34:9/ December 1996

Contents of the online version of the print edition

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From the President's Desk

• Doing History in the 21st Century: A Statement of Priorities
  by Caroline Walker Bynum

Noteworthy

• NEH and Mellon Foundation Form Multimillion-Dollar Funding Partnership
• The Future of European History: One Alternative
  by Thomas W. Gallant and George Esenwein
• Max Planck Institute for History in Gottingen Threatened with Closure

Annual Meeting

• Walking the City: Historic New York
  by Eric Wakin and Seth Kamil
• Corrections to Annual Meeting Program
• Dining in New York City: Annual Meeting Restaurant Guide
  by Sandi E. Cooper
• 1997 AHA General Meeting
• Important Details about the Annual Meeting
• Annual Meeting to Feature a Variety of Teaching Sessions
  by Peter Stearns
• Annual Meeting to Offer Sessions of Interest to Graduate Students
• American Historical Association Guidelines for Interviewing
• Final Reminders for Members Traveling to New York City
• New York City Museums and Libraries Offer a Wide Variety of Attractions
  by Emily Sohmer Tai

Teaching Innovations

Contributing Editor: Robert Blackey

• Starting from Scratch: Shifting from Western Civ. to World History
  by Thomas W. Davis

AHA Activities

• AHA Election Results
• AHA Issues Advisory Opinion on Age Discrimination
• AHA Welcomes New Staff Members
• AHA Nominating Committee Encourages Members to Recommend Candidates for 1997 Elections
  by Arthur Zilversmit
• AHA President Awarded Barzun Prize in Cultural History
• Association Thanks 1996 Endowment Donors

Members

Letters to the Editor

• Charles G. Palm
• J. Arch Getty
• Mark C. Carnes
• William Rosenberg
• Natalie Zemon Davis
• Kathleen Sheldon

In Memoriam

NCC Advocacy Update

• by Page Putnam Miller

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