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History News Network (HNN) at George Washington University is a platform for historians writing about current events.

History

History News Network (HNN) is a non-profit corporation registered in Washington DC. HNN was founded by Richard Shenkman, the author of Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History. Shenkman served as editor until his retirement in 2019. Historian Kyla Sommers is the current editor-in-chief. HNN sponsors several history-oriented blogs including Liberty and Power (coordinated by David T. Beito), and Jim Loewen.

HNN, originally hosted by George Mason University, moved to George Washington University in 2017.

Murray Polner was the long-time book editor for HNN.

In 2012, HNN celebrated the Fourth of July by holding a contest to select the worst books about American history every published. Nominees David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies, Michael Bellesiles’s Arming America, Gavin Menzies’s 1421 : The Year China Discovered America, Richard G. Williams’s 2006 book Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man’s Friend and A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Over 1000 HNN readers gave the nod to Barton and Zinn.

References

1. "History News Network» History News Network". Chnm.gmu.edu. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
2. ^ "History News Network Celebrates Bad History Books". The New York Times. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
3. "York College Professor Reviews For History News Network". York.cuny.edu. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
4. Warren, James (27 March 2017). "Shenkman's New Home". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2021. Journalist-historian Rick Shenkman has found a new home for the History News Network, namely George Washington University, meaning 'its future is now assured' after departing George Mason University.
5. Oster, Marcy (2 June 2019). "Murray Polner, founding and only editor of Present Tense magazine, dies at 91". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
6. Roberts, Sam (5 June 2019). "Murray Polner, Antiwar Editor and Author, Is Dead at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
7. Jennifer Schuessler, "And the Worst Book of History Is …" in New York Times July 16, 2012 online.

External links

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