Perspectives
Jul 05, 2022 - The Walls of Troy
Good fences do not make for good neighbors, but that didn't stop USC from trying.
Jul 01, 2022 - First Task Complete!
Find out what AHA members, Council, and staff have been reading to fulfill the AHA Summer Reading Challenge.
Jun 30, 2022 - AHA Member Spotlight: Lynn Weiner
Lynn Weiner is a professor emerita of History at Roosevelt University. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois, and has been a member since 1980.
Jun 29, 2022 - What I Wish I Had Known
As he nears the end of his PhD program, a transgender historian shares his experiences and offers advice to other trans students.
Jun 23, 2022 - Title IX at 50
After 25 years teaching the history of women's athletics, Bonnie J. Morris has suggestions for how to incorporate the history...
Jun 22, 2022 - AHA Member Spotlight: Norman Etherington
Norman Etherington is an emeritus professor at the University of Western Australia. He lives in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, and...
Jun 21, 2022 - We Have Always Been Global
In the 19th century, Native American nations were early pioneers in constitutional democracy.
Jun 16, 2022 - AHA Member Spotlight: Victoria Phillips
Victoria Phillips is a global fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. She lives in Cheltenham, United Kingdom, and...
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Jul 01, 2022 - “Abortion, Choice, and the Supreme Court: History Behind the Headlines” (July 2022)
Join us for our free AHA Online event, “Abortion, Choice, and the Supreme Court: History Behind the Headlines,” on Wednesday,…
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Jun 28, 2022 - AHA Member Awarded Kluge Humanities Prize (June 2022)
AHA member George Chauncey (Columbia Univ.) has been awarded the Library of Congress’s John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of…
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Jun 23, 2022 - AHA’s Amicus Brief Featured in Akron Beacon Journal Article (June 2022)
The amicus curiae brief submitted by the AHA and Organization of American Historians for the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
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Jun 21, 2022 - AHA Executive Director Quoted in Washington Times Article (June 2022)
AHA executive director James Grossman was quoted in a Washington Times article by Sean Salai about the waning presence of Flag Day in public schools.…
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Jun 21, 2022 - AHA Teaching Resource Developer Named 2022 ACLS Leading Edge Fellow (June 2022)
Congratulations to AHA member Corinne Kannenberg (Metropolitan State Univ., Denver) for being named one of the ACLS Leading Edge Fellows for 2022. The…
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Jun 21, 2022 - AHA Members Named Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders for 2022 (June 2022)
Congratulations to AHA members Melissa Borja (Univ. of Michigan) and Marc Robinson (California State Univ., San Bernardino), two of the ten scholars…
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