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The article discusses the era of geological time known as the Anthropocene and the expansion of the frame of reference among historians. According to the article, the group the International Geologic Congress endorsed the Anthropocene. It also discusses French historian Fernand Braudel and the speed of change in society.

In this article the authors discuss the difficulties each of them have experienced in developing their careers as historians, one as a professor at the University of Michigan and one as a public historian, and examine the benefits that public history projects and the discipline in general serve in the U.S. They comment on their collaborative effort to develop a graduate public history course at Michigan that will require students to complete historical research and participate in historic preservation and overview how the course will benefit the goals of the U.S. National Park Service. Additionally, the authors present their views on the relationship between academic and public history.

The article presents an in-depth examination into the job market for historians in the 21st century. Details are given describing several challenging trends in higher education, such as the limiting of degrees being bestowed by elite institutions, the overabundance of degree holding job-seekers, and the disadvantageous structural organization held by many colleges. An overview is also given of the many changing conditions of the history field since the 1950s, noting that there was no "golden age" of clear stability and demand.

The article focuses on the American Historical Association's Annual Meeting, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia, from January 4-7, 2007. Conference attendance statistics, job recruiting activity, and debates concerning campus speech codes, are discussed. U.S. Representative John Lewis, D-Georgia, was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award for his involvement in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. A resolution expressing opposition to the Iraq War was passed at the association's business meeting; the resolution will be submitted to an electronic vote of the membership.

Presents information and views on several historical notes. Views of Jill Lepore about the work of microhistorians; Book of Karlene Faith that contends the freedom of a convicted gang member; Reactions of Philip Jenkins on the argument of Faith.

Urges the teaching of history not as a set of facts but as an active analytical tool. Objectives of advocates of historical literacy; Historians' view of their role; Development of analytical exercises; Need to rethink the purposes of the introductory college history.

Profiles historian Laurel Ulrich. Prize-winning history written by Ulrich; Career history; Circumstances that led Ulrich to get interested in history; Publication of Ulrich's book 'A Midwife's Tale; The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812; Community life in the colonial era.

Reports that Gertrude Himmelfarb, a noted historian of Victorian England, would deliver the 1991 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Books; Influence of her writings and lectures that affirm the value of studying the great historical ideas on modern democratic societies.

Argues that historians have an obligation to reach the general public with good, accurate history. Importance of promotion and reward for scholarship that is accessible and interesting beyond academia; The author's concern with the historical inaccuracies of the movies `Schindler's List' and `Amistad'; Correction of some of the misrepresentations in `Amistad.'