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Objectivity

SOURCE: The Nation
5/28/2021

Confronting the Myth of Objectivity: Karlos Hill Writes on the Tulsa Massacre

by David M. Perry

Karlos Hill has researched the Tulsa race massacre and developed an institute to train teachers to examine it in their classrooms. This experience has led him to question whether objectivity can be a core principle of historiography.

SOURCE: Letters From An American
6/9/2020

Letters From An American: June 8, 2020

by Heather Cox Richardson

Among other topics, Professor Richardson weighs in on the New York Times editorial fiasco, arguing that Tom Cotton's op ed was too detached from fact to make any contribution to meaningful public debate.

3/6/2020

Truth and History: Historical Truth and Historical Narrative

by Yoav J. Tenembaum

Historical narratives may reflect historical truth or not. Their aim is not necessarily to ascertain what actually happened in the past, but to justify what happens in the present.