Dear AHA Member,

Fortnightly News is the AHA's e-mail newsletter, sent out around the first and fifteenth of every month to keep members up to date with the AHA and the history profession.

In this issue:

1. Submit a Proposal - 2011 Annual Meeting
2. CAW - AHA Joins Call for Fair and Equitable Treatment of All Faculty
3. Grants - Jameson and NASA
4. AHA Today – Recent history news
5. News from Washington – Updates from NCH and NHA

 

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Submit a Proposal - 2011 Annual Meeting

The deadline for submitting proposals is 11:59 p.m. PST tonight. The theme this year is "History, Society, and the Sacred." See the "Submitting a Proposal" page for information on how to submit by tonight.

 

 

Coalition on the Academic (CAW) Report -
AHA Joins Call for Fair and Equitable Treatment of All Faculty

As recently reported at AHA Today, at its January meeting, the AHA Council endorsed a new study from the Coalition on the Academic Workforce (CAW) that calls on college and university faculty and administrators to assure that all teachers at their institutions are treated as professionals. Representing a consensus of 15 disciplinary and professional associations, the report concludes that "[i]f we are to maintain a world-class system of higher education and help all students achieve success, we must have a strong faculty with the support necessary to carry out its professional responsibilities." The complete issue brief and related materials can be found at the CAW web site.

 

 

Jameson and NASA Fellowships - Deadlines Approaching

Just a reminder, two fellowship deadlines are just weeks away. Send in applications for the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History by March 15, 2010 and the Fellowship in Aerospace History by March 1, 2010.

The J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History is sponsored jointly by the AHA and the Library of Congress. It is awarded annually to support significant scholarly research in the collections of the Library of Congress by scholars at an early stage in their careers in history. Ph.D. degree or equivalent required.

The Fellowship in Aerospace History, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), annually funds one or more research projects for six months to one year. Proposals of advanced research in history related to all aspects of aerospace, from the earliest human interest in flight to the present, are eligible, including cultural and intellectual history, economic history, history of law and public policy, and history of science, engineering, and management.

 

 

AHA Today

Keep up with the latest information on history and the profession on the AHA’s blog, AHA Today. Recent posts include:

• Online Oral History Projects, Part II
  Much like podcasts, oral history projects seem to be growing by the week, covering countless historical eras and events. Last week we ran a post introducing a few of these online oral history resources, and today we survey more of these projects.

• Online Oral History Projects
  AHA Today has featured oral history in numerous past blog posts. This post along with an upcoming post roundup some of these previously mentioned oral history resources as well as introducing some new sources.

• Heroic AHA Member Helps to Save Lives in Haiti
  AHA member James Coll was recently in Haiti after the devastating earthquake there, and helped to save at least six lives, it has been reported.

• The Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library
  The Special Collections of the USDA's National Agricultural Library (NAL) offer agricultural historians, and those with similar interests, access to "rare books, manuscript collections, nursery and seed trade catalogs, photographs, and posters from the 1500s to the present."

• Also, see the most recent What We’re Reading (February 4, 2010) and Grant of the Week (NY Public Library Short-term Research Fellowships) posts.

 

 

News from Washington

In addition to AHA Today, the Association also draws on the efforts of a number of coalitions that support the Association's agenda to keep track of issues in the nation’s capital that will be of concern to historians. Here are news updates from some of them.

National Coalition for History (NCH)

• Teaching American History Grants Face Uncertain Future
  President Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget request to Congress for the Department of Education has created uncertainty about future funding for the Teaching American History grants program, at least as it is currently structured.

• National Archives & NHPRC FY 11 Proposed Budgets
  On February 1, President Obama sent to Congress a proposed Fiscal Year 2011 budget request of $460.2 million for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

National Humanities Alliance

• Museums Community Issues Action Alert
  Language in House version of "Jobs for Main Street Act" prevents zoos & aquariums from accessing funds for job creation

• President Obama Releases FY 2011 Budget
  National Humanities Alliance issues analysis of proposed NEH budget