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ACLS Public Fellows
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for its ACLS Public Fellows program. The program will place 13 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Applications due: March 21, 2012. Learn more and apply here.
AHA Today
The most recent news from the AHA's blog, AHA Today.
What We’re Reading: January 26, 2012
Annual Meeting Product Sale
Call for Proposals: 127th AHA Annual Meeting
Transdisciplinary Study on History of the Mayan People
Council Decisions, January 2012
Videos from the 126th Annual Meeting
Radio 720 WGN Interview
Hear the audio of Chicago radio personality Rick Kogan's interview with AHA Executive Director Jim Grossman about the founding of the AHA, historians in a variety of professions, and the 126th annual meeting.
News from the 126th Annual Meeting
The AHA's 126th annual meeting has concluded. Here is some coverage of the meeting:
Whither the Future of the History Textbook
Jobs in the History Profession
Historians and the Obama Narrative
Turning Your Dissertation into a Book
James M. McPherson: A Life in American History
Perspectives on History - January 2012
The January 2012 issue of Perspectives on History features incoming AHA President William Cronon's article "The Public Practice of History in and for a Digital Age" and Executive Director Jim Grossman's article "The Incredible Rightness of Belonging," on why it's important to be an AHA member.
Boston College Oral History Controversy
The Boston College oral history controversy has resurfaced in the news (The Chronicle, New York Times). Please note our past coverage of this issue.
Current AHR issue online
The latest issue of the AHR, available online. For full access, members should login here, first.
Calendar
Visit the AHA Calendar for upcoming events.
The Calendar features
research, awards & fellowships, internet resources, and exhibitions
127th Annual Meeting
New Orleans
January 3–6, 2013
Submit a Proposal (Due: February 15)
Theme: "Lives, Places, Stories"
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126th Annual Meeting
Chicago
January 5–8, 2012
Blog Coverage
Program (PDF version)
Registration Resource Center (receipts and more)
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Publications Store
The Publications Store allows you to buy AHA publications online. Members, login to member services first to get your member discount.
Archives Wiki
The AHA's Archives Wiki 
is a clearinghouse of information about archival resources throughout the world. And the wiki format allows all historians to contribute.
History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada
This resource offers a profile of history doctoral programs in the U.S. and Canada, advice for applicants to PhD programs, and a searchable database on dissertations in progress and completed in those programs.
Directory of History Journals
This Directory provides links to peer-reviewed English-language journals that publish in all fields of history, as an aid to authors seeking a place to publish their research.