Using Technology to Make Research Easier
The cover of this issue shows the correct way to compose a digital camera shot for recording archival data or images that will be used subsequently for research. See the article, "Taking a Byte Out of the Archives: Making Technology Work for You.” Photo courtesy Douglas Mudd, one of the coauthors of the essay.
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Job Market Report 2004
Fall in advertised vacancies contrasts with growth in faculty size and number of PhDs Job listings in Perspectives declined slightly…
Gender Disparities Continue, CWH Survey Reveals
More than 25 years after women began to earn history PhDs in significant numbers, significant gender disparities of the sort…
Historians Garner Kudos
In the recent past, several historians—many of them members of the AHA—have received high honors in recognition of their contribution…
Beyond Academe: The Internet Gateway to Nonacademic Careers
Editor's Note: In keeping with the AHA's efforts (and that of its Task Force on Public History in particular) to…
Taking a Byte Out of the Archives: Making Technology Work for You
Historians are going digital. More and more researchers are using digital cameras and flatbed scanners to create digital images of…
How Do We Learn from History?
Readers of Perspectives do not need to be persuaded that studying history is worthwhile. All of us, I assume, love…
109th Congress Adjourns Sine Die: Some Tasks Left Unfinished
On December 9, 2004, the 109th Congress, meeting in a lame duck session, finished putting its final touches on the…
Hundreds of Items Missing from the National Archives
Reports released through the Freedom of Information Act to media organizations and the National Coalition for History reveal that the…
Electronic Proposal Submission System Activated
Please Note:The article below only applies to proposals submitted for the 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. If you are interested…
Members, January 2005
Editor's Note: The purpose of this column, which is published in Perspectives as space permits, is to recognize and honor…
Jackson Turner Main (1917-2003)
Jackson Turner Main died in Boulder, Colorado, on October 19, 2003. The immediate cause of death was a lung malfunction,…
Allyn F. Roberts (1954-2004)
Allyn F. Roberts, who edited the articles section of the American Historical Review for nearly two decades, died in Indianapolis…
Beate Ruhm von Oppen (1918-2004)
Beate Ruhm von Oppen, who had taught at St. John's College since 1960, died on August 10, 2004, in her…
Thomas Winter (1961-2004)
Thomas Winter, assistant professor of American history and acting chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature at Bilkent…