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November 19, 2009

Grant of the Week: Dissertation Year Fellowships from the Truman Library

The Harry S. Truman Library & Museum offers up to two Dissertation Year Fellowship grants of $16,000 annually to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. Fellowship awardees may accept a competing fellowship or major grant from another institution with if certain stipulations are met. Applicants should have substantially completed their research and be prepared to devote full time to writing their dissertation. Preference will be given to projects based on extensive research at the Truman Library. Deadline: February 1.

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November 18, 2009

What We’re Reading: November 19, 2009 Edition

Serenade-The PropositionWe start off this week with some news items: the Committee on Lesbian and Gay History has put out a press release for the 2010 AHA Annual Meeting and Georgetown University has a new masters in global history. Then, we look at the future of print: Syracuse University is keeping its “little used” books, Tom Peters at Library Journal weighs in, and some history students switch to the Kindle. We also link to a number of interviews this week. Hear from Richard Moe, individuals from the Depression and WWII, and editors Mark Philip Bradley and Marilyn Young. Three articles tackle a variety of topics: academic writing, the history of the internet, and the end of the ‘00s. And finally, take a look at Lincoln through dance, view lesser known photos from the JFK investigation, and see remembrances of Veteran’s Day around the world with the Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog.

News

The Future of Print

Interviews

Articles

Dance

Photos

Contributors: Elisabeth Grant, Vernon Horn, Arnita Jones, Jessica Pritchard, and Robert B. Townsend

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November 17, 2009

Resources for Minority Historians

The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the creation of the “Resources for Minority Historians” portal web page. The page brings together important Perspectives on History articles on the racial/ethnic disparity in the historical profession and the best practices guide for promoting equity for minority historians in the academy. It also contains relevant AHA statements and reports on affirmative action and racial and gender equity. In addition to links to cognate AHA committees and related associations, the web site provides a list of web-based resources in the areas of diversity and equity, recruitment, teaching, mentoring, community service, and professional development.

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November 16, 2009

Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship Endowment Still Needs Support

The first recipient of the Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History will be announced at the annual meeting in January, but the endowment for the award still needs your support.

The award was developed by friends and colleagues of Roy Rosenzweig to honor his life and work as a pioneer in the field of digital history. But in order to assure this award remains on a firm financial footing into the future, we need your assistance.

The George Mason University Foundation, Inc. manages the funds for the Rosenzweig Prize. Contributions may be tax deductible to the full extent allowable by the law.

Gifts for the AHA/CHNM Rosenzweig Prize may be mailed to:

GMU Foundation, Inc.
4400 University Drive, MS 1A3
Fairfax, VA 22030

Checks should be made payable to the GMU Foundation, Inc. and indicate that the gift is for the AHA/CHNM Rosenzweig Prize. Gifts may also be made online at give.gmu.edu, but funds must be specified for the AHA/CHNM Rosenzweig Prize in the comments section.

For questions or information on alternate methods of giving, individuals should contact: Amy Lambrecht, Director of Development, Phone: (703) 993-8706, e-mail: alambrec@gmu.edu.

Contributions may also count toward the center’s National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) matching grant in accordance with NEH guidelines.

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November 15, 2009

Inuit Contact: An Arctic Culture Teaching Resource

By Jessica Pritchard

Inuit Contact and ColonizationMuch of history stems from exploration—of land, of resources, of people. The Inuit Heritage Trust, which is committed to protecting the heritage of arctic peoples, has created Inuit – Contact and Colonization, a resourceful teaching web site dedicated to takurngaqtaq, an Inuit term that translates to “encountering something for the first time.” The resources available on the site provide a historical and cultural context for Inuit contact with first nations, whalers, explorers, and traders. There are three primary types of contact outlined throughout the site’s sections: direct contact, indirect contact, and contact between cultures.

To get started, visit the site’s Historical Exploration Toolkit, which explains historical pedagogical techniques, such as story telling, a pillar of historic discovery. The site guides the user—ideally a teacher—on how to use the available resources; how to collect evidence; how to figure out the evidence’s significance, if any at all; and furthermore how to piece together the evidence to draw conclusions and give perspective. Additionally, teachers can help their students to approach history like a historian, through historical and critical thinking.

One final resource teachers can access before delving into the heart of the site is that of Instructional Modules intended for junior secondary students.

Inuit and the Land explores the Inuit belief system and the impact of direct and indirect contacts had on this belief system: “Students will be able to examine the historical influences that impacted Inuit culture today through an investigation of beliefs, practices, stories and the links of these cultural markers to actual archeological sites and the interpretation of finds from those sites by elders.”

Economics for Contact investigates economic activities of the Inuit and the impact European contact had on these activities: “Students will be able to examine the historical influences that impacted Inuit culture today through an investigation of economic and social drivers and the impacts these had on Inuit culture. Special focus will be given to identifying events and evidence and developing a critical approach to understanding what happened between groups and how this impacted them historically.”

Once teachers have familiarized themselves with the web site—the goals, the navigation, the available resources—they can then move into one of five different topics. Each of the following topics contains packs, trunks, and bags that change over time and through different relationships, The themes in each of these packs, trunks, and bags include sewing and clothing, cultural knowledge, tools, technology, weapons, trade, and food. Students can explore artifacts, documents, and stories, each coupled with their individual evidence, perspective, and significance.


  1. Inuit and the Land – “For Inuit, the Arctic has always been home, the land and landscape have provided both physical and spiritual needs and a unique sense of relationship with the land lies at the very core of Inuit belief.”
  2. Contact with First Nations – “As Arctic climates warmed and cooled Inuit groups encountered First Nation tribes as they shared paths across the barren lands to secure game and materials.”
  3. Contact with Whalers – “From the 16th century, Europeans began the move from a rural and agricultural society into a mixed economy that increasingly demanded artisans, craftsmen, skilled labour, and more centralized city centres. One of the demands that came with this change was the demand for fuel…This increased demand sparked the whale hunting industry in earnest.”
  4. Contact with Explorers – “Arctic exploration exploded in the 19th century when the age of scientific discovery, economic expansion came together with a surplus of naval ships and officers with a relative period of peace between warring European nations.”
  5. Contact with Traders– “At the heart of every exploration initiative is the motive of profit…Trade and the emerging merchant class of the 15th century onwards set the discoveries of this period in motion.”

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November 12, 2009

David Ferriero Sworn in as Archivist of the U.S.

By Lee White, Executive Director of the National Coalition for History

Crossposted from the National Coalition for History’s web site.

On November 13, David Ferriero, the former Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries, was sworn in as the tenth Archivist of the United States at a small ceremony at the National Archives at College Park, MD. Mr. Ferriero will move to Washington and assume his duties full-time in the very near future.

At his swearing-in ceremony, Mr. Ferriero said, “I’m very excited about being here. I am looking forward to jumping in with both feet to work with the staff at the National Archives on the important issues that we face in a world increasingly dependent upon information and technology.”

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November 12, 2009

Grant of the Week: Holocaust Museum Summer Research Workshops

The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) invites proposals from workshop coordinator(s) to conduct two-week research workshops at the museum during June through August of 2010. The center welcomes proposals from scholars in all relevant disciplines including history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, comparative genocide studies, law, and others. Workshops consist of two weeks of intensive discussion, culminating in a public presentation of the group’s results. The center offers stipends and financial assistance to cover some expenses. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2010. See this page for more information and instructions on how to apply.

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November 11, 2009

What We’re Reading: November 12, 2009 Edition

Lin-Manuel Miranda rap about Alexander HamiltonIn the news this week, new restrictions and fees for researchers entering the U.S. raises concerns, Marilyn B. Young’s Decolonization lecture is now online, historian Robert N. Proctor continues to deal with Big Tobacco, ICHS gears up for Amsterdam 2010, and Newsweek takes a look at the last decade. On the topic of African American history we bring you two articles: one on Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center and the other on BlackPast.org.  Then we turn to the archives, looking to forgotten treasures and a turn to the digital. And finally, we round this post of with some fun: performer Lin-Manuel Miranda raps about Alexander Hamilton, a “historic gastronomist” recreates meals from the past, and the University of Chicago lets visitors “make [their] own academic sentence.”

African American History

Archives and Libraries

For Fun

Contributors: Miriam Hauss Cunningham, Elisabeth Grant, Vernon Horn, Arnita Jones, Jessica Pritchard, and Robert B. Townsend.

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November 10, 2009

Veterans Day Resources

By Jessica Pritchard

In honor of this year’s Veterans Day, we bring you a number of educational resources for in and out of the classroom.

Resources

Veterans History Project

Teaching Aids

Read-Write-Think
Read Write Think
ReadWriteThink is a collaboration of the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Verizon Foundation, providing students and educators with lesson plans, standards, web resources, and materials.

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November 09, 2009

LGBTQ Taskforce Statement

By Leisa Meyer, Taskforce co-chair

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Taskforce of the AHA was created by AHA Council at the January 2009 annual meeting. The Taskforce is composed of five members (with the vice president and a member of the Professional Division and AHA serving as co-chairs), one additional AHA member appointed by the Professional Division (PD), and two appointed by the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender History (CLGBTH), an affiliate society of the AHA. The Taskforce has a three-year charge and meets once a year always during the AHA annual meeting with several conference calls during the year for discussion of ongoing business.

As a newly constituted Taskforce of the AHA, our charge is to gather information about the concerns of LGBTQ historians and propose concrete, practical solutions for as many of them as possible. We have already begun conducting a benchmark survey of other professional organizations with an eye to best practices and policies. Ideally, this will result in an “LGBTQ equity in the workplace/best practices” guide. Another possible focus of attention will be a survey of LGBTQ historians and those doing LGBTQ history to determine hiring and discrimination trends in the field. This would result in a “status of LGBTQ people in the historical profession” report. But the Taskforce will also attend more broadly to the special problems faced by LGBTQ historians (including those teaching LGBTQ topics) on the job market, in the classroom, in the research field, and in all stages of their careers. In addition, the Taskforce will address the ways in which the AHA can best serve the needs of LGBTQ historians.

Our target audience is the AHA leadership and membership and our charge does not include taking a public stand on issues such as the boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, one of the headquarters for the 2010 AHA annual meeting in San Diego.

That said, the Taskforce is interested in learning more about and reflecting on how and why this situation developed, how the AHA has responded, what the impact will be on LGBTQ history and historians, and what can be done to avoid such situations in the future.

If members of the AHA have thoughts about the San Diego convention that they would like to share with the Taskforce, please e-mail Leisa Meyer at ldmeye@wm.edu.

If members of the AHA would like more information about the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History, please consult the committee’s web site and/or Facebook page:

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November 09, 2009

AHA Launches Drive to Endow New Prize for South Asian History

Following a recent Council decision, the AHA has launched a drive to endow a new annual prize—the John F. Richards Prize—for the best book South Asian history, and invites all interested in the region’s history to contribute generously to the fund.

Historical work on South Asia has become increasingly prominent and remarkably influential in recent decades. Numerous books focused on the region have deeply influenced scholarship on other parts of the world as well because of their innovative methodologies and novel perspectives. South Asian history is now taught at a growing number of colleges and universities worldwide, indicating an increasing interest among students and portending a rising volume of research on it. Nowhere is this truer than in the North American academy.

Historians of South Asia have also been increasingly visible within the American Historical Association with a growing representation at its meetings and in its flagship journal, the American Historical Review. Recognition of South Asian history reached another level in the election of Barbara D. Metcalf, a leading historian of the subcontinent, as the AHA’s president for 2010, and also in the selection of Romila Thapar as the AHA’s next Honorary Foreign Member (the second South Asian historian to be so honored after Jadunath Sircar, on whom the Honorary Foreign Membership was conferred in 1952).

The time seemed apt, therefore, to add a new prize dedicated to South Asian history to the list of 20 book prizes currently awarded by the AHA and which now cover every other major world region. The AHA did award a prize—the Watumull Prize—for the best book on the history of India for a few decades, from 1945 through 1982. But the prize, which had recognized the scholarship of many distinguished historians, became defunct for lack of funds. The initiative to resurrect a prize focused on the region, now more broadly defined as South Asia, came from the newly formed interest group, the Society for Advancing the History of South Asia. Members of the society, many of whom are also in the campaign committee for the fund, decided to name the prize in memory of John Folsom Richards, a distinguished historian noted for his generosity, breadth of vision, and the collegial quality of his many academic ventures at Duke University and elsewhere.

By bringing the best new work to the attention of the scholarly and journalistic community each year, the John F. Richards Prize will reaffirm the significance of South Asian history to the historical discipline as a whole. It will signal the vibrancy of the field; and even as it turns a well-deserved spotlight onto a winner, the prize will also serve to illuminate the work of the many excellent scholars whose collective efforts have advanced South Asian history so notably during the past several decades.

Gifts to the John F. Richards Prize fund of the American Historical Association will be tax-deductible as permitted by law and each will be acknowledged by the chair of the fundraising committee as well as the AHA office. Any member of the campaign committee may be contacted for further information. Checks should be made out to the American Historical Association with “Richards Prize” in the check’s memo line and mailed to AHA Richards Prize Fund, P.O. Box 532, Metuchen, NJ 08840-0532, USA, along with this form (PDF) that can be downloaded online. The form may also be used to make a pledge—payable by December 31, 2010—to the fund.

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November 05, 2009

Grant of the Week: NEH Challenge Grants in United States History and Culture

NEH invites applications for Challenge Grants in United States History and Culture. This grant opportunity is designed to help institutions and organizations strengthen their ability to explore significant themes and events in American history, so as to advance understanding of how—since the nation’s founding—these events have shaped and been shaped by American identity and culture. Nonprofit institutions (public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, tribal governments) are eligible for these grants. Deadline: February 3, 2010. See the National Trust for Historic Preservation “Show Me the Money” blog and the NEH Challenge Grants page for more information.

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November 04, 2009

What We’re Reading: November 5, 2009 Edition

Native American Heritage MonthNovember is National Native American Heritage Month and in this What We’re Reading we bring you three sites with information on events, activities, lesson plans, and resources on various topics pertaining to Native Americans. From the National Coalition for History read up on all the budget updates, new commissions, and nomination progress happening in Washington. Two articles focus on assessments and suggestions: the first on PhD programs, and the second on natural-history museums. Finally, learn more about photographer Roy DeCarava, look back at Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation: A Personal View, consider hiking the Ridgeway National Trail.

Native American Heritage Month

News

Assessments and Suggestions

Assorted Articles

Contributors: Elisabeth Grant, Jessica Pritchard, and Robert B. Townsend

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November 03, 2009

New Member Category for Early Career Professionals

By Elise Lipkowitz and Robert B. Townsend

We are pleased to announce the establishment of an Early Career Member category, to assist junior members of the profession in their transition from graduate school into long-term employment in the profession.

For years now, younger members of the Association have chafed at the doubling of dues when they switch from student to regular member, and quite a few have indicated they had dropped their memberships as a result. To encourage sustained membership in the Association, the new category will provide an incremental step on the path toward sustained membership—rising from the student rate of $39 to the transitional rate of $50 for the first three years after leaving the student membership category.

At a time when any number of historical organizations are competing for historians’ limited membership dollars, we hope this will provide early career professionals with the resources and information they need to ease the transition from student to a long-term career in the discipline—while doing so at a price they can afford. For historians just starting out in the profession, the Association’s publications and web site provide the latest news and trends in the discipline; resources on teaching, publication, and tenure; and the Archives Wiki. Membership in the Association also supports networking opportunities at the annual meeting, letters of introduction to research institutions, annual meeting sessions that address career development issues, research grants, prize opportunities, and much much more.

As always, we welcome your thoughts and ideas about how we might improve the membership experience for historians and aspiring historians at all stages in their careers. Please feel free to comment here, or write to us directly.

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November 02, 2009

Celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall

By Jessica Pritchard

Wallstories contemporary danceIt seems hard to believe that a mere 20 years ago, a physical barrier ran through Berlin, Germany, dividing the city’s residents in two. The Berlin Wall symbolized the Cold War, serving as an incessant reminder to East and West Berliners of their turbulent past, which only bled into their present isolation.

Until November 9, 1989, when the world watched as Berliners traveled freely, harmoniously from the east side of the Germany to the west, from the west side of Germany to the east. No violence. No fear. Just freedom.

Websites
To celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, we’ve compiled a list of web sites below for your enjoyment, enlightenment, and education.


  1. German Missions in the United States – “The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago marked the beginning of a new era in history. It was the end of the Cold War, the beginning of a fully united Europe, and proof that peaceful change is possible, even in the moments when it seems most unlikely.”

  2. Making the History of 1989, from the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) located at George Mason University, this web site offers countless resources on the Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. The following excerpts are taken from the web site.

    • Introductory Essay – Sets the scene for the events of 1989 and explains their significance in world history.
    • Primary Resources – Over 300 primary resources, including government documents, images, videos, and artifacts with introductory notes.
    • Scholar Interviews – Four scholars focus on the history and events surrounding 1989 through primary sources.
    • Teaching Modules – Provide historical context, strategies, and resources for teaching the history of 1989 with primary sources.
    • Case Studies – Teaching case studies provide historical context and strategies for teaching the history of 1989 with primary sources.
  3. Newseum – The Berlin Wall

    • The Newseum online forum explores the role of news during the era of the Berlin Wall. Start by exploring Two Sides, One Story, which juxtaposes the spread of news in the highly controlled portion of East Germany as opposed to that in West Germany, where the news spread freely and openly.
    • The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall takes you through an interactive timeline that serves as a great resource for students, asking them to become Berliners. For instance, the site suggests the following activity: “Pretend you are a resident of either east or west Berlin. Draft a letter that you hope will make it to the other side of the wall. Address the letter to a family member or close friend. Or write an article that you would want delivered to the people on the other side. What do you want to say?
    • Then explore Stalin’s manipulation of photographs for political and social gain in The Commissar Vanishes.
    • The web site concludes with Gene Mater’s essay, “The German Media and its Role in History over the Last Century.”
  4. National Archives and Records Administration – On June 26, 1963, President John F. Kennedy traveled to Berlin and gave a moving speech to Berliners, commending them on their fight for freedom.

Photographs
Take a historic journey along the Berlin Wall via photographs, from its original construction through today:

Videos

Upcoming Events
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November 01, 2009

Program of the 124th Annual Meeting – Now Online!

By Elisabeth Grant

2010 Program of the 124th Annual Meeting of the American Historical AssociationThe Program for the 124th Annual Meeting is now available online. Use it to:

Or use the search box to find sessions and events through relevant keywords.

Highlighted Sessions
Every year sessions at the annual meeting cover an impressive range of places, time periods, topics, and themes. Here is just a glimpse of the range of presentations scheduled for the annual meeting:

More Information
For more Annual Meeting information see the 2010 Annual Meeting page online. There you will find information on registering for the meeting, accommodations, transportation, and more. Also see the AHA web site for Job Center info, Exhibit Hall details, and instructions on how to submit proposals for the 2011 meeting.

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October 29, 2009

Grant of the Week: Rachel Carson Prize for Best Dissertation in Environmental History

The American Society for Environmental History offers the Rachel Carson Prize for Best Dissertation in Environmental History. This year, ASEH’s prize committees will evaluate submissions of dissertations completed between November 1, 2008 and October 31, 2009. Three copies of the dissertation must be submitted by November 6, 2009. For more information see the ASEH awards page, or contact Lisa Mighetto at director@aseh.net.

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October 28, 2009

What We’re Reading: October 29, 2009 Edition

Edsitement Festivals of the DeadWe start off this week with news and advocacy. Take a look at all the items in the National Humanities Alliance’s October Policy Digest as well as their push for NEH funding, review COSSA’s Washington Update, and in non-Washington related news, check out a map from 1675 up for auction in the UK.  Today, October 29th, is the anniversary of the “Black Tuesday” stock market crash, and we bring you three articles from NPR remembering the event. Have an iPhone? Check out a few apps for historians. And finally, with Halloween taking place this weekend we couldn’t resist brining you a couple of Halloween-related links.

News and Advocacy

Anniversary of Black Tuesday
This week, NPR remembered the 80th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash, now commonly referred to as “Black Tuesday.” View three articles they’ve recently posted on the crash and the Depression.

iPhone Apps for Historians

Halloween

Contributors: Miriam Hauss Cunningham, Elisabeth Grant, Arnita A. Jones, and Jessica Pritchard

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October 27, 2009

American Historical Review - October 2009 Online

By Robert A. Schneider, Editor, American Historical Review

American Historical Review October 2009The October 2009 issue of the American Historical Review is now on-line at the University of Chicago Press.  It contains two forums, one on “Truth and Reconciliation in History;” the other on “Taylor Branch’s America during the King Years.”  There is also our usual extensive book review section.  In addition, readers will discover something new: Following “In this Issue,” we introduce  “In Back Issues,” an attempt to draw attention to our extensive inventory of articles by taking a look at what was in the AHR 100, 50, and 25 years ago.

AHR Forum: Truth and Reconciliation in History
The forum “Truth and Reconciliation in History” deals with a global experience that both calls history into question and calls upon the participation of historians.  Especially since the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa in 1995, after the ending of apartheid, several nations and groups have attempted to confront and possibly come to terms with their fractious and traumatic pasts.  This forum offers three examples of how historians have played a role in these attempts.  Elazar Barkan introduces the forum with his essay, “Historians and Historical Reconciliation,” in which he surveys the role historians have played “to promote reconciliation through collaborative work to produce a shared history.”  The following three articles offer case studies of this process at work.  The Polish-Jewish experience during World War II is examined by David Engel, in “On Reconciling the Histories of Two Chosen Peoples.”  In “Truth in Telling: Reconciling Realities in the Genocide of the Ottoman Armenians,” Ronald Grigor Suny delves into initiatives by Turkish, Armenian and other scholars to reach some common understanding of the ethnic conflicts in the early part of the 20th century.  And Charles Ingrao’s “Confronting Yugoslav Controversies: The Scholars Initiative” gives an account of the ongoing efforts of a whole range of scholars, both from the Balkans and outside that region, to fashion a single narrative of the crimes and misdeeds committed in the former Yugoslavia.  The comment is by James Campbell whose essay, “Settling Accounts? An Americanist Perspective on Historical Reconciliation,” not only reflects on these three cases but also offers a commentary on the reconciliation process from the perspective of someone with experience in American attempts to deal with its own problematic past. As Barkan notes in his introductory essay, the participation of historians in these kinds of projects is one example of how scholarship, often assumed to be irrelevant to social problems, relegated to the ivory tower, can play a crucial role on the public stage.

AHR Forum: Taylor Branch’s America in the King Years
The second forum in this issue looks back upon a notable achievement in the writing of recent American history, America during the King Years, by Taylor Branch. The final volume of this trilogy was published in 2007. Three historians examine Branch’s contribution from different perspectives. In “Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Meaning of the 1960s,” Michael Kazin takes an appreciative look at the volumes’ interpretation of that turbulent decade, but also offers some criticism of Branch’s narrative as analytically inadequate to explain the social and political trends that defined the period.  Clayson Carson’s “The Biography Branch Might have Written,” assesses the work from a biographical perspective, questioning whether Branch provides an accurate understanding of the deep sources of King’s actions throughout his life.  Finally, Peniel Joseph, in “The Black Power Movement, Democracy, and America during the King Years,” focuses on African American militants and radicals, charging that Branch fails to acknowledge adequately the important role played by these figures both in the wider context both of American history and the Civil Rights movement.

December’s issue will include an AHR Forum on “Transnational Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender,” and the AHR Conversation on “Historians and the Study of Material Culture.”

With this issue we note several changes on the Board of Editors.  Toby L. Ditz, Lloyd S. Kramer, Daniel Lord Smail, Eric Van Young and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom are leaving the board, with our thanks for their invaluable service.  Their replacements are Jane Kamensky, Jeremy Popkin, Paul Freedman, Jonathan C. Brown, and Ruth Rogaski.

Robert A. Schneider (Indiana Univ.) is the editor of the AHR. He can be reached at raschnei@indiana.edu.

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October 26, 2009

2008 AHA Annual Report

The AHA’s Annual Report for 2008 is now available online. It contains a preface from former AHA president Gabrielle M. Spiegel, reports from Council, lists of members (25-year, honorary, and life), and donors to the association. You’ll also find minutes from the 123rd business meeting, council decisions, and the financial report (PDF). Check out executive director Arnita Jones’s report for a broad overview of 2008. Find all of this and more in the 2008 Annual Report online.

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