History

Torn in two

Movies twist our ancient history.

By Walker Harrison | Nov 15 07:02 pm ET

Analyzing history for today

Emerging technologies offer new challenges in the practice of historiography.

By Bryan Rosenblithe | Nov 10 07:11 pm ET

Don't mess with history, Texas

This week, four different voices speak out about the recent revision of Texas’s textbooks.

By Benjamin Malec, Syed Hossain, Zach Sims, Maddy Joseph, Asher Hecht-Bernstein, and Aaron Welt | Mar 29 12:16 am ET

Learning from history

If there are any doubts about who funded this successful political onslaught, the Texas Freedom Network has issued a report on the financial sources sustaining the movement with religious right and corporate contributions heavily represented. In 2006, 11 influential pro-reform groups raised over $7 million to purchase the new history curriculum from the Texas State Board of Education. Once again, history was written by those willing and able to pay.

By Aaron Welt | Mar 28 10:11 pm ET

Fire department talks history

The history of local city firefighters blazes on.

By Ann Chou | Oct 9 02:13 am ET

Bancroft Prize winners celebrate in Low

One day, Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust missed a call from Columbia Provost Alan Brinkley. “He said he had good news,” Faust recalled. “I said I could use some good news.” So she e-mailed Brinkley, asking him to call her. Brinkley telephoned Faust late that night to inform her that she had won a Bancroft Prize for her latest book, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, published in 2008.

By Emma Jacobs | Apr 30 01:57 am ET

Crisis and history

History looks at the past and provides us with insight that becomes obvious with time. In fact, outcomes of decision making would surely be less detrimental if historical expertise was valued more in the chambers of power.

By Aaron Welt | Mar 30 07:04 pm ET

National Atrocities and Collective Punishment

Israel’s 23-day war on Gaza from December 2008 to January 2009 provoked outrage among many. Campuses worldwide, from the UK to New York City, were convulsed with competing responses. To many it was clear that Israel was collectively punishing the Palestinian people, and yet Zionists succeeded in portraying the conflict as a defensive action against an inhumane, terrorist enemy.

By Rudi Batzell | Feb 24 10:32 pm ET

Profs Offer Historical Context for Upcoming Election

With less than a week to go until the election, over 100 students trekked up the stairs of Hamilton Hall Thursday night for a little historical perspective.

By Laura Mills | Oct 31 03:16 am ET

A Critical User's Guide to the ServiceNation Forum

Last Thursday many of us watched Senators McCain and Obama answer questions about the past, present and future of national service.

By Justin Jackson | Sep 14 11:23 pm ET

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