Disney has cancelled its plans to build a history theme park in northern Virginia. Historians, however, continue to debate some of the important issues that Disney's proposed project brought to light....

"He who takes it into his head to bite hold of Disney by the usual analysis and yardstick, the ordinary requirements, the standard norms, inquiries and demands of 'high' genres of artó will gnash his ...

A coalition of eight arts and humanities organizations, including the National Humanities Alliance, on whose board the AHA sits, recently established an 800 number. Arts and humanities advocates may n...

At this moment it appears that Disney probably will not build its American history theme park—at least not in northern Virginia. Whether or not this project is ever realized, the prospect of "Disney's...

National Endowment for the Humanities Faces Major Cuts or Possible Abolishment The House Republicans' "Contract With America" recommends major reductions for the National Endowment for the Humanities ...

History Day is coming to Australia. Gordon McKinney, executive director of National History Day in the United States, visited Sydney and Canberra in December 1994 to participate in discussions about o...

Consortium for Research on Violence The National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to fund a national consortium for research on violence. The NSF hopes that the consortium, which will support collaborat...

Disney's basic idea in its original plan to build a theme park featuring American history was to let people experience the history of the United States personally. While the idea that one may experien...

Many of the functions performed by the staff at the AHA headquarters office are invisible to those in the field. In some cases, you may glimpse the tip of an iceberg: those of you who received a lette...

In January 5, 1995, during the AHA's annual meeting in Chicago, the Council of the Association passed the following policy resolution relating to the alleged role of Jews in the slave trade: The AHA d...