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: Smithsonian
  6/10/2019
  

  Researchers Uncover Ancient Grape DNA That Tells the Prolific History of Wine

  Grape seeds dating back to medieval and Roman periods share many similarities with the wine grapes we enjoy today.

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• SOURCE: The American Interest
  6/5/19
  

  Three Recent Books Examine Frederick Douglass' Legacy

  by Allis Radosh

  Frederick Douglass: America’s Prophet by D.H. Dilbeck, Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man by Timothy Sandefur, and Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight all offer a different interpretation of Douglass. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  6/10/2019
  

  Biographer Jon Meacham, Tim McGraw explore American history in song

  Especially in times of deep political divide, music has reflected the nation’s conflicts.

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• SOURCE: Time
  6/6/19
  

  The 'Counter-Textbooks' Offering Kids a Radical Look at History

  Demand for “counter-textbooks” has been fueled by factors including student desire for more diverse stories and requirements like the California law that now mandates LGBT-inclusive social-studies curriculums.

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• SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  6/7/2019
  

  Georgia history professor’s immigration comments cause stir on social media

  Fang Zhou’s comments are the latest made by faculty members and students at Georgia’s public colleges and universities to come under fire.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/9/2019
  

  Historians in Iraq Museum Continue Work Despite 2003 Looting

  The museum still houses things ‘that are nowhere else in the world.’

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6/6/2019
  

  YouTube blocks history teachers uploading archive videos of Hitler

  Teachers trying to educate about fascism hit by service’s new policy on hate speech.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  6/9/2019
  

  Eric Rauchway tracks the progress from The New Deal to The Green New Deal

  His latest book, “Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt And The First Clash Over The New Deal” ― is an engaging, character-driven tour through the philosophical debates and political knife-fighting at the nadir of the Great Depression.

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• SOURCE: BESA Center
  6/10/2019
  

  New exhibit at museum in Nuremberg gives insight to how Germans remember the Holocaust

  The display at the Documentation Center of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, a museum in Nuremberg, give an indication of the ways in which the German people choose to remember the Holocaust and the era of Nazi rule.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/10/2019
  

  Tim Bouverie's new book provides insight on Neville Chamberlain and the road to World War II

  Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War finds Chamberlain to be a failed leader in a time of crisis.

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• SOURCE: The Post and Courier
  6/9/2019
  

  Historians at South Carolina museum expand its telling of area’s African American history

  The museum contracted with historian Dr. Edwin Breeden to research on the area’s African American residents.

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• SOURCE: H-Net
  5/20/19
  

  Remembering Prof. Sadao Asada

  by Peter Mauch

  Sadao Asada, Professor Emeritus of Doshisha University, died in Kyoto on February 4, 2019. He was 83 years old.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  5/3/2019
  

  Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought

  His new play, The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, is an extremely earnest attempt to show Miranda the many errors of his blockbuster musical.

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• SOURCE: Not Even Past
  5/3/2019
  

  Sarah Knott's book, Mother is a Verb: An Unconventional History demonstrates the labor of mothering

  For non-academics who want access to intricate innovative histories, this book offers a novel approach to the fields of gender studies and women’s history.

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  5/3/2019
  

  Karen Sieber on her mission to archive the Red Summer of 1919

  by Karen Sieber

  Her act of “tactical history” has provided tens of thousands of users with access to information that is otherwise disjointed and hidden.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  5/30/2019
  

  Hallie Rubenhold addresses 'constant trolling' over Jack the Ripper book

  Angry reaction to story of victims’ lives is extraordinary, says Rubenhold

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• SOURCE: WHYY
  6/1/2019
  

  American Revolution libraries to merge into one historical powerhouse

  Once in Philadelphia, the David Library will become the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  5/31/2019
  

  Historians call Clarence Thomas’ anti-abortion argument, "A gross misuse of historical facts"

  “Linking the pro-choice movement to racism . . . He’s a bad man,” Georgia State law professor Eric Segall says

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/29/2019
  

  Ibram Kendi Pens Antiracist Reading List for the New York Times

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  5/22/2019
  

  Noel Malcolm's new book Useful Enemies centers on learning from the Turks

  This well-judged book, which centres on Western thinkers identifying positive aspects of Ottoman rule, complicates the idea of Orientalism