James H. Sweet

Attacking presentism as a mindset of younger scholars doesn’t solve any of the historical profession's problems.

How should historians respond to the urgency of this current political moment?

Inside the strife set off by an essay from the president of the American Historical Association.

Responding to a controversial recent critique of "presentism," two historians make the case that history and politics have always been deeply interwoven.

The real problem the most powerful people on the right and center have with the “new” history — and the humanities in general — is not that it practices identity politics, but that it rejects theirs.

What the recent debates over presentism get wrong.

An essay by the president of the American Historical Association generated a firestorm of criticism — but got some things right.

The more that historians make their own experiences an explicit part of their work, the harder it will become to let the sources speak clearly.

Historians should reject nationalism and help readers to avoid its dangers.