History’s Relevance

A detail from a 1892 map attributed to James T. Dubois entitled, “The Altograph of Washington City, or, Stranger’s Guide.

Staff

Allen Mikaelian, editor
Jennifer Reut, associate editor
Christian Hale, production manager and layout
Liz Townsend, coordinator, job center and professional data
Vanessa Varin, associate editor, web and social media
Kelly Elmore, marketing manager

Featured Articles

September 1, 2013

Career Paths

A Historian on the Hill
Posted by Ted Eytan on March 27, 2013. Photo courtesy Creative Commons

July 1, 2013

Features, Perspectives Daily

History’s Relevance

September 1, 2013

What Counts: On Books, Articles, and Productivity
A student stands near a quotation from the footbridge to Brown's Island at the American Civil War Center at Tredegar. The photo is from a class project to interpret emancipation in Richmond, Virginia. Credit: Nick Velardo (Univ. of Richmond, '16), reprinted with permission.

September 1, 2013

Viewpoints

An Assignment from Our Students
The street called straight, Damascus, Syria, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. From the Views of the Holy Land Photochrom print collection, Detroit Photographic Company. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LOT 13424, no. 030.

September 1, 2013

Features

Teaching Middle Eastern History in North America

September 1, 2013

Letter to an Angry Parent

From the AHA

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September 1, 2013

From the Editor

Name That Career
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September 1, 2013

From the Executive Director

Disagreement, Debate, Discussion
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September 1, 2013

From the President

The Next Big Thing
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September 1, 2013

From the Research Division

Lessons of Munich, Lessons of Vietnam, Lessons of History
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September 1, 2013

AHA Activities

AHA Welcomes Three New Staff Members
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September 1, 2013

AHA Activities

2013 Aerospace and Jameson Fellowships Awarded
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September 1, 2013

AHA Activities

The AHA-Mellon Career Diversity Project
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September 1, 2013

AHA Activities

Actions by the AHA Council, January–June 2013
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September 1, 2013

AHA Activities

Donors to the Association, July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013
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September 1, 2013

From the Research Division

AHR Will Retain Equality in Submission Policies
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September 1, 2013

From the Professional Division

Statement on Online Dissertation Policies

September 4, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Call for Applicants: AHA Advisory Committee on Disability Mentorship Program
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

September 1, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting

On to Washington, DC, for the 2014 Annual Meeting
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

September 1, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting

Call for Proposals for the 129th Annual Meeting of the AHA
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

September 1, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting

New Ideas for Creative Formats at the Annual Meeting

September 16, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

New Three Year Membership Option Available

September 17, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Preregister for the 2014 AHA Annual Meeting

Other Articles

September 1, 2013

From the National Coalition for History

A Flurry of Activity on Capitol Hill

September 1, 2013

From the National History Center

Retirement from the National History Center
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September 1, 2013

AHA Online

Dispatches from an Eventful #Summer

September 1, 2013

News

Affiliated Societies, September 2013
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September 1, 2013

News

Member News, September 2013
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September 25, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Hidetaka Hirota
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September 18, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Ethan Schmidt
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September 11, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Chris Chulos
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September 4, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Bill Issel
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September 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Another View on “AHA Job Ads and AAUP Censure”
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September 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “Emancipation, the Cold War, and Hidden Themes of History”
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September 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On History for Nonmajors
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September 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Robert Berkhofer Jr. (1931–2012)
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September 1, 2013

In Memoriam

William R. Roff (1929–2013)
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September 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Robert V. Remini (1921–2013)
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September 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Sabine MacCormack (1941–2012)
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September 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Theodore Hamerow (1920–2013)
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September 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Lenard Berlanstein (1947–2013)

September 25, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Historians Among 24 Scholars Recognized for MacArthur Fellowship Grants

September 25, 2013

Perspectives Daily

GradPay Project Aims to Track Graduate Stipends
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September 24, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Now Available: Edward L. Ayers on How Undergraduates See the Historical Profession

September 19, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Congratulations to the Fellows in the 2013 ACLS Program in East Europe Studies!

September 17, 2013

Perspectives Daily

In Time for Constitution Day: A New Guide for Teaching in Civics, Economics, Geography, and History
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September 16, 2013

From the Editor, Perspectives Daily

The Many Modes of the Productive Scholar

September 10, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Now Open in Perspectives: An Open Letter to an Angry Parent

September 6, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Institute for Constitutional History Robert H. Smith Seminar

News

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September 1, 2013

News

New Challenges for Library Reading Rooms
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September 1, 2013

News

Historical Advisory Committee Reports on Declassification Bottlenecks
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September 1, 2013

News

Why National History Day Matters More than Ever
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September 1, 2013

News

The Mitch Daniels Controversy
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September 27, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: The Puppy Feller
Tour De France

September 20, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: The First Tour de France (1903)

September 13, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: Truck at the Treasury

September 6, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: Truman in a Sea of Trumans

September 10, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Historians’ Peripheral Vision: The Discussion Continues at London’s Institute for Historical Research

September 16, 2013

Perspectives Daily

Letters of a Historian: C. Vann Woodward’s Correspondence