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  • Contact: Historians and Filmmakers Communicate at World Congress

    February 1, 2002

    "History is the new Rock 'n' Roll," declared Henry Beckton Jr., president of WGBH-Boston, as he welcomed guests to the first World Congress of History Producers. Many of the 380 delegates present at t...

  • In Memoriam: Edgar Newman

    February 1, 2002

    Edgar "Ned" Newman died of cancer, a malignancy of the central nervous system, in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 30. He was a Louisiana boy, born and raised in New Orleans, enlightening us Northerne...

  • Disciplinary Associations and Contingent Academic Workers

    February 1, 2002

    Editor's Note: This essay and the following one by Michael Innis-Jiminez are based on presentations made at the 115th annual meeting of the AHA in Boston. Although the presentations were made in a ses...

  • Has Professionalization Gone Too Far?

    February 1, 2002

    My teachers inspired me to become a professional historian. They taught me that history could be thrilling, intriguing, significant for understanding the present, and shot through by moral dilemmas. I...

  • Beyond Bread and Butter: Graduate Student Organizing

    February 1, 2002

    In January 1997, an appearance by Martin Luther King Jr. biographer Taylor Branch (part of a week of events at the University of Iowa celebrating King's accomplishments), was met by more than 40 membe...

  • Letters to the Editor, January 2002

    January 1, 2002

    A Depressing Job Market? To the Editor: I’m writing in response to the report on the state of the job market by Robert Townsend in the December 2001 issue of Perspectives. While the job market picture...

  • Affiliated Societies, January 2002

    January 1, 2002

    Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction The Forum on European Expansion .1 and Global Interaction will hold its fourth biennial meeting at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, on...

  • On the Plateau's Edge? Dramatic Growth of History PhDs in the 1990s Appears to Be Slowing

    January 1, 2002

    History PhD production rose faster than every other field and discipline over the past 10 years, rising 73 percent while the overall growth was only 15 percent. The National Opinion Research Center (N...

  • Historian Receives Slotkowski Award

    January 1, 2002

    Richard C. Lukas, noted historian and author of numerous books and articles on Polish history and Polish-Jewish relations, has been named the first recipient of the Kosciuszko Foundation's Joseph B. S...

  • NCHE Hosts Conference on Teaching the Presidency

    January 1, 2002

    The National Council for History Education held a two-day conference October 19–20, 2001, on the theme, "Teaching the Presidency in History." More than 400 teachers (Kindergarten through college) of h...