Remembering the Beginnings…
The image on the cover is a photograph of participants from the 1889 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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What’s in the February AHR?
Members should be receiving the February 2009 issue of the American Historical Review by the end of this month. It…
National History Day Receives Major Gift from Kenneth Behring
National History Day received a $1.9 million gift from philanthropist Kenneth E. Behring to “improve the teaching and learning of…
Historians Propose Priorities for New Archivist
Editor’s Note: President-elect Obama is expected to nominate a new Archivist of the United States to fill the position to…
Of Cats, Hats, and Remembrance of Things Past
How does your family celebrate an anniversary? With a party, gifts, nostalgic remembrances? My husband and I are usually low…
Distinctions for Distant Scholars: The AHA and Honorary Foreign Members
Editor’s Note: This article on the history of the honorary foreign member award is the second in the “Timelines” series…
Obama Is Serious about Government Transparency
In December 2008, President-elect Obama’s transition team chief John Podesta issued a memorandum to its staff instituting what is called…
News Briefs, February 2009
Presidential Library Funding Disclosure Bill Clears the House On the day the presidential records bill passed (January 7, 2009), the…
The Commodification and Deprofessionalization of the PhD
From the rest of us. You see us in your departments. We look like you. We speak like you. We…
History as Theater
Thirty-five years after its publication by Houghton Mifflin and nearly thirty after its theatrical debut, Year One of the Empire,…
New World of Publishing: Intellectual Property, Journals, and the Web
A decade ago, I became the coordinating editor of a small women’s studies journal just as its system of distribution…
The New World of Publishing and New Directions in Intellectual Property
For the past 15 years or so, historians have largely been the observers as new technologies have precipitated a crisis…
Authors’ Rights in an Age of Electronic Reproduction
Les Benedict begins his discussion of the transformation wrought by electronic publishing with the British statute of 1710 that vested…
Rethinking Graduate Education in History
In September 2006, the Drew University administration pronounced a death sentence on our doctoral program in history—but left open the…
Jeanne Boydston (1944-2008)
Beloved scholar of women and gender in the early Republic Jeanne Boydston, a prominent historian of women and gender in…
Don Higginbotham (1931-2008)
Scholar of colonial America; pioneer of “new military history” Don Higginbotham, Dowd Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina…
Celebrate Black History Month Online
As most of us know, February is Black History Month, and while it’s nearly over there is still time to …
The American Historical Association Announces the Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History
In 2009, George Mason University and the American Historical Association will offer the first Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in…
Jobs and Careers in History: Matt Wasniewski Interview – Part 1
In part one of this interview we introduce Matt Wasniewski, historian in the U.S. House of Representatives. He explains how…
Innovations in Collaboration: Building University-School Partnerships
This post is the fourth in a series of posts on sessions presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting. See also…
From the ArchivesWiki: Presidential Libraries
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) maintains 12 presidential libraries under its authority. These presidential libraries serve as museums…
Concerns about State Department Historians Office Aired
An inquiry into the Office of the Historian at the U.S. State Department (HO) concludes that “the current working atmosphere…
New History Publications from the AHA
With the AHA Publications Sales Shop online it has never been easier to order publications for class, research, or personal…
February 2009 Perspectives: Remembering the Beginnings
Our look back at the AHA’s 125 years of existence continues in the February 2009 issue of Perspectives on History,…
Perspectives on Public History: What Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences are Essential for the Public History Professional?
Note: This post is the third in a series of posts on sessions presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting. See…
Advocating for History and the Humanities
The National Humanities Alliance has extended its deadline to register for the 2009 Conference and Humanities Advocacy Day to this…
More Ways to Share
The world of Web 2.0 is all about sharing. From photos to YouTube videos to academic articles, if it can…
Comparing History and the Humanities: What We Know and Why We Should Care
As a number of our members have observed, the data reported by the AHA tends to offer a fairly narrow…
A Historical Conundrum: The Work of Historians Versus the Expectations of Secondary Education
Note: This post is the second in a series of posts on sessions presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting. See…