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 [...]
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History Buzz May 10, 2012: Robert Caro: LBJ’s ‘Passage of Power’: The Transformation of a ‘Legislative Genius’
Posted by bonniekaryn on May 10, 2012
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History Buzz February 28, 2012: Christopher Kennedy: Francis Marion University professor shares his love of Irish history with students
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Dr. Kennedy shares his love of Irish history with students Source: Patriot NewsOnline, 2-28-12 Photo Credit: Photo Contributed Associate Professor of History Dr. Christopher Kennedy came to FMU in 2006. He has a passion for Irish history in particular. Dr. Christopher Kennedy, an associate professor [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 28, 2012
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History Buzz February 21, 2012: James Johnson: Unmasking the Past Boston University history professor examines mask-wearing in 18th-century Venice
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Unmasking the Past CAS prof examines mask-wearing in 18th-century Venice Source: BU Today, 2-21-12 For his new book, James Johnson, a CAS associate professor of history, researched how masks were used by 18th-century Venetians. Woman Holding a Mask and a Pomegranate, Lorenzi Lippi, Musée d’Angers. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 21, 2012
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History Buzz February 15, 2012: Carla L. Peterson: Answers About Black History in 19th-Century New York, Part 1
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Answers About Black History in 19th-Century New York, Part 1 Taking Questions Source: NYT, 2-15-12 The author of “Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City,” answers readers’ questions. The Author’s Blog » Read the Original Post » Here are [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 15, 2012
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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 [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 2, 2012
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History Buzz November 9, 2011: Q&A Historian Jay Rubenstein
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY INVERVIEWS Source: Knoxville Metro Pulse, 11-9-11 photo by John Black Related Event Nov. Sun 13 Jay Rubenstein: ‘Armies of Heaven’ 7 p.m. University of Tennessee history professor and MacArthur Fellow Jay Rubenstein’s new book, Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 9, 2011
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History Interviews October 10, 2011: David McCullough 4 lessons “We are what we read”
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY INTERVIEWS: “We are what we read”: 4 lessons from David McCullough Source: CS Monitor, 10-10-11 David McCullough, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author – most recently – of “The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris,” imparted words of wisdom to a sold-out crowd at [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on October 10, 2011
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History Interviews David McCullough: Author & historian has Americans reading U.S. history
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP JACQUELYN MARTIN / Associated Press Author David McCullough, in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., said one finds the purest forms of history in art. Source: Sacremento Bee, 10-10-11 Few authors have done more to popularize American history than David McCullough. Not only has [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on October 10, 2011
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History Buzz September 15, 2011: Michael Beschloss: Jacqueline Kennedy Recordings Offer Rare Glimpse of Life With President John F. Kennedy Transcript Excerpts
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP IN FOCUS: JACQUELINE KENNEDY: HISTORIC CONVERSATION WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY & IN HER OWN WORDS HISTORY INTERVIEWS: Recordings of Jacqueline Kennedy Offer Rare Glimpse of Life With JFK — Transcript & Excerpts Source: PBS Newshour, 9-15-11 SUMMARY The new book, “Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on September 15, 2011
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Julia Lovell: Historian Finds New Relevance in Chinese Conflict
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: WSJ, 7-23-11 The Opium War is a touchy subject, admits Julia Lovell. The Chinese often refer to the conflict that began in 1839 as the beginning of colonial submission, while for many British it has faded to the footnotes of history. But the myths of the war are still [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 23, 2011
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David Detzer: The Battle of Bull Run, the Civil War’s first taste of horror
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: CS Monitor, 7-21-11 An interview with historian David Detzer sheds light on the Battle of Bull Run, the first battle of the US Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861. The Battle of Bull Run would be the first battle of an incredibly bloody war, a conflict that hardly [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 21, 2011
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Eric Foner: The Evolution of Liberalism
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: The Browser, 7-18-11 The historian chooses five books illustrating how concepts of American liberalism have changed over the past 50 years, and tells us about the tension that lies at the heart of liberalism today Eric Foner’s FiveBooks As a historian, what do you make of the American left’s [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 18, 2011
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Nancy Caciola: She’s Got the Devil by the Archives
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: San Diego News, 5-20-11 Nancy Caciola Photo by Sam Hodgson University of California, San Diego history professor Nancy Caciola is a leading specialist in the study of spiritual possession. University of California, San Diego history professor Nancy Caciola spends her days studying the fine line between godly saints and [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on May 20, 2011
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