The Job Market: An Unhappy New Year?
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A Grim Year on the Academic Job Market for Historians
The number of job openings in history plummeted last year, even as the number of new history PhDs soared. As…
History PhDs Grow in Number and Diversity in 2007-08
The number of new history PhDs rose 3.1 percent—from 940 in 2006–07 to 969 in 2007–08. The increase was due…
Doing History for Life
Those of us who have had careers as college teachers can carry our professional identity life long. In my case,…
Obama Administration Issues Sweeping Open Government Directive
On December 8, 2009, the White House issued an Open Government Directive requiring federal agencies to take immediate, specific steps…
News Briefs, January 2010
Ferriero Sworn in as Archivist of the United States On November 13, 2009, David S. Ferriero, the former Andrew W.…
The Audacity of Hope: Economic History Today
It’s been a long time since economic history has been a hot field. Arguably the most dynamic scholarly terroir in…
Happy Notes on TAH and Faculty Evaluation Blues
Editor’s Note: Periodically, we have published in Perspectives on History articles on the TAH grants programs. While continuing in that…
Ethics for Historians: The Perspective of One Undergraduate Class
At the end of spring term 2009, the students in the “Historian’s Workshop” at Knox College drew up a list…
Center Receives $1.457 Million Mellon Foundation Grant to Continue Decolonization Seminars
The National History Center has received a new grant of $1.457 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enable…
New Seminar Series
The National History Center is joining with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to sponsor a weekly seminar series…
Three Suggestions on Languages for Historians
To the Editor: The importance of language learning in the teaching and study of history has not gone unnoticed. The…
Jo Ann Kay McNamara (1931-2009)
Scholar of women’s and religious history Jo Ann Kay McNamara, professor emerita of history at Hunter College, City University of…
Howard Zinn, Paradigmatic People’s Historian, Dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the historian who translated his pioneering vision of the past—seeing it from the perspective of ordinary people—into progressive…
The Half Had Not Been Told to Me: African Americans on Lafayette Square
Because of its proximity to the White House, Lafayette Square is often called America’s front yard. Presented by the Decatur…
Louis R. Harlan, former president of the AHA, dies January 22, 2010
Louis R. Harlan, historian, former AHA president, and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Maryland, College…
Perspectives on History – January 2010
The January 2010 issue of Perspectives on History begins with new AHA president Barbara D. Metcalf’s inaugural “From the President”…
National Humanities Alliance 2010 Annual Meeting & Humanities Advocacy Day
The following text is from an e-mail sent out by Jessica Jones Irons, executive director of the National Humanities Alliance,…
At Open Forum AHR Staff Discuss How to Get Published in the Journal
Note: The 124th Annual Meetingof the AHA has concluded, but discussions of the topics and events at the meeting continue.…
Litigating for Same-Sex Marriages Is Wrong Strategy, Says John D’ Emilio
Note: The 124th Annual Meetingof the AHA has concluded, but discussions of the topics and events at the meeting continue.…
Presidential Address and Prize Recipients at the 2010 General Meeting
The AHA’s General Meeting took place on Friday, January 8, 2010 at this year’s annual meeting. During this time the…
The 124th Annual Meeting Comes to a Close
The 124th Annual Meeting has come to a close. For those who attended as a presenter, interviewee, exhibitor, or in…
Sunday Overview – 124th Annual Meeting
It’s the final day of the 124th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, but there are still dozens of…
Council Makes Committee Appointments for 2010
At its meeting on Wednesday, the AHA Council appointed 55 new committee members, who will serve on 36 prize, grant,…
Saturday Overview – 124th Annual Meeting
Today at the Annual Meeting, stop by the poster session to check out 20 displays on a range of history…
Council Approves Name Change for Rosenzweig Prize
At its meeting yesterday, the AHA Council unanimously agreed to rename the Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History,…
Friday Overview – 124th Annual Meeting
There’s a lot do today at the 124th Annual Meeting, from receptions, to open forums, to perusing affiliated society displays. …
Council Approves Two New Affiliates
At its meeting today, the AHA Council approved applications for affiliation from the National Coalition for Independent Scholars and the…
Thursday Overview – 124th Annual Meeting
Today, Thursday, January 7, 2010, is the first day of the 124th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. The…
Troubling News on Job Market for History PhDs
In advance of the annual meeting, we are publishing the annual job report online a bit earlier than the rest…