Imagine you are a job candidate, currently researching overseas. You count yourself fortunate to have a prearranged interview scheduled during the AHA annual meeting. You began your journey to the mee...

A new report published by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) emphasizes that civic engagement is something that must be taught, and it finds that schools...

In February 2011, as the Utah state legislature debated funding for higher education, a Senate leader rose to denounce what he saw as wasteful spending in particular programs, arguing that students in...

If you attend the annual meeting in Washington, DC, this January, and pass through the old lobby of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, you may notice a plaque commemorating the site as the place where L...

Recently a friend asked how I manage to keep track of the various things we do at the AHA. The question helped me to see the need for keeping our membership apprised of the breadth and depth of the As...

Eighty-five years ago, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson was presented with a Japanese telegram that had been decoded by a group of skilled cryptologists. Stimson was horrified at the moral invasion...

Please Tell Us Your Interview Location Imagine you are a job candidate, currently researching overseas. You count yourself fortunate to have a prearranged interview scheduled during the AHA annual mee...

The Job Center at the AHA annual meeting has changed over time—­the process is more streamlined, and drapes between tables provide a sense of privacy. But an even larger change will come in Washington...

In July of this year the University of California Academic Senate adopted a policy with the aim of “ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made ava...

The new methods of “big data” analysis can inform and expand historical analysis in ways that allow historians to redefine expectations regarding the nature of evidence, the stages of analysis, and th...