Features
- Beyond Big Brother: Turning ID Cards into Weapons of Citizenship
Jose Ragas | Apr 4, 2016
- Lab Partners: Experimenting with Active Learning
Gabriel Pizzorno and Heidi Tworek | Apr 12, 2016
On the Cover
Our cover story, Jose Ragas's "Beyond Big Brother," brings to light emerging research on theuse of identity documents to assert belonging. Although ID cards originated in thesciences of surveillance inthe 19th century, their proliferation led to a variety of meanings for individuals. Ragas takes conventional analyses of biometric technologies and stands them on their ear. Image: Vhils (Alexandre Farto), Dissection/Via Pedro Ribeiro Simões/Flickr/CC BY 2.0.
From the Editor
- Townhouse Notes
Allison Miller | Apr 13, 2016
From the President
- From the President: UNESCO and Scholarly Communication
Patrick Manning | Apr 12, 2016
From the Executive Director
- Graduate Education Reconsidered
James Grossman and Emily Swafford | Apr 12, 2016
News
- ORCID Blooms: How Unique Identification Numbers Can Aid Research and Discovery
Seth Denbo | Apr 12, 2016
- Preserving Disability Heritage: Gallaudet Inaugurates New Center for Deaf Documentary Studies
Kritika Agarwal | Apr 12, 2016
- Beyond "Roads Scholars": Perspectives from the AHA Committee on Non-Tenure- Track Faculty
Lynn Y. Weiner and Philip Suchma | Apr 12, 2016
From the National Coalition for History
- Fighting to Save an Endangered Revolutionary War Battlefield
Lee White | Apr 12, 2016
From the National History Center
- Historians on the Hill
Justene G. Hill | Apr 12, 2016
- Meeting the Challenges of Influencing Policy
Amanda Moniz | Apr 12, 2016
Viewpoints
- What Do We Mean by “Value”? It’s Time to Challenge the Carnegie Classifications
Peter N. Stearns | Apr 12, 2016
AHA Annual Meeting
- Meeting Tweeting: Insights on Making Connections from #AHA16
Stephanie Kingsley | Apr 12, 2016
AHA Activities
- "The Future of the African American Past": A Landmark Conference to Mark the Opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Dana Schaffer | Apr 12, 2016
- In the April Issue of the American Historical Review
Alex Lichtenstein | Apr 12, 2016
- 2016 AHA Nominations
Compiled by Liz Townsend | Apr 12, 2016
Career Paths
- Casting a Wider Net: History PhDs, Change Your Perspective!
Ramona Houston | Apr 12, 2016
In Memoriam
- Elizabeth Eisenstein
Margaret Eisenstein DeLacy | Apr 1, 2016