Perspectives
Jan 16, 2020 - AHA Member Spotlight: Marc S. Rodriguez
Marc S. Rodriguez is a professor and journal editor at Portland State University. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and has been a member since 1993.
Jan 15, 2020 - History Enrollments Hold Steady as Department Efforts Intensify
The results of the AHA's annual enrollments survey reflect wider efforts to articulate the value of the humanities.
Jan 14, 2020 - The Job of the Academic Market
How much time does the academic job market take for the applicant? One historian adds up the hours.
Jan 13, 2020 - Townhouse Notes
January 2020 marks a fresh start. It is a new year and a new decade. And at the AHA, it is a time of...
Jan 10, 2020 - Research Access and Scholarly Equity
How can we help all historians get the access to research materials that they need?
Dec 31, 2019 - Cultivating Community
Nurturing community is a big part of what the AHA does.
Dec 30, 2019 - Going Where the Archives Lead
Over her career, Mary Lindemann allowed the research to dictate the direction of her projects—resulting in a diverse set of...
Dec 23, 2019 - Redistributing the Work of Public History
The Arkansas People's History Project is developing new models for engaging with and involving the community in public history.
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Dec 09, 2019 - History Graduate Student Released from Iranian Prison
On Saturday December 7, Iranian authorities released a historian, Xiyue Wang, who had been held for three years in Evin prison in Tehran on suspicion…
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Dec 06, 2019 - AHA Member Contextualizes Paid Maternity Leave in New York Times Op-Ed
AHA member Mona Siegel, professor of history at California State University, Sacramento, published an op-ed in the New York Times drawing attention to…
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Dec 03, 2019 - AHA Member Discusses Indigenous History on NPR Podcast
Anderson Hagler, AHA member and PhD candidate at Duke University, will be featured on an episode of NPR's The Academic Minute as he analyzes how…
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Oct 25, 2019 - AHA Pushes for Reauthorization of Title VI College Affordability Act
The AHA joined 30 other organizations expressing their support for reauthorization of the College Affordability Act, a federally funded Title…
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Oct 21, 2019 - AHA Comments on Proposed NLRB Rule Change
The National Labor Relations Board is considering a rule change that would diminish the right of graduate students at private universities to organize…
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Oct 07, 2019 - AHA Member Discusses Impeachment Procedures on NPR
Donald Ritchie, AHA member and emeritus historian of the Senate, detailed the procedures for impeachment and trial of a president on an episode…
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