Rethinking the job of history — and the American Historical Association — after the veto of the Gaza “scholasticide” ...

To see what the first Thanksgiving was like you have to go to: Texas. Texans claim the first Thanksgiving in America actually took place in little San Elizario, a community near El Paso, in 1598 -- ...

Adam Hochschild’s haunting yet illuminating assessment of World War I (mainly concentrating on Great Britain) is a welcome addition to the vast historical and literary output literature of that ...

Mr. Miller received his Ph.D. in History from Vanderbilt University this May. He is turning his dissertation, titled “The Politics of Decency: Billy Graham, Evangelicalism, and the End of the Solid ...

Mr. Wittner is Professor of History at the State University of New York at Albany. Editor's Note: The following article is based on fresh research explored in the newest volume of Mr. Wittner's ...

Mr. Shenkman is the editor of HNN. Mr. Burstein is the author of the book, Jefferson's Secrets. In your book you look at Jefferson’s last years, the most neglected of his life. When did you reach the ...

Mr. Furnish, Ph.D (Islamic History), is Assistant Professor, History, Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody, GA 30338. Mr. Furnish is the author of Holiest Wars: Islamic Mahdis, their Jihads and Osama ...

Mr. Fleming has written widely on American politics from the American Revolution to modern times. He is a past president of the Society of American Historians. I am astonished that in the aftermath of ...

Mr. Frakes has taught in the History Dept. at Clarion University since 1991. He is the author of Contra Potentium Iniurias: The Defensor Civitatis and Late Roman Justice (2001) and Writing for College ...

Let me begin by stating at the outset that I do not agree with Harold Bloom’s ideological construction of the Western Canon nor do I support his notion that literature must be evaluated purely by its ...

HNN is a valuable resource and provocative opinion pieces that it publishes are useful in classes and discussion groups I teach or facilitate. However, by repeatedly running articles by someone as ...

Mr. Thompson is Professor of Public Administration and author of Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society. Ms. Friedberg Professor of Political Science and Director, ...