The SHAFR Summer Institute Oversight Committee welcomes proposals to host the 2016 SHAFR Summer Institute.
The CIA's Historical Review Panel met from 9-10 December 2014 and discussed efforts to develop an automated declassification system for electronic government records, the progress of and disputes over volumes in the FRUS series, and other topics.
The full report, first posted to H-Diplo, is reproduced below.
As printed in the January issue of Diplomatic History, the full text of the 2014 SHAFR President Address is temporarily available online for free. (A video version of this lecture is embedded on this page from SHAFR's YouTube channel).
In "Structure, Contingency, and the War in Vietnam," Fredrik Logevall focuses on
The minutes for the SHAFR Council Meeting held on 3 January 2015 in New York City are now available. SHAFR business conducted at the meeting included discussions of SHAFR finances, archives and record keeping policy, publications (including an update on the future of the SHAFR Guide to the Literature), annual meetings, grant programs, teaching initatives, and more.
SHAFR Council Agenda APPROVED BY COUNCIL 1/22/15
January 3, 2015
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Hilton Board Room
New York Hilton
Members present: Tim Borstelmann (presiding), Amanda Boczar, Mark Bradley, Robert Brigham, David Engerman, Petra Goedde, Rebecca Herman-Weber, Kristin Hoganson, Paul Kramer, Fredrik Logevall, Alan McPherson, Penny Von Eschen.
Others present: Peter Hahn, David Hadley, Jennifer Boles, Anne Foster, Andrew Johns, Mary Werden.
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