Forum: The Tuning Project

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Staff

Allen Mikaelian, editor
Jennifer Reut, associate editor
Christian Hale, production manager and layout
Sarah Fenton, consulting editor
Liz Townsend, coordinator, job center and professional data
Vanessa Varin, associate editor, web and social media
Kelly Elmore, marketing manager

Featured Articles

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April 1, 2013

Viewpoints

Reform Time

From the AHA

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April 1, 2013

From the Executive Director

The AHA’s Tuning Project at Twelve Months
Tuning project members discuss the history curriculum at meetings held in February in Washington, DC. Photo by Vanessa Varin.

April 1, 2013

AHA Activities

Topics and Takeaways from the February 2013 Tuning Meeting
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April 1, 2013

AHA Activities

What’s in the April 2013 AHR?
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April 1, 2013

AHA Activities

AHA to Initiate Departmental Membership for Secondary Educators
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April 1, 2013

AHA Activities

Nominations for the 2013 AHA Election

Other Articles

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April 1, 2013

Features

Advising Mom and Dad: History Majors and Family Worries
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April 1, 2013

Features

Tuning the Core: History, Assessment, and the St. John’s University Core Curriculum
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April 1, 2013

Features

An Unexpected Bridge: The AHA Tuning Project and Writing Across the Curriculum
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April 1, 2013

Features

Does History Matter? A Cautionary Tale for the Tuning Project
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April 1, 2013

From the President

Getting Right with Mr. Epstein
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April 1, 2013

News

Feeling Compressed
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April 1, 2013

News

Data Show a Decline in History Majors
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April 1, 2013

AHA Online

Navigating Twitter’s Wild, Wild West
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April 1, 2013

News

The Interdisciplinary Humanities: A Platform for Experiential Learning of Workplace Skills
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April 1, 2013

News

Humanities Facing Cuts across the Board, Again
Andres Rodriguez points to a map of the Chinese borderlands during the 2012 Decolonization Seminar.

April 1, 2013

News

Bringing Scholarship to Life

April 1, 2013

News

Member News, April 2013
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April 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “The Value of the Humanities”
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April 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Alexander Saxton (1919–2012)
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April 1, 2013

In Memoriam

David Perry Shriver (1939–2012)
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April 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Gerda Lerner (1920–2013)
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April 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Kumkum Chatterjee (1958–2012)
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April 1, 2013

From the Editor

Public Conversations

April 30, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Performing History: A PechaKucha Night in Buffalo

April 30, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Why History? A Note on the AHA Tuning Project

April 29, 2013

Perspectives Daily

AHA Supports Visas for Cuban Scholars to Attend LASA Conference
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April 29, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Hiring: AHA Director of Scholarly Communication and Digital Initiatives

April 24, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Preservation Week at Perspectives: Audio Preservation and Access
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April 24, 2013

Member Spotlight, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Council Spotlight: Andrew Rotter

April 23, 2013

Perspectives Daily

TED Talks You Should Be Watching

April 17, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Now Available at Perspectives Online—the AHA and Career Paths for Historians
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April 17, 2013

Member Spotlight, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Allison Scardino Belzer

April 16, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Fredrik Logevall Receives 2013 Pulitzer Prize for History

April 15, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Available Now at Perspectives Online: A Decline in History Majors
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April 11, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Historians Discuss Immigration Reform on Capitol Hill
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April 10, 2013

Member Spotlight, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Kees Boterbloem

April 9, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Martin Scorsese Gives the 42nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

April 8, 2013

Perspectives Daily

How the “bosses’-eye view” of History is Capturing National Headlines
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April 8, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Hiring: AHA Program Assistant
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April 4, 2013

Perspectives Daily

The Most-Visited Sites in the National Park System for 2012
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April 3, 2013

Member Spotlight, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Council Spotlight: Anne Hyde
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April 3, 2013

Perspectives Daily

AAUP Releases Statement Calling on Higher Education Institutions to Comply with the Affordable Care Act

April 2, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Calling All Historians-Open Casting Call for History Based Reality TV Show

April 1, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

In April’s Perspectives on History: Tuning the History Major, the Job Market, Historians’ Salaries, Humanities and Workplace Skills, and More

News

FDR's Second Inaugural Address

April 1, 2013

News

NARA Investigators Detail Brazen Theft
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April 1, 2013

News

Museums and the Future of Education
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April 1, 2013

News

New Plan for Access and Preservation of Audio Recordings
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April 1, 2013

News

New Open Access Platform for the Humanities Launches