At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national ...

I am an early American historian. I have spent decades studying and writing about the history of our country and its remarkable people. The current cultural climate is filled with historical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTPORT — American historian Connor Williams wraps up his lecture series with “Resurrection, Recreation, or Revolution?: ...

Lucy Worsley's PBS series highlights the emotional fallout of the conflict, with a focus on the British perspective ...

In late 2023, New York City Education Department officials approached historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela to be the lead scholar on a new curriculum focused on Jewish American history. The project ...

These are fraught times for U.S. history — certain chapters of it, anyway. President Donald Trump recently claimed on his social media platform that the Smithsonian Institution, which includes the ...

Even as a youngster attending Camp Ramah in the 1960s, Jonathan Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75, H’25, was nicknamed “Professor” by his fellow campers, who must have sensed his scholarliness. They were right.

The White House has called for a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions in order to ensure they align with President Trump’s interpretation of U.S. history. “The idea that the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Kay Ochi’s parents were 21 and 22 years old when they were forced to leave San Diego, where they were born, and taken to an incarceration camp in the desert ...