Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

 

Up Front
America's Top Colleges and Universities Have a Hidden Legacy of Slavery [INTERVIEW] 
By David Austin Walsh
MIT's Craig Wilder on the role slavery played in the founding and rise of the Ivy League.
HISTORIANS/HISTORY

The Business of America Is War 
By William J. Astore
Disaster capitalism on the battlefield and in the boardroom.
NEWS ABROAD


News

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Did RFK swipe JFK's missing brain? 
And is this headline clickbait? You bet!
NEW YORK POST

A history of Amsterdam, the world's most liberal city 
Russell Shorto's engaging history of Amsterdam hits all the highlights.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tenants Fret Over Big Debt at a Top Address 
New York landmark laws create huge rent disparities in the Belnord.
NEW YORK TIMES

Smithsonian faces $65M cut in Congress' budget 
Budget cuts become so severe the Smithsonian may need to resort to furloughs and museum closings.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Medieval Social Networks: A Small World? 
The spread of the Black Death in the 14th Century reveals our medieval ancestors' social networks and shows how connected they were.
BBC NEWS

Rumored Nazi Tunnels In Norway To Be Explored Using 3D Radar 
A former history teacher hopes to use ground-penetrating radar to uncover a network of Nazi tunnels believed to be beneath Oslo's city streets.
HUFFINGTON POST

Belafonte Sues Heirs of Martin Luther King Jr. 
Belafonte's collection of King memorabilia lays at the center of the dispute.
NEW YORK TIMES

In St. Louis, Celebrating a Team Long Gone 
The St. Louis Browns (since 1953, the Baltimore Orioles) still have their fans in the old hometown.
NEW YORK TIMES

A Maryland Hill’s Prehistoric Secret 
Pig Point has become a tantalizing window into prehistoric gatherings on the hilltop thousands of years ago.
NEW YORK TIMES

Jewels That Could Tell 400 Years of History
Mellerio dits Meller in Paris is celebrating its 400th birthday.
NEW YORK TIMES

Historians in the News
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Fact-Checks "12 Years a Slave"
"It was refreshing how closely they followed the exact events."
MOTHER JONES

JFK continues to fascinate, 50 years later -- Robert Dallek on CBS This Morning [VIDEO] 
Dallek is an award-winning biographer of the thirty-fifth president.
CBS THIS MORNING

A Conversation With: Historian Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha is one of India’s foremost public intellectuals and historians. “Gandhi Before India,” his first volume of a two-part biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, was published in India earlier this month.
NEW YORK TIMES

Much Bigger Than The Shutdown: Niall Ferguson's Public Flogging Of Paul KrugmanBy Ralph Benko
Krugman's halo is now broken, thanks to Ferguson.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Meet LGBT History Month icon Martin Duberman [VIDEO]
San Diego Gay and Lesbian News profiles the distinguished historian.
SAN DIEGO GAY & LESBIAN NEWS

Historian Examines How Three 19th-Century Authors Recoiled from Technology 
Phys.org highlights Rosalind Williams' work exploring the responses of important authors to technology.
PHYS.ORG

The Man Who Made America: Simon Winchester Talks New Book
By Eric Herschthal
Simon Winchester's "The Men Who United the States" tells the nation’s history through the creation of its infrastructure.
THE DAILY BEAST

Book of Nixon White House tapes coming next summer
Luke Nichter and Douglas Brinkley are collaborating on the project.
ASSOCIATED PRESS