch female subordinates.

David S. Landes, Historian and Author, Is Dead at 89

David Landes saw history as a tidal movement of seemingly small things.

Food historian: African cultures have long history of artisanal brewing. So why aren't there more African Americans in the U.S. craft beer scene?

Is it because craft beer, like so many other things, has become merely "stuff white people like"?

AHA issues call for proposals for 2015 Annual Meeting

by Debbie Doyle

The 2015 meeting will be in New York City.

Historians seek unrecovered Japanese soldiers from Pearl Harbor attack

What happened to the 29 Japanese airmen and 4 sailors whose remains were never recovered?