'This trend toward presentism is not confined to historians of the recent past the entire discipline is lurching in this direction, including a shrinking minority working in premodern fields.

In his original post, Professor Sweet wrote: Two days after his column was posted, he was compelled to add an author's note apologizing for the 'damage' he had caused. Professor Sweet offered criticism for the approach taken by The 1619 Project, The New York Times' long-form endeavor that aims, in its own words, to 'reframe the country's history' around slavery, its consequences and the contributions of Black Americans. Bret Stephens of The New York Times and these pages recently reported on the matter. Sweet, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, devoted a recent installment of his monthly AHA president's column to presentism and its potential negative impact on his chosen discipline. As recent historical interpretations like The 1619 Project suggest, such training is no longer emphasized by all historians. Historians once were trained to avoid 'presentism,' which, when applied to historical research, is the practice of interpreting past events in terms of modern values. It's no wonder, given the subject's current politicized state.

colleges stopped studying history at a faster rate than any other subject between 20. The American Historical Association (AHA) reports that undergraduate students at U.S.

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