In preparation for the 2010 ACHA elections scheduled for later this month, we are turning over space on ACHAhistory.org to candidates to allow them to their visions for the Association and share background about themselves. In this installment, the two candidates for vice president–Thomas F.X. Noble of Notre Dame and Francis Christopher Oakley of Williams College–outline their platforms. Candidates for other ACHA offices’ statements will be posted here, on the ACHAhistory.org home page, as they are received.
The Second Joint Conference of the Canadian Catholic Historical and the American Catholic Historical Associations will be convened at the University of St Michael’s College on the University of Toronto campus on April 15 and 16, 2011. History papers and sessions are invited from members and friends of both Associations on such themes as Catholics Across Boundaries, Local or International Church, Missions, or Immigration.
Two candidates are on the ballot for the ACHA nominating committee. Read the statements of Mark Edward Ruff of Saint Louis University and Richard Crane of Greensboro College.
A first look at the upcoming book by Debra Campbell of Colby College.
Researchers on Research
Awash in a Sea of Paper: Plying the Waters of the Maryknoll Mission Archives
Angelyn Dries, OSF:: As of this writing, I am completing a history of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. As my deadline approaches for the completion of the manuscript, I dreamt one night that I was awash in a sea of paper. When I awoke, I thought to myself, “At least I wasn’t drowning!”
ACHA Blog
Out of the Classroom and Into the Studio
Christopher M. Bellitto: As a church historian with a background in journalism, I find myself called upon to be a resource by media people: to answer questions, to appear on radio or TV, or just to fill in their blanks. While I think this is a worthy effort, it’s one fraught with issues.
