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Political History and the History of Sexuality
Marc Stein | Jan 3, 2017
In my little corner of the world, there was quite a ruckus in August 2016 when Fredrik Logevall and ... -
US Political History: Alive and Well?
Fredrik Logevall and Kenneth Osgood | Jan 3, 2017
As every author of a newspaper op-ed knows, it’s hard to do nuance in 800 words. But one accepts the... -
Stein Responds
Marc Stein | Jan 3, 2017
Self-proclaimed guardians of political history have regularly issued jeremiads about the decline of ... -
Does British History Matter Anymore? Reflections on Brexit
Dane Kennedy | Oct 17, 2016
Does British history matter anymore? I raise this question in the aftermath of Britain's decision to... -
Facing Up to the Deplorable Past
David Lowenthal | May 12, 2016
University students discomfited by physical reminders of slavery and imperialism agitate to remove s... -
What Do We Mean by “Value”?
Peter N. Stearns | Apr 12, 2016
It’s no secret that these are difficult days for the humanities. Evaluations of higher education inc... -
W(h)ither the US History Survey?
Tony Fels | Mar 1, 2016
Is the United States history survey an endangered species? It is at my school, the University of San... -
Can the South Asian Academic Speak from Abroad?
Priya Satia | Jan 1, 2016
Today’s India produces news of peaceful protesters killed, mob lynchings of Indians suspected of vio... -
Erasing Memory, Erasing People: Armenian Genocide Remembrance and Denial at Harvard
Alexandros K. Kyrou | Nov 1, 2015
Last March, I attended a public event to commemorate the Armenian Genocide, titled "Armenia 1915–Aus... -
Black Histories Matter
Erica Caple James and Malick W. Ghachem | Sep 1, 2015
In the small town of Somers, Connecticut, near the Massachusetts border, the cofounder of a prominen...
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