Information on their annual conference, programs, publications, membership,
special membership for K-12
teachers, the table of contents of the latest issue with abstracts
of the articles. Has a directory
of U.S. history departments and a huge directory of other
historical associations (Assoc. for the Publication of African Historical
Sources, French Colonial Historical Society., etc.) Job announcements are
planned. http://www.historians.org/
Journal of the American Historical Association, the
main scholarly association for U.S. historians. Has tables of contents
of the latest issue and past issues.
Has the full text of articles and book reviews for those
at institutions which
subscribe to JSTOR. http://www.indiana.edu/~ahr/
In French. "créée en 1994 par les Historiens Maliens." Information
on their Sept. 2001 congres, a Mali historical chronology.http://www.ml.refer.org/ashima/
"...an international organisation which aims to promote and develop
interest in the use of computers in all types of historical study at every
level, in both teaching and research. The Association was proposed at a
large conference at Westfield College, University of London, in March 1986.
At a second conference at Westfield, in March 1987, it was founded." Publishes
the journal, History and Computing. http://grid.let.rug.nl/ahc/welcome.html
"To identify important unpublished source materials, to assign them
to appropriate translators and annotators, to publish finished works, and
to act as the U.S. affiliate of the Fontes Historiae Africanae of the International
Academic Union." http://www.theaha.org/affiliates/assn_publication_african_hisl_studies.htm
Founded in 1979,
the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) is a dynamic network of
scholars representing every region of the country. The organization's goals
are to support black women in the historical profession, disseminate information
by, for and about black women and promote scholarship by and about black
women. The newsletter, Truth, informs members and numerous awards
provide financial resources and recognition." http://www.abwh.org
"An organization of scholars dedicated to the study of the history of the expansion of Europe and the world-wide response to that expansion, from its beginnings in the 14th century to the middle of the 19th century." ITINERARIO is it's official journal. Holds biennial conferences. http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/feegi/
"...encourages interest in the scholarly study of all French colonizing
activity and in the history of all French colonies." Publishes a newsletter and
the annual issue of the Proceedings. "awards the Heggoy Prize
annually for an outstanding book on French colonial history, and
it presents the Eccles Prize to the best paper by a graduate student delivered
at an FCHS conference and subsequently submitted for publication by the
Society." http://www.frenchcolonial.org/
"The Historical Society is open to all who want to do serious history,
whatever part of the political and ideological spectrum they come from.
It will be a place in which significant historical subjects are discussed
and debated sharply and frankly in an atmosphere of civility, mutual respect
and common courtesy." Eugene D. Genovese, President; Marc Trachtenberg,
Executive Director. http://home.nycap.rr.com/history/
Official site. Society to "strengthen the discipline of history at the university, secondary and basic levels and to inculcate an interest in history in the wider Ghanaian public." "founded in 1951 under the auspices of leading scholars.... Membership of the society is drawn from historians, archaeologists, linguists and ancillary disciplines, and includes university lecturers and Students from the five public Universities .......and teachers in Secondary Schools and Training Colleges." Holds an annual conference. Based in Accra, Ghana. http://www.historicalsocietygh.com/
Journal of the Mande Studies Association (MANSA), a multidisplinary group
with interests in the Mande region of West Africa. Has the table of contents.
MANSA also publishes a print newsletter. http://uweb.txstate.edu/anthropology/mansa/
In English and French. The Saharan Studies Association is an international
group of scholars associated with the African Studies Assoc. of the U.S.
The full text of the Newsletters from Vol. 1, No. 1, 1993 to date
are online, in Adobe pdf. Topics include archaeology, Arabic manuscripts,
slavery, Muslims and colonial rule. The Newsletter editor is David Gutelius.
http://www.ssa.sri.com/
"une association qui réunit des universitaires,
des érudits et des professionnels du monde de l’entreprise et
de l’administration pour valoriser les recherches sur l’histoire
des monde des outre-mers..." Publishes the journal,
Outre-Mers
(Revue d'histoire)and monographs.
Based in
Saint-Denis, France. [KF] http://www.sfhom.com
In French. "Ces études s'organisent autour d'une problématique précise : rapport des cultures nationales et de l'impérialisme, imaginaires spécifiques de l'ère de l'expansion , traitement littéraire de "l'autre", de son univers culturel, enjeux de la présence de l'Occident en ces terres lointaines (Orient, Afrique, Amérique Latine, Inde…)" Publishes an annual Cahiers. http://www.sielec.net/
Encourages "the formation of a South-South network directed towards comparative
historical research on long-term processes of change." Supports
research which questions the "absolute authority of the written
documents," and is "sceptical about 'statist' and unilinear
accounts of history." Has full
text research reports in Adobe PDF. Funded by the Netherlands Ministry
of Development Cooperation. Has grants programs for scholars
from Africa, Asia, Latin America. Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Email: sephis@iisg.nl http://www.iisg.nl/~sephis/
"In 2005 the Southern African Historical Society was formally founded with the change of name from the South African Historical Society, established in 1965." Publishes the South African Historical Journal. http://www.sahs.org.za/
Publishes the South
African Historical Journal. Based at the Department of Historical
Studies, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa. http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/history/sahs/
Promotes interest in legal history and brings together people interested
in legal history both locally and abroad. Has the table of contents of
its journal, Fundamina.
Based at Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, Potchefstroom,
South Africa. http://www.legalhistory.org.za/
"an independent professional society founded in the United States
in 1981. Membership is open to scholars, teachers, students, and others
with interest in the Sudan." Publishes a newsletter, SSA
Newsletter. [KF] http://www.sudanstudies.org/
"established in 1987 to encourage and promote Sudanese studies in
the United Kingdom and abroad in all disciplines and levels." Publishes
a newsletter, Sudan Studies, offers other publications, holds
an annual symposium. [KF] http://www.dlindley.dircon.co.uk/sssuk/
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