Top Newsmakers: This Week… Julian Zelizer: Assessing the Bush Presidency & “Decision Points” in the Media

By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor/Features Editor at HNN. She has a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Her blog is History Musings This past week President George W. Bush released his highly anticipated memoirs, “Decision Points.” To coincide [...]

Matthew A. Wasniewski: Appointed the New Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives

By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor/Features Editor at HNN. She has a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Her blog is History Musings Basic Facts Position: Appointed the 4th House Historian. Area of Research: 19th & 20th Century United [...]

NEW SERIES: Top Newsmakers

New series on HNN, “Top Newsmakers” will profile the top news making historians. These are the historians making the most headlines, and grabbing the most buzz each week. Each historian is chosen based on media attention, and importance of the news story surrounding them. This week…Annette Gordon-Reed: Awarded a 2010 MacArthur Fellowship

Top Newsmakers: This Week…Annette Gordon-Reed: Awarded a 2010 MacArthur Fellowship

On September 28, 2010, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named legal scholar, historian, and Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed as one of the recipients of the 2010 MacArthur Fellowship, known as the MacArthur “Genius” Award/Grant. This past year Gordon-Reed also received the National Humanities Medal. She won the Pulitzer Prize and Frederick Douglass [...]