Kelly Schrum explains why higher ed administrators should learn the history of higher ed, and how we can engage them effectively. Equally important: graduate students in history (or any discipline) should be required to learn the history of higher education. www.historians.org/perspectives...
Lee Hamilton died yesterday. I had the tremendous privilege of a 12 minute conversation with him fifteen years ago. Before we started he asked how long we wanted this to be. I responded, "12 minutes." This video is 12 minutes long and has not been edited.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3dj...
Leaders in higher education & related institutions should read this.Our current situation is not normal. Choose carefully when to speak; not everything is relevant for everyone. But Brian Rosenberg has it right on how to think about it.And to learn from our mistakes
www.chronicle.com/article/wher...
Historian David Herzberg explains why it's so important that "The fentanyl story is based on an argument about history."
#EverythinghasaHistory
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
I wonder whether Trump's memorandum to pay military personnel is valid. There is no "Department of War." Nor is there a "Secretary of War." There are no "Department of War funds."
A person who doesn't exist is being ordered to spend funds that don't exist.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Today is Yom Kippur. Fasting this year seems especially important because we atone not only for our individual sins, but as a community ask forgiveness for the sins of the community.
The issue is less whether we should teach a "patriotic history" than what it means to be patriotic, and what "patriotic history" is. Patriotic history education provides students with the resources to be constructive, informed citizens. See www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Every Democratic leader who deals with Trump should watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QQq...
David Blight reminds us about what it really means to have a war, civil or otherwise:
newrepublic.com/article/2005...
Someone should organize a #FreeDC campaign. Patronize only businesses that show some kind of #FreeDC indicator (city flag, etc).
Amna is very kind; they are all worth reading and we're all grateful to David Blight and Michael Tomasky. And to each other.
The September issue of The New Republic features articles by 11 historians on doing history in the current environment. Thus far seven have been posted online, including mine. Thanks to David Blight for organizing and MIchael Tomasky as the editor at TNR.
newrepublic.com/series/67/tr...
Arne Duncan has it right:
"The only hope 4 higher education is total & unrelenting resistance 2 Trump.Every college in America & every stakeholder must join together & pursue every possible strategy — legal or otherwise — to stop him."https://www.chronicle.com/article/an-open-letter-from-arne-duncan
In another era I would have thought this to be brilliant satire. Now it is more in the realm of terrifying. Everyone should watch it and ask what we need to focus on politically in the coming months. It should be clear what our priorities have to be. This has to end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmMQ...
Argument for civics education informed by historical literacy and historical thinking (and, considering ideas about pluralism and its relationshp to democracy):
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
I agree. An odd kind of "misunderstaning."
Many #NationalArchives researchers have expressed alarm about a NARA website post regarding restricted access to Archives II in College Park. NARA has clarified that research rooms will remain open to the public.
For details see www.historians.org/news/update-...
According to Wikipedia, Irving Berlin's "1943 production This Is The Army featured the first integrated division army unit in the United States." Looks like the composer of "God Bless America" was a "supporter of DEI" according to standards and wording articulated by certain Federal officials.
Why is the Secretary of Defense demanding that Harvey Milk's name be removed from the USNS Harvey Milk? He says it's "DEI." No. The ship is quite reasonably named after a major American political figure who was assassinated. So the naming is totally legitimate in the tradition of ship naming.
An excellent example of the importance of historical knowledge and of expertise
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social appeared on CNN on Friday, May 24, where he spoke about the recent cancelation of NEH grants and funding. The cuts, he emphasized, were made by DOGE, not NEH staff: “Nobody was involved who actually knew what they were talking about.” 🗃️
AHA exec. director @jgrossman.bsky.social participated in a panel discussion as part of the Max Weber Foundation’s Historians on Democracy conversation series. Grossman participated in part one of the series, “What was, what is, and what can be done?” on April 9, 2025. Watch the discussion online 🗃️:
Regarding the Administration's campaign against anti-semitism in Higher Ed. Read the law: "Title VI is a real law, and it has real demands, and here’s what they are, and they’re markedly different than anything the administration is claiming" www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
It's after the 2 minute mark
Drew Faust (Former VP @historians.org) reminds us of our "reciprocal obligation" to the past.
US Army soldiers in Civil War fought to preserve democracy. Their victory was institutionalized in 13-15th Amendments.Our obligation is to preserve the word & the spirit of those amendments
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AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social will appear on CNN on Friday, May 23 at 7:45 p.m. ET as part of a segment on humanities funding, including the cancelation of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants and cuts to the NEH. 🗃️
The AHA, along with the ACLS and the MLA, have filed a lawsuit to restore the programming and institutional integrity that have been stripped away from the NEH. Announcement and PDF of filing in district court are here: www.historians.org/news/america...
My last column for Perspectives on History: www.historians.org/perspectives...
AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social was interviewed on KNX News as part of their coverage of the 2025 presidential inauguration to discuss President Trump’s declaration that he would rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali.
AHA exec director @jgrossman.bsky.social, @oah.org president @dblight.bsky.social, & OAH exec director Beth English co-authored an article, "Trump May Wish to Abolish the Past. We Historians Will Not" for @newrepublic.com on the executive order, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” 🗃️
