Most historians working in American higher education today make a sharp distinction between research and teaching. Accustomed to spending long hours working alone in archives, libraries, and at home, ...

Editor's Note: The area code for all telephone numbers in this article is 206. This article, other electronic links to Seattle, and meeting-related information are all available on the AHA Web site. F...

The 1998 annual meeting in Seattle will offer a record number of sessions representing the enormous range of historical fields and topics of inquiry. The program committee made a special call for comp...

Editor's Note: The two articles on this page mark the launch of a new series of essays and features that provide an international perspective on the profession. We especially welcome contributions fro...

For two days in early September, representatives of learned societies, university presses, and campus libraries examined the changing circumstances of monograph publishing from their different perspec...

Recent struggles and debates around the rather tentative concept of multiculturalism in the Western democracies have often fueled discussions of minority histories. The question has arisen in all demo...

The following essay and the essay "Minority Histories, Subaltern Pasts" by Dipesh Chakrabarty were adapted from presentations made at the 1997 annual meeting of the AHA. Given the overflow crowds at t...

On September 11–12, scholars, librarians, university press officials, and university administrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to discuss the status and the future of the scholarly monograph at the...

Soon after being elected president of the AHA, I thought it would be great to develop a political action network of participating historians in each of the 435 congressional districts. Wiser heads cau...

Contributing Editor's Note: This essay not only delineates a structure and language for teaching about race in Latin America, it also represents a useful introduction for historians looking to strengt...