Since the publication of its last report a year ago (May/June 1991), the AHA's Professional Division has reviewed nine formal complaints and seven informal complaints. Three of these are summarized be...

Organizations of professional historians have generally the common attributes of incorporation, bylaws, officers, dues, headquarters, publications, and annual meetings at which scholarly papers are pr...

In 1989, Stanford retired its requirement in "Western Culture" and introduced freshmen to a new requirement in "Cultures, Ideas, and Values" (known as CIV). That same year, I arrived at Stanford to be...

The Nominating Committee for 1992-93, chaired by Pete Daniel, National Museum of American History, met in Washington, D.C., on February 13–15, and offers the following candidates for offices of the As...

Last spring, a surprising letter arrived in the mail of an acquaintance of mine. He is an able young Ph.D. from one of the nation's top universities, who at the time held a temporary position and was ...

Urban History Association 1991 Prizes for Scholarly Distinction David T. Beito, Univ. of Nevada at Las Vegas, best scholarly journal article in urban history Karen L. Sawislak, Stanford Univ., best di...

In my capacity as AHA Vice-President for Research, I would like to respond to Professor Haskell's letter concerning gender integration of panels for our annual meeting program. One of the responsibili...

Dear Editor: I have read with great concern the alteration of the Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct regarding plagiarism. As reported in the May/June 1991 Perspectives, the Professional D...

I have long felt that the historical profession should have a code of ethics for teachers of history. The American Historical Association published its Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct i...

The following is a list of the officers, elected Council members, and the approved committee structure for 1992. Council Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr., Univ. of California, Berkeley (president); Louise A. ...