An Etching for the AHA
Cover shows an image of the certificate received by the AHA at the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Photo and cover design by Chris Hale.
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From the AHA
AHR’s Next Editor Selected
The Council of the AHA is pleased to announce the selection of Robert A. Schneider, a historian of early modern…
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
Despite several hearings and considerable interest by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, it is nearly certain that the…
NASA and Jameson Fellowships for 2004-05 Announced
Amy Foster Receives AHA-NASA Fellowship in Aerospace History Amy Foster, who is completing a PhD dissertation in the history department…
AHA Council Reaffirms Position on Oral History and Institutional Review Boards
At its meeting on June 5, 2004, the Council of the American Historical Association unanimously adopted the following statement: The…
International Shoah Archivists Forum Established
The archival record of what is perhaps the most documented of genocides—the Holocaust—is now scattered to almost every country of…
TAH Project Directors Meet
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement held its annual Teaching American History Program Project Directors' Meeting…
Department of Education Announces TAH Grants for 2004-2005
On July 2, 2004, the Department of Education (ED) announced its fiscal 2004 Teaching American History (TAH) grants (details are…
An Etching for the AHA
It is easy to forget just how long the Association has been around and how intimately woven it has been…
The Haskins Society
The 23rd International Conference of the Charles Homer Haskins Society for Viking, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Angevin History will meet for…
The American Association for History and Computing
The American Association for History and Computing (AAHC) held its annual meeting in January 2004 in conjunction with the AHA's…
The North American Society for Oceanic History
NASOH, the North American Society for Oceanic History, will hold its 2005 annual meeting in Savannah, Georgia, May 19–21, 2005.…
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Established in 1967, the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) promotes excellence in research and teaching in the…
Dramatic Disclosure at Confirmation Hearing Raises Questions about Archivist Nomination
On July 22, 2004, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing on the pending nomination of historian Allen…
News Briefs, September 2004
Senators Introduce Bill to Revamp Classification Policy On July 15, 2004, Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Bob Graham…
In Virginia, Practically Everyone Is a Historian
Series editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles initiated by the AHA's Task Force on Public…
Doing History in Uganda: A Personal Perspective
Author's Note: During the academic year 2002–03, I was a visiting professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies…
Interpreting the Physical Legacy of the Cold War: A Conference Report
Is the Cold War a distant, indistinct memory, of significance only to specialist historians? Not at all. Interest in the…
Call for Proposals: The 2006 Annual Meeting of the AHA
Online submission of proposals required for meeting that will launch innovative modes of presentation The 120th annual meeting of the…
Electronic Proposal Submission System to Be Used for 2006 Meeting
Paper proposals will not be accepted, but user-friendly online forms will make task much easier At its January 2004 meeting,…
New Modes of Presentation: A Glossary
Experimental Sessions: This format is intended to allow members to organize a panel using novel forms of presentation, which are…
Members, September 2004
Editor's Note: The purpose of this column, which is published in Perspectives as space permits, is to recognize and honor…
On History and Computers
To the Editor: I was disappointed by Ronald Smith's "Battling Napoleon in the Western Civ Classroom” (May 2004), as I…
On Accessing Gutenberg-e Books
To the Editor: As we celebrate the five-year anniversary of the founding of the Gutenberg-e Program, the AHA needs to…
Middle Eastern Studies
To the Editor: In the April 2004 issue of Perspectives there is a long article [by Bruce Craig] detailing the…
Beaches and Living Wages
To the Editor: Irvin Winsboro’s article, "Is There a Real Job Crisis?” in the May 2004 Perspectives, is troubling. Either…
On Public History
To the Editor: The conversation between Jonathan Spence and Gerald Prokopowicz in the May 2004 Perspectives raises questions that I…
Prosecuting Plagiarism
To the Editor: Peter Charles Hoffer's two-part series on plagiarism (Perspectives, February and March 2004) is a welcome addition to…
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004)
Daniel J. Boorstin, a prize-winning author, social historian, and the Librarian of Congress for 12 years, died in Washington, D.C.,…
William J. Bouwsma (1923-2004)
William J. Bouwsma, Sather Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley, and past president of the…
Corinne Comstock Weston (1919-2002)
Corinne Comstock Weston, formerly professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Lehman College,…