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Source: The Cap Times
10-7-09
William Appleman Williams, arguably the most influential historian ever to walk the halls of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's once-great history department, will be remembered at two events in Madison this week. Panels of former students and activist scholars will mark the 50th anniversary publication of his groundbreaking historical critique of U.S. foreign policy, "The Tragedy of American Diplomacy." They'll examine the impact of his career-long work exposing an often-avoided ce
Source: Kansas State Collegian
10-7-09
Manhattan Public Library played host to Cheryl Collins of the Riley County Historical Museum last night, who gave a presentation on life in Manhattan during 1928.
“Flappers, Flyboys, and Flivvers: 1928 in Riley County” was a presentation meant to set the scene and give cultural context to Ray Bradbury’s novel, “Dandelion Wine,” as a part of Manhattan’s One Book, One Community reading program.
“Bradbury’s ‘Dandelion Wine’ takes place in 1928, so I thought it would be int
Source: http://www.egovmonitor.com
10-5-09
What could Italian organisations combating organised crime, European associations promoting history and volunteering throughout the continent, an environment NGO and an economic chamber possibly have in common? They have all been singled out as winners of the third edition of the EESC's civil society prize. The prize-giving ceremony will take place during the EESC plenary session on 4 November.
The civil society prize panel, chaired by EESC President Mario Sepi , unanimously selecte
Source: Guam News Factor
10-5-09
GUAM - Island historian, former senator and longtime journalist Tony Palomo has been honored by his alma mater prep school.
Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic college and preparatory school in Charlotte, North Carolina, inducted Antonio M. Palomo and four others into its Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame during the alumni association's fifth annual induction ceremony recently.
The Gaston Gazette published the college's official description of Palomo, who graduated with t
Source: Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
10-6-09
Ellsworth’s Greg Heller gave listeners an opportunity to experience a sense of 19th century frontier Kansas Saturday as he donned period-style clothes on the history stage at the 31st annual Chisholm Trail Festival at the Dickinson County Heritage Center, 412 S. Campbell.
He intermixed stories about the legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok, who at one time was the community’s top cop during the Chisholm Trail cattle drives from 1867-71.
Heller also encouraged those willing to li
Source: Lee White at the website of the National Coalition for History (NCH)
10-2-09
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On October 1, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing to consider the nomination of David S. Ferriero to be the next Archivist of the United States.The hearing was presided over by Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Fede
Source: The Washington Post
10-5-09
At a White House dinner with a group of historians at the beginning of the summer, Robert Dallek, a shrewd student of both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, offered a chilling comment to President Obama.
"In my judgment," he recalls saying, "war kills off great reform movements." The American record is pretty clear: World War I brought the Progressive Era to a close. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was waging World War II, he was candid in saying that "Dr
Source: guardian.co.uk
10-6-09
What is the year haunting economists; the one they fear politicians are about to repeat? Not 1929 – we've already had our great crash. Nor 1933 – all those bank rescues, interest-rate cuts and emergency spending have staved off a depression. No, the year economic historians are talking about is 1937, when Washington declared the crisis over, began cutting spending and raising interest rates – and pushed the still- fragile US economy into a severe relapse...
... The wrecked public ba
Source: NPR (All Things Considered)
10-5-09
As President Obama weighs his military options in Afghanistan, how does his relationship to the military and his leadership style compare to other wartime presidents? Richard Kohn, a military historian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says President Obama's frequency of contacts with Gen. Stanley McChrystal are typical.
Source: Helsinki Times
10-5-09
Timo Vihavainen, a historian, was quoted as saying by national daily Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday that immigration was such a taboo in Finland that any suggestion that migration might have a negative impact on Finland was dismissed as discriminatory.
"We have piously entertained the notion that immigrants will come here only to care the elderly, do other low-pay jobs and serve our consumption society without consuming much themselves," Dr Vihavainen was quoted as saying.
Source: The Independent (UK)
10-5-09
The treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib by the US authorities has been “hugely detrimental” to the fight against terrorism, “creating long-lasting grievances” against the West, the official historian of MI5 said today.
Christopher Andrew, whose authorised book on the history of the Secret Service has just been published, said: “There may be worse policies to have, but I can’t think of many." Use of torture, he added, was not only morally wrong, but created t
Source: Daily News (Sri Lanka)
10-6-09
The 117th Birth Anniversary of Dr. R.L. Brohier was yesterday. His deep and abiding love for Sri Lanka is reflected in the incomparable legacy he has bequeathed to future generations. His valuable and unrivalled works on historical sites, ancient irrigation systems, Dutch influences to name a few, reveal to aspects of our country and heritage which if not for him we would never have known.
His younger daughter Deloraine inherits her father’s passion for this country and follows in h
Source: The Washington Post
10-5-09
One of my favorite subjects is business history. And one of my favorite books on that subject is Joseph Frazier Wall's biography of steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
I could go on about Carnegie, who wasn't perfect but was a business genius. His philanthropic legacy includes Carnegie Hall, the Carnegie libraries, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and -- believe it or not -- the precursor to the TIAA-CREF retirement fund. Look it up.
When Bruce Weindruch,
Source: The Washington Post
10-4-09
Jack Germond, for many years an insightful political reporter (and author of a memorable memoir, "Fat Man in a Middle Seat"), once expressed to me his regret that prominent elected officials were no longer willing to go out drinking with journalists. The words "off the record" had lost their meaning in post-Watergate Washington, Germond explained, and a politician could not take the chance of truly opening up with a reporter. As a result, journalists and, by extension, voters
Source: NYT
10-3-09
AFTER the financial markets melted down last year, there was some great political theater in Washington. Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, told the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee that he couldn’t believe what had happened. “We are in the once-in-a-century credit tsunami,” he said.
Richard S. Fuld Jr., the last chief executive of the bankrupt Lehman Brothers, lamented that he, too, had been blindsided. No one, he assured the committee, “was prepare
Source: NYT paper edition
10-4-09
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Charlottesville Daily Progress obit 9-25-09
Merrill D. Peterson, a historian who enlarged the scope of Jeffersonian scholarship with a pair of books, one tracing the various and often contradictory perceptions of Jefferson during the century and a quarter after his death and the other a magisterial biography, died Sept. 23 in Charlottesville, Va. He was 88.
His death fo
Source: Queens Chronicle
10-1-09
Teacher and Richmond Hill historian Carl Ballenas was recognized for his work in education, literacy, the arts and social reform Friday evening when he accepted the Friends of Richmond Hill 2009 Jacob Riis Award at a ceremony that took place at the Richmond Hill Library.
This isn’t the first time Ballenas, who has taught both history and science at the Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica Estates, has won a prestigious award. In addition to receiving numerous grants for proje
Source: ABC News
10-3-09
Chief Family Historian for Ancestry.com Megan Smolenyak got the assignment of a lifetime when it was discovered in 2007 that future President of the U.S. Barack Obama had Irish roots. Smolenyak's job? To find out where in Ireland Obama's family came from.
Ancestry.com had established that Obama was part Irish, and that his third great-grandfather on his mother's side, Fulmoth Kearney, is his most recent connection to the Emerald Isle.
Naturally, the Irish wanted to kno
Source: Kashmir Media Service
10-3-09
Srinagar October 03 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the celebrated Kashmiri author and historian, Dr Abdul Ahad has refused to accept the award announced for his contribution in history in protest against authorities’ criminal silence on human rights violations in Kashmir and rape and double rape murder case in Shopian.
The award-giving ceremony was organised by Gulshan Books and the awards were given among others by puppet Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah.
Dr Ahad, who was si
Source: HJNews.com (The Herald Journal)
10-2-09
While much has been said about the heartache of plural wives living in 19th-century Mormonism, these unions could also bring happiness and unusual independence, according to a prominent religious scholar.
During a lecture Thursday before a packed house at the LDS Tabernacle, Kathleen Flake said that often only the negative side of polygamy is emphasized.
“I am always suspicious when I only hear one side of an argument,” added Flake, who teaches religious history at Vand
