Historians in the News

Augsburg historian has students spend a week living the life of a monk: No texting, no social media, no nothing

Phillip Adamo says students are horrified at first, but then get it.

Julian Zelizer says Ted Cruz is hardly the reasonable alternative to Trump

by Julian Zelizer

"The greatest political sleight of hand in the 2016 campaign has been Sen. Ted Cruz's remaking himself into the reasonable, establishment candidate in the GOP race."

An English professor, saddled with student loans, decided to write a history of student loans

Jenny Adams, an Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discovered the story begins in the Middle Ages.

A historian wonders in print how revealing that he was raped as a teenager will affect his life and teaching

R.M. Douglas, a professor of history at Colgate University, says in a new book, "On Being Raped,” that he was molested as a child by a Catholic priest.

Donald Trump is more like Jefferson Davis than Benito Mussolin, says USC historian Steve Ross

“What we’re seeing [with Trump’s rise] is what I would call the second Civil War.” -- Steve Ross, history professor at the University of Southern California

Historian: Trump employs some of Hitler’s techniques

James Cook, professor emeritus of history at Georgia Highlands College, says the parallels are alarming, even if imperfect.

Daniel Pipes says he backs Ted Cruz

by Daniel Pipes

In an interview he says that we need to be sure to distinguish between radical and moderate Islam, but not ignore the religious component of Islamist terrorism.

NYT hails Douglas Brinkley’s new book on FDR as the great conservationist

The Times says it’s even more engrossing than his similar book about TR.

Ann M. Little (AKA: Historiann) insists military history IS taught at colleges and she’s teaching it

by Ann M. Little

"Here we go again: military historian complains that no one teaches or writes about military history any more, part eleventybillion."

Economist Robert Gordon says the Second Industrial Revolution was a one-time event

by Steven Dubner

In an interview on Freakonomics he argues, as he does in his new book,"The Rise and Fall of American Growth," that this means we aren't going to see the high growth spurts we've been used to.

Ellen Fitzpatrick says no one’s taken the women who have sought the presidency in the past very seriously

In her new book, she does.

Mormon women's history "at a crossroads"

Keith Erekson, director of the Church History Library, says Mormon women are finally being put back into history

The Nazis and Hungary took everything from my mother’s family. What good would reparations do?

by Margaret McMullan

That’s the thinking of Margaret McMullan, author of "Where the Angels Lived: One Family’s Story of Exile, Loss, and Return."

Professor’s Book Featured in Syndicated Comic Strip | Southern Miss Now

Illustrator Patrick Reynolds recently created a series of cartoons about black barbers based on a book by Dr. Douglas Bristol, a history professor at the Southern Miss Gulf Park.

Historian's new book tells neglected history of black gay men

"I wanted to reclaim a history that had been washed over, that had been overlooked.” — Kevin Mumford

Is Francis Fukuyama's "end of history” argument dead?

by Jedediah Purdy

“In a year when a man whose own party calls him a fascist is squarely leading the Republican primaries and a self-declared democratic socialist is leading an unexpectedly robust insurgency on the Democratic side, Fukuyama's argument is looking more and more tenuous."

A Columbia professor is alarmed that academics are neglecting military history

Says Robert Neer: "US students deserve a chance to learn about the country’s military past, given its immense impact on their lives and those of others around the world."

AHA nominations are in

President-elect candidates:  David Blight and Mary Beth Norton. 

Nameplate historians in Britain are rallying to renegotiate membership in the EU

They don't believe the EU is responsible for the peace of Europe.

Andrew Bacevich has a 3 point plan for an American strategy against violent radical Islam

by Andrew Bacevich

Point one: Self-protect. Point two: Restore stability. Point three: Promote agents of change.