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Iraqi Minister: Concerns Over ISiS Looting Third Ancient Site

Now we know who the next president-elect of the American Historical Association will be

Nancy Cott selected as the next President-Elect of the Organization of American Historians

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The Historical Roots of Fraternity Racism by Robert Cohen The coupling of lynching metaphors with the chanting of segregationist “never” pledge is not accidental.

Bombing Iran: What Would Happen If the Hawks Got Their Way? by Juan Cole A US bombing raid on Iran would essentially be a rescue of ISIL in Iraq.

You Want to Get Kids Interested in History? Give Them a Jewel Heist to Solve. by Bruce Chadwick That’s just what the New York Historical Society, in conjunction with the Live in Theater, did.

Slavery Is Back with a Chill by Bruce Chadwick The play is like a ship that needs a big breeze in its sails, but history lovers will enjoy it because it presents a lot of little known information about slavery in America.

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Secede? ‘Republic’ Claims Texas Never Joined U.S. A volunteer organization’s profile was raised when local, state and federal authorities raided a Valentine’s Day meeting.

Iraqi Minister: Concerns Over ISiS Looting Third Ancient Site The ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq is the latest to be attacked by the Islamic State militant group.

Jihadists May Have Wrecked an Ancient Iraqi Site A temple in Hatra, an archaeological site from the first century B.C, has been destroyed.

Meet the "Monuments Men" Risking Everything to Save Syria's Ancient Treasures From ISIS Al-Azm and his Monuments Men were propelled into action in late 2012.

Would you name your child after Hitler? A small percentage of Germans say it’s okay to do so

Details of Spectacular Liao Dynasty Palace Revealed Archaeologists working in China have revealed details of a spectacular imperial palace.

Winston Churchill Did Not Coin the Phrase ‘Iron Curtain’ The actual title of Churchill’s speech was “Sinews of Peace,” though most people know it as the “Iron Curtain speech.”

Paul Allen, researchers find lost Japanese World War II battleship Musashi Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of a massive Japanese World War II battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more than 70 years ago.

Oldest human fossil adds 400,000 years to our history The oldest fossil of the human genus Homo has been unearthed in Ethiopia, a groundbreaking discovery that pushes the history of human evolution 400,000 years further into the past.

A literary colossus Scholars celebrate publishing first five volumes keyed to India’s cultural past, the first of 500 in the next century

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Now we know who the next president-elect of the American Historical Association will be It will be the University of Pennsylvania's David B. Ruderman.

Harvard’s Drew Faust remembers when she decided to march in Selma She skipped her exams to participate.

GW professor under consideration for Pulitzer Prize Eric Cline, a classics and anthropology professor, is up for a prize for “1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed.”

National Security Archive Sues State Department Over Kissinger Telephone Messages Kissinger turned over the messages to the State Department in 2001, but State has refused to make them available, claiming executive privilege.

White House March to stop ISIS from destroying what remains of Mesopotamian Civilization We are cultural and archaeological activists preparing to kick off a campaign in Washington, DC to urge and pressure the policy and decision makers to take immediate action to stop ISIS from destroying the remaining Mesopotamian Civilization in Mosul as well as other archaeological sites.

Scholars, Writers and Thinkers Call for Academic Freedom in Thailand They are particularly upset over the firing of Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul, a leading historian at Thammasat University who was forced to flee the country for his life.

Yale historian traces the establishment of slavery plantations to a taste for sugar "So one of the most cataclysmic movements of people in the history of the world is the result of what might be seen as a frivolous or minor fashion. “ — Paul Freedman

Nancy Cott selected as the next President-Elect of the Organization of American Historians After the Annual Meeting, Jon Butler, Yale University, emeritus, will become OAH President, Nancy Cott, Harvard University, will become President-Elect, and Ed Ayers, University of Richmond, will become Vice President.

Scholar calls ISIS destruction of antiquities an example of ethnic cleansing In an interview Zainab Bahrani, professor of Near Eastern and East Mediterranean art and archeology at Columbia University, says it’s an attack on diversity.

Historian Qingjia Edward Wang never thought he would one day write a book about chopsticks. Then one day he needed to teach his son how to use chopsticks.

Bernard Bailyn’s influence on the profession is hailed in the WSJ He won the Pulitzer. So did 3 of his students: Gordon Wood, Michael Kammen and Jack Rakove.