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On the Recent Executive Order on “Free Inquiry” in Higher Education
From the Executive Director
James Grossman and Edward Liebow | May 20, 2019
Trump’s recent EO is a textbook example of misdirection. Its insistence on “transparency and accountability” points to a pernicious agenda.
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Communication Revolution: ARPANET and the Development of the Internet, 50 Years Later
News
Zoë Jackson | May 14, 2019
On the 50th anniversary of the first computer-to-computer message, scholars say there’s more to internet history than ARPANET.
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Teaching on the “Balkan Express”: A Collaborative Attempt to Write History for Reconciliation
Features
Christina Koulouri | May 13, 2019
History has the power to heal the wounds of war—but not without steep resistance from nationalists.
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Data Overload: Web Archives and the Challenges of Scale
News
Seth Denbo | May 7, 2019
Web archives often contain so much data that historians must develop new technical skills and knowledge in order to use them.
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Jargon in History Writing Shuts Out the Public
John R. McNeill | May 20, 2019
Our society needs real history more than ever. We need to invite the curious, in true democratic fashion.
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Grant of the Week: Kluge Fellowships
Elyse Martin | May 16, 2019
Apply for the John W. Kluge Center's 12 fellowships before July 15, 2019.
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AHA Member Spotlight: Jason Dyck
Matthew Keough | May 15, 2019
Jason Dyck is a sessional lecturer at Trent University Durham. He lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, and has been a member since 2009.
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Are All Graduate Student Conferences Created Equal?
Paul Braff | May 6, 2019
They can be great tools for professionalization, but organizers should play to their own strengths.
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Learning Holocaust History in the 21st Century
Meirah Shedlo | Apr 29, 2019
A project helps students use modern technology to incorporate Holocaust survivors’ testimony into the historical record.