Electronic Publishing To the Editor: So Robert Darnton is going to solve the problem of unpublished dissertations by electronic dissemination ("Three Problems in Search of a Solution," Perspectives, F...

There was a palpable feeling of excitement at the biannual Ecuadorian History Congress in Quito, November 23–27, 1998, and it wasn't only because of warnings that Pichincha, the massive volcano toweri...

The Teaching Division (TD) has enjoyed a stimulating and productive year, launching a major new initiative in K–12 collaborative education as well as advancing a host of inherited projects. With help ...

For the past three years, the Cold War History Group (COWHIG) of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), has hosted a graduate student conference featuring student presenters and faculty...

The sprawling, architecturally elegant Rio Blanco textile mill can tell us many things about Mexico's past, only one of which is the famous blood-stained events of January 1909 when dozens of workers ...

In an April 1992 article in Perspectives, I described a proposed PhD program focusing on world history.1 Seven years later, I am able to report that the program is in place, has 17 doctoral candidates...

For graduate students, the American Historical Association's annual meeting can be an exciting opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues. For those on the job market, it can also be stressful and ...

The following is a list of the officers, elected Council members, and the approved committee structure for 1999. Council: Robert Darnton (Princeton Univ.), president; Eric Foner (Columbia Univ.), pres...

The book has been pronounced dead so often that it must be enjoying excellent health. It has remarkable staying power. Ever since the invention of the codex, three or four centuries after the birth of...

Michael Heyman, who headed the Smithsonian Institution for five years, has announced that he plans to retire at the end of 1999. The institution's board of regents has named a search committee to look...