Edward Berenson: Historians and Collective Memory
Edward Berenson is professor of history and director of the Institute of French Studies at NYU. He is the author, most recently, of The Statue of Liberty. A Transatlantic Story (2012) and Heroes of...
View ArticleUK magazine Prospect profiles Garry Wills
Sooner or later, anyone who writes about America must reckon with Garry Wills. Not that it’s easy to do. The books are demanding enough—not the prose, which is graceful and elegant—but the arguments,...
View ArticleAHA protests Senate initiative to restrict political science research funding
On March 20, 2013, the United States Senate approved an amendment offered by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, which would restrict the use of federal funds in the...
View ArticleHistorian invites former students to dinner as part of ‘retirement odyssey’
Silvio Laccetti was cleaning out his office after 43 years of teaching at the Stevens Institute of Technology, a science and technology school in Hoboken, New Jersey, when he stumbled across a pile of...
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POLL: Have You Engaged with the History of Capitalism?
The New York Times' Jennifer Schuessler published a story in last Sunday's edition on the newfound popularity of the history of capitalism. "A specter is haunting university history departments," she...
View ArticleBBC journalist posed as historian for NK visit
A student has told how she was conned by the BBC into believing its journalist was a history professor so he travel to North Korea for a Panorama investigation.The London School of Economics student,...
View ArticleHistorians discuss immigration reform on Capitol Hill
Yesterday, a short distance from the AHA offices, supporters of immigration reform marched on the National Mall, as a bipartisan group of eight senators continue deliberations that have been...
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Historians React to Chaos in Boston
[View the story "Historians react to chaos in Boston" on Storify]Related LinksOn Topic: Boston Marathon BombingWalter Laqueur: Murder! Madness! Terror!Daniel Martin Varisco: No, Senator Graham,...
View ArticleJonathan Bernstein: History Will Not Be Kind to George W. Bush
Jonathan Bernstein is a columnist for the Washington Post.George W. Bush is not remembered with any enthusiasm currently. That’s not likely to change.Whatever way it’s measured, he’s not doing too...
View ArticleWhy the Bush Library won't make history
Will history judge George W. Bush more kindly than his contemporaries have?The man himself seems fairly indifferent."I don't think he really cares much at all, to be honest with you," says Kevin...
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Historians Still Despise George W. Bush
Image via Shutterstock.Former president George W. Bush has had his best week in years. His public approval ratings have hit a seven-year high, publications around the country have published articles...
View ArticleWilliam M. Maury, historian at Census Bureau, dies at 73
William M. Maury, 73, chief historian at the U.S. Census Bureau, died April 12 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.He had complications from lung disease, said his son, Brooke Maury.Dr. Maury, a...
View ArticleMary Thom, Feminist, Historian and Editor, Dies in Motorcycle Crash at 68
Mary Thom, feminist editor, writer and behind-the-scenes activist, died earlier this week in a motorcycle accident in Yonkers. Thom was the editor-in-chief at the Women’s Media Center. The center’s...
View ArticleHistorians complain Government's WW1 commemoration 'focuses on British defeats'
Historians and campaigners have also criticised the tone of the plans unveiled so far; they believe politicians and officials are focusing too much on British defeats and the carnage and futility of...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland peace agreement flawed and elitist, says historian
The Good Friday Agreement is "flawed and elitist" but will not be derailed by the forthcoming 1916 commemorations or the threat from dissidents, according to historian Professor Paul Bew.The Queen's...
View ArticleE.B. Smith, U-Md. history professor, dies at 93
E.B. Smith, a retired University of Maryland history professor, died of congestive heart failure at the Hospice of the Chesapeake in Harwood on April 30, the day before his 93rd birthday. He lived at...
View ArticleHistory changes course in Pacific
PRE-EUROPEAN history could be taught at some Pacific universities for the first time ever if plans devised by local history academics come to pass.The collaboration between academics led by Max Quanchi...
View ArticlePhilip Short describes Vietnam’s relationship to Khmer Rouge at UN tribunal
PHNOM PENH— British historian Philip Short took the stand for the second day at the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal Tuesday, as he continued to describe the relationship between Vietnamese communists...
View ArticleLee Donaghy: Writing Like a Historian -- Developing Students' Writing Skills
Lee Donaghy is an assistant principal at a secondary school in Birmingham in the United Kingdom."Why are we doing English in history, sir?" came the question as I asked my year 9 history class what...
View ArticleGeza Vermes, scholar of "Historical Jesus," dies at 88
Geza Vermes, a religious scholar who argued that Jesus as a historical figure could be understood only through the Jewish tradition from which he emerged, and who helped expand that understanding...
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