Spinning Clio

Historians for Obama has been formed to, well, support Barack Obama for President (h/t Ralph Luker ). Scott Jaschick has more. ...in a mo...

The November 19, 2007 issue of National Review contains an "Appreciation" of Jacques Barzun by M. D. Aeschliman. Similar pieces...

The Dead Guy Interviews: Conversations with 45 of the Most Accomplished, Notorious, and Deceased Personalities in History by Michael A. Stu...

The Clinton records saga rolls on. Maarja Krusten has commented on my last post and adds some helpful insight into the problems faced b...

In a comment to my last post concerning how the NCH is playing the ongoing Clinton records debate , "allida" writes: I have worke...

Nominations for the 2007 Cliopatria Awards for History blogs are now being accepted . The Cliopatria Awards recognize the best history writ...

The NCH website finally put up a story about the Clinton records brouhaha that came to the fore during the recent Democratic Presidential d...

I wonder if the AHA and the NCH are readying there complaints and resolutions concerning open access to Clinton family documents now that ...

I'm an "Americanist" but I have to admit that I have the most fun digging into the history of Late Antiquity/Early Middle Ages...

Fred Hutchinson offers up the history of 5 strains of conservatism. I excerpt those that have medieval roots: 1) Traditionalist conservati...

National Review editorializes : [U]nder the North American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) — a well-meaning law passed in 1...

Peter Schramm points to a piece by Robert Kaplan about how our modern-day soldiers "want our respect, not pity" and highlights t...

The Dark Ages was a 1,000 year period of "no change" according to this guy : For most of human history, change has been the except...

When I went back to school to get a degree in History for the fun of it, I thought (naively) that getting an MA was a logical first step. Bu...

I took the ISI History Test that so many college seniors at elite universities failed . Results: You answered 57 out of 60 correctly — 9...

Rod Dreher calls attention to Alan Ehrenhalt's 1995 book "The Lost City: The Forgotten Virtues of Community in America," (PD...

Good idea : The Rhode Island Historical Society is about to jump into the digital age. No longer will local history buffs have to drive to...

Its object shall be the promotion of historical studies through the encouragement of research, teaching, and publication; the collection and...

Michael Barone takes a look at Morton Keller's America's Three Regimes: A New Political History and wonders aloud about his own ...

Headline at MSNBC: " Gay marriage goes way back: Historian says men wed as early as 600 years ago in medieval Europe ". Well, not...