For this series, Masters at the Movies, we invite well-known historians to write about a film or films that they consider especially attractive as subjects for the study and teaching of history. The t...

The federal government is inviting comments (at www.hhs.gov/ohrp/documents/20071026.htm) on a draft policy on institutional review boards (IRBs). This is a rare opportunity for historians to comment a...

Two Senior National Archives Officials Resign On October 1, Executive Director Max J. Evans announced that he would retire from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) on J...

The program for the 2008 annual meeting builds on the efforts of the previous few years to offer a more diverse menu of panels that reflect innovations in both format and content. Aside from sessions ...

Individuals submitting proposals for the 2009 annual meeting in New York will note improvements in the electronic proposal system. The new system, maintained by a new outside contractor, is more user ...

The AHA’s Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Prize will be presented to the awardwinning author, Adam Hochschild, on January 2, 2009, at the plenary session of the 123rd annual meeting to be held in th...

This forum on assessment, with essays by Norman L. Jones, James I. Matray, and Robert Griffith, developed from a vigorous discussion on the AHA’s chairs listserv. Chairs raised the concerns addressed ...

James H. Cassedy (1919–2007), a historian at the National Library of Medicine, died of cachexia (a physical wasting disease) at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on September 14, 2007. After receiving h...

Editor's Note: The following is the text of the statement issued by the Council of the American Historical Association in response to the concern expressed by several historians in Europe about the ad...

To nurture interest in history among students and to encourage their mentors, the AHA is offering special registration rates for high school and undergraduate teachers who are accompanied by their stu...