Historians in the News

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.

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• SOURCE: In Style
  1/14/19
  

  Doris Kearns Goodwin Profiled: It is a Wild Time to Be a Presidential Historian

  As the foremost expert on U.S. presidents and their peccadilloes, Doris Kearns Goodwin thinks we could learn a thing or two from the past.

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• SOURCE: Truth Dig
  1/11/10
  

  New Edition of "Lies My Teacher Told Me" Receives Praise

  A great summary of the new addition of James Loewen's classic.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/12/19
  

  John Salter Jr., demonstrator in 1963 Mississippi lunch-counter sit-in and professor, dies at 84

  Mr. Salter — as he was known throughout his career as an activist and academic — died Jan. 7 at his home in Pocatello, Idaho, at age 84.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/13/19
  

  Leo Ribuffo's Obituary Appears in the Washington Post

  “Irascible, brilliant and deeply learned, Ribuffo argued that America’s anti-liberal traditions were far more deeply rooted in the past, and far angrier than most historians would acknowledge."

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/11/19
  

  Historian Lucy Worsley on Royal Weddings, Queen Victoria and the 'Big Mistake' People Make About the Past

  And why she loves writing biographies. 

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• SOURCE: Voice of America
  1/11/19
  

  Historian Susan Schulten on How Maps Provide a Special View of American History

  Early maps helped establish a national identity and loyalty for the United States in its early days.

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• SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  1/11/19
  

  Historian Keri Leigh Merritt On Poverty and Privilege

  And how our personal lives often intersect with our scholarly work. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/13/19
  

  Lamin Sanneh, pioneering historian who studied Christianity’s spread, dies at 76

  The author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 scholarly articles, he focused primarily on Christian missions and missionaries, and on the church’s development into a diverse, international religion.

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  1/10/19
  

  Using 'Big Data' And AI To Understand The Patterns Of Our History And Tell Us About Our Future

  Data allows us to see the world in ways we’ve never dreamed about, transforming piles of numbers into visualizations that help us understand the world around us.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  1/9/19
  

  'The Dictator's Playbook' looks at history, with an eye on today

  The PBS documentary series provides modern-day resonance -- a guide to tyrants of the past, conveying lessons on how those tactics can be employed in the present.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/9/19
  

  Civil War expert Kevin M. Levin objected to journalist Paul Duggan's profile of a neo-Confederate. Duggan called Levin to discuss his critique.

  by Paul Duggan

  With so many fresh voices eager to be heard, Levin told Duggan, old-timers like the neo-Confederate profiled belong in the dust bin.

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• SOURCE: Rolling Stone
  1/7/19
  

  How Historian Jill Lepore Found a Whole New Story to Tell About American History

  The Harvard historian on her opus ‘These Truths,’ the Me Too movement, and Trump’s cartoon version of populism

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• SOURCE: Scholarly Kitchen
  1/8/29
  

  Yes, Women Also Know History: Online Resources Identify and Highlight Women Experts

  by Karin Wulf

  Explore new resources that highlight the contributions of women historians. 

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  1/7/19
  

  "Choice" Magazine Names "Digital National Security Archive" an Outstanding Academic Title for 2018

  The annual award goes to publications deemed especially worthy of attention from academic librarians seeking to build research collections.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  1/4/19
  

  Do historians miss the ideals of assessment, as some have suggested?

  A recent paper by the Stanford History Education Group suggests students don’t learn critical thinking in undergraduate history courses -- a challenge to history’s sales pitch that its graduates are finely tuned critical thinkers.

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• SOURCE: Daily Beast
  1/5/19
  

  'Unexampled Courage' Is The Civil Rights Book About the 1940s You Need to Read Now

  This true story shows just how much we depend on the bravery of the few to right the wrongs of the many.

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• SOURCE: Guardian
  1/6/19
  

  100 Years On: The Day They Read the Riot Act as Chaos Engulfed Glasgow

  Westminster feared a ‘Bolshevik uprising’ when 60,000 strikers fought police on the streets. What really happened in the Battle of George Square?

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• SOURCE: NPR
  1/5/19
  

  Lois Weber, Hollywood's Forgotten Early Pioneer, Has 2 Films Restored

  As Hollywood continues to struggle with the underrepresentation of women behind the camera, most people have forgotten that 100 years ago, one woman ruled.

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• SOURCE: The Times
  1/6/19
  

  Historian seeks help in identifying boy photographed in Freedom in 1940

  Joe Manning delves deeper, and wants to know more about the people in Great Depression era pictures. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  1/6/19
  

  What the Numbers Can Tell Us About Humanities Ph.D. Careers

  by Emma Pettit

  New programs seek to track the careers of PhD's and learn from the data.