How “Historic” Is the 2008 Election?

The cover photo is by M.Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo, U.S. Air Force and is courtesy of the Defense Visual Information Directorate.

Staff

Pillarisetti Sudhir, editor
David Darlington, associate editor
Christian Hale, production manager and layout
Liz Townsend, editorial assistant
Vernon Horn, internet projects manager
Elisabeth Grant, web content editor

Featured Articles

April 1, 2009

Features

How Historic Is the 2008 Election? Introductory Remarks

From the AHA

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April 1, 2009

AHA Activities

Nominations for the 2009 Election

April 1, 2009

AHA Activities

Working Group for Historical Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage Established for San Diego Annual Meeting

Other Articles

April 1, 2009

Features

What Makes an Election Historic

April 1, 2009

Features

Election 2008: Three Unique Factors

April 1, 2009

Features

A Remarkable Election
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April 1, 2009

News

Preserving Our History

April 1, 2009

History in the US Capitol Visitors Center

April 1, 2009

From the National Coalition for History

Omnibus Appropriations Bill Enacted
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April 1, 2009

Features

The AHA in the Second World War
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April 1, 2009

Features

Masters at the Movies, Take 10
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April 1, 2009

Features

The Hot Dynasty
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April 1, 2009

Features

Capstone Courses: Introduction
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April 1, 2009

Features

How the Capstone Course Changed the Curriculum at Siena College
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April 1, 2009

Features

History in the Trenches
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April 1, 2009

Features

Placing the Senior Capstone Course within the History Program

April 1, 2009

From the National History Center

Participants Selected for the 2009 Seminar on Decolonization

April 1, 2009

From the National History Center

NHC Director Wm. Roger Louis Is Selected as Professor of the Year at University of Texas

April 1, 2009

News

Languages and the Study of History: A Report from an Annual Meeting Session

April 1, 2009

Letters to the Editor

On Politics and the 1968 Annual Meeting

April 1, 2009

Letters to the Editor

On Age Discrimination

April 1, 2009

Letters to the Editor

On Rethinking Graduate History Education
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April 1, 2009

In Memoriam

Lawrence D. Walker (1931–2009)
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April 1, 2009

In Memoriam

Edward Carl Thaden (1922–2008)
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April 1, 2009

In Memoriam

Enno E. Kraehe (1921–2008)
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April 1, 2009

In Memoriam

Jon Gjerde (1953–2008)
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April 1, 2009

In Memoriam

Bruce F. Adams (1946–2008)

April 29, 2009

Perspectives Daily

America’s Most Endangered Historic Places

April 28, 2009

Perspectives Daily

From the ArchivesWiki: Hazel Braugh Record Center & Archives

April 27, 2009

Perspectives Daily

StoryCorps – Oral Histories Collected by Loved Ones

April 22, 2009

Perspectives Daily

Jobs and Careers in History: Interview with Lindsay Flanagan

April 21, 2009

News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member wins Pulitzer Prize

April 21, 2009

Perspectives Daily

YouTube EDU

April 20, 2009

Perspectives Daily

Teaching with Historic Places

April 15, 2009

Perspectives Daily

In Memoriam: Abraham Lincoln

April 13, 2009

Perspectives Daily

Concerns about Access to Digital Resources

April 8, 2009

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Becoming A Historian: A Canadian Manual

April 7, 2009

Perspectives Daily

History Podcasts, Take 3

April 6, 2009

Perspectives Daily

Office of the Historian’s New Web Site

April 1, 2009

Perspectives Daily

Re-Directions 1: The Historical Configurations of Space: Keith Robbins Considers the British Case

News

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April 1, 2009

In Memoriam

John Hope Franklin (1915–2009)
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April 1, 2009

News

National Humanities Alliance Conference in Washington, DC

April 1, 2009

New Film on Secret Meetings of World War II Will Premiere on PBS in May

April 1, 2009

The Making of WWII Behind Closed Doors: A Conversation with Laurence Rees and Robert Dallek
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April 1, 2009

AHA Activities

What’s in the April 2009 AHR?
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April 1, 2009

News

Museum Professionals Gather for First Museums Advocacy Day