Essentialism in Context
Is there anything left to be said about essentialism in the history of medicine and science? After all, the belief thathuman beings possess innate qualities according to their race, gender, or other characteristics has done incalculable harm in the modern age. But essentialism in medicine and science has a history, argues Lisa Forman Cody-one that we shouldn't ignore in our teaching, even as we continue to help our students analyze the construction of race and gender. Anatomy chart from Charles Mills and A.H.P. Leuf, Our Bodies (1887). Courtesy of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia.
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AHA Announces New Staff Member
As the AHA’s programs and initiatives continue to expand, we are thrilled to announce that Amanda Moniz has recently become…
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George Mason History Department Adopts Digital Dissertation Guidelines
In a move that seeks to bring stability and standards to the production of digital scholarship, the Department of History…
Townhouse Notes
I’m sending this one out to all the graduate students attending the AHA annual meeting in Atlanta this January. I…
The Past Is Ever Present
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From the National Coalition for History: Taking Action in Securing IRB Exemption for Historical Research
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Lois Green Carr (1922-2015)
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Julian DelGaudio (1950–2015)
Historian of California Julian DelGaudio died unexpectedly at his home in Long Beach, California, in August 2015, at age 65.…
Father Francis Paul Prucha, SJ (1921–2015)
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On the Dual Enrollment Forum
To the editor: I read with interest the different descriptions of dual enrollment efforts in a recent Perspectives on History…
On “Standing with Historians of Japan”
To the editor: Generally speaking, it is better that governments do not intervene in the writing of history textbooks. However,…
Response to Naoko Kumagai (Sept. 2015)
To the editor: In the September 2015 issue of Perspectives, Professor Naoko Kumagai writes concerning the history of Japan’s state-sponsored…
AHA Member Spotlight: Roger M. Dahl
AHA members are involved in all fields of history, with wide-ranging specializations, interests, and areas of employment. To recognize our…
Cokelandia
As a historian in Atlanta for the AHA annual meeting, you will no doubt sense the presence of one of…
Incorporating the Pacific World in the Early American History Survey
From 2013–15, I was fortunate enough to participate in the NEH/AHA Bridging Cultures program. In addition to working with top…
AHA Member Spotlight: Kirt von Daacke
AHA members are involved in all fields of history, with wide-ranging specializations, interests, and areas of employment. To recognize our…
Stop by Digital Alley at #AHA16
Want to meet exhibitors with products, tools, and services specially crafted for digital historians? Check out Digital Alley in the…
Redefining Women’s Place in National Defense
On December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced the removal of the last official gender barrier in the…
AHA Announces Free and Open-to-the-Public Plenary Session on Confederate Symbolism at the Annual Meeting
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce that the opening plenary session on “The Confederacy, Its Symbols, and the…
AHA Member Spotlight: Susan Matt
AHA members are involved in all fields of history, with wide-ranging specializations, interests, and areas of employment. To recognize our…
A Historian in the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Last spring Nisha Agarwal, the New York City commissioner on immigration, spoke to my students at Columbia University on the…
Voting Now Open for 2016 Name That Cocktail!
Thanks to everyone who contributed a suggestion to the fourth annual 2016 Name That Cocktail! contest. We aggregated our favorites…
New Seminar by the Institute for Constitutional History: Capital as a Constitutional Issue: Land and Money, 1776–1900
The Institute for Constitutional History is pleased to announce another seminar for advanced graduate students and junior faculty: Capital as a…
“Global” and Entangled Histories of Early Modernity
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Last Chance to Preregister for the 2016 AHA Annual Meeting
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AHA Member Spotlight: Margaret (Peggy) Bendroth
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Moving Forward with the Introductory History Course
Every student currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at a public college or university in Texas is required to complete six…
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Renewing the Comparative Study of Revolutions
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AHA Member Spotlight: Melanie Arias
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ESEA Reauthorization Approved by the House and Heading to the Senate
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Name that Cocktail 2016!
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Engage! Introducing the December Issue of Perspectives on History
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Action Needed for K-12 Education Funding
The federal “Teaching American History” (TAH) program provided thousands of public school teachers access to high quality professional development. Congress…