Presidential Addresses

Since the Association was founded in 1884, the Association’s presidents have addressed the annual meeting on a topic of interest or concern to the discipline. Since there is no set topic, the subjects treated have ranged widely from the role of history in society to the best practices of historians as writers, teachers, and social scientists. Each in their unique way represents a microcosm of the interests and concerns of the discipline in various stages of its development over the past century.

Presidential Biographies

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1970s

Richard B. Morris

“We the People of the United States”: The Bicentennial of a People’s Revolution

1970s

Charles Gibson

Conquest, Capitulation, and Indian Treaties

1970s

William J. Bouwsma

The Renaissance and the Drama of Western History

1970s

John Hope Franklin

Mirror for Americans: A Century of Reconstruction History

1980s

David H. Pinkney

American Historians on the European Past

1980s

Bernard Bailyn

The Challenge of Modern Historiography

1980s

Gordon A. Craig

The Historian and the Study of International Relations

1980s

Philip D. Curtin

Depth, Span, and Relevance

1980s

Arthur S. Link

The American Historical Association, 1884–1984: Retrospect and Prospect

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