In letters sent to federal authorities, the American Historical Association objected to recent disclosures that the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed records from interrogations of individuals suspected of terrorism, and requested action to prevent further loss. The post AHA Objects to Destruction of Guantanamo Records appeared first on American Historical Association.

The federal Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) received a large response to their request for comment on research methods subject to institutional review boards (IRBs). Dr. Zachary Schrag, an assistant professor at George Mason University, reports that more than half of the 65 responses to the OHRP’s request asked for an exclusion of oral history research methods. The post Sizeable Response on Review Board Issue appeared first on American Historical Association.

The WHA offers an annual prize of $750 to a teacher who submits the finest world history lesson, successfully incorporating recent research and content ideas... The post Grant of the Week: World History Association Teaching Prize appeared first on American Historical Association.

The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) will award up to eight research stipends of $1,000 each to support original research and interpretive writing related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest. The post Grant of the Week: Research Grants from the State Historical Society of Iowa appeared first on American Historical Association.

In this week’s “What We’re Reading” you’ll find news from Capitol Hill, including the new “National Veterans History Project Week,” and the National Coalition for History’s coverage of bills, NARA, and more. Also in this issue, historian Patty Limerick looks at the resurgence of Westerns at the movie theater; former Harper’s editor Lewis Lapham starts a new history magazine; and author Christine L. Borgman talks...

Digitization projects like Google Books are hot topics right now, but some sites have been scanning and displaying books for years. Case in point is the Feeding America site, a project of the Michigan State University Libraries, that has been up and running for nearly a decade. The post An Appetite for History appeared first on American Historical Association.

The Library Company of Philadelphia Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Fellowships are designed to promote scholarship in early American economy and society, broadly defined, from its colonial beginnings to roughly the 1850s. One dissertation-level fellowship is available, carries a stipend of $20,000, and is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency... The post Grant of the Week: PEAES Dissertation Fellowships from the Library...

On March 3 and 4, 145 members of the humanities community, including college professors, museum professionals, librarians, archivists, and independent scholars, gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 2008 National Conference of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), of which the AHA is a member. The highlight of the conference was the ninth annual Humanities Advocacy Day. The post Humanities Advocacy Day and the NHA Conference appeared first on American Historical Association.

The National Archives and Records Administration is seeking a new executive director of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The current director, Max J. Evans, is retiring at the end of this month. The post NARA Seeks Executive Director appeared first on American Historical Association.

We start off this week with reactions to the National Endowment of the Arts report on the state of Americans’ reading habits. If these trends continue it may be a troubling signal for the country in general and the history profession specifically. Then continue on to other articles we’ve read this week, including a timely article on the history of turkey pardons, a historian’s exciting discovery...