Katherine Epstein teaches history at Rutgers University-Camden and she has some very good thoughts about her (and my) discipline. Here is a taste of her piece at Liberties, “Historians Killing History“: The indifference to scholarly standards should be evident to […]
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The Author’s Corner with Richard L. Kagan
Richard L. Kagan is Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. This interview is based on his new book, The Inquisition’s Inquisitor: Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). JF: What […]
Civil War and Reconstruction historians: The 14th Amendment should bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado
Here is Martin Pengelly at The Guardian: Twenty-five historians of the civil war and Reconstruction filed a US supreme court brief in support of the attempt by Colorado to remove Donald Trump from the ballot under the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists […]
Staughton Lynd, 1929-2022
We brought Staughton Lynd’s death to your attention yesterday. We now have an obituary. Here is the New York Times: Staughton Lynd, a historian and lawyer who over a long and varied career organized schools for Black children in Mississippi, […]
Staughton Lynd, RIP
I haven’t found an obituary yet, but Twitter is reporting that the activist-historian/historian-activist has died at the age of 92. I am sure we will have a few more things to say about Staughton Lynd‘s death in the coming days, […]
Eric Foner on C. Vann Woodward
Over at London Review of Books, Columbia University Eric Foner reviews James Cobb’s new biography of C. Vann Woodward. It is a fascinating review. Here is a taste: As he approached retirement, Woodward entered what one former student called his […]
The latest from the Randall Stephens Collection
It’s been a while since we posted something from the Randall Stephens Collection. This is the latest from the historian baseball card series. Who is Perry Miller? Read more about him here.
Leon Litwack, RIP
I never met him, but I have heard he was a master in the classroom. I wish I could have taken his U.S. Survey course. Here is his student Paul Harvey: This interview with another former student is a fitting […]
Robert Middlekauff, RIP
Middlekauff is best known as the author of The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. It was the first book to appear in the Oxford History of the United States series, which also includes James McPherson’s Battle Cry for Freedom: […]