historian
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Hillyer, a historian at Lewis & Clark, has been teaching it since 2012 and wrote about the experience in the 2024 book A Wall Is Just a Wall, published by Duke University Press.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The irony is dark, but as historian Rick Perlstein has sharply argued, it is really not that surprising.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
"Cities are layered entities. Different generations leave their mark on them," historian Narayani Gupta once observed.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
In his compelling “Centennial,” the historian Fergus Bordewich makes the stakes of the moment clear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
According to Katya Polunina, the senior mechanic who became the regiment’s historian, the women often flew in pairs with a male pilot because the men had more experience.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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