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Jul 18, 2017 - Where Historians Work Twitter Chat
Got questions about the careers of history PhDs? Join the AHA's Emily Swafford @elswafford for a Twitter chat about "Where Historians Work," our…
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Jul 11, 2017 - Jim Grossman Sends Letter to Archivist of the US Concerning Discontinuing of Saturday Research Room Hours
The National Archives and Records Administration announced last week that research rooms in Washington, DC, and College Park, Maryland, will no longer…
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Jun 29, 2017 - 2014 Fairbank Prize Returned
In 2014, the American Historical Association (AHA) awarded its John K. Fairbank Prize to Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World,…
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Jun 28, 2017 - AHA Member Writes Op-Ed on Historians Acting as Pundits
"Donald Trump might be disastrous for most Americans," writes Moshik Temkin, AHA member and professor of history at Harvard University, "but he has…
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Jun 22, 2017 - AHA Member Comments on Renewed Interest in History
An article published by Quartz on the recent resurgence of interest in history on college campuses included comments by AHA member Alan Mikhail, Yale…
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Jun 22, 2017 - Newt Gingrich Weighs in on Trump Controversy "as a Historian"
On ABC's This Week, Newt Gingrich (PhD, Tulane 1971) spoke "as a historian"concerning the Trump administration's dismissal of James Comey in the wake…
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