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Highlights of the 2009 Annual Convention of the American Historical Association

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by Rick Shenkman

Mr. Shenkman is the editor of HNN.

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Election 2008: How 'Historic' Was It?

The HISTORY NEWS NETWORK (http://hnn.us) recorded these videos at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City on January 4, 2009.

Eric Foner, professor of history at Columbia University:

Alan Brinkley, professor of history at Columbia:

Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard:

Jacqueline Jones, professor of History at the University of Texas:

David Levering Lewis, professor of history at NYU:

John Darwin, lecturer in history at Oxford:

Julian Zelizer, professor of history at Princeton:

The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown in Historical Perspective

The HISTORY NEWS NETWORK (http://hnn.us) recorded the following videos of the panel addressing the subprime crisis at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City on January 4, 2009.

Louis Hyman, a Visiting Scholar, American Academy of Arts and Sciences:

Stephen Mihm, a history professor at the University of Georgia and author of A Nation of Counterfeiters (Harvard, 2008):

Daniel Wilchins, a reporter for Reuters:

Historians Against the War: The Bush-Cheney Administration

On January 3, 2009 Historians Against the War met at the Sheraton in New York City during the annual convention of the American Historical Association. The event featured a panel discussion: The Bush-Cheney Administration.

The first two speakers to appear on the panel were historian Van Gosse and event organizer Margaret Power:

(Videographer: Joe Friendly.)

Vijay Prashad, a historian at Trinity College:

Ellen Schrecker, a historian at Yeshiva University:

Barbara Weinstein, a historian at New York University:

Alice Kessler-Harris, a historian at Columbia University:

David Montgomery, emeritus professor of history at Yale University:

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