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AHA Today
Check out the AHA's newest blog posts, listed below. Or, visit the blog archive to read past posts. Most Recent Posts: 
Executive Director Search Begins at the OAH
Grant of the Week: Newberry Library Fellowships
What We’re Reading: November 20, 2008
Jobs and Careers in History: Richard Gillespie – Pt. 2
Civil War Historians Sought for Times Topics
Jobs and Careers in History: Richard Gillespie – Pt. 1
Grant of the Week: Summer Seminars for Teachers
What We’re Reading: November 13, 2008 Edition
Presidential Recordings Program
2009 Annual Meeting Program – Now Online
New Gutenberg-e Titles
Bin Yang - Between Winds and Clouds
Rhonda M. Gonzales - Societies, Religion, and History
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi - Connecting Histories in Afghanistan
Laura J. Mitchell - Belongings
Erika Lindgren - Sensual Encounters
Kenneth Steuer - Pursuit of an "Unparalleled Opportunity"
Margaret Poulos - Arms and the Woman
National Coalition for History
November 20
President Bush Awards 2008 Humanities Medals
Obama Transition Team Leaders for NARA and NEH
NEH History & Humanities Teachers Summer Program
Library of Congress Announces Major Reorganization
Federal Register's Electronic Public Inspection Desk
June 2008 AHR now online
The latest issue is now available online. For full access, members should login here, first.
Upcoming Events
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123rd Annual Meeting
New York, N.Y.
January 2-5, 2009
Online Program
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Pubs Shop
The new Pubs Shop 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 Compass
History Compass is offering free access to AHA members through the end of the 123rd Annual Meeting. Login to member services to take advantage of this offer.
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.
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.