Historians and the Wider World

Black Sea Composite 4 by Nell Painter, 2012, acrylic on Yupo, 26″ x 40″.

Staff

Allen Mikaelian, editor
Jennifer Reut, associate editor
Christian Hale, production manager and layout
Liz Townsend, coordinator, job center and professional data
Vanessa Varin, associate editor, web and social media
Kelly Elmore, marketing manager

Featured Articles

May 1, 2013

Features

It’s a Small World After All
Black and white photograph looking out on the city of Paris from behind the clock face at the Musée d'Orsay.

May 1, 2013

Features

From Publishing to Communication

May 1, 2013

Features

Opening the Journal
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May 1, 2013

Features

What’s It Like to Leave Scholarship for Painting?
Books

May 1, 2013

Features

Professions and Publics: Three Views of Doing History
Touro Synagogue, designed by Peter Harrison and dedicated in 1763, exemplified Jewish social inclusion in British colonial seaports. A visit to Touro in Newport, Rhode Island, was the inspiration for George Washington’s 1790 commentary on religious freedom, “the United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” Photo Credit: Michael Milford, 2009. Courtesy of the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom.

May 1, 2013

Features

The Particular and the Universal

From the AHA

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May 1, 2013

From the Editor

The Humanities and the World
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May 1, 2013

From the Executive Director

Mysteries of AHA Prizes Revealed (Somewhat)
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May 1, 2013

From the President

Three Old Boxes
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May 1, 2013

From the Professional Division

What the Professional Division Can and Cannot Do
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May 1, 2013

AHA Activities

History Learning and Teaching in the Graduate Curriculum
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May 1, 2013

AHA Activities

AHA Releases Report on Two-Year College Faculty
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May 1, 2013

AHA Activities

Staff Changes at the AHA
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May 8, 2013

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Opening the Journal and the AHA’s Online Journey

Other Articles

May 1, 2013

From the National Coalition for History

Defunding the Social Sciences

May 1, 2013

From the National History Center

Spring Congressional Briefing on the History of Immigration Policy
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May 1, 2013

AHA Online

Being a Good Web Citizen
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May 8, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Four AHA Members Among the 2013 Newcombe Dissertation Fellows
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May 15, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Council Spotlight: Mary Louise Roberts
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May 29, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Carla R. Stephens
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May 22, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Ingo Trauschweizer
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May 9, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Joan Neuberger
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May 1, 2013

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Richard S. Fogarty
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May 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “Are Race, Class, and Gender Dominating the Discipline?”
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May 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On Decolonization in the Classroom
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May 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “AHA Job Ads and AAUP Censure”
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May 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

On “The Frailty of Historical Truth”
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May 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Charles H. Glatfelter (1924–2013)
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May 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Robert H. Zieger (1938–2013)
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May 1, 2013

In Memoriam

Gale Stokes (1933–2012)

News

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May 1, 2013

News

The National Parks and the Value of History
A NARA specialist in book preservation demonstrates some of the tools of the trade for the public at the recent Preservation EXPOsed! event.

May 1, 2013

News

NARA’s Preservation EXPOsed! Deserves More Exposure
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May 29, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Climate, Politics, and History
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May 21, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Why Teach?
Photo via bookhaven.stanford.edu

May 20, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

History Problems…

May 15, 2013

News, Perspectives Daily

Writing Tips for Summer Break