Historians in the News

Historian says we’ve overlooked the fact that millions of Americans supported Hitler in the 1930s

Bradley Hart’s new book "Hitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States" argues that the threat of Nazism in the United States before World War II was greater than we generally remember.

Andrew Bacevich takes to the NYT op ed page to charge that authorities overlooked the lessons of Black Hawk Down in 1993

by Andrew J. Bacevich

"The disaster in Somalia offered America a glimpse of the future of warfare. No one listened.”

Russia arrests second historian of Stalin’s Terror

A second Karelian historian, Sergei Koltyrin has been arrested and is facing charges almost identical to those now brought against political prisoner, Yuri Dmitriev.

Manisha Sinha’s history lessons tell the truth about slavery in the United States.

No, Kanye, that’s not how it happened.

David Lowenthal, author of “The Past Is a Foreign Country,” has died

The scholar established heritage studies as an academic discipline in its own right.

American Historical Association report reveals harassment and demeaning behavior at its meetings

Historians join political scientists in documenting the unprofessional and illegal behavior women experience at annual gatherings.

Walter Laqueur, Scholar of Terrorism and the Holocaust, Dies at 97

After fleeing Nazi Germany, he steeped himself in world affairs, from the Middle East to the Soviet Union, running think tanks and writing prodigiously.

Must Visiting Assistant Professorships Be Career Purgatory?

Two historians, two stories.

Kavanaugh's Yale classmate, historian Charles Ludington, says judge was a heavy drinker

Kavanaugh was “a frequent drinker, and a heavy drinker,” in college, says the North Carolina State University professor.

Two historians are among a list of scholars whose Twitter accounts were suspended

Twitter says they had been suspended in error by the company’s anti-spam technology.

Nathaniel Philbrick has a new book out: “In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown"

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Here’s why he says he wrote it. (Q & A)

Historians are pondering Canada’s statue dilemma, too

It’s the subject of public debate during Indigenous research week.

So you think politics are rough now?

Historian Joanne B. Freeman has news for you.

Historian reveals link between suicide and political crisis

Julie Gottlieb has discovered there was a string of suicides triggered by fear of war as a result of the Munich Crisis of 1938.

Harvard’s Jill Lepore Reflects on What Kavanaugh and Blasey Ford Testimony Says About the U.S.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with historian Jill Lapore about the testimony.

Jonathan Zimmerman says universities wrongly ignore teaching

by Jonathan Zimmerman

"The best thing that could come out of the online revolution is a renewed focus on teaching, no matter what the medium."

Controversial Kent State University professor sentenced to five months in prison for lying to the FBI

Julio Pino, 58, pleaded guilty in April to one count of making a false statement to law enforcement about a child custody battle.

Ken Burns Isn’t Mad

The “far, far left,” “far, far right” and “third- and fourth-rate academics” are all wrong about America’s most famous documentary filmmaker. Just ask him.

What Carol Anderson tells people who say they don’t understand what is so hard about requiring voters to show an ID

“All of those little things that sound ‘fiscally responsible’ or ‘absolutely necessary to maintain the integrity of the ballot box’ are not designed to enhance the integrity of democracy, but in fact undermine that integrity.”

These are the authors in the running to win the $75,000 Cundill History Prize

The three finalists will be announced in Toronto, on October 31.