All Articles
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Build on Knowledge from the Social Sciences to Fight the Spread of AIDS
February 1, 1995
Editor's Note: The imperative that historians begin to bridge the gap between their scholarly research and the needs and interests of the American public(s) was often repeated at the annual meeting. T...
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Highlights from the 1995 General Meeting Awards Ceremony
February 1, 1995
1994 Awards for Scholarly Distinction In 1984 the Council of the AHA established the American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction. Each year a committee composed of former AHA presi...
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Facing the Big Questions: Federal Support for the Civilizing Side of Life
February 1, 1995
Thoughtful people know that election soundbites and bumper stickers are not substitutes for reasoned debate about how we should allocate limited resources. As elected officials move from electioneerin...
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Facing the Debate on the Support of New Knowledge
February 1, 1995
Continuing the focus from last month's column, we have included in this issue two related articles on the implications of cuts in federal funding support for research in the humanities and social scie...
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Foreign Languages and the Teaching of US Immigration History
January 1, 1995
Growing interest in and debate about multiculturalism in the undergraduate curriculum has recently inspired college and university faculty to discuss ways they might move beyond the "Western civilizat...
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NCC Advocacy Update, January 1995
January 1, 1995
Plans of House Republican Transition Team Threaten the House Office of the Historian On December 1 the House Republican Transition Team headed by Representative Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) announced a major r...
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Letter to the Editor: A Different Mirror on Multicultural History
January 1, 1995
I read with interest the exchange between Ronald Takaki, George Fredrickson, and Robert Fullinwider in the October issue of Perspectives. For people concerned with making the teaching of American hist...
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Research Division and Standing Committees Assess Future Priorities
January 1, 1995
Research Division, November 5-6, 1994 The AHA's Research Division met the first weekend in November and, as usual, spent much of their time reviewing applications to one of the Association's small res...
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The Center for History in the Media: Three Years Later
January 1, 1995
In the January 1992 issue of Perspectives, I wrote an article announcing the establishment of the Center for History in the Media and providing the framework under which future work would proceed. The...
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Report of the AHA Nominating Committee, 1994
January 1, 1995
On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I am pleased to report the results of the 1994 election for AHA offices. (Elected candidates are indicated with an asterisk.) Total Ballots Processed 3,642 Presi...