Review: A Grim Almanac of Georgian London - [image: Screen_shot_2012-02-03_at_12] The History Press were kind enough to send me A Grim Almanac of Georgian London by Graham Jackson and Cate Ludlo...

Who are the ten most influential American intellectuals of the 20th century? - Dear readers: Below is a guest post/query from Christian Olaf Christiansen and Astrid Louise Nonbo Andersen, intellectual historians at University of Aarhu...

Grant of the Week: American Historical Association/Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowship - The AHA and Folger Shakespeare Library have joined forces to offer a new short-term research fellowship on 17th- and 18th-century western European histor...

Mormonism and American Politics Conference at Columbia University - *Here's an incredible conference for those of you in the New York City area to consider attending this weekend -- with an all-star lineup presenting. *Morm...

Equality and Diversity Training: Cambridge University's Own Goal - I have just scored 100% on the most worthless exam I have ever sat -- the Cambridge University "Equality and Diversity Essentials" test online. I have had so...

Religion and state secularization - In discussing secularization, it has become conventional to note that the concept refers to various processes, of which three are particularly prominent....

A Short Hiatus - I will be away from the blog (and away from the world) for the next several days in order to finish my book manuscript tentatively entitled "The Power to ...

Dispatches from Graduate School – Part 41 - *Re-posted by permission of John Fea’s The Way of Improvement Leads Home* Cali Pitchel McCullough is a Ph.D student in American history at Arizona State U...

Things Noted Here & There - Nigel Cliff, "The Reign of Venice," *NYT*, 27 January, reviews Roger Crowley's *City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas*. Matthew Pricereviews Norman D...

Michael Hattem, “Instructions vs. Pledges” - While recently reading about the proliferation of right-wing interest group pledges, I was reminded of an article by Ray Raphael from the October 2008 edit...

Caesar on the Republican Debate - I asked Caesar’s Ghost what he thought of last night’s Republican Presidential candidates’ debate. He sent the following reply: CAESAR THE DICTATOR TO “STR...

NEW HOME FOR HISTORY IN THE NEWS - Looks like you have ended up here at the old History in the News blog through an outdated source. You can click anywhere on the following link to redire...