Because of the serious financial problems confronting the Max Planck Society in Germany, the society's new president, Hubert Markl, has proposed to close four of the society's research centers. The Ma...

Dear AHA Members: Before I was elected to the Nominating Committee two years ago, I assumed that the AHA, like other large organizations we belong to, was run by an efficient but anonymous "them," Aft...

Meeting Registration AHA meeting registration will be located in the New York Hilton’s promenade area on the second floor, one floor up from hotel registration on the lobby level. Hours of operation a...

Many of the following program highlights have been scheduled with the special interests and concerns of graduate students in mind. All page numbers refer to the annual meeting Program. For other sessi...

John B. Wolf At a time when courses on early modem Europe are standard offerings in the curriculums of hundreds of North American colleges and universities, it is perhaps difficult to recall that only...

A profession is like a great snake that wraps itself around you. Once you are enwrapped, you are in a slow fight for the rest of your life, and the lightness of youth leaves you. You don't have time, ...

The general meeting of the American Historical Association will take place on Friday, January 3, at 8:30 P.M., in the East Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel. President-elect Joyce Appleby, of UCLA, will an...

New York City contains restaurants too numerous to count, reflecting foods prepared around the world. In the past decade, eating has joined theatergoing as a leisure-time activity, and restaurant revi...

Jose Cuello, of Wayne State University, chair of the Nominating Committee, announces the following results of the 1996 balloting for officers and committee members of the American Historical Associati...

Editor's Note: The following statement was drafted by the AHA's Professional Division and approved by the Association's Council at its June 1-2, 1996, meeting. The Advisory Opinion is an addition to t...