The significance of region to the study of American history has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, especially with the revival of interest in the history of the American West, dubbed somewhere alo...

The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) is an advocacy organization for the social and behavioral sciences. Its efforts are supported by nearly 100 associations, institutes, and universi...

The 111th annual meeting of the American Historical Association will be held in New York City at the New York Hilton and the Sheraton New York Hotels. More than 740 scholars, including 96 from abroad,...

NEH Budget for 1997 Remains at 1996 Level The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will be funded in fiscal 1997 at the fiscal 1996 level of $110 million. Many view this as a victory. Throughou...

The 1997 annual meeting in New York City will feature a combination of familiar and innovative formats, familiar and new sessions organized by official committees of the AHA, and, of course, familiar ...

The editorial board of Perspectives is pleased to announce that J. Arch Getty of the University of California at Riverside and Donald B. Simpson of the Center for Research Libraries will serve as coco...

Editor's Note: The purpose of this column, which is published in the newsletter as space permits, is to recognize and honor the accomplishments of AHA members. Submissions are welcome; entries will be...

The foreign relations of the United States is a perennially popular topic in the media, on university campuses, and among the general public. The end of the Cold War has not diminished this interest; ...

This article is part of the "Who Owns History?" forum (four articles, three of which appeared in the October 1996 issue of Perspectives). History has been controversial since the days of Thucydides, b...

Recently, the staff of the AHA sat down together to review the way we interact with members in our everyday work. New staff members (who were AHA members even before being hired) pointed out to us tha...