Does the Declaration of Independence still matter?
29 Jun 2026 As we approach the 250th anniversary of the United States, some of Cambridge's leading experts on US history share their thoughts on the declaration...
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USA sexually ‘teased’ its troops in WWI to make them fight harder
07 Nov 2022 The United States Government sought to sexually stimulate then frustrate its soldiers to prepare them for an unpopular conflict in Europe, a Cambridge...
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Map discovery: American ‘hero’ plotted massive land grab and broke peace treaty
07 Feb 2022 A newly decoded map shows that the famous explorer William Clark planned the theft of 10.5 million acres of Indigenous land in Missouri, USA in the...
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Historian wins major journalism award for Indigenous land project
25 Feb 2021 Dr Robert Lee, University lecturer in American History, has been awarded a George Polk Award, one of the most prestigious in journalism, for his...
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‘Wild West’ mentality lingers in US mountain regions
07 Sep 2020 Distinct psychological mix associated with mountain populations is consistent with the theory that harsh frontiers attracted certain personalities.
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First Peoples: two ancient ancestries ‘reconverged’ with settling of South America
31 May 2018 New research using ancient DNA finds that a population split after people first arrived in North America was maintained for millennia before mixing...
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Ancient genome study identifies traces of indigenous “Taíno” in present-day Caribbean populations
19 Feb 2018 A thousand-year-old tooth has provided genetic evidence that the so-called “Taíno”, the first indigenous Americans to feel the full impact of European...
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One Hundred Days of Trump
28 Apr 2017 Professor Andrew Preston examines the origins of the first hundred days as a measure of presidential success in American politics.
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#ICYMI - Trump’s First Hundred Days
28 Apr 2017 Dr Emily Charnock, Lecturer in American History, delivers her verdict as the Trump presidency reaches its first major milestone.
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Opinion: Thirty years on as 'new Cold War' looms, US and Russia should remember the Rekyjavik summit
21 Oct 2016 David Reynolds (Faculty of History) and Kristina Spohr (London School of Economics and Political Science) discuss current relations between the US &...
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