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History Emerging from Inflation’s Shadow: 1999 Salary Report
For the third year in a row, salaries for history faculty grew faster than inflation, according to the most recent…
1999 Lincoln Prize Awarded to Douglas L. Wilson
The prestigious Lincoln Prize was awarded to Douglas Wilson, founding director of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello,…
Peter Gay Reflects on the Holocaust
On June 23, 1999, noted cultural historian Peter Gay, Emeritus Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and director of…
1999 AHA Department Survey Shows Increased Hiring of Low-Wage Part-Time Faculty
The latest AHA survey of history departments found notable growth in the hiring of temporary and part-time appointments, and showed…
Mellon Foundation Gives ACLS $3 Million for Electronic Publication of History Monographs
In a major new effort to promote the validity of electronic publication, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will give the…
History Lessons
Now that the summer has ended, it may be well to recollect that when it began we were at war.…
Affiliated Societies, September 1999
WHA Prize for Andre Gunder Frank The World History Association announced—at its June 1999 meeting held in Victoria, British Columbia—that its…
NCC Advocacy Update, September 1999
Legislation Introduced for a House History On June 22 John Larson (D-Conn.) introduced H.R. 2303, a bill that directs the librarian…
The National Archives: Issues for Historians
Editor's Note: This article, and the one by William J. Maher, have been adapted and updated from speeches delivered at…
Issues and Prospects for the National Archives
Editor's Note: These remarks on John Carlin's speech reflect the author’s general observations as an archivist who has worked for more…
The Growth of Collaboration in History Education: Current Practices
The first thing that Leon Fink did upon becoming vice president for the Teaching Division of the AHA was to…
Call for Papers: AHA Annual Meeting for 2001
The annual meeting of the Association for 2001 will be held in Boston, January, 4-7, 2001. The Program Committee welcomes…
2001 Program Committee Guidelines
The purpose of the Program Committee shall be to develop a program for the annual meeting that will promote excellence…
Conducting Research at the Sacchetti Archives in Rome
In Rome, a city where foreign scholars are sometimes treated as a nuisance and given very little assistance, the Sacchetti…
The Employment of PhDs
To the Editor: Ted Margadant's article on "The Production of PhDs" in the May 1999 Perspectives, like the surveys of…
Reel History Revisited
To the Editor: Marshall Poe's letter in the May 1999 issue of Perspectives is a veritable flashback to almost-forgotten objections…