2008年5月23~26日,中国美国史研究会第十二届年会暨学术讨论会在武汉大学举行,来自北京大学、南开大学、南京大学、厦门大学、中国社会科学院、上海社会科学院等单位的100多位学者与会。会议就美国外交史、早期史、城市史、宪政史、社会史、政治史、经济史,以及美国历史教学、 From May 23 to May 25, 2008, the 12th Annual Conference and Symposium of the American History Research Association was held in Wuhan University from Peking University, Nankai University, Nanjing University, Xiamen University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, etc. More than 100 scholars attended the meeting. The meeting on the American diplomatic history, early history, urban history, constitutional history, social history, political history, economic history, as well as the history teaching in the United States,