Books, Selves, and Libraries of the Mind

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Staff

Pillarisetti Sudhir, editor
Allen Mikaelian, associate editor and coordinator of media relations
Christian Hale, production manager and layout
Sarah Fenton, consulting editor
Kelly Elmore, marketing manager

Featured Articles

November 1, 2012

Features

Training Doctoral Students with the AHA’s ArchivesWiki

November 1, 2012

Features

Student-Created Websites as Useful Forums for Reporting on Historical Research

November 1, 2012

Features

Using Skype to Teach History Transnationally

November 1, 2012

Features

Researching and Writing a Historical Biography for the Elementary Classroom
WomensHistory

November 1, 2012

Features

Teaching Women’s History
WomensHistory

November 1, 2012

Features

Looking Back at the Longue Durée of Women’s History
WomensHistory

November 1, 2012

Features

Teaching Chicana History
WomensHistory

November 1, 2012

Features

Teaching the History of Women in the Middle East and North Africa

From the AHA

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November 1, 2012

From the Executive Director

Lincoln, Hollywood, and an Opportunity for Historians
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November 8, 2012

From the Executive Director, Perspectives Daily

Obama and His Historians: A Suggestion
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November 1, 2012

From the President

Recollecting My Library … and My Self
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November 1, 2012

AHA Activities

Fundraising Begins for the Jerry Bentley Prize in World History
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November 1, 2012

AHA Online

Trending on AHA’s Social Media, November 2012
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November 28, 2012

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Teaching and Learning History: Teagle Foundation to Support a New AHA Initiative
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November 13, 2012

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Versatile PhD: The Newest AHA Member Benefit
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November 1, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting

Atina Grossman to Speak at the CWH Breakfast in New Orleans
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November 1, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting

Some Highlights of the 127th Annual Meeting
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November 1, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting

The 2013 Presidential Sessions
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November 1, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting

Visiting New Orleans with Children
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November 1, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting

Preparing for the 2013 Annual Meeting
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November 1, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting

Film Festival: Celebrating the Work of John Sayles
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November 1, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting

Join Your Fellow Historians at the 106th Annual Jackson Day Race!

November 30, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the AHA Newsletter at the Annual Meeting
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November 28, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Climate and the Atlantic World
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November 7, 2012

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Changing the Narrative

Other Articles

November 1, 2012

From the National Coalition for History

Advocacy beyond Capitol Hill

November 1, 2012

From the National History Center

Forming a Field from Fragments of Empires
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November 28, 2012

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Courtney Thomas
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November 21, 2012

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Theodore M. Porter
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November 14, 2012

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Paul Murphy
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November 7, 2012

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Daisy V. Domínguez

November 1, 2012

News

SHAFR Seeks Proposals for Editor of Diplomatic History
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November 1, 2012

Letters to the Editor

On the September Issue
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November 1, 2012

Letters to the Editor

On the Tuning Project
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November 1, 2012

Letters to the Editor

Social Studies and the FAIR Act
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November 1, 2012

Letters to the Editor

On Subversives: An Author’s Perspective
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November 1, 2012

Letters to the Editor

On “Political Facts and Historical Thinking”
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November 1, 2012

Letters to the Editor

On Letters to the Editor
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November 1, 2012

Letters to the Editor

On Funding for Conference Travel
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November 1, 2012

In Memoriam

James J. Lorence (1937–2012)
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November 1, 2012

In Memoriam

J.M.W. Bean (1928–2012)
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November 1, 2012

In Memoriam

Robert K. Webb (1922–2012)
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November 1, 2012

In Memoriam

Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012)

News

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November 1, 2012

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Perspectives on the Presidential Debates
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November 1, 2012

News

The Emancipation Proclamation and America: A Report on the Discussion Sponsored by the NEH
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November 27, 2012

News, Perspectives Daily

A Vital Resource: The Humanities Indicators
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November 21, 2012

News, Perspectives Daily

Accreditors Consider Academic Freedom in Evaluating Higher Education Institutions
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November 6, 2012

News, Perspectives Daily

Placement Information on History Department Websites