Historians in the News

This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in each source note. Quotation marks are not used.

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• SOURCE: Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
  10/26/2020
  

  Cuban Slavery and The Atlantic World: 2020 Gilder Lehrman Center Conference (11/6-11/7)

  This annual conference works to integrate both scholars and archives in Cuba to research on the Atlantic slave trade. 

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• SOURCE: Library Company of Philadelphia
  10/26/2020
  

  Voter Suppression in the US, Feat. Jim Downs, Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse (10/27)

  Historians Jim Downs, Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse discuss voter suppression in a virtual event hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia, Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM. 

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• SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center
  10/23/2020
  

  Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote (Virtual Event, 10/26)

  Speaker Ellen DuBois will be joined by panelists Kimberly A. Hamlin and Marcia Chatelain to discuss the history of Woman Suffrage for the Washington History Seminar, hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the National History Center. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10/22/2020
  

  The Supreme Court Is Helping Republicans Rig Elections

  by Adam Serwer

  Historian Lawrence Goldstone supports the argument that today's Roberts Court is continuing the jurisprudence of the post-Reconstruction era by denying the racism of restrictions on voting even as nonwhite voters are disenfranchised. 

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• SOURCE: George Washington University Textile Museum
  10/23/2020
  

  Online Lecture: Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home (11/2)

  The George Washington DC Mondays series supports discussion with local authors and historians about the DC region. 

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• SOURCE: Blooberg CityLab
  10/21/2020
  

  In a Land of Cul-de-Sacs, the Street Grid Stages a Comeback

  Land use planners in unlikely places-the Texas suburbs--are revisiting the idea of gridded street plans as solutions for car dependence and traffic. 

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• SOURCE: PBS
  10/20/2020
  

  Frontline: Whose Vote Counts?

  Jelani Cobb investigates the Wisconsin primary election as a lens onto the ongoing struggle to protect voting rights. 

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• SOURCE: Democracy Now!
  10/20/2020
  

  “A Fire That Has Spread Across the Country”: Jelani Cobb on Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election

  A new Frontline documentary on Wisconsin's 2020 primary election illuminates the nature of current attacks on voting rights and showcases the national nature of the ongoing battle to secure the ballot. 

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• SOURCE: Merrittocracy with Keri Leigh Merritt
  10/19/2020
  

  Dr. Carol Anderson: The 2020 Election and Beyond (video)

  Historian Carol Anderson joins Merrittocracy host Keri Leigh Merritt to discus Trump, racism, and the state of democracy leading up to the 2020 election.

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  10/19/2020
  

  'Slavery and the City' Tour Sheds Light on London's Dark Past

  An organization advocating for the teaching of Black history in British schools has organized walking tours demonstrating the degree to which the city's financial and political institutions were tied to slavery. 

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• SOURCE: The City
  10/20/2020
  

  Unions Seize on Ex-Cop’s Academic Flap in Push to Keep NYPD Misconduct Records Secret

  St. John’s University students posted adjunct professor Richard Taylor’s police complaint history after what they called a racist lesson. The school suspended him — fueling cops’ latest argument for keeping their records under wrap.

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• SOURCE: KERA
  10/21/2020
  

  Collin College Professor’s Tweet About Vice President Sparks Debate Over Academia And Free Speech

  “I just wish I had become infamous for a more clever tweet,” Burnett said. “I have plenty of those.”

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/21/2020
  

  Webinar: Teaching Assistants in the Time of COVID

  Join an AHA sponsored webinar on the challenges facing graduate teaching assistants in remote, hybrid, and in-person classes during COVID. October 22, 2:00 PM Eastern

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• SOURCE: Boston Review
  10/19/2020
  

  Why Is America the World’s Police? (Review)

  by Sam Lebovic

  A review of Stephen Wertheim's "Tomorrow, The World" concludes the new book shows how American military supremacy moved in a generation from a novel idea to embedded common sense, and demands rethinking the resources spent to maintain it. 

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/20/2020
  

  AHA Issues Letter Defending AHA Member’s Right to Free Speech

  "We trust that Collin College will respect and protect Dr. Burnett’s rights under the First Amendment to the US Constitution."--Jim Grossman, AHA Executive Director

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• SOURCE: NPR
  10/19/2020
  

  John Brown And Abraham Lincoln: Divergent Paths In The Fight To End Slavery (audio)

  H.W. Brands discusses his new book "The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom" with NPR's Fresh Air. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/17/2020
  

  "White Supremacy" Once Meant David Duke and the Klan. Now it Refers to Much More

  The term "white supremacy" has recently expanded to cover social phenomena beyond overt racial bigotry and discrimination. Historians and other scholars debate this usage. 

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  10/16/2020
  

  A Look At The Long History Of Latino Republicans

  Historian Geraldo Cadava discusses why many Latinos have voted for Republicans and why many will again. 

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/19/2020
  

  American Historical Association Announces 2020 Prize Winners

  This year’s finalists were selected from a field of over 1,400 entries by nearly 150 dedicated prize committee members.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  10/19/2020
  

  How Saidiya Hartman Retells the History of Black Life

  The literary scholar Saidiya Hartman's studies of the aftermath of slavery and the African diaspora point to the limits of archival records for understanding historical Black experience. Some historians question whether her methods fill archival gaps too creatively.