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History

Teachers and educational organizations join forces to protest history textbook changes

Groups to release joint statements, hold public debates, file legal complaints, and engage in a public relations campaigns » Members of a coalition consisting of teachers and 39 civic organizations, including the Institute for...

Overview of research at the Centre

The Warwick-Waddesdon Programme The Warwick-Waddesdon programme promotes the study of the archives and collections at Waddesdon Manor and seeks to develop connections between the historians at Warwick and elsewhere, and museum...

[Column] The beginning of the end of the American empire

Some time ago, as I was preparing a review for a translated edition of Immanuel Wallerstein’s “European Universalism,” I came to wonder about the historical meaning of the Wall Street financial situ..

Body States: The Pilot Project

What is BODY STATES: THE PILOT PROJECT? An all-day live art event co-organised by the Centre for the History of Medicine and the School of Theatre, Performance, and Cultural Policy Studies. Read on... On Saturday, 11 June, at...

Aboriginal history a 'live political issue' (ABC)

A Senate inquiry into academic freedom is stirring passion about the presence of political bias in Australia's schools and universities. At a hearing in Sydney, controversial historian Keith Windschuttle criticised the way...

The Great Global Macro Experiment, Revisited

Macro-economic theory and research as well as the theme in general credited to Dr. Drobny. For the record, the piece this is derived from a Drobny piece that was written towards the beginning of the year. It may seem to state...

NACC’s Campbell takes part in online program

From staff reports The Daily Sentinel Published September 27, 2008 - Updated 51 minutes ago Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) President Dr. David Campbell recently participated in a program to announce the official...

Something for everyone

Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:40 PM CDT Union County is set to host its annual Colorfest activities this weekend, and the communities and businesses have planned a smorgasbord of events for all ages and tastes. The Anna home in...

Historian Slapped, Ethnic Tensions in China’s Nationalist Narrative Persist

From Danwei.org: Yan Chongnian (阎崇年), a scholar specializing in Qing history and Manchu culture, was attacked on October 5 when he was in Wuxi to promote his new book, The Kangxi Emperor. The prolific author was smacked twice...

Israeli Bestseller Breaks National Taboo

Excerpt: No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list -- and that success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging Israel's biggest...