The 107th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association will be held in Washington, D.C., at the Sheraton Washington and Omni Shoreham hotels. Over 750 scholars, including eighty-two from abro...

Contrary to what might be expected given the continuing recession and reports of paralyzing budget cuts in higher education, faculty salaries actually grew in 1991–92 at a higher level than in 1990–91...

Bradley Chapin Bradley Chapin, 67, professor emeritus, The Ohio State University, died on December 1, 1991. Dr. Chapin was born in Silver Creek, New York, on April 13, 1924. After serving in the U.S. ...

Despite the presence of scores of community colleges, multiple campuses of the two public university systems, and what may be the nation's largest concentration of students transferring from two- to f...

The trustees of National History Day, a program that encourages young people to explore historical subjects related to an annual contest theme, announce the the relocation of the national office to th...

With Labor Day coming late this year, deadlines for copy for this issue of Perspectives come before that weekend, which traditionally marks the end of summer and the back-to-the-campus movement. For t...

Under the bylaws pursuant to Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the constitution, the executive director invites all members of the Association to submit to him, on or before December 15, 1992, rec...

In 1792, Columbus's arrival in the Western hemisphere was first celebrated, with parades and oratory, as the symbolic founding event of a new nation. In 1892, the Columbian Exposition was a spectacula...

Columbus and the Age of Discovery Zvi Dor-Ner, Executive Producer Seven one-hour programs Program 1. Columbus's World Program 2. An Idea Takes Shape Program 3. The Crossing Program 4. Worlds Found and...

Book Review Procedures at the American Historical Review by David L. Ransel, Editor Members of the AHA occasionally write to the national office or to the editorial office of the American Historical Review to express their desire to review books for the AHR or their disappointment at not having been asked to review. We also receive complaints from authors and editors who wish to know why their books were not chosen for...