Public History
- Making History on the Hill: From Being a Fellow to Bequeathing a Fellowship
Heather A. Huyck | Dec 1, 2008
- A Historian in a House Divided: A Personal View of Recent Congressional History
John Lawrence | Dec 1, 2008
On the Cover
The image on the cover is an east view of the U.S. Capitol building, circa 1866. Image courtesy the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. (Editor's note: We regret that the caption for the cover of the print version of the December 2008 issue was in error. The image is of the old Washington, D.C., city hall, now a court house, situated at Indiana Avenue and 4th Street, N.W.)
From the President
- A Modest Proposal
Gabrielle M. Spiegel | Dec 1, 2008
From the Executive Director
- On Leaving Legacies for the Future
Arnita A. Jones | Dec 1, 2008
News
- Documents Compass Receives Mellon Grant for Founding-Era Database
AHA Staff | Dec 1, 2008
- Adam Hochschild to Receive AHA's Roosevelt-Wilson Prize
Pillarisetti Sedhir | Dec 1, 2008
- What's in the December AHR?
Robert A. Schneider | Dec 1, 2008
- Bruce Cole to Leave the NEH in 2009
AHA Staff | Dec 1, 2008
- Changes in the Wings for the Humanities
AHA Staff | Dec 1, 2008
AHA Activities
- Resolution for the January 2009 Business Meeting
AHA Staff | Dec 1, 2008
- Mission, Media, and Risk: The American Historical Association Online
Robert B. Townsend | Dec 1, 2008
- Age Discrimination and the Community of Historians: An Advisory Opinion from the Professional Division
AHA Staff | Dec 1, 2008
AHA Annual Meeting
- New Plenary Roundtable: Election 2008: How "Historic" Was It?
AHA Staff | Dec 1, 2008
The Coalition Column
- Historic Election's Impact on History
Lee White | Dec 1, 2008
- News Briefs, December 2008
Lee White | Dec 1, 2008
Teaching
- Doing the "Write" Thing: Reflections on Academic Integrity
Gigi Peterson | Dec 1, 2008
- Do the Write/Right Thing: A Quick Guide to Avoiding Academic Dishonesty
Gigi A. Peterson | Jan 1, 2009
Masters at the Movies
- Masters at the Movies, Take 7
Robert Brent Toplin | Dec 1, 2008
- A Historian at the Movies: Films and the Historical Imagination
Teofilo Ruiz | Dec 1, 2008
Viewpoints
- Over Here? Ideas from Over There for Supporting Humanities Scholarship
James Herbert | Dec 1, 2008
Issues in Graduate Education
- The Transition from Graduate Student to Professional: A Roundtable
Aaron Marrs | Dec 1, 2008
- Temping toward the Tenure Track
Lynn Sargeant | Dec 1, 2008
- From Teaching Assistant to Tenure-Track Faculty
Cheryl A. Wells | Dec 1, 2008
- Going to a Community College
Natalie Kimbrough | Dec 1, 2008
- From Graduate School to Public History
Melissa Jane Taylor | Dec 1, 2008
National History Center
- White Paper Presented on the Role of the History Major in Liberal Education
Miriam E. Hauss | Dec 1, 2008
- Rethinking America Once Again: Report on the NHC Summer Institute
John Gillis and Carl Guarneri | Dec 1, 2008
Letters to the Editor
- Childcare at the Annual Meeting
Roger Horowitz | Dec 1, 2008
In Memoriam
- John W. F. Dulles (1913-2008)
Jonathan C. Brown | Dec 1, 2008
- Sherman David Spector (1927-2008)
Steven A. Leibo | Dec 1, 2008