125 Years of the AHA
The cover photo shows the mayor of New York City welcoming participants at the 1909 Annual Meeting.
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A Good Year on the Job Market, but Troubles Loom
By most indicators, new and recent history PhDs enjoyed an exceptional hiring season in the 2007–08 academic year, but there…
Chair of US State Department’s Historical Advisory Committee Resigns in Protest
Wm. Roger Louis, the Kerr chair in English history and culture at the University of Texas at Austin and a…
Two Historians Receive 2008 Kluge Prize for Study of Humanity
In a ceremony held on December 10, 2008, in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, historians Peter…
How Times Have Changed! (Or Have They?)
With the article below, written by staff writer , we not only revive a long-dormant column that had been devoted…
Great Expectations
I am happy to report that the AHA is in fine shape. We are financially solvent, have an active membership,…
News Briefs, January 2009
NCH Urges Incoming Administration to Reverse Secrecy Trend The National Coalition for History recently urged the incoming Barack Obama administration…
Misleading Analogies and Historical Thinking: The War in Iraq as a Case Study
Students come into our history classes well versed in the mantra that “those who forget the past are condemned to…
Where Is the History Lab Course?
When out and about as an ordinary person (walking through the neighborhood, sitting in the dentist’s chair, shopping for lawnmowers),…
Masters and the Movies, Take 8: Introduction
Under the rubric “Masters at the Movies,” this column features a variety of articles about film crafted by some of…
The World War II Antiwar Film
Most undergraduates I teach know that Americans have celebrated World War II more than they have the war in Vietnam.…
From Notes to Narrative: Introduction
One of the most daunting moments in the writing of a dissertation or monograph is the transition from research mode…
Managing the Terror
This essay addresses a challenge—or perhaps the sense of abject terror—that confronts everyone who has ever written a history dissertation.…
On Taking Notes
When I was first invited to participate in the “Notes to Narrative” forum, I was initially reluctant to publicize my…
Finding the Story
Today, you are going to write. You sit at your desk, surrounded by stacks of books, piles of index cards,…
On Readability
To the Editor: On page 13 of the November 2008 issue of Perspectives on History there was a note about…
Thomas W. Blomquist (1931-2007)
Scholar of trade and banking in 13th-century Italy Thomas W. Blomquist, 76, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2007. Born March…
Gerald D. Feldman (1937-2007)
Historian of modern Germany Gerald D. Feldman of the University of California at Berkeley died on October 31, 2007, at…
Noel J. Stowe (1942-2008)
Public historian and AHA life member Noel J. Stowe, professor of history at Arizona State University, died on December 13,…
New Appointments at NEH and the Congressional Humanities Caucus
Jessica Irons, director of the National Humanities Alliance (of which the AHA is a founding member), reports that an acting…
The 2009 Job Center: Change and Continuity
At the Job Center at this year’s annual meeting in New York City, many applicants (and, to be honest, search…
AHA Meeting Reforms at Year Five
It has now been five years since Roy Rosenzweig (the former vice president for research) initiated reforms of the AHA…
Seeking Nominations for 2011 Program Committee
The AHA Research Division invites anyone interested in serving on the Program Committee for the 2011 annual meeting to submit…
Teaching and Learning through a Teaching American History Grant
Note: This post is the first in a series of posts on sessions presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting. See…
History in the City: 2009 Annual Meeting Panels
This year’s annual AHA meeting offered numerous thought-provoking panels with some of the best and brightest minds in the discipline.…
Mixed News For Historians in Records Access
President Barack Obama articulated a significant policy shift regarding federal records in his first week in office, signing an executive…
ACLS Humanities E-Book Adds New Titles
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) recently added 500 new titles online to Humanities E-Book. This addition now brings…
January 2009 Perspectives on History: 125 Years Young
The year 2009 marks the 125th year of the AHA’s existence, and the cover of the January issue of Perspectives…
History Podcasts, Take 2
With digital history growing exponentially, it seems new history podcasts are popping up nearly daily. Consequently, we’ve decided to run…
How to Not Fail as President
On Friday, the Encyclopedia Britannica blog introduced a two-week blog post series on “The 10 Worst Decisions by U.S. Presidents,”…
In the Wake of the 123rd Annual Meeting
The 123rd Annual Meeting concluded a week ago, and besides a quick post on the Council’s resolution, AHA Today took…
AHA Council Adopts Resolution on the 2010 Meeting in San Diego
At its regular meeting today, the Council of the American Historical Association passed the following resolution in keeping with the…
Post-Annual Meeting Hiatus
The 123rd Annual Meeting has officially come to a close. For those who attended as a presenter, interviewee, exhibitor, or…
Monday Overview – 123rd Annual Meeting
Before the mass exodus begins there are a few more sessions and events to check out at the annual meeting.…
Old Stuff, New Tricks: How Archivists Are Making Special Collections Even More Special Using Web 2.0 Technologies
Yesterday Jessica* Lacher-Feldman, a University of Alabama archivist, chaired a session of the American Association for History and Computing that…
The 2009 General Meeting
The 2009 General Meeting, held last night in the Hilton’s East Ballroom at 8:30 p.m., began with AHA president-elect Laurel…
Sunday Overview – 123rd Annual Meeting
For many past AHA annual meetings Sunday is a light day, with fewer sessions and events and more people heading…
Opening of the 123rd Annual Meeting
AHA President Gabrielle Spiegel presided over last night’s “Opening of the 123rd Annual Meeting,” starting off with a quick welcome…
Saturday Overview – 123rd Annual Meeting
Today at the Annual Meeting, check out the NHEC workshop, the film festival, and a number of open forums. And…
Friday Overview – 123rd Annual Meeting
Today is the first day of the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. The theme this year is…
“Grading” Journals: How, Why, and by Whom?
Please note this late session addition at the Annual Meeting. As part of its annual meeting, the Conference of Historical…