Last May the Council of the Association decided that a questionnaire should be sent to all members with the mailing of pre-registration forms for the 1988 annual meeting, held for the hundredth year i...

The Committee has been engaged in a number of activities to further the concerns of women in the historical profession. Over the years, members have communicated to us their dissatisfaction with the d...

Dear Editor: That it should seem necessary to include in the Employment Information section, as they appeared in the December 1988 issue of Perspectives, such statements as, "In accordance with Canadi...

"I've gotta use words when I talk to you." T. S. Eliot's Sweeny was none too pleased at this obligation, but most historians accept it as a matter of course. Words, written or spoken, are our stock in...

Dear Editor: I was delighted to read the report on the "Future" of the AHA in the September issue of Perspectives. It bodes well for the future that the Association is taking such efforts. Would that ...

I have taught the required history survey course for twenty-five years with mixed results. During this time, both its content and the background of the students to whom it was offered have changed mar...

Peter Boyle, University of Nottingham, England, was selected as Wayne Aspinall Lecturer at Mesa College, Colorado. Professor Boyle will deliver a fifteen-lecture series on the history of U.S.-Soviet r...

Groggily I groped in my sleep to still the persistent ringing of what I thought was my alarm arousing me for my 8:00 a.m. class, but in fact it was the telephone! Who in the world could be calling at ...

Editor's Note: This statement of plagiarism is a reprint of policy adopted by the AHA Council as part of the AHA's Statement of Professional Conduct. Currently, the Association has been asked to addre...

The last of the three divisional committees of the Association to hold its fall meeting was that of the Professional Division. It convened on November 18 to consider a heavy agenda that required a num...