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The case for historians being more engaged in public affairs

By Research Advancement • Dec 31, 2019 • Research In The News•   

Binghamton University scholar Adam Laats writes in the Washington Post that historians “must move aggressively — not just exhort Americans to study the past, but help the public to dismantle historical interpretations that have been bent and twisted the past to support short-term political convenience.”

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