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Since the Association was founded in 1884, the Association's presidents have addressed the annual meeting on a topic of interest or concern to the profession. Since there is no set topic, the subjects treated have ranged widely from the role of history in society to the best practices of historians as writers, teachers, and social scientists. Each in their unique way represents a microcosm of the interests and concerns of the profession in various stages of its development over the past century.
AHA staff, with the assistance of JSTOR (which graciously supplied the basic electronic text for most of the presidential addresses between 1901 and 1990), and the staff of the American Historical Review , provides this service to all who are interested in tracing the changes that have occurred in the profession, or just reading the words and ideas of some of the most eminent members of the historical profession.
1880s
1884 Andrew Dickson White. On
Studies in General History and the History of Civilization.
(Published in Papers of the American Historical Association.
vol. I. (1886), pp. 49-72)).
1885 Andrew Dickson White. The Influence
of American Ideas upon the French Revolution.
(Published in Papers of the American Historical Association.
vol. I. (1886), pp. 210-214).
1886 George Bancroft, On Self Government.
(Published in Papers of the American Historical Association.
vol. II, no. 1. (1887), pp. 7-13).
1887 Justin Winsor, Manuscript Sources
of American History. The Conspicuous Collections Extant.
(Published in Papers of the American Historical Association,
vol. III, no 1. (1888), pp. 9-27).
1888 William F. Poole, The Early
Northwest.
(Published in Papers of the American Historical Association,
vol. III, no 2. (1888), pp. 33-56).
1889 Charles K. Adams, Recent Historical
Work in the Colleges and Universities of Europe and America.
(Published in Papers of the American Historical Association,
vol. IV, no 1. (1889), pp. 39-27).
1890s
1890 John Jay, The
Demand for Education in American History.
(Published in Papers of the American Historical Association, vol. V, no 1. (1890), pp. 15-36).
1891 William Wirt Henry, The Causes
which Produced the Virginia of the Revolutionary Period.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1891, pp.15-29).
1892-93 James Burrill Angell, The
Inadequate Recognition of Diplomatists by Historians.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1893, pp.15-24.).
1893-94 Henry Adams, The Tendency
of History.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1894, pp.17-23).
1895 George Frisbie Hoar, Popular
Discontent with Representative Government
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1895, pp.21-53).
1896 Richard Salter Storrs, Contributions
Made to our National Development by Plain Men.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1896, pp.37-63).
1897 James Schouler, A New Federal
Convention.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1897, pp.21-34).
1898 George Park Fisher, The Function
of the Historian as Judge of Historic Persons.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1898, pp.15-33).
1899 James Ford Rhodes, History.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1899, pp.56-63).
1900s
1900 Edward Eggleston, The
New History.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1900, pp.37-47).
1901 Charles F. Adams. An Undeveloped
Function.
(Published in The American Historical Review,Vol. 7, No.
2. (Jan., 1902), pp. 203-232).
1902 Alfred Thayer Mahan. Subordinaton
in Historical Treatment.
(Published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association,
1902, pp.49-63).
1903 Henry Charles Lea. Ethical Values
in History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 9, No.
2. (Jan., 1904), pp. 233-246).
1904 Goldwin Smith. The Treatment
of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 10, No.
3. (Apr., 1905), pp. 511-520).
1905 John Bach McMaster. Old Standards
of Public Morals.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 11, No.
3. (Apr., 1906), pp. 515-528).
1906 Simeon E. Baldwin. Religion
still the Key to History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 12, No.
2. (Jan., 1907), pp. 219-243).
1907 J. Franklin Jameson. The American
Acta Sanctorum.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 13, No.
2. (Jan., 1908), pp. 286-302).
1908 George Burton Adams. History
and the Philosophy of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 14, No.
2. (Jan., 1909), pp. 221-236).
1909 Albert Bushnell Hart. Imagination
in History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 15, No.
2. (Jan., 1910), pp. 227-251).
1910s
1910 Frederick J. Turner.
Social Forces in American History.
(Published in The American Historical Review,Vol. 16, No.
2. (Jan., 1911), pp. 217-233).
Other Articles
The Significance of the Frontier in American History (The Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1894).
1911 William M. Sloane. The Substance
and Vision of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 17, No.
2. (Jan., 1912), pp. 235-251).
1912 Theodore Roosevelt. History
as Literature.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 18, No.
3. (Apr., 1913), pp. 473-489).
1913 William A. Dunning. Truth
in History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 19, No.
2. (Jan., 1914), pp. 217-229).
1914 Andrew C. McLaughlin. American
History and American Democracy.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 20, No.
2. (Jan., 1915), pp. 255-276).
1915 H. Morse Stephens. Nationality
and History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 21,No.
2. (Jan., 1916), pp. 225-236).
1916 George Lincoln Burr. The Freedom
of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 22, No.
2. (Jan., 1917), pp. 253-271).
1917 Worthington C. Ford. The Editorial
Function in United States History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 23, No.
2. (Jan., 1918), pp. 273-286).
1918-19 William R. Thayer. Vagaries
of Historians.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 24, No.
2. (Jan., 1919), pp. 183-195).
1920s
1920 Edward Channing. An
Historical Retrospect.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 26, No.
2. (Jan., 1921), pp. 191-202).
1921 Jean Jules Jusserand. The
School for Ambassadors.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 27, No.
3. (Apr., 1922), pp. 426-464).
1922 Charles H. Haskins. European
History and American Scholarship.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 28, No.
2. (Jan., 1923), pp. 215-227).
1923 Edward P. Cheyney. Law in
History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 29, No.
2. (Jan., 1924), pp. 231-248).
1924 Woodrow Wilson (passed away before the completion of his term)
1924 Charles M. Andrews. These
Forty Years.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 30, No.
2. (Jan., 1925), pp. 225-250).
1925 Charles M. Andrews. The American
Revolution: An Interpretation.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 31, No.
2. (Jan., 1926), pp. 224-251).
1926 Dana C. Munro. War and History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 32, No.
2. (Jan., 1927), pp. 219-231).
1927 Henry Osborn Taylor. A Layman's
View of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 33, No.
2. (Jan., 1928), pp. 247-256).
1928 James H. Breasted. The New
Crusade.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 34, No.
2.(Jan., 1929), pp. 215-236).
1929 James Harvey Robinson. The
Newer Ways of Historians.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 35, No.
2. (Jan., 1930), pp. 245-255).
1930s
1930 Evarts Boutell Greene.
Persistent Problems of Church and State.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 36, No.
2. (Jan., 1931), pp. 257-273).
1931 Carl Lotus Becker. Everyman
His Own Historian.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 37, No.
2. (Jan., 1932), pp. 221-236).
1932 Herbert Eugene Bolton. The
Epic of Greater America.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 38, No.
3. (Apr., 1933), pp. 448-474).
1933 Charles A. Beard. Written History
as an Act of Faith.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 39, No.
2. (Jan., 1934), pp. 219-231).
1934 William E. Dodd. The Emergence
of the First Social Order in the United States.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 40, No.
2. (Jan., 1935), pp. 217-231).
1935 Michael I. Rostovtzeff. The
Hellenistic World and its Economic Development.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 41, No.
2. (Jan., 1936), pp. 231-252).
1936 Charles McIlwain. The Historian's
Part in a Changing World.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 42, No.
2. (Jan., 1937), pp. 207-224).
1937 Guy Stanton Ford. Some Suggestions
to American Historians.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 43, No.
2. (Jan., 1938), pp. 253-269).
1938 Laurence M. Larson
Frederic L. Paxson. The Great Demobilization.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 44, No.
2. (Jan., 1939), pp. 237-251).
1939 William Scott Ferguson. Polis
and Idia in Periclean Athens.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 45, No.
2. (Jan., 1940), pp. 269-278).
1940s
1940 Max Farrand. The
Quality of Distinction.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 46, No.
3.(Apr., 1941), pp. 509-522).
1941 James Westfall Thompson. The
Age of Mabillon and Montfaucon.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 47, No.
2. (Jan., 1942), pp. 225-244).
1942 Arthur M. Schlesinger. "What
Then Is the American, This New Man?".
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 48, No.
2. (Jan., 1943), pp. 225-244).
1943 Nellie Neilson. The Early Pattern
of the Common Law.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 49, No.
2. (Jan., 1944), pp. 199-212).
1944 William L. Westermann. Between
Slavery and Freedom.
(Published in The American Historical Review,Vol. 50, No.
2. (Jan., 1945), pp. 213-227).
1945 Carlton J. H. Hayes. The American
Frontier-Frontier of What?.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 51, No.
2. (Jan., 1946), pp. 199-216).
1946 Sidney B. Fay. The Idea of Progress.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 52, No.
2. (Jan., 1947), pp. 231-246).
1947 Thomas J. Wertenbaker. The
Molding of the Middle West.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 53, No.
2. (Jan., 1948), pp. 223-234).
1948 Kenneth Scott Latourette. The
Christian Understanding of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No.
2. (Jan., 1949), pp. 259-276).
1949 Conyers Read. The Social Responsibilities
of the Historian.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 55, No.
2. (Jan., 1950), pp. 275-285).
1950s
1950 Samuel E. Morison. Faith
of a Historian.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 56,No.
2. (Jan., 1951), pp. 261-275).
1951 Robert L. Schuyler. The Historical
Spirit Incarnate: Frederic William Maitland.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 57, No.
2. (Jan., 1952), pp. 303-322).
1952 James G. Randall. Historianship.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 58, No.
2. (Jan., 1953), pp. 249-264).
1953 Louis Gottschalk. A Professor
of History in a Quandary.
(Published in The American Historical Review,Vol. 59, No.
2. (Jan., 1954), pp. 273-286).
1954 Merle Curti. Intellectuals and
Other People.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 60, No.
2. (Jan., 1955), pp. 259-282).
1955 Lynn Thorndike. Whatever
Was, Was Right.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 61, No.
2. (Jan., 1956), pp. 265-283).
1956 Dexter Perkins. We Shall Gladly
Teach.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 62, No.
2. (Jan., 1957), pp. 291-309).
1957 William Langer. The Next Assignment.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 63, No.
2. (Jan., 1958), pp. 283-304).
1958 Walter Prescott Webb. History
as High Adventure.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 64, No.
2. (Jan., 1959), pp. 265-281).
1959 Allan Nevins. Not Capulets,
Not Montagus.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 65, No.
2. (Jan., 1960), pp. 253-270).
1960s
1960 Bernadotte E. Schmitt. "With How Little Wisdom...".
(Published in The American HistoricalReview, Vol. 66, No.
2. (Jan., 1961), pp. 299-322).
1961 Samuel Flagg Bemis. American
Foreign Policy and the Blessings of Liberty.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 67, No.
2. (Jan., 1962), pp. 291-305).
1962 Carl Bridenbaugh. The Great
Mutation.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 68, No.
2. (Jan., 1963), pp. 315-331).
1963 Crane Brinton. Many Mansions.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 69, No.
2. (Jan., 1964), pp. 309-326).
1964 Julian P. Boyd. A Modest Proposal
to Meet an Urgent Need.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 70, No.
2. (Jan., 1965), pp. 329-349).
1965 Frederic C. Lane. At the Roots
of Republicanism.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 71, No.
2. (Jan., 1966), pp. 403-420).
1966 Roy F. Nichols. History in
a Self-Governing Culture.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 72, No.
2. (Jan., 1967), pp. 411-424).
1967 Hajo Holborn. The History of
Ideas.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 73, No.
3. (Feb., 1968), pp. 683-695).
1968 John K. Fairbank. Assignment
for the '70's.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 74, No.
3. (Feb., 1969), pp. 861-879).
1969 C. Vann Woodward. The Future
of the Past.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 75,No.
3. (Feb., 1970), pp. 711-726).
1970s
1970 R. R. Palmer. The
American Historical Association in 1970.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 76, No.
1. (Feb., 1971), pp. 1-15).
1971 David M. Potter
Joseph R. Strayer. The Fourth
and the Fourteenth Centuries.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 77, No.
1. (Feb., 1972), pp. 1-14).
1972 Thomas C. Cochran. History
and Cultural Crisis.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 78, No.
1. (Feb., 1973), pp. 1-10).
1973 Lynn White Jr. Technology Assessment
from the Stance of a Medieval Historian.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 79, No.
1. (Feb., 1974), pp. 1-13).
1974 Lewis Hanke. American Historians
and the World Today: Responsibilities and Opportunities.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 80, No.
1 (Feb., 1975),pp. 1-20).
1975 Gordon Wright. History as a
Moral Science.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 81, No.
1. (Feb., 1976), pp. 1-11).
1976 Richard B. Morris. "We the
People of the United States": The Bicentennial of a People's Revolution.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 82, No.
1. (Feb., 1977), pp. 1-19).
1977 Charles Gibson. Conquest, Capitulation,
and Indian Treaties.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 83, No.
1 (Feb., 1978), pp. 1-15).
1978 William J. Bouwsma. The Renaissance
and the Drama of Western History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 84, No.
1. (Feb., 1979), pp. 1-15).
1979 John Hope Franklin. Mirror
for Americans: A Century of Reconstruction History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 85, No.
1. (Feb., 1980), pp. 1-14).
1980s
1980 David H. Pinkney.
American Historians on the European Past.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 86, No.
1 (Feb., 1981), pp. 1-20).
1981 Bernard Bailyn. The Challenge
of Modern Historiography.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 87, No.
1, (Feb., 1982), pp. 1-24).
1982 Gordon A. Craig. The Historian
and the Study of International Relations.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 88, No.
1 (Feb., 1983), pp. 1-11).
1983 Philip D. Curtin. Depth, Span,
and Relevance.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 89, No.
1. (Feb., 1984), pp. 1-9).
1984 Arthur S. Link. The American Historical
Association, 1884-1984: Retrospect and Prospect.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 90, No.
1 (Feb., 1985), pp. 1-17).
1985 William H. McNeill. Mythistory, or Truth, Myth, History,
and Historians.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 91, No.
1 (Feb., 1986), pp. 1-10).
1986 Carl N. Degler. In Pursuit
of an American History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 92, No.
1, Supplement to Volume 92. (Feb., 1987), pp. 1-12).
1987 Natalie Z. Davis. History's
Two Bodies.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 93, No.
1. (Feb., 1988), pp. 1-30).
Other Articles
Author's Response to Forum on Slaves on Screen (Perspectives, September 2001)
1988 Akira Iriye. The Internationalization
of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 94, No.
1, Supplement to Volume 94. (Feb., 1989), pp. 1-10).
1989 Louis R. Harlan. The Future
of the American Historical Association.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 95, No.
1. (Feb., 1990), pp. 1-8).
1990s
1990 David Herlihy.
Family.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 96, No.
1.(Feb., 1991), pp. 1-16).
1991 William E. Leuchtenburg. The
Historian and the Public Realm.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 97, No.
1. (Feb., 1992), pp. 1-18).
1992 Frederic E. Wakeman Jr. Voyages.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 98, No.
1.(Feb., 1993), pp. 1-17).
1993 Louise A. Tilly. Connections.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 99, No.
1.(Feb., 1994), pp. 1-17).
1994 Thomas C. Holt. Marking: Race,
Race-making, and the Writing of History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 100, No.
1.(Feb., 1995), pp. 1-17).
1995 John H. Coatsworth. Welfare.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 101, No.
1.(Feb., 1996), pp. 1-17).
1996 Caroline Walker Bynum. Wonder.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 102, No.
1.(Feb., 1997), pp. 1-17).
Other Articles
The Last Eurocentric Generation (Perspectives, February 1996)
The AHA and Its Affiliates Have Never Needed One Another More (Perspectives, April 1996)
Doing History in the 21st Century: A Statement of Priorities (Perspectives, December 1996)
1997 Joyce Appleby. The Power of
History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 103, No.
1.(Feb., 1998), pp. 1-17).
Other Articles
Should We All Become Public Historians? (Perspectives, March 1997)
"Civility": The Key Term for the Waning Years of Our Millennium (Perspectives, March 1997)
Should We All Become Public Historians? (Perspectives, March 1997)
Reviving the Teacher-Scholar Ideal (Perspectives, May 1997)
History Standards Then and Now (Perspectives, May 1997)
Is the Marketplace Too Much with Us? (Perspectives, September 1997)
Of Parcels and Part-Timers . . . (Perspectives, October 1997)
Networks, Knots, Historians, and the Public Good (Perspectives, November 1997)
Echoes and Reverberations for a Retiring President (Perspectives, December 1997)
1998 Joseph C. Miller. History and
Africa/Africa and History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 104, No.
1.(Feb., 1999), pp. 1-32).
Other Articles
Professional Identities and the AHA (Perspectives, March 1998)
Belonging Together (Perspectives, April 1998)
With Appreciation (Perspectives, September 1998)
Your Vote-It Makes a Difference (Perspectives, November 1998)
Money and Honor: The AHA's Prizes and Awards (Perspectives, December 1998)
1999 Robert Darnton. An Early Information Society: News and the Media in
Nineteenth-Century Paris.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No.
1.(Feb., 2000), pp. 1-17).
Other Articles
Three Problems in Search of a Solution (Perspectives, February 1999)
A Program Reviving the Monograph (Perspectives, March 1999)
The Umbrella and the Chautauqua (Perspectives, April 1999)
History Lessons (Perspectives, September 1999)
Lawrence Stone, 1919-1999 (Perspectives, November 1999)
To Eric Foner: Bon Voyage! (Perspectives, January 2000)
2000s
2000 Eric Foner. American Freedom
in Global Age.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 106, No.
1.(Feb., 2001), pp. 1-16)
Other Articles
Historians Today: Pleasures, Prospects, and Predicaments (Perspectives, January 2000)
On Diversity in History (Perspectives, April 2000)
Out of the Ivory Tower: Historians and the Public(s) (Perspectives, May 2000)
Interpreting the Past in a New Present: Brief Encounters with History and Historians in China (Perspectives, September 2000)
Beyond the Numbers: What Can the AHA Do for the Part-Time Teacher (Perspectives, December 2000)
2001 William Roger Louis. The Dissolution
of the British Empire in the Era of Vietnam.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 107, No.
1.(Feb., 2002), pp. 1-25)
Other Articles
Historians I Have Known (Perspectives, March, 2001)
The National Center for Historical Studies (Perspectives, December, 2001)
Valedictory (Perspectives, December, 2001)
The National History Center: An Update (Perspectives, October, 2002)
Questions and Answers about the National History Center (Perspectives, Feb., 2003)
2002 Lynn Hunt. The World We Have Gained:
The Future of the French Revolution .
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 108, No.
1. (Feb., 2003), pp. 1-19)
Other Articles
On Future Anxieties and Present Predicaments (Perspectives, January 2002)
Has Professionalization Gone Too Far? (Perspectives, February 2002)
Where Have All the Theories Gone? (Perspectives, March 2002)
Democracy and Hierarchy in Higher Education (Perspectives, April 2002)
Against Presentism (Perspectives, May 2002):
What I Learned Doing a Multimedia Project on the French Revolution (Perspectives, Summer 2002)
Generational Conflict and the Coming Tenure Crisis (Perspectives, September 2002)
A Glass Half Full (Perspectives, October 2002)
Is European History Passé? (Perspectives, Nov. 2002)
Parting Shots (Perspectives, Dec. 2002)
2003 James M. McPherson. No
Peace without Victory, 1861–1865.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 109, No.
1. (Feb., 2004), pp. 1-25)
Other Articles
The Past in the Present: Why I Became a Civil War Historian (Perspectives December 1998)
Budget Cuts and History Jobs: Many Problems, No Easy Solutions (Perspectives, Jan. 2003)
Putting Public History in Its Proper Place (Perspectives, March 2003)
Deconstructing Affirmative Action (Perspectives, April 2003)
The Fruits of Preventive War (Perspectives, May 2003)
Revisionist Historians (Perspectives, September 2003)
A Crisis in Scholarly Publishing (Perspectives, October 2003)
Shaping the Profession by the Book: The CGE Report and the Future (Perspectives, November 2003)
Fact or Fiction? (Perspectives, January 2004)
2004 Jonathan Spence. Cliffhanger
Days: A Chinese Family in the Seventeenth Century.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 110, No.
1. (Feb., 2005), pp. 1-10)
Other Articles
Straying Thoughts (Perspectives, Jan. 2004)
A Life with the Archives (Perspectives, March 2004)
The Library Curator’s World (Perspectives, April 2004)
Teaching Public History (Perspectives, May 2004)
Save That Book! (Perspectives, Nov. 2004)
The Last Inkwell (Perspectives, Dec. 2004)
2005 James J. Sheehan. The Problem of Sovereignty in European History.
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 111, No.
1. (Feb., 2006), pp. 1-15)
Other Articles
How Do We Learn from History? (Perspectives, Jan. 2005)
The AHA and Its Publics ~ Part I (Perspectives, Feb. 2005)
The AHA and Its Publics ~ Part II (Perspectives, March 2005)
Preserving the Past (Perspectives, April 2005)
A Historian's Thoughts at Commencement (Perspectives, May 2005)
Contested Histories (Perspectives, Sept. 2005)
How History Can Be a Moral Science (Perspectives, Oct. 2005)
The Varieties of History (Perspectives, Dec. 2005)
2006 Linda K. Kerber. The Stateless as the Citizen's Other
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 112, No.
1. (Feb., 2007), pp. 1-34)
Other Articles
When Things Fall Apart: Citizenship As a Countervailing Force (Perspectives, Jan. 2006)
The Equitable Workplace: Not for Women Only (Perspectives, Feb. 2006)
Depending on the Contingent: The Hidden Costs for History (Perspectives, April 2006)
Two Days in March: Historians and Humanities Advocacy Day (Perspectives, May 2006)
Educating Historians (Perspectives, September 2006)
We Are All Historians of Human Rights (Perspectives, October 2006)
Enabling History (Perspectives, November 2006)
At Home in the World: The International Dimensions of the AHA (Perspectives, December 2006)
2007 Barbara Weinstein. Developing Inequality
(Published in The American Historical Review, Vol. 113, No. 1 (Feb., 2008), pp. 1-18)
Other Articles
The AHA and Academic Freedom in the Age of Homeland Security (Perspectives, January 2007)
Historians and the Mobility Question (Perspectives, February 2007)
How Much Have We Decentered the Historical Profession? (Perspectives, March 2007)
Let the Sunshine In: Government Records and National Insecurities (Perspectives, April 2007)
Doing History in the Digital Age (Perspectives, May 2007)
The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Historians? (Perspectives, September 2007)
Washington for Historians (Perspectives, October 2007)
The AHA and Academic Freedom in the Age of Homeland Security, Revisited (Perspectives, December 2007)
2008 Gabrielle M. Spiegel. The Task of the Historian
Other Articles
The Case for History and the Humanities (Perspectives on History, January 2008)
A Triple "A" Threat: Accountability, Assessment, Accreditation (Perspectives on History, March 2008)
"Getting Medieval": History and the Torture Memos (Perspectives on History, September 2008)
History Mom (Perspectives on History, October 2008)
A Modest Proposal (Perspectives on History, December 2008)
2009 Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. An American Album, 1857
Great Expectations (Perspectives on History, January 2009)
Of Cats, Hats, and Remembrance of Things Past (Perspectives on History, February 2009)
Grasping the Gavel (Perspectives on History, March 2009)
Erasing History(Perspectives on History, May 2009)
Mr. Everyman Buys Coal (Perspectives on History, September 2009)
Presidential Sessions at the 124th Annual Meeting (Perspectives on History, November 2009)
The Trouble with History (Perspectives on History, December 2009)
2010s
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Doing History for Life (Perspectives on History, January 2010)
Historians and Chemical Engineers (Perspectives on History, February 2010)
Anniversary Anecdotes and Contesting Clichés (Perspectives on History, March 2010)
Fiat Lux: Public Funding and the Humanities (Perspectives on History, April 2010)
History with Controversy, and History Without (Perspectives on History, May 2010)
South Asia at the AHA—Then and Now (Perspectives on History, September 2010)
Gender across the Generations (Perspectives on History, October 2010)
Presidential Sessions (Perspectives on History, November 2010)
Hasta la vista and Farewell (Perspectives on History, December 2010)
| Watch the video of Anthony Grafton's presidential addres: "The Republic of Letters in the American Colonies: Francis Daniel Pastorius Makes a Notebook." |
History under Attack (Perspectives on History, January 2011)
A Discussion Continues (Perspectives on History, February 2011)
Loneliness and Freedom (Perspectives on History, March 2011)
Historians at Work 1: Rutgers-Camden (Perspectives on History, April 2011)
The Imperative of Public Participation (Perspectives on History, May 2011)
The Arc of Writing History (Perspectives on History, September 2011)
No More Plan B A Very Modest Proposal for Graduate Programs in History (Perspectives on History, October 2011)
Plan C (Perspectives on History, November 2011)
Historians at Work, III: Public History (Perspectives on History, December 2011)
| Watch the video of William Cronon's presidential address: "Storytelling." |
The Public Practice of History in and for a Digital Age (Perspectives on History, January 2012)
Scholarly Authority in a Wikified World (Perspectives on History, February 2012)
Professional Boredom (Perspectives on History, March 2012)
Loving History (Perspectives on History, April 2012)
Breaking Apart, Putting Together (Perspectives on History, May 2012)
Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History (Perspectives on History, September 2012)
How Long Will People Read History Books? (Perspectives on History, October 2012)
Recollecting My Library . . . and My Self (Perspectives on History, November 2012)
And Gladly Teach (Perspectives on History, December 2012)
Not by Numbers Alone (Perspectives on History, January 2013)
Why Go? The Case for the Annual Meeting (Perspectives on History, February 2013)
Narrowing Distances (Provisionally) (Perspectives on History, March 2013)
Getting Right with Mr. Epstein (Perspectives on History, April 2013)
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