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  • 1996 Call for Papers

    May 1, 1994

    The 1996 annual meeting of the Association will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, January 5–8. The Program Committee welcomes proposals by all members of the Association (academic and nonacademic), by scho...

  • AHA Council Votes in New Dues Schedule

    May 1, 1994

    At its January meeting, the AHA Council approved a new membership dues rate structure that will take effect July 1, 1994. The Association's dues structure was last revised in 1989, and the Council con...

  • Teaching History the Old-Fashioned Way Through Biography

    May 1, 1994

    It is not uncommon for teachers of history to argue that our courses for first-year college students can be made appealing only if we talk about people. History is people, after all, and even great so...

  • Member News, May 1994

    May 1, 1994

    Caroline Jean Acker, Carnegie Mellon Univ., has been awarded the first DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Memorial Fellowship in the history of 20th-century biomedical science and/or technology at the Stetten Museu...

  • Divisions Work on Past Problems and Future Initiatives

    May 1, 1994

    Teaching Division The AHA's Teaching Division convened in Washington on March 19. The meeting's agenda covered a wide range of issues and activities, but of special note were developments in regard to...

  • Community of Interest or Conflict on Capitol Hill?

    May 1, 1994

    What is the issue in the May 1993 dispute between the Library of Congress and several justices of the United States Supreme Court over the library's swift opening of the late Justice Thurgood Marshall...

  • Letters to the Editor: The Job Market Crisis

    May 1, 1994

    "Lost Generation" Knows No Gender To the Editor: In her recent discussion of "The Academic Marketplace and Affirmative Action" (Perspectives, December 1993, page 7), historian Nell Irvin Painter sugge...

  • From the 1994 Professional Division: Case Studies in Professional Ethics

    May 1, 1994

    The AHA's Professional Division has acted on twelve formal complaints and eight informal complaints or inquiries since the publication of its last report a year ago (Perspectives, May/June 1993, page ...

  • National Park Service Theme Study in American Labor History

    May 1, 1994

    In cooperation with the National Park Service, the Newberry Library is undertaking a theme study in American labor history. The purpose of this study is to generate National Historic Landmark nominati...

  • NCC Advocacy Update, May 1994

    May 1, 1994

    Selection of U.S. Archivist There is still no word from the Office of White House Personnel on the appointment of a U.S. archivist. However, Robert Hardesty, a consultant for the Lyndon Baines Johnson...