While the 2008 AHA Annual Meeting is still fresh in our minds, now is a good time to take a look at some preliminary interview numbers from the Job Register... The post The 2008 Job Register: By the Numbers appeared first on American Historical Association.

Roy Rosenzweig, the Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History & New Media at George Mason University, and a friend and councilor of the AHA, passed away yesterday, October 11, 2007, due to complications resulting from advanced cancer of the lungs. The post Roy Rosenzweig, 1950—2007 appeared first on American Historical Association.

Just about a year ago, we put up a post here at AHA Today highlighting a number of history carnivals available online (with the help of Cliopatria’s history blogroll). In this post we’re highlighting a handful of some recent carnivals, to remind you that they’re out there and describe some topics they cover. The post Revisiting the Carnival appeared first on American Historical Association.

Among the recently announced 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners are two historians. We start off this post by recognizing them and linking to their award winning works. In other news, the Library of Congress posted a press release last week about the relocation of their European Reading Room, in response to a flurry of protests from academics. From the Chronicle’s Footnoted blog comes an article on the...

According to a survey carried out by the Library of Congress Inspector General, about one sixth of the library’s “books, monographs and bound periodicals” are misplaced, missing, or otherwise unaccounted for... The post Survey Reveals Surprising Number of Missing Items at the Library of Congress appeared first on American Historical Association.

The AHA has partnered with WebsEdge of London, UK to produce HistoriansTV, a daily television program during the 123rd Annual Meeting (January 2-5, 2009 in New York City).  Each day of the meeting a new 30-minute news program will be broadcast which will include interviews with key speakers, news from the conference floor, and several five-minute “thought leadership films”... Article By: Gabrielle Spiegel and Arnita Jones The...

A review in the Washington Post last Sunday reiterated the now tired claim that postmodernism in its various guises is responsible for poor writing in the discipline. While the constellation of methods gathered under that label rarely promote lucid prose, the latest addition to our online archives—a 1926 report about The Writing of History—shows the profession mulling over many of the same issues 80 years...

It’s a touchy subject and also the focus of the first half of this week’s “What We’re Reading” post: the history job market and the AHA’s role. We point to four articles, and the comments that go with them, to explore a range of views on the subject. Following that is a selection of announcements (including new projects, new award recipients, and new books), links to...

The advertising deadline is nearing for the 2009 Annual Meeting Supplement. Ads are due October 31. Article By: Kelly Elmore The post Advertising Deadline Nears for the 2009 Annual Meeting Supplement appeared first on American Historical Association.

Eric Van Young (University of California at San Diego), chair of the AHA’s Committee on International Historical Activities, invites proposals—to be received by January 15, 2008—from all historians (members of the AHA and nonmembers alike) in all fields and practicing in the United States, to be considered for presentation at the 21st International Congress of Historical Sciences to be held August 22–28, 2010, in Amsterdam. The post ICHS/CISH Deadline Extended...