Anarchist Cinema

Still from La Commune (Paris 1871), directed by Peter Watkins. Photo courtesy of Icarus Films.

Staff

Allen Mikaelian, editor
Vanessa Varin, associate editor, web and social media
Liz Townsend, coordinator, professional data and job center

Featured Articles

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December 1, 2013

Features

Masters at the Movies, Take 22
Courtesy of Project X Distribution. A scene from Peter Watkins’s Culloden.

December 1, 2013

Features

The Anarchist Cinema of Peter Watkins
Photograph by . Cliveden was built as a summer home for Benjamin Chew in 1767. Today, it is a historic site working to reintroduce itself to the Germantown neighborhood, in part by telling stories of slavery and domestic servitude that were often left untold.

December 1, 2013

Features

A Place of Collaboration
Warner Sugar Refinery and other industries on the shores of Lake Michigan. My students took on topics associated with this factory and studied primary sources to bring Waukegan’s industrial past to life.

December 1, 2013

Features

History Down the Road
Courtesy of Lettajoe Gallup. Students walking into Zena Forest.

December 1, 2013

Features

Finding a Sense of Place

From the AHA

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December 1, 2013

From the Editor

The Forest and the Trees
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December 1, 2013

From the Executive Director

Disrupting the Disruptors
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December 19, 2013

From the Executive Director, Perspectives Daily

Some Mild Corrections
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December 1, 2013

From the President

Recalling What We Do
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December 1, 2013

From the Professional Division

Three Years in the PD
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December 1, 2013

From the Professional Division

Suspicious E-mails Targeting Scholars

December 1, 2013

AHA Activities

What’s in the December 2013 AHR?
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December 1, 2013

AHA Activities

2013 AHA Election Results
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December 1, 2013

AHA Activities

AHA Grants 2013 Roosevelt-Wilson Award to Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein
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December 1, 2013

AHA Activities

The 2013 Equity Awards
Photo by Marc Monaghan The Job Center at the 126th annual meeting in Chicago.

December 1, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting

Broaden Your Career Horizons
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

December 1, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting

The Presidential Address at the 2014 Annual Meeting
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

December 18, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Reception for History Bloggers and Twitterstorians
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

December 17, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Announcing the Curator-Led Tours of the National Museum of American History
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December 17, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

2014 Name that Cocktail Contest: You Decide!
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December 2, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Name that Cocktail 2014!
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December 16, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

New Year’s Eve Events in Washington, DC
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

December 13, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Washington Museums Open on New Years
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

December 10, 2013

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

The AHA’s 2014 Annual Meeting: What’s In It for K-12 Teachers?

Other Articles

December 1, 2013

From the National History Center

Casting a Wider Net: The National History Center at the 2014 Annual Meeting
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December 1, 2013

AHA Online

Your Web Is Different from My Web
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December 9, 2013

Career Paths, Perspectives Daily

What I Do: Carol Geary Schneider
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December 1, 2013

News

Member News, December 2013
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December 18, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Mike Clinton
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December 4, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Roger Peace
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December 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “Advising Mom and Dad”
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December 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “Teaching Middle Eastern History”
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December 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “New Challenges for Library Reading Rooms”
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December 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Lee Daniel Snyder (1933–2012)
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December 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Sally Schwartz (1952–2013)
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December 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Edmund Sears Morgan (1916–2013)
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December 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Genevieve Miller (1914–­2013)
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December 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Ann J. Lane (1931–2013)
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December 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Merton Lynn Dillon (1924–2013)

News

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December 1, 2013

News

The Many Careers of History PhDs
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December 1, 2013

News

From the Classroom to Citizenship
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December 16, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

New Report on Academic Freedom and Electronic Communication from AAUP
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December 31, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Bonus Flashback Friday: White House Open House
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December 20, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: Santa Claus Riding an Elephant in Minnesota?
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December 13, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: Santa Takes a Catnap
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December 6, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: The Original Selfie