What is peace history? The field itself—defined as the historical study of nonviolent efforts for peace and social justice—became widely recognized, accepted as a subfield of the discipline of history...

On February 27, 1828, 20-year-old Jeremiah Hamilton arrived secretly at Port-au-Prince Harbor, Haiti, aboard the brig Ann Eliza Jane. For the next few days, the young man slipped in and out of the cit...

Credit: Linda Kaye Scholar of American History Paul F. Boller Jr., the first Lyndon B. Johnson Chair in American History at Texas Christian University, died on March 16, 2014, at age 97, in Fort Wo...

Multiple strong sessions on the history of disability added to the intellectual mix at the 124th Annual Meeting of the AHA held January 7–10, 2010, in San Diego. Together, the sessions made a strong c...

On March 20, 2013, the United States Senate approved an amendment offered by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, which would restrict the use of federal funds in th...

Editor's Note: Perspectives on History welcomes letters to the editor on issues discussed in its pages or which are relevant to the profession. Letters should ideally be brief and should be sent to Le...

James Matthew Kittelson, professor emeritus of history at Ohio State University, died on November 10, 2003, at the age of 62. Kittelson graduated from Saint Olaf College in 1963. With the support of a...

My high school teaching job in Waukegan, Illinois, was supposed to be temporary: I pessimistically thought I couldn’t possibly be happy in an economically blighted city where gang violence and drug bu...

Historian of France, Documentary Editor, 60-­Year AHA Member Stanley John Idzerda, a gifted teacher, academic leader, and specialist on the life and work of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, di...

Historian of Africa Dr. Mougo Nyaggah, an associate professor of African history and a nearly 40­year faculty member at California State University (CSU), Fullerton, died on Friday, March 29, 2013, in...