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 Scholars Discover 150-Year-Old Letters Written by Mark Twain
The Mark Twain Project found about 110 dispatches written in 1865 and 1866.
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 Duke will allow student who hung a noose on a tree to return
The international student says in an apology he had no idea of the cultural significance of the noose.
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 Ellis Island expands its story of US immigration history
With the unveiling of a new exhibition next month, Ellis Island is telling stories of immigrants who have come as recently as the start of this century, decades after the last arrival was processed through its doors.
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 Swastikas, Hate and Confusion
A student disciplinary process at George Washington University might not seem like hot news in India, but this weekend it was receiving attention in The Times of India, The Hindustan Times and elsewhere.
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 Arizona State class on “The Problem of Whiteness” sparks neo-Nazi campaign
ASU denounces 'Whiteness'-fueled hate speech.
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 How Curfews Have Changed Through History
The first curfews were imposed under England’s Alfred the Great, who ruled in the ninth century.
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 Supreme Court justices called to task for saying institution of marriage hasn't changed in millennia
In Shakespeare's plays alone one finds a kaleidoscope of purposes for marriage--for love, for dynastic purpose, for spite, for sex.
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 LBJ Regretted Ordering U.S. Troops into Dominican Republic in 1965, White House Tapes Confirm
Yet He Insisted, "I'd do the same thing right this second."
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 The Museum of Biblical Art Is Closing
That’s bad news for all art patrons.
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 U.S. won’t drop census questions on college major and marital history
The National Science Foundation had spent years lobbying for the Census Bureau to include the college-major question, arguing that it is essential for monitoring trends in the scientific workforce.
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Historians in the News
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 A column by Johns Hopkins historian N. D. B. Connolly causes a firestorm on the website of New York Times
More than 1,100 readers posted comments on the article.
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 Hilary Swank will play Emory historian Deborah Lipstadt in upcoming movie
Emory University historian Deborah Lipstadt's acclaimed 2005 book, "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," which chronicles her exoneration by a British court in a sensational libel trial, is being made into a feature film.
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 Scholars are troubled by legal battle over Goebbels’s diaries
His heirs want to be paid when historians quote him.
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 Linda Kerber is retiring
Now she has to figure out what to do with all her books and papers.
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 OAH to create a prize in honor of historian John D’Emilio, who writes about LGBT history
The LGBT community is soliciting donations for the prize.
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 History Manifesto continuing to stir debate
History is in a state of crisis, losing readers and public influence, historians David Armitage of Harvard and Jo Guldi of Brown argue in their controversial book "The History Manifesto."
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 The history teacher who gets to school at 5 am so he can prepare for class
His kids love history. He uses props to make it fun.
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 How did common people mourn Lincoln after his passing?
In her new book Martha Hodes tells how (Interview)
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 Stanford historian uncovers the dark roots of humanitarianism
Through a study of the history of the French colonial Congo-Océan Railway, Stanford historian JP Daughton has discovered how modern humanitarianism arose from the brutality of European colonialism.
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 Historian hailed for offering a history of the culture wars
As a guide to the late twentieth century culture wars, Andrew Hartman is unrivalled.
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