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HISTORIANS FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY A Response to the AAF: Who is Really for Academic Freedom? In a time of global turmoil and expanding human-rights violations, and in a time when support for higher education is understood to be one of the best investments in long-term development, the U.S. government has made support for Israel…
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H-PAD Sources- Res 2 In preparation fro the upcoming vote at the AHA for two important resolutions on Palestinians’ right to education: RESOLUTION ON PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL and RESOLUTION ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF US CITIZENS VISITING ISRAEL AND PALESTINE Please review our supporting materials: and Share List
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Supporting Materials RESOLUTION ON PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL See Resolution texts on Perspectives, RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE JANUARY 2020 BUSINESS MEETING Dec 17, 2019 Right to Education Campaign Birzeit University Researching Palestine: Records, Cultural Properties, and the Politics of Archival Declassification The Politics of 1948 in Israeli Archives July 19,…
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The Steering Committee of Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) is saddened to announce the death of historian Jesse Lemisch (1936-2018). Jesse was one of the founders of Historians against the War (precursor of H-PAD) and served for several years on its Steering Committee. His pioneering work on “history from below,” with his early focus…
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H-Pad is happy to announce the release of its sixth broadside. In “Building a Regime of Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1840-1945,” Felice Batlan traces a century of U.S. government laws, policies, and attitudes regarding immigration. The broadside explores how ideas about race, class, religion, and the Other repeatedly led to laws restricting the immigration of those…
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“Pennsylvania was key to Trump’s presidential victory, Westmoreland County was key to Pennsylvania, and District Seven was key to Westmoreland County.” READ MORE . . . This article was posted by Political Research Associates and by the History News Network. The author, Margaret Power, grew up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and has often returned. She teaches history at…
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In May 2018, H-PAD assisted in the distribution of a letter protesting the selection of U.S. Army General David Petraeus as keynote speaker at the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) conference in June. Initiated by New York University professor Hannah Gurman, the latter garnered 277 signatures from scholars. The letter did not question the…
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H-PAD joined with the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee (VPCC) and the Veterans for Peace is cosponsoring and publicizing events and conferences related to the 50th anniversary of the My Lai massacre in March 1968. The VPCC is challenging the Pentagon’s mandate to present the history of the Vietnam War to the public. Contributing to this effort is…
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Dear friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, As students arrive on campus in the thousands, we have a remarkable opportunity to sign them up to vote. Back in June, we sent you a link to “Ten Easy Steps to Help Students Vote Where They Study.” Across the country, faculty and staff are seeing a high…