Attack on the AHA Couldn’t Be More Wrong

by Joy Connolly

"As interim President of a large public graduate school, I believe passionately in providing education that empowers students to make the most of their lives, whether or not they pursue careers in the academy."

Brown University suspends terminal master’s in history

The Department may revive program in future with extra year, stronger thematic focus.

A quick response to Max Boot’s critique of historians

by Glenn David Brasher

Aren’t retention and anti-intellectualism the real problems?

Max Boot’s Screed Against Historians

by John Fea

Boot is the latest public intellectual to chide academic historians for failing to speak to public audiences. 

Why History is Important Today

by Luis Martínez-Fernández

"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”

Is Email Making Professors Stupid?

by Cal Newport

It used to simplify crucial tasks. Now it's strangling scholars' ability to think.

The Letters Can Wait

American Historical Association says hiring committees shouldn't ask for letters of recommendation until candidates pass a first look.