History Buzz May 10, 2012: Robert Caro: LBJ’s ‘Passage of Power’: The Transformation of a ‘Legislative Genius’

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Robert Caro: The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4 LBJ’s ‘Passage of Power’: The Transformation of a ‘Legislative Genius’ Source: PBS Newshour, 5-10-12 SUMMARY Historian Robert Caro has spent nearly four decades telling the story of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Gwen [...]

History Buzz May 3, 2012: David Maraniss’ “Barack Obama: The Story” Puts President’s Early Romantic Life & Political Views on Display — Excerpts

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and [...]

History Buzz April 16, 2012: Historians Manning Marable & John Lewis Gaddis Win Pulitzer Prizes for History & Biography

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP The Times and New Media Outlets Win Pulitzers Source: NYT, 4-16-12 2012 Journalism Pulitzer Winners (April 17, 2012) 2012 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music (April 17, 2012) The prizes, celebrating achievement in newspaper and online journalism, literature, nonfiction and musical composition, were announced [...]

History Buzz March 1, 2012: Glyn Harper: Massey University Professor aims to keep New Zealand war record straight

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Professor aims to keep war record straight Source: Fairfax NZ News, 3-1-12 MURRAY WILSON/Fairfax NZ TAKING NOTE: Massey University Professor Glyn Harper intends to see New Zealand get the mention it deserves. A Massey University professor wants to ensure New Zealand does not get “swamped” [...]

History Buzz February 29, 2012: John Lewis Gaddis: Historian wins annual American History Book Prize for “George F. Kennan: An American Life”

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Gaddis Wins History Prize for Kennan Biography Source: NYT, 2-29-12 The historian John Lewis Gaddis has won the annual American History Book Prize for “George F. Kennan: An American Life,” the New-York Historical Society announced. Roger Hertog, the chair of the society’s board of trustees, [...]

History Buzz February 27, 2012: Maya Jasanoff: Harvard historian is finalist for $50,000 George Washington Book Prize

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff is finalist for $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Source: Cambridge Chronicle, 2-27-12 Harvard University Prof. Maya Jasanoff is one of three finalists for the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize. Administrators of the prize at Washington College announces that Jasanoff earned the [...]

History Buzz February 22, 2012: Daryl Michael Scott: Historian finds Carter G. Woodson manuscript

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Historian finds Woodson manuscript Source: West Virgina NPR, 2-22-12 Download MP3 A Howard University professor visited Marshall University yesterday to discuss his discovery of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s lost manuscript. Woodson was a graduate of Douglass High School in Huntington and later served as the [...]

History Buzz February 19, 2012: Douglas Brinkley Review’s Jodi Kantor’s ‘The Obamas’

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP The First Marriage ‘The Obamas,’ by Jodi Kantor Source: NYT, 2-17-12 …The difference when a head of state’s spouse performs an advisory role is that both the content and its consequences resonate through a lot more than one household. And that’s the point of Jodi [...]

History Buzz February 14, 2012: Molly Michelmore: New Book by Washington & Lee Historian Examines Tax and Spend Politics

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP   New Volume by W&L Historian Examines Tax and Spend Politics Source: Washington & Lee University News, 2-14-12 Molly Michelmore Molly Michelmore, assistant professor of history at Washington and Lee University, hopes that her new book Tax and Spend: The Welfare State, Tax Politics, and [...]

History Buzz February 10, 2012: William C. Harris & Elizabeth D. Leonard: 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Awarded Books That Explore Lincoln’s Relationship with Border States, Jag Joseph Holt

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Awarded Books That Explore Lincoln’s Relationship with Border States, Jag Joseph Holt Source: Gettysburg College Newswise, 2-10-12 The 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, which includes an award of $50,000, will go to co-winners William C. Harris of North Carolina State [...]

History Buzz February 10, 2012: Natalie Dykstra: Hope College professor writes biography on Clover Adams

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Hope College professor writes biography on Clover Adams Source: Holland Sentinel, 2-10-12 Hope College professor Natalie Dykstra has written a biography of Clover Adams. Dykstra’s book “Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life” covers Adams’ l9th century life, marriage to historian Henry Adams, and suicide [...]

History Buzz February 6, 2012: Mimi Alford: Book details JFK affair with teen White House intern “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath”

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BOOK NEWS Book details JFK affair with teen White House intern Source: AFP, 2-6-12 John F. Kennedy carried on an 18-month-long affair with a teenaged White House intern, according to a new book by the woman who claims to have been the late US president’s lover. Excerpts of the [...]

History Buzz February 2, 2012: Tony Judt & Timothy Snyder: How Historians Can Rewrite the Future — Interview with Timothy Snyder on his new book “Thinking the Twentieth Century”

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY INTERVIEWS How Historians Can Rewrite the Future When the noted and controversial scholar Tony Judt fell fatally ill,Yale professor Timothy Snyder stepped forward to write one last book with him. Here, Snyder recalls the collaboration and the legacy Judt left behind. Source: The Atlantic, 2-2-12 Left, Tony Judt (John [...]

History Buzz February 2, 2012: Kevin Gutzman: Western Connecticut State University Professor’s New Book on James Madison “James Madison and the Making of America”

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BOOK NEWS A Book on James Madison by Dr. Kevin Gutzman  Source: Litchfield County Times, 2-2-12 Dr. Kevin Gutzman in his office at Western Connecticut State University. James Madison, fourth president of the United States, would probably have a hard time being elected today. “They did not select leaders [...]

History Buzz January 30, 2012: James Gelvin: Professor explains Arab Spring events in book “Rethinking the Arab Uprisings One Year Later”

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORIANS SPOTTED Professor explains Arab Spring events in book Source: Daily Texan Online, 1-30-12 Guest lecturer James Gelvin delivers a lecture titled “Rethinking the Arab Uprisings One Year Later” on campus Monday evening. Gelvin was hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies to discuss the causes and developments of [...]