American Historical Association

Press Releases from the American Historical Association

 

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Please see the AHA's blog, AHA Today (specifically the news section), for the latest happenings in the history profession and at the AHA.

Press Policy - Press Policy for the AHA Annual Meeting

 

2008

February 4, 2008

• Constitutional Changes Ratified by AHA Members

January 14, 2008

• American Historical Association and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University Announce New Prize

 

2007

December 27, 2007

• AHA Asks for Oral History Exclusion

June 18, 2007

• Chicago Journals partners with American Historical Association to publish American Historical Review
  Joint Press Release with The University of Chicago Press

June 4, 2007

• AHA Council Endorses the National Council for History Education's Statement on Teacher Qualifications

• AHA Supports the the Middle East Studies Association's Protest of the Detention of Scholars in Iran

March 19, 2007

• AHA Members Ratify Iraq War Resolution

January 12, 2007

• AHA Council Decisions

January 10, 2007

• Status of AHA Business Meeting Resolutions

• Association Expresses Concern about Jaywalking Arrest

 

2006

May 10, 2006

• AHA Questions Smithsonian Secretary's Recent Letter

  • Letter from Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence Small

  • Reply of AHA President Linda K. Kerber to Secretary Small

April 19, 2006

• American Historical Association Voices Concern Over Deal Between Smithsonian and Showtime
  

• Letter sent to Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small

February 16, 2006

• American Historical Association Expresses Concern About Denial of Visa to Georgetown University PhD from Bolivia
  

• Letter sent to the Departments of State and Homeland Security.

January 13, 2006

• American Historical Association adopts Resolution Opposing Academic and Student Bills of Rights and Similar Regulations of the Academic Community

• American Historical Association adopts Resolution on the United States Government’s Abusive Policies Toward Foreign Prisoners

 

2005

December 6, 2005— 2006 Book Prize announcements

August 15, 2005—AHA's governing Council passes new Statement on Peer Review for History Research.

 

Oral History and Institutional Review Boards

June 8, 2004—AHA Council Reaffirms Policy Statement on Oral History and Institutional Review Boards

Related Items:

Letter of concurrence from Michael A. Carome, Associate Director, Office for Human Research Protections
Frequently Asked Questions on Policy Statement and
"Historians and Institutional Review Boards: A Brief Bibliography"
by Linda Shopes (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission) and Donald Ritchie (U.S. Senate Historical Office), former members of Council.

 

AHA and Issues of Professional Misconduct

January 28, 2005—AHA's governing Council endorses Revised Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct.

May 5, 2003—AHA Council Statement on Changes in Efforts Relating to Professional Misconduct

 

Employment of Part-time and Adjunct Faculty

May 5, 2003—AHA Council Endorses Standards for the Use of Part-time and Adjunct Faculty

Related Items:

Information on the Academic Job Market for Historians

Who Is Teaching In U.S. College Classrooms? A Collaborative Study of Undergraduate Faculty, Fall 1999 (Coalition on the Academic Workforce)

 

Last Updated: July 8, 2008