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Apr 20, 2014

An Egyptian Jew Looks Back to Her Native Country to Find Her Voice

by Juliana Maio

"Espionage, love, and power play upon the shifting sands of wartime Cairo, Egypt 1941."

Apr 20, 2014

Public History or Public Toilets in China?

by Victoria Torres

"The problem lies in the world ‘public.’ "

Apr 20, 2014

"Before the Witnesses are Gone" 

by Dr. Jill Gabrielle Klein

Fifteen years ago, when I set out to write a book about the Holocaust experiences of my father’s family, I knew I didn’t have forever.

Source: Informed Comment blog

Apr 17, 2014

Pictures Don’t Lie: Refuting #there_was_no_Palestine

by Juan Cole

The pictures that prove there was a Palestine before the Israeli state came along.

Source: OAH 2014

Apr 15, 2014

Is Blogging Scholarship?

Scholars who blog discuss whether blogging is scholarly.

Apr 14, 2014

How a Medieval Knight Solved One of History's Great Crimes

by Eric Jager

“Never was there a more treacherous murder!”

Apr 14, 2014

Sharecropper’s Troubadour

by Robin Lindley

University of Washington historian Michael Honey on John Handcox, African American singer and labor activist in the Jim Crow South.

Apr 13, 2014

Why Every Teacher Should Require Students to Memorize the Opening Lines of the 14th Amendment (Interview)

by Linda Kerber

If students forget everything, let them at least remember the 14th Amendment.

Apr 13, 2014

Why It's Time to Stop Complaining about Politicians Spinning Us (Interview)

by David Greenberg

We complain about spin when the other side's doing a good job.

Apr 13, 2014

The Folly of War: Europe 1914, Ukraine 2014

by Walter G. Moss

Are wars ever worth all the sufferings that flow from them like blood from dying soldiers?

Apr 13, 2014

Why Germans are More Ambivalent About What's Happening in Ukraine than Anybody Else

by Juliane Fuerst

There is no other country in which the Ukrainian crisis triggered such a divisive and self-searching debate as in Germany.

Apr 13, 2014

Putin, Man of Mystery? Hardly.

by Mark D. Steinberg

Putin often speaks quite openly of his motives and values—and opinion polls suggest he is strongly in sync with widespread popular sentiments.

Apr 13, 2014

The Horrible Secrets of Operation Paperclip: An Interview with Annie Jacobsen About Her Stunning Account

by Aaron Leonard

The chilling details of the U.S. military's plan to use the very scientists who had been essential to Hitler’s war effort.

Apr 13, 2014

America’s (No) Tax Tradition

by Romain Huret

Since the end of the nineteenth century, this tradition of tax resistance has been defended by the most affluent and most advantaged groups in American society.

Apr 13, 2014

Your Doctors Are Worried

by Lawrence S. Wittner

No, they’re not necessarily your own personal physicians, but, rather, medical doctors around the world, represented by groups like International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).