April 2009

Volume 47, Number 4
Contents of the online edition
Editor: Pillarisetti Sudhir
Associate Editor: David Darlington
News
- National Humanities Alliance Meets in Washington, D.C.
By Debbie Ann Doyle - John Hope Franklin, 1915–2009
- New Film on Secret Meetings of World War II Will Premiere on PBS in May
- The Making of WWII Behind Closed Doors: A Conversation with Laurence Rees and Robert Dallek
- What's in the April AHR?
By Robert A. Schneider - Museum Professionals Gather for First Museums Advocacy Day
By Debbie Ann Doyle
AHA Activities
- AHA Nominations for the 2009 Election
By Sharon K. Tune - Working Group for Historical Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriages Established for San Diego Annual Meeting
By Karen Halttunen
Noteworthy
- Preserving Our History: Unfinished Business at Foggy Bottom
By - History in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center
By Richard A. Baker
The Coalition Column
- Omnibus Appropriations Bill Enacted
By Lee White
Timelines
- The AHA in the Second World War: Trying to Win the Peace with Wartime Pamphlets
By Robert B. Townsend
Masters at the Movies
- Masters at the Movies: Take 10
By Robert Brent Toplin - The Hot Dynasty: The Tudors on Film and TV
By Cynthia Herrup
Letters to the Editor
- On Rethinking Graduate History Education
- On Age Discrimination
- On Politics and the 1968 Annual Meeting
Affiliated Societies
Election 2008: How "Historic" Was It?
- How Historic Is the 2008 Election? Introductory Remarks
By Eric Foner - A Remarkable Election
By - Election 2008: Three Unique Factors
By David Levering Lewis - What Makes an Election Historic ... And Has That Happened in 2008?
By Julian E. Zelizer
Teaching
Forum on Capstone Courses
- Introduction
By - Placing the Senior Capstone Course within the History Program
By - History in the Trenches: Teaching the Undergraduate Capstone Course
By - How the Capstone Course Changed the Curriculum at Sienna College
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National History Center
- Participants Selected for the Summer 2009 Decolonization Seminar
- NHC Director Wm. Roger Louis Is Selected as Professor of the Year at University of Texas
In Memoriam
The cover photo on the print edition is by M.Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo, U.S. Air Force and is courtesy of the Defense Visual Information Directorate.