Disability in History
Greeting visitors to the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C., is the “FDR and Fala Statue,“ designed by Lawrence Halpern. Photo by Chris Hale.
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AHA’s Roosevelt-Wilson Award to Be Conferred on Representative John Lewis
The American Historical Association instituted the Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award in 2003 to honor a person not in academe—a public…
Disability in History
A spate of recent articles has declared disability to be the next academic frontier, an analytic category with the transformative…
Disability and the Transformation of Historians’ Public Sphere
Asked to lecture on the aspects of his life that influenced him to study the public sphere, the philosopher Jürgen…
Enabling History
Embracing a recommendation of the recently formed Disability History Association, the AHA Council has added a new category to the…
Archivist of the U.S. Reports on Progress of Declassification
In a meeting with representatives of the research community in September 2006, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein reported…
News Briefs, November 2006
NARA Issues Final Rule on New Hours After soliciting public comment on proposed changes in the hours of operation for…
Research and the Classroom: A View from the Community College
Editor's Note: The following article was written in response to a decision of the AHA's Teaching Division to focus attention…
AASLH Meets in Phoenix
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) held its annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona September 13–16, 2006. Over…
The Historians Film Committee at Atlanta
The Historians Film Committee (HFC) will once again be making—as it has for the past several decades—an active appearance at…
WAWH at the AHA Annual Meeting
At the 2007 AHA annual meeting, the Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) will cosponsor, with the Coordinating Council for…
The Message in the Medium
To the Editor: Jerry Muller is right: historians (and most other academics) write poorly ("Style Is Not a Luxury Option:…
Was the Great War a World War?
To the Editor: Haberman and Shubert are, perhaps, right to question the constant presence of "exceptionalism" in the teaching of…
A Conundrum of Classification
To the Editor: I was surprised to learn that psychohistory had been deleted from the list of subspecialties [in the…
Douglas William Houston (1924-2006)
Douglas William Houston, who retired after 28 years at Fordham University, died on May 10, 2006, in Bronxville, NY. He…
Frederic Evans Wakeman Jr. (1937-2006)
Frederic Evans Wakeman Jr., eminent historian of China who served as president of the American Historical Association in 1992, died…
AHA at NCSS Conference
Visit the AHA’s booth, number 735, at the Annual Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) this…
Google Earth Goes Back In Time
Google has juxtaposed the old world and the new, with the addition of Rumsey Historical Maps to the Google Earth…
Richard W. Leopold, Past President of the OAH, Has Passed Away
Richard William Leopold, a professor emeritus in American history from Northwestern University, and a life member of the AHA, died…
Oh Canada!
The AHA’s database of History Doctoral Programs now lists programs in Canada. Did you know that Ontario has 15 schools…
CISH Deadline Extended
As noted in a blog post at the beginning of this month, the deadline for suggesting themes for the 21st…
Visit Historic Campuses Online
Students use a variety of criteria to pick their future University. They look at class size, course offerings, sports, and…
Talking ‘bout my Generation
Phil Mariage’s public radio program, “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” brings together speakers from three generations to discuss issues ranging from…
History of Thanksgiving
Get out the cornucopia; it’s Thanksgiving! After you’ve had your fill of turkey (or tofurky for the vegetarians), gather around…
Wanted: Reviewers for the TAH Grant Competition
The US Department of Education is looking for qualified persons to serve as grant reviewers for the 2007 Teaching American…
Sunshine for Smithsonian/Showtime
The Smithsonian Institution is trying to sweep its secret contract with Showtime under a Congressional rug, according to Carl Malamud…
Ready to Recycle Scholarship?
Donate Your Books and Journals Is your office or home filled up with books and journals that you have been…
John Hope Franklin Awarded Kluge Prize of $500,000
John Hope Franklin, emeritus professor of history at Duke University and past president of the AHA, has won the prestigious…
Job Register Update
The deadline for reserving interview space in the Job Register at the Atlanta annual meeting passed earlier this week, giving…
And the Winners Are…
The 2006 U.S. Professors of the Year state winners include three history professors. For the State of Indiana, Randy Roberts,…
It’s a Library Thing
Historians tend to have large collections of books, for both personal and professional reasons. LibraryThing.com promises to make management of…
Got Books?
As historians, we love our books. Two interesting new reports provide useful information on how and where books are being…
November Perspectives Online
The November issue of Perspectives is now online. The theme of this issue is “Disability in History,” and a number…
University Presses Enter Blogosphere
A number of University Presses have taken up blogs to distribute press releases, announce events, and keep readers in the…
Bush Awards Historians
Yesterday, President Bush awarded the 2006 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Recipients. Several of the awards were…
The National Coalition for History Reacts to the Recent Election
Bruce Craig, Director of the National Coalition for History, forecasts the effects of a Democrat controlled House of Representatives on…
Debating the Need for IRBs – A Chronicle Colloquy
Yesterday the AHA’s own Robert Townsend, assistant director for research and publications, led a live online discussion on the need…
Elections and Education
Tuesday’s midterm elections have caused quite a political shift, but what does it all mean for education? Besides electing new…
Dissertation Diva to the Rescue
Liena Vayzman is the Ann Landers of ABDs. On her new blog “Ask the Dissertation Diva”, Vayzman dispenses supportive and…
Annual Meeting Program – Now Online!
The Program of the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association is now available online. This highly searchable resource…
Oral History and IRBs
Students, and their advisors, working on the history of the 20th century should take a look at the article on…
Proposals for CISH 2010 Themes
Deadline extended to December 15 One of the major functions of the AHA’s Committee on International Historical Activities is to…
Future Past
As part of the preparations for our Working Group on the Future of the AHA, the staff scanned and posted…
Touring Atlanta at the Annual Meeting
The AHA’s 121st Annual Meeting, January 4 – 7, offers a multitude of activities and events within the confines of…
Clifford Geertz, Anthropologist Extraordinary, Dies at 80
To describe Clifford Geertz, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, who died on Monday,…
NHC Congressional Events: Now Available in Podcast Form
The National History Center’s series of Congressional Seminars are available to a much larger audience thanks to the web. The…
HistoryWired: An Online Field Trip
You want to visit the National Museum of American History, but you’d like to avoid the crowds, the metro, and…