Perspectives
Sep 03, 2021 - Grant of the Week: Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
The Harvard Radcliffe Institute is is now accepting applications for the Radcliffe Fellowship.
Sep 01, 2021 - Professional Practice and Effort Rewarded
Should undergraduate students attend the AHA annual meeting? One attendee emphatically says yes.
Aug 31, 2021 - Advocacy Briefs
From April to July, the AHA was busy in the advocacy realm.
Aug 31, 2021 - Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism and American History
The AHA Council approved this statement on June 16, 2021.
Aug 31, 2021 - Actions by the AHA Council
The AHA Council has been busy. Find out what it was up to in the first half of 2021.
Aug 31, 2021 - Donors to the Association
The AHA relies on generous contributions from members and patrons to support its activities.
Aug 31, 2021 - On to New Orleans
The 135th annual meeting of the American Historical Association will be held Thursday through Sunday, January 6-9, 2022, in New Orleans.
Aug 30, 2021 - A Snapshot of the Public’s Views on History
A national survey conducted by the AHA and Fairleigh Dickinson University looked to update our understanding of how Americans understand the past.
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Aug 31, 2021 - AHA Member Appointed to Commission by North Carolina Governor (August 2021)
AHA member Arwin Smallwood (North Carolina A&T Univ.) has been appointed by North Carolina governor Roy Cooper to the Tryon Palace Commission.…
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Aug 31, 2021 - AHA Communications and Marketing Manager Publishes Article on Challenges to Solving the “Adjunct Problem” (August 2021)
AHA communications and marketing manager Jeremy Young and co-author Robert B. Townsend (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) have published an…
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Aug 31, 2021 - AHA and Fairleigh Dickinson University Release Survey on Public Perceptions of History (August 2021)
With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the AHA partnered with Fairleigh Dickinson University to develop and implement a national…
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Aug 25, 2021 - AHA Sends Letter Opposing Proposed Legislation on History Education in Texas (August 2021)
The AHA sent a letter to Texas governor Greg Abbott and the members of the state legislature opposing SB 3 and HB 28, introduced during the Texas…
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Aug 24, 2021 - AHA Treasurer Publishes Op-Ed in Wall Street Journal (August 2021)
AHA treasurer William Wechsler, along with co-author Josh Lipsky, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal addressing the Taliban’s…
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Aug 18, 2021 - AHA Member Named 2021 Intelligence and Courage Award Winner (August 2021)
Congratulations to AHA member Heather Cox Richardson (Boston Coll.), who has been named the winner of the Frances Perkins Center’s 2021…
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The National History Center of the American Historical Association provides historical perspectives on current issues and promotes historical thinking in the service of civic engagement. The AHA established the center in 2002 as a separate nonprofit organization that focuses on the relationship between history and public policy.
The Pacific Coast Branch (PCB) of the American Historical Association was organized in 1903 to serve members of the American Historical Association living in the Western States of the United States and the Western Provinces of Canada. All members of the AHA living in those areas, therefore, are also members of the Branch.
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- Rethinking doctoral education in history to improve student experience and increase historians’ impact within and beyond the academy
- Creating resources to support high school and college history teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Working to ensure the preservation of records and historians' access to archives
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