On April 1, 2002, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will release the 1930 Federal population census. At that time, microfilmed copies of the 15th federal census mandated by the U...

We were talking about memorable courses in college. "I remember calculus," someone recalled. "The professor began classes standing on the edge of a stage. With his thumbnail, he'd pierce the cellophan...

2001 Awards for Scholarly Distinction In 1984 the Council of the AHA established an award entitled the American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction. Each year a nominating jury comp...

The Urban History Association awarded Hanchao Lu, professor in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech, its 2001 award for scholarly distinction for the best book in non-North A...

The Langum Project for Historical Literature recently announced the winner of its annual prize in legal history/legal biography for 2001. The prize is given to the best university press book in legal ...

The American Catholic Historical Association at its 82nd annual meeting (held in conjunction with the AHA's annual meeting in San Francisco) announced its book prizes. The John Gilmary Shea Prize was ...

Appointed Wm. Roger Louis to serve as chair of the planning committee for the National Center for Historical Studies. Asked the Professional Division to recommend an AHA archives policy for Counci...

Council Lynn Hunt (UCLA), president; James M. McPherson, (Princeton Univ.), president-elect; Wm. Roger Louis (Univ. of Texas at Austin) immediate past president; Eric Foner, (Columbia Univ.) past pres...

Hans Rogger, the distinguished historian of imperial Russia and Professor of History at UCLA, died in Los Angeles on January 11 at the age of 78. Rogger is widely considered the leading authority on t...

York University's Department of History and the Schulich School of Business lost a beloved colleague with the sudden passing of Robert Cuff. He expired in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital on November 25,...