Even the most seasoned observers of the Washington scene have been shocked by the bitterness and vitriol that has been flying back and forth between the two parties since the Democrats took control of...

At its 87th annual meeting—held in Atlanta in conjunction with the 121st annual meeting of the AHA—the American Catholic Historical Association conferred its annual book awards, the Howard R. Marraro ...

Under the AHA constitution and bylaws (Article VIII, Section 1; Article IX; and Bylaws 11 and 12), the executive director invites all members of the Association to submit to her, on or before January ...

Winthrop D. Jordan died in his home in Oxford, Mississippi, on February 23, 2007, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. His White Over Black, which won both the National Book Awar...

Pioneer of African studies and world history; AHA president in 1983 Philip D. Curtin, a key founder of both African studies in the United States and the broader perspectives that are now maturing as “...

On Friday, February 9, 2007, the History Graduate Students Association (HGSA) at the University of Maryland at College Park held its second annual graduate student history conference. This day-long ev...

The AHA Teaching Division encourages those meeting registrants with a special interest in history teaching to attend the following sessions and activities. This roster of sessions reflects the combine...

To the Editor: Unable to attend the AHA annual meeting this past January, we appreciated the opportunity to read the remarks of four panelists at the session on Obama’s historic election (Perspectives...

In July 2009 the National History Center hosted a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer institute on the theme, “American Immigration Revisited.” Twenty-five faculty members teaching in d...

Becoming an accomplished academic historian, as with a career in any field, is a stressful and burdensome process. The demands of an academic career come from many directions and the American Historic...