TeachingHistory.org Workshop Highlights Teaching with Innovative Tools
Every now and then (and especially after the NAEP reports) there is much lamentation about the sad state of history teaching, and all kinds of solutions are proposed, from abolishing the federal...
View ArticleJames M. McPherson: A Life in American History
One measure of the affection felt throughout the profession for historian James M. McPherson might be the number of students, colleagues, and fans who willingly showed up—many with coffee in hand and...
View ArticleTweeting the 126th Annual Meeting
Following the AHA’s 126th annual meeting this year on Twitter, through over 4,500 tweets, was fascinating. Attendees, as well as those following along from home, connected with other participants,...
View ArticleJob Searches Hold Steady – 126th Annual Meeting
Over 160 search committees conducted interviews at the AHA’s 126th annual meeting this January, holding steady from last year and showing a continued recovery from the nadir of 115 in 2010. Fifty-nine...
View ArticleJobs in the History Profession: Two Sessions at the 126th Annual Meeting
Of the nearly 5,000 attendees at this year’s annual meeting were some ostensibly similar historians who’d come to Chicago for two quite dissimilar reasons. There were those eager to participate in one...
View ArticleWhither the Future of the History Textbook
Two printed materials arrive predictably on Ann West’s front porch: the Boston Globe and the Yellow Pages. West, a panelist at the 126th annual meeting, session 232, “Whither the Future of the History...
View ArticleVideos from the 126th Annual Meeting
Various events and sessions from the 126th annual meeting this past January 5-8, 2012 in Chicago, have been blogged and tweeted about all over the web. But now, whether you attended the meeting, or...
View ArticleCouncil Decisions, January 2012
The following action items were approved at the two Council meetings, January 5 and 8, 2012, at the 126th annual meeting. Approved the minutes of the June 2011 meeting. Approved the selection of 2012...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting Product Sale
The AHA was pleased to receive so much positive feedback about the logo for the 126th annual meeting. If you’re one of the logo’s many fans, consider purchasing it on a t-shirt or poster, now on sale...
View ArticleHow to Write a History of Information – Audio of the 126th Annual Meeting...
At the Opening of the 126th Annual Meeting last month, reported on here, Anthony Grafton and Ann M. Blair chaired “How to Write a History of Information: A Session in Honor of Peter Burke.” Panelists...
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