About
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) is dedicated to the scholarly study of the history of American foreign relations. As such, it promotes the “the study, advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of American Foreign Relations ” through the sponsorship of research, annual meetings, and publications. SHAFR.org extends this mission by providing an online forum for demonstrating the value of historical thinking to understanding contemporary foreign relations. Among the new features are the following:
- blogs composed by prominent members of our guild – our team of bloggers, representing a diverse range of topical and geographical areas of interest, provides thoughtful, informed, and often provocative historical perspectives on foreign relations issues in the news today;
- op-eds authored by important and knowledgeable experts in our field – in addition to the blogs maintained by our blogging team, SHAFR.org both actively solicits and judiciously accepts opinion pieces emphasizing historical perspectives and background on specific contemporary issues;
- historical thinking about current foreign relations around the web – SHAFR.org highlights opinion pieces from other online sources that use history to explore contemporary issues in foreign affairs;
- comments on original SHAFR.org generated content – visitors can comment on SHAFR.org blogs and op-eds by registering on the site; and
- subscription to RSS feeds for SHAFR.org – visitors can subscribe to RSS feeds that will keep them updated on newly generated content on the site.
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Statement of purpose
The purpose of the corporation is: The maintenance of a Society of Historians for the study, advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of American Foreign Relations and the doing of all acts incidental to the accomplishment thereof.” (From SHAFR’s Certificate of Incorporation, May 22, 1972.)
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Governance
SHAFR.org Webmaster and editor
Brian Etheridge, University of Baltimore
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