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Program of the 122nd Annual Meeting
January 3—6, 2008
Washington, D.C.
AHA Committee Events
- Two-Year College Faculty
- Committee on Minority Historians
- Committee for Graduate Students
- Public Historians
Two-Year College Faculty
History faculty from two-year colleges are invited to a special cash-bar reception on Friday, January 4 from 5:30–7:00 p.m. in Delaware Suite A of the Marriott Wardman Park. Members of the AHA Council, divisions, and committees will host this opportunity to become better acquainted and to discuss informally how the Association might better serve this constituency’s needs.
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Committee on Minority Historians
The Committee on Minority Historians invites minority graduate students and first-year faculty to a complimentary continental breakfast on Friday, January 4, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Please join the committee in a discussion of life in the profession. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail Cliff Jacobs, by December 10, 2007, to register. Individuals who wish to participate in the discussion only are invited to arrive at 8:15 a.m.
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Committee for Graduate Students
The Committee for Graduate Students either sponsors the following events or recommends them to graduate students.
Thursday, January 3
3:00–5:00 p.m. Marriott, Taft Room. Coordinating Council for Women in History Session 1.
Non-Traditional Stories: Women in the Historical Profession—Roundtable4:00–5:00 p.m. Marriott, Nathan Hale Room, Wardman Towers.
“To Make the Most of the Meeting”: Orientation to the Annual Meeting, sponsored by the AHA Committee for Graduate Students
Friday, January 4
7:30–11:00 a.m. Graduate students are invited to use the lounge in the Marriott’s Room 8222 on the lobby level.
Graduate student members of the Coordinating Council for Women in History will staff this drop-in room. Come by and get to know future colleagues.9:30–11:30 a.m. Omni, Blue Room. Workshop.
Interviewing in the Job Market in the Twenty-First Century9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, North Cotillion.
Tech Tools for Historians9:30–11:30 a.m. Omni, Congressional A. American Association for History and Computing Session 2.
Pushing the Boundaries of Online History Education: Three Innovating Departments9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, Marriott Ballroom Balcony A. Association for the Bibliography of History and Conference of Historical Journals Session.
Historical Journals, Scholarly Communication, and Open Access9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, Maryland Suite B. National History Center Session 1.
Accounting for the History Major and Its Role in Liberal Arts Education: A Conversation1:00–2:00 p.m. Marriott, Delaware Suite B.
Social Science Research Council Information Session2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, North Cotillion.
Closing the “Passion Gap” in Graduate Education: Strategies for Building Graduate Community and Sustaining the Joy of Doing History2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Maryland Suite A.
Learning Digitally: New Resources for History Teachers and Researchers2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Wilson Suite A. Society for History in the Federal Government Session.
Careers in Federal History: A Panel Discussion4:45–6:00 p.m. Marriott, McKinley Room.
Open forum on Disability4:45–6:00 p.m. Marriott, Coolidge Room.
National Endowment for the Humanities Information Session5:30–6:30 p.m. Marriott, Virginia Suite A.
Open forum for graduate students6:30–8:00 p.m. Marriott, Delaware Suite B.
Reception for graduate students. Graduate students are invited to meet fellow students from other institutions as well as the Association’s leadership
Saturday, January 5
9:00–11:00 a.m. Omni, Blue Room.
Lives in History9:00–11:00 a.m. Omni, Diplomat Ballroom.
An Insider’s Guide to the Academic Job Market9:00–11:00 a.m. Omni, Congressional A. American Association for History and Computing Session 3.
Teaching and Learning Online11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Marriott, Wilson Suite C.
Open Forum on Public History11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Marriott, Washington Room 4.
Learning to Teach: History Education for the Twenty-First Century2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Delaware Suite A.
Equity for Minority Historians in the Academic History Workplace: A Guide to Best Practices2:30–4:30 p.m. Omni, Palladium Ballroom.
From Teaching Assistant to Tenure: The Transition from Graduate Student to Professional2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Washington Room 5.
Three Public Historians Discuss Their Work2:30–4:30 p.m. Omni, Diplomat Ballroom.
This Historian’s Life: Careers for Historians in the Twenty-First Century2:30–4:30 p.m. Omni, Regency Ballroom.
Poster Session
Sunday, January 6
8:30–10:30 a.m. Marriott, Washington Room 1.
New World of Publishing: Intellectual Property, Journals, and the Web11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Marriott, Washington Room 1.
The Leaky Pipeline: Issues of Retention, Promotion, and Quality of Life for Women in the Historical Profession11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Marriott, Harding Room.
New PhDs on the Teaching Job Market: Advice from Both Sides of the Trenches
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Public Historians
The following events will be of particular interest to public historians and those interested in public history.
Friday, January 4
9:30–11:30 a.m. Omni, Palladium Ballroom.
“The People’s House”: Roundtable on Robert V. Remini’s The House: The History of the House of Representatives9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, Washington Room 1.
Diplomatically Speaking: How Historians of American Foreign Relations Communicate with the American Public, joint session with the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, Wilson Suite B.
Uneven Developments: Public History in the Federal and State Legislative Bodies10:00 a.m.–noon (bus departs at 9:30) Local Arrangements Committee Tour 1:
Preview of the President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home National Monument12:15–2:00 p.m. Local Arrangements Committee Tour 2:
At Home with History: The Decatur House Museum and Lafayette Square2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Wilson Suite A. Society for History in the Federal Government Session.
Careers in Federal History: A Panel Discussion2:00–4:00 p.m. Local Arrangements Committee Tour 3:
Capitol Visitor Center
Saturday, January 5
9:00–11:00 a.m. Marriott, Maryland Suite A.
Public History, Tenure, and Review: Continuing the Conversation about Redefining Historical Scholarship, sponsored by the AHA Professional Division9:00–11:00 a.m. Marriott, Wilson Suite C.
Public Historians, Secret Histories: A Roundtable Discussion of the Issues Surrounding and Contributions of Classified History Programs11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Marriott, Wilson Suite C.
Open Forum on Public History, sponsored by the AHA Professional Division12:30–2:00 p.m. Local Arrangements Committee Tour 6:
Built Environment Tour: “David Macaulay: The Art of Drawing Architecture” and the National Building Museum2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Washington Room 5.
Three Public Historians Discuss Their Work, sponsored by the AHA Teaching Division2:30–4:30 p.m. Omni, Diplomat Ballroom.
This Historian’s Life: Careers for Historians in the Twenty-First Century
Sunday, January 6
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Marriott, Virginia Suite A. Presidential session.
Historians Going Public: Taking History to Newspapers, Radio, TV, Film, Public Libraries, Web Sites, and Blogs6:00–7:30 p.m. Marriott, Coolidge Room.
Public History Reception
The AHA’s Professional Division cordially invites public historians and anyone with an interest in public history to join them at a reception and for informal conversation with colleagues, Saturday, January 5, 6:00–7:30 p.m. in the Marriott’s Coolidge Room.
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