Part one of this interview, which appeared on the blog on Monday, with Richard Gillespie examined his current position as director of education for the Mosby Heritage Area Association and some of his thoughts on history. In Part two he discusses advice for job hunters with history degrees and comments on misconceptions of history. Article By: Jessica Pritchard The post Jobs and Careers in History: Interview with Richard Gillespie...

The AHA is now offering an Archives Wiki as a free resource for historians and other researchers. This project is described in greater detail in the February issue of Perspectives on History, but in general terms, we hope that by harnessing this (relatively) new technology for collaboration on the web, we can draw on the collective interests of thousands of researchers and archivists to...

Tomorrow, Thursday September 11, 2008 a press briefing will be held at The George Washington University Gelman Library on the release of the grand jury testimony from the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The AHA was part of the petition, in January of this year, to have these files released, along with the National Security Archive, the American Society for Legal History, the Organization of American Historians, the Society...

The October issue of Perspectives is out with more than 30 articles filling the pages (both in print and online) with news, AHA activities, Annual Meeting info, professional issues, and more. The post October Perspectives: Full to the Brim appeared first on American Historical Association.

Secrecy, a new film by Harvard professors Peter Galison and Robb Moss about government classification debates, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008. Historian Tom Blanton, executive director of the National Security Archive, played a featured role in the film and the discussion following it at Sundance. The post Secrecy Film Debuts at Sundance appeared first on American Historical Association.

The November issue of Perspectives spans a range of topics and areas of interest. Including, a number of articles on the International Committee of Historical Sciences (CISH), mentoring, the Annual Meeting, and more. The post November Perspectives: Mentors, CISH, Annual Meeting, and More appeared first on American Historical Association.

Papers for precirculated paper sessions at the 122nd Annual Meeting are now available online. The post Precirculated Papers for the 122nd Annual Meeting appeared first on American Historical Association.

This is a reminder for all institutions that wish to interview candidates at the 2008 Annual Meeting in official Job Register facilities: the deadline for reservations is next Thursday, November 15. The post Deadline for Reserving Space in the Job Register is November 15 appeared first on American Historical Association.

The U.S. Department of Education is now accepting applications for the 2008 Teaching American History grant program... The post 2008 Teaching American History Grants appeared first on American Historical Association.

The electronic monographs published by Columbia University Press in the Gutenberg-e Project are now available in an open-access form through the University’s Libraries, and are also being made available through ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB). By taking this new step, we will continue the project’s ongoing experiment with different forms of electronic publication, and also hope to demonstrate whether open-access publications will garner greater use...