The Teaching American History (TAH) program has spotlighted the need for improving communication and interaction among K–12 and postsecondary teachers of history. In fact, the TAH program comes on the...

To the Editor: I want to thank Gabrielle Spiegel for addressing the silent challenges and complex negotiations of so many mothers (and fathers) in the historical profession. Though our trade is more f...

Note: In response to a recent request for comments from the federal government's Office of Human Research Protections (described in a December 2007 Perspectives article), the American Historical Assoc...

In 2005, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation issued a major report on diversity in doctoral education that concluded that despite decades-long national efforts, African Americans, Hispan...

Practices followed in hiring historians are seriously flawed. Delays, expense, unnecessary requests for material, and the creation of unreasonable anxiety for lack of information are all evident in th...

From The Coalition Column of the May 2008 issue of Perspectives on History

General Information New York City is one of the most accessible cities in the world for visitors with disabilities. Here are a few resources that may prove helpful for those planning to attend the 123...

More than 40 years ago, describing the emerging globalization movement of his day, Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase, "The Global Village." The "village" has grown rapidly since then, not only encomp...

This year, the AHA was informed of 261 active searches in Washington, D.C., down from 283 searches last year in Atlanta and 311 from the 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. With the number of availab...

The 123rd annual meeting of the Association will be held Friday, January 2–Monday, January 5, 2009, in New York City at the Hilton New York and Sheraton New York hotels. The meeting is starting on a F...