Opponents of the Istook amendment can celebrate the apparent (but probably temporary) death of the Istook amendment, which would have effectively silenced the voice of America's nonprofit community an...

Each fall and spring the 56 member societies in the American Council of Learned Societies meet to share practical information and examine some broader question affecting the world of scholarship. In K...

The excellent AHA pamphlet Becoming a Historian: A Survival Manual advises interview candidates to prepare to "provide capsule summaries of the dissertation . . . [and] at least hint at, if not cover,...

The American Historical Association would like to thank individuals and organizations who have contributed since mid-August to the AHA's Cincinnati Fund.

I see history consulting as a key component of public history. Broadly defined, public history involves an examination of the past that occurs, for the most part, outside the academy.

A few years ago several scholars were observed hunched over an interesting old map, attempting to identify it and place it in a context. After a while one stood up, stretched, and repeated a refrain h...

Congress to Hold Hearing on Library of Congress The Joint Committee on the Library, chaired by Senator Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.), will hold hearings in November to consider several troubling matters at t...

I am writing to you in my capacity as the chair of the 1996 Nominating Committee to encourage you to recommend potential candidates for president-elect and the Council, divisions, and committees.

The Program Committee calls the attention of graduate students to the following program highlights, many of which have been scheduled with the special interests and concerns of graduate students in mi...

Editor's Note: The following is a final report about sessions that will take place at the Association's 1996 annual meeting in Atlanta. Renate Bridenthal (City Univ. of New York) and Patrick Manning (...