HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Paul S. Boyer, 76, Dies; Historian Studied A-Bomb and Witches Source: NYT, 4-2-12 Enlarge This Image Prof. Paul S. Boyer Paul Boyer, an intellectual historian who wrote groundbreaking studies of the Salem witch trials, the history of apocalyptic movements and the response of the [...]
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History Buzz April 4, 2012: Paul S. Boyer: History Doyen & Professor Studied Atomic Bomb & Salem Witch Trials dies at 76
Posted by bonniekaryn on April 2, 2012
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History Buzz March 9, 2012: Julian Zelizer: Dual life as scholar, mainstream news pundit
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Zelizer: Dual life as scholar, mainstream news pundit Source: Daily Princetonian, 3-9-12 Related: Top Newsmakers: This Week… Julian Zelizer: Assessing the Bush Presidency & “Decision Points” in the Media, Edited by Bonnie K. Goodman, HNN, 10-11-10 Purchase this photo Photo by Ananda Zhu History and Wilson [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on March 9, 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 2, 2012: Victoria Wolcott: University of Buffalo Professor examines 20th-century color line
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Wolcott examines 20th-century color line Source: University of Buffalo Reporter, 2-2-12 Historian Victoria Wolcott teaches courses on the history of civil rights, African-American history and urban history. Photo: DOUGLAS LEVERE “The black-and-white dichotomy shapes so much of the (20th century’s) political, cultural and social life.” [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 2, 2012
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History Buzz January 25, 2012: Kenneth Swopes: Ball State professor recalls his sabbatical in China & research on Ming Dynasty
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Ball State professor recalls his sabbatical in China Source: BS Daily News, 1-25-12 DN PHOTO EMMA FLYNN Kenneth Swopes, associate professor of history explains his research about the Ming dynasty while pointing out relics that have helped him with his research. He talked about his [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 25, 2012
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History Buzz November 19, 2011: Roger Woodard: The Hercules of History — Historian captivates students with his voice, charisma and drive
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY PROFILES Roger Woodard: The Hercules of History — Historian captivates students with his voice, charisma and drive Source: University of Buffalo, The Spectrum, 11-19-11 Nyeri Moulterie /// The Spectrum Professor Woodward has inspired many students by finding ways to personally connect with each one [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 19, 2011
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DAVID HACKETT FISCHER: Gordon S. Wood, Historian of the American Revolution
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: NYT, 7-24-11 THE IDEA OF AMERICA Reflections on the Birth of the United States By Gordon S. Wood 385 pp. The Penguin Press. $29.95. Related Excerpt: ‘The Idea of America’ (Google Books) David Hackett Fischer teaches history at Brandeis University. He is the author of “Champlain’s Dream” and the [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 24, 2011
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Joe Walsh: Freshmen Republican ex-history professor holds key role in debt talks
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Canada.com, 7-22-11 ‘These are people who are, deep down, anti- government’: professor Before the 2010 U.S. midterm elections, Joe Walsh was a two-time political loser who almost no one – excluding maybe his family and close friends – thought would win a seat in Congress. Now the 49-year-old former [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 22, 2011
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Bruce Stewart: West North Carolina historian reveals the truth about moonshiners and prohibitionists
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Citizen-Times, 7-16-11 ‘I was curious why moonshiners were embraced as heroes by many people in Western North Carolina in the 1860s and 1870s; and then condemned in the 1880s and 1890s,” Bruce Stewart, assistant professor of history at Appalachian State University, said in a recent interview with the Citizen-Times. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 16, 2011
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Dr. Andrew Bacevich’s Quacker
If you think American kids are ignorant about history, wait till you get a load of this historian. Source:WSJ, 6-28-11 Andrew J. Bacevich: America Comes to Its Senses Andrew Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, has an innovative foreign-policy theory. “At periodic intervals,” he argues in a Los Angeles Times [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 28, 2011
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Jeremi Suri: International History Scholar Gets First Mack Brown Chair and LBJ School and History Joint Appointment
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: UTexas News, 6-7-11 Jeremi Suri, an acclaimed scholar of international history, has been named the first holder of the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and has received a joint appointment at the Lyndon B. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 7, 2011
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Timothy Holder: History educator quizzes readers’ presidential knowledge
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, 6-1-11 Timothy Holder, a history professor at Walters State Community College, teaches Sunday school at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church recently. “Hey, It’s Presidential Trivia” by Timothy Holder, TDH Communications, 106 pages Three presidents of the United States had the nickname Hickory. It’s an odd nickname, but [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 1, 2011
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Rutgers President Richard McCormick Step Down From Post after 10 years
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Rutgers President McCormick to step down from post after 10 years on the job Source: The Star-Ledger, 5-29-11 Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerRutgers President Richard McCormick at his home in Piscataway on Friday. Rutgers President Richard McCormick will step down next year, ending a historic — and at times tumultuous — decade [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on May 31, 2011
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David McCullough: Master Historian Relishing Life in Historic Hub
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Boston Globe, 5-31-11 David McCullough was taking his customary morning stroll through the Public Garden one day last week when a woman asked for a word with him. Spotting the eminent historian was easy enough. With his mane of snow-white hair and stately, professorial mien, McCullough, 77, is as [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on May 31, 2011
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Professor Manning Marable’s Scholarship Lives On in Malcolm X Biography
Source: The Record, Columbia University News, 4-20-11 In 1988, Manning Marable was teaching a course in African American politics at Ohio State University when he noticed numerous inconsistencies in The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the standard text about the black Muslim leader written with Alex Haley. Manning Marable Image credit: Philippe Cheng Marable, who would [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on April 21, 2011
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