Ana M. Gómez, assistant professor of history at William Paterson University of New Jersey, died on February 11, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. She was only 44, but her short career was disting...

The American Historical Association has partnered with WebsEdge of London to produce a daily television program, HistoriansTV, during the 123rd Annual Meeting. Each day of the meeting a new 30-minute ...

A problem is slowly emerging for historians in the form of librarians discarding books from their collections, a procedure that has potential long-term consequences for scholars doing research in the ...

One of the ways the Job Register at the AHA annual meeting is useful (beyond matching up employers and candidates) is that it provides a snapshot of the job market. The February 2008 issue of Perspect...

Abraham S. Eisenstadt, a long-time member of the history department at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, died on November 19, 2007, after a long illness. Widely known for his editor...

Writing letters of recommendation is one of the most important acts of mentorship that we offer younger scholars, especially in the final stages of graduate school and the early years of their careers...

Founding head of history department at New Mexico State Monroe Lee Billington, emeritus professor at New Mexico State University, passed away suddenly on May 13, 2008. Born on March 4, 1928, at Duncan...

Dear AHA Members, The AHA Nominating Committee for 2008 will meet February 2–3, 2008, in Washington, D.C., to recommend two candidates for each of the following positions: President-Elect (by rotatio...

Long-time readers of this column are aware of the long drawn-out, six-year battle that the historical and archival communities have been waging to overturn the Bush administration's Executive Order (E...

As you review the nominations for this fall's AHA election, you will undoubtedly note a number of changes in the slate of candidates, as the "at-large" positions on Council openings on the three divis...