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From the AHA
The 122nd Annual Meeting: Some Snapshots from AHA Today
Editor’s Note: During the 122nd Annual Meeting of the AHA held January 3–6, 2008, in Washington, D.C., staff of the…
The 2008 Job Register: By the Numbers
This year, the AHA was informed of 261 active searches in Washington, D.C., down from 283 searches last year in…
Public History at the Annual Meeting
A standing-room only crowd that turned out for the reception (on Saturday January 5, 2008) co-sponsored by the AHA Professional…
Forum on Disability
The AHA Professional Division sponsored an Open Forum on Disability on Friday, January 4, 2008. Anthony Grafton, the outgoing vice…
In the February Issue of the AHR
The February 2008 issue of the American Historical Review should be arriving in members’ mailboxes very soon. Like other recent…
AAUP to Be Restructured
In an effort to strengthen and expand its activities, the American Association of University Professors has announced plans for restructuring…
PBS Broadcasts New Documentary on Sargent Shriver
On Monday, January 21, 2008, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Public Broadcasting System television stations premiered American Idealist, a new…
New Prize in History and New Media Established in Memory of Roy Rosenzweig
The American Historical Association and the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University have agreed to…
AHA Launches Archives Wiki
Say you are contemplating a trip to an archive in Juneau, Alaska, or Vienna, Austria. You begin to wonder how…
Building History Skills Tier by Tier
Editor's Note: The author of the essay printed below received the AHA's Eugene Asher Award for Distinguished Teaching in January…
Congress Finally Passes Fiscal 2008 Budget
One of the most frustrating things about being involved in advocating before Congress on behalf of history, or funding for…
News Briefs, February 2008
Congress Enacts Freedom of Information Act Reform Bill On December 31, 2007, President Bush signed into law legislation (S. 2488)…
Participants Selected for 2008 Summer Seminar on Decolonization
After a rigorous screening process, the following 15 scholars were selected—from more than 50 applicants—to participate in the third international…
Society for Italian Historical Studies Presents Its Annual Awards
At its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., held on January 5, 2008, during the annual meeting of the AHA, the…
American Catholic Historical Association: 88th Annual Meeting Awards
At its 88th annual meeting, the American Catholic Historical Association presented its two book prizes. The annual Howard R. Marraro…
On Saving Books
To the Editor: Like James Cortada ("Save the Books!” in Perspectives, December 2007), I collect books from the internet, for…
Saving Books in Repositories
To the Editor: I'm writing to express my appreciation for James W. Cortada's "Save the Books!” The article’s discussion of…
Sin Ming Chiu (1923-2007)
Sin Ming Chiu, for nearly 30 years a professor of Chinese history at Temple University in Philadelphia, succumbed to a…
Edward L. Dreyer (1940-2007)
Edward L. Dreyer, professor of history at the University of Miami, died on June 29, 2007, from complications of pneumonia…
Developing Inequality – Presidential Address Now Online
At the General Meeting of the 122nd Annual Meeting this past January, Barbara Weinstein gave her presidential address: “Developing Inequality.”…
History and Wells Fargo on the Web
You may know Wells Fargo & Co. as a bank, but do you know it as a blog? The Wells…
AHA Objects to Destruction of Guantanamo Records
In letters sent to federal authorities, the American Historical Association objected to recent disclosures that the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed…
Show Your Work
The AHA calendar is the place to go on our web site for various fellowship, research, and seminar opportunities from…
Gutenberg-e Books Now Available Open Access and through ACLS Humanities E-Book
The electronic monographs published by Columbia University Press in the Gutenberg-e Project are now available in an open-access form through…
Perspectives on History Online – February 2008 Issue
Like many February issues of Perspectives before it, this month the magazine features numerous articles on the most recent annual…
Archives Wiki Now Available
The AHA is now offering an Archives Wiki as a free resource for historians and other researchers. This project is…
Sizeable Response on Review Board Issue
The federal Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) received a large response to their request for comment on research methods…
Secrecy Film Debuts at Sundance
Secrecy, a new film by Harvard professors Peter Galison and Robb Moss about government classification debates, debuted at the Sundance…
Doing Public History U.K. Style
Doing Public History, a new web site and electronic journal, attempts to “promote public debate about the nature and role…
Constitutional Changes Ratified by AHA Members
The proposed revisions to the AHA Constitution were overwhelmingly approved by the membership, by a vote of 605 to 58.…
Insights into the Archives
ArchivesNext reports on an intriguing survey from the American Heritage Center about “minimal processing techniques” at archives. This is an…