Historians' Annual Meeting: Controversy and a Glut of Jobs

The 121st annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held here on January 4-7, drew 4,730 historians, students, and exhibitors to panels, meetings, and job interviews.

The number of attendees was down from the record 5,664 at last year's meeting in Philadelphia, but outpaced the fewer than 4,000 historians who attended the 2005 annual meeting in Seattle.

The association's executive director, Arnita A. Jones, told the 100 or so historians who attended the group's

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