Editor's Note: This essay is the second in a series on the National Parks. See also "America's National Parks System: Sunset or New Dawn?" and "Remembering Repression: The GULAG as an NPS Exhibit." Fr...

The number of students entering doctoral programs is rising, according to data submitted to the AHA in 2007 by history PhD programs. The data also indicate that after 10 years in the program, fewer th...

Voice is of paramount importance for the profession. Oral historians aim to mine buried voices, provide voice to the inarticulate, and render visible the subject position of historical actors otherwis...

Why write biography? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an individual's life as a vehicle to illuminate broader historical issues? Are there historical problems or questions best appro...

Editor's Note: The author of the essay printed below received the AHA's Eugene Asher Award for Distinguished Teaching in January 2007 in recognition of her successful attempts to develop innovative an...

To the Editor: I really enjoyed reading Gabrielle Spiegel’s essay on “getting medieval” in the September 2008 issue of Perspectives on History. It is a bold, intelligent, and daring essay. But I was s...

Under the rubric “Masters at the Movies,” this column features a variety of articles on films by some of the most accomplished teachers and scholars in the profession. Most of the authors are familiar...

The number of new history bachelor's degrees reached the highest level in 30 years in 2004–05, as the nation's colleges and universities conferred 31,398 degrees. This marked an increase of 5.3 percen...

In 2005, we were co-directors of a summer institute for college teachers on the theme “Rethinking America in Global Perspective,” which was sponsored by the American Historical Association and the Nat...

Article VII of the AHA constitution states that the Association’s Council shall call a business meeting, open to all members of the Association in good standing, to convene at the time of the annual m...