Along the lines of Perspectives on History’s May 2009 theme issue of history and digital technology, historians may be interested in the web site Henry Hudson 400. This site celebrates the 400th anniversary of explorer Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage to the Americas in search of a water passage to the Pacific Ocean. Article By: David Darlington The post Henry Hudson Meets Google Maps appeared first on American Historical Association.

The ad hoc Two-Year College Task Force, which was established by the AHA’s Council in January 2009, has begun its work of exploring various issues relating to history faculty at two-year colleges. At the end of its three-year tenure, the task force is expected to present a set of recommendations to Council. The post AHA’s Two-Year College Task Force Begins Work appeared first on American Historical Association.

We start off this week with news and advocacy. Take a look at all the items in the National Humanities Alliance’s October Policy Digest as well as their push for NEH funding, review COSSA’s Washington Update, and in non-Washington related news, check out a map from 1675 up for auction in the UK.  Today, October 29th, is the anniversary of the “Black Tuesday” stock...

In the news this week, the OAH has hired a new executive director, the NHPRC is recommending $2.9 million for grants, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero gives his “State of the Archives” address, and recent panel looks at changes in the Lower East Side. Then, we bring you three links to pages on oral history and storytelling: Cambridge University has a new...

The AHA is saddened to report the death of Robert M. Warner on April 24, 2007, in Ann Arbour, Michigan, of a heart attack. Warner served as the sixth Archivist of the United States from July 1980 to April 15, 1985. During his term, Warner was instrumental in making the national archives an independent federal agency. The post The AHA Remembers: Robert M. Warner appeared first on American Historical Association.

To celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, we’ve compiled a list of web sites below for your enjoyment, enlightenment, and education. Article By: Jessica Pritchard The post Celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall appeared first on American Historical Association.

The Association has established a Technology Advisory Committee, to provide guidance to the AHA Council and staff on how the organization’s electronic publishing program might do better today and where it should be five years from now. The post AHA Establishes Technology Advisory Committee appeared first on American Historical Association.

Your friends at the AHA are trying to make it easier for you to get your research published. How? By creating an online database that provides helpful links to English-language journals that publish in various fields of history. We call it the "Publish Your Paper!" website. The post Publish or Perish appeared first on American Historical Association.

Jay Rubenstein, a medieval historian and an associate professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is one of the 24 MacArthur fellows for 2007. The post MacArthur Fellowship Awarded to Historian Jay Rubenstein appeared first on American Historical Association.

The Institute for Political History’s Hugh Davis Graham Award provides research stipends for doctoral students, junior scholars, and senior scholars doing archival research in the fields of 20th-century American political/policy history and American political development. The post Grant of the Week: Hugh Davis Graham Award appeared first on American Historical Association.