
Features
- Captive Histories: The Past and the Public at Andersonville
Evan Kutzler | May 12, 2016
- Mad Skills: How Historians Are Like Swiss Army Knives
Lincoln Bramwell | May 12, 2016
On the Cover
The words on our cover this month-"Pasts in Public"-allude to an increasingly pronounced sense among historians that engaging in civic life as historians is a responsibility of democratic citizenship. A number of articles in this issue wrestle with interpreting the past in public, particularly Evan A. Kutzler's analysis of the presentation of complicated histories to visitors at the Andersonville National Historic Site, located on the grounds of a massive Confederate prison camp. As Kutzler shows, public historians' efforts to presenta multifaceted interpretation of the US Civil War's deadliest site often clash with the attitudes and knowledge that visitors bring with them. The past in public, in other words, is fraught with challenges. Image: Two Pairs of Unidentified Soldiers in Union Shell Jackets (between 1861 and 1865)/Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress.
From the Editor
- May 2016 Townhouse Notes
Allison Miller | May 12, 2016
From the President
- Diversity: Among Historical Practitioners, in Research, and in Teaching
Patrick Manning | May 12, 2016
From the Executive Director
- Again and Again: Historians, Politics, and Public Culture
James Grossman | May 12, 2016
News
- The Decline in History Majors: What Is to Be Done?
Julia Brookins | May 10, 2016
- Number of Doctorates in History Continued Moderate Growth in 2014
Seth Denbo | May 12, 2016
- Introducing America in 20 Minutes: The Smithsonian’s New Film on the Nation’s History
Amanda Moniz | May 12, 2016
From the Professional Division
- How Should the Profession Respond to the AHA LGBTQ Task Force Report?
Mary Louise Roberts | May 12, 2016
Viewpoints
- Facing Up to the Deplorable Past
David Lowenthal | May 12, 2016
AHA Activities
- Proposed Revisions to the AHA Constitution
AHA Staff | May 12, 2016
- AHA Introduces Jerry Bentley World History Travel Grants
AHA Staff | May 12, 2016
- In the June Issue of the American Historical Review
Alex Lichtenstein | May 12, 2016
In Memoriam
- David Duckworth Bien, 1930-2015
Dale K. VanKley | May 12, 2016
- Laszlo Deme, 1933-2015
Justus D. Doenecke | May 12, 2016