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  • In Memoriam, February 1997

    February 1, 1997

    Maxwell P. Schoenfeld Maxwell P. Schoenfeld, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, died at his home on August 2,1996, at the age of 60. After receiving his Ph.D. from Corn...

  • Report of the AHA Representative to the Social Science Research Council

    February 1, 1997

    Since the first board meeting that I attended as the AHA representative to the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the reorganization of the council and the reshaping of its funding priorities hav...

  • News from the National Science Foundation

    February 1, 1997

    New Funding Review Process Proposed for Education and Science Projects A task force at the National Science Foundation (NSF) has proposed new criteria for evaluating projects in science and education....

  • Advocacy and the Historian at Home

    January 1, 1997

    As reported in articles published in this newsletter in the past two months by the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), the Coalition of Social Science Associations (COSSA), and the National Coordinati...

  • Teaching Historiography and Methodology: The Electronic French Revolution

    January 1, 1997

    Student 1: “As long as we are trapped in our minds, there will be no certainty.... Anything that we perceive must be perceived by our minds.” Student 2: “Your attack on absolute certainty reminds me o...

  • AHA Teaching Division Focused on a Variety of Areas in 1996

    January 1, 1997

    Pamphlets and Publications The division is actively promoting the development of materials on the teaching of teachers and on training graduate students in teaching. A pamphlet entitled "Why Study His...

  • In Favor of Unions for Graduate Students

    January 1, 1997

    Editor's Note: The Association solicited the following article hoping to stimulate further discussion. If you would like to write a letter to the editor or a short (four to five double-spaced pages) a...

  • Is There Life after Graduate School? Maybe in Public History

    January 1, 1997

    In 1992 we became self-proclaimed public historians. We did so with no training in public history; indeed, our graduate school experience was in most respects very traditional, meant to groom students...

  • Max Planck Institute for History Threatened

    January 1, 1997

    On October 17 Hubert Markl the recently inaugurated president of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, announced his intention to close the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Histor...

  • Report of the 1996 AHA Nominating Committee

    January 1, 1997

    On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I am pleased to report the results of the 1996 election for AHA offices. (Elected candidates are indicated with an asterisk.) Total Ballots Cast: 2,730 President...