IHARE – Teacherhostels, History and Archaeology Programs
This session includes examples of teachers using local history at the college level. Some students have never been before in the area they now walked. There often was a public presentation of the students’ findings which attracted media attention. Using Local History to Engage Students AHA Session 221 Sunday, January 5, 2025: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM […]
This blog is part of an ongoing series about the presentations in the annual conference of the American Historical Association in January, 2025. This blog focuses on the American Revolution. Snippets from the new documentary were previewed. The Plenary Sunday January 5 8:00-9:30 American Revolution-A New Film Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David […]
“…the Trump administration pushes to punish speech it dislikes and to impose its patriotic vision of American history on schools.” “As recently as last year, many social studies teachers reported success in withstanding political pressure. Now there is growing evidence that the landscape is shifting.” “Over the last five years, more than 20 states have […]
The war on history continues. A lot has happened in the past year. On November 24, 2024, I published the first of a six-blog series on What Are American Students Learning about US History?, about a two-year study by the American Historical Association. See below for the links to the six blogs. Now almost exactly […]
The MAGA mind at work: Before the start of the 2024 Superbowl, broadcaster Mike Crispi claimed that the National Football League is “rigged” in order to spread “Democratic propaganda. He called what would happen”: KC wins, goes to the Superbowl, Swift comes out at the halftime show and ‘endorses’ Joe Biden with [now fiancé] Kelce […]
The New York State 250th Commission is up and running. I have attended two state-wide meetings in person (in Albany) and some online meetings as well. So I can vouch for its existence. So how is it doing? What is going on? Visit Philadelphia launches national campaign to lure visitors for America’s 250th anniversary (press […]
I am writing this post wearing my “Defend History!” button. The button was distributed by David Blight, Yale University, president of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) at the annual conference last spring. Blight has been quite active and prominent in defending history from the assault by Donald Trump, president of the United States. My […]
The Bible Among Ruins: Sodom, Israelite History and the Hebrew Bible ASOR November 20, 2025 Peter Feinman feinmanp@ihare.org What is the soul of the Western tradition? Argument. Socrates goes around Athens investigating the claims of the supposedly wise and finds that the people who claim to know things don’t. The Lord threatens to destroy […]
If a picture is worth one thousand words, then a good slogan or branding is for winning an election. Political parties are asked what they stand for, why someone should vote for them, what is their vision for the future. Such branding needs to be short. No one is going to read a 900+ page […]
Ignorance and fanaticism is ever busy and needs feeding. Always it is feeding and gloating for more. Today, it is the public school teachers, tomorrow the private. The next day the preachers and the lecturers, the magazines, the books, the newspapers. After a while, Your Honor, it is the setting of man against man and […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
