MLA “Hamilton” at the MLA Spencer Irvine February 1, 2017 “Hamilton,” a popular Broadway hip-hop musical, has now made it into the Modern Language Association consciousness. At the 2017 convention…
Faculty Lounge John Carroll University should Change Its Name due to Slavery Ties, says Alum Spencer Irvine January 6, 2017 From The College Fix: Back in September, John Carroll University near Cleveland, Ohio began looking into the role the school’s…
Faculty Lounge For History Majors at DC’s George Washington University, No More U.S. History Courses Required Spencer Irvine December 27, 2016 From The College Fix: The department eliminated requirements in U.S., North American and European history, as well as the foreign…
Perspectives PHOTOS: Inside the New National African-American Museum of History and Culture’s Exhibits Spencer Irvine December 16, 2016 Below is a photo gallery of photos taken from the National African-American Museum of Culture and History’s historical exhibits, which…
Perspectives PHOTOS: Inside the New National African-American Museum of History and Culture’s Sports Section Spencer Irvine December 15, 2016 During our recent trip to the newly-built National African-American Museum of Culture and History, a part of the Smithsonian museums,…
Faculty Lounge Hoover Institution Republishes ‘American Individualism’ Spencer Irvine December 14, 2016 From the Hoover Institution: The Hoover Institution Press re-released the timely volume, American Individualism, by President Herbert Hoover with an introduction…
Perspectives Doomed to Repeat History Spencer Irvine December 12, 2016 Paul D. Miller, associate director at the University of Texas-Austin’s Clements Center for National Security, spoke at the conservative think…
Faculty Lounge Art Exhibit that Included a Photo of Ku Klux Klan Offends College Students Spencer Irvine December 4, 2016 College students were upset at representations of history, such as the Ku Klux Klan, in an art exhibit at Salem…
Perspectives African-American History Missing Spencer Irvine November 28, 2016 Field trips to museums in Washington, D.C. are nothing new but the latest archive in our nation’s capital may break…
Faculty Lounge Wisconsin Professor Finds Most of His College Students Believe America Invented Slavery Spencer Irvine November 13, 2016 From the College Fix: For 11 years, Professor Duke Pesta gave quizzes to his students at the beginning of the…
Faculty Lounge Florida State University RA Defends Thanksgiving Display that Criticized Pilgrims Spencer Irvine November 10, 2016 From Campus Reform: Campus Reform initially reported on the display’s hostility towards the Pilgrims, promoting “facts” such as “Native Americans…
Faculty Lounge Sociology Textbook Claims American Exceptionalism has ‘Racist Overtones’ Spencer Irvine October 28, 2016 From Campus Reform: The textbook, titled In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, is required reading for a Principles of Sociology…
