From the President

• The Case for History and the Humanities
  by Gabrielle M. Spiegel

News

• Perspectives Gets a New Name
• Number of History PhDs Rising Again, but Job Openings Keep Pace
  by Robert B. Townsend
• NYU Creates Master’s Program in Archives and Public History

AHA Activities

• Report of the 2007 AHA Nominating Committee
  By Neil Foley
• 2008 Nominating Committee Invites Nominations for AHA’s Elective Offices

In Conversation

• In Conversation with ... João José Reis
  by Sueann Caulfield

Public History

• Public History and Public Audiences: The U.S. Department of State and Its Historical Advisory Committee
  by Kristin L. Ahlberg and Thomas W. Zeiler

Noteworthy

• Report of the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, January 1–December 31, 2006

The Coalition Column

• The Year in Review
  by Lee White

Film and History

• Masters at the Movies, Take 2 
  by Robert Brent Toplin
• The Pawnbroker: Holocaust, Memory, and Film
  by Richard Stites

Teaching

• Taking History Personally: How Blogs Connect Students Outside the Classroom
  by Russell Olwell

Viewpoints

• A Million Little Historical Societies: A Proposal for Change
  by Tim Lacy

2009 Annual Meeting

• Call for Proposals: The 123rd Annual Meeting
  by Felice Lifshitz and Jerry Bentley
• Session Types at the Annual Meeting

Letters to the Editor

• More on the "P" Word
• Even More Left Behind

In Memoriam

• James H. Cassedy
• Eugen Weber

Cover art of the print edition is by Chris Hale.