Perspectives
Jan 15, 2021 - AHA Member Spotlight: Keisha A. Brown
Keisha A. Brown is an assistant professor at Tennessee State University. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and has been a member since 2014.
Jan 14, 2021 - The Story Doesn’t Fit in a Grid
"Pivoting to digital" during COVID-19 was one of the most fraught and trying experiences for the organizers of The Land...
Jan 13, 2021 - Why Study You-Know-What?
Historians have our own reasons for studying the past but must often explain the value of historical thinking to people not in the discipline.
Jan 12, 2021 - Vikings, Crusaders, Confederates
Why was there so much medieval imagery at the assault on the US Capitol? Historian Matthew Gabriele explains the Far...
Jan 11, 2021 - A Starting Point
The braided relationship between history and civics will make January 6, 2021, a central concern in classrooms and other educational...
Jan 07, 2021 - Townhouse Notes
Virtual AHA provides the chance to connect with other historians, share our work, and build community in a year when meeting in person is impossible.
Jan 06, 2021 - Welcome to the New Fireside Chat
AHA council member Sara Georgini offers a few suggestions for giving virtual book talks.
Jan 05, 2021 - Remote Reflections
Managing an ambitious research agenda while managing his children's Zoomschooling required Quincy Mills to embrace working alongside them.
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Jan 15, 2021 - AHA Member Wins Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics (January 2021)
Congratulations to Bathsheba Demuth (Brown Univ.), whose book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait recently won the inaugural…
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Jan 15, 2021 - AHA Member Publishes First Book (January 2021)
Congratulations to Kimberly D. Hill (Univ. of Texas, Dallas), who published her first book, A Higher Mission: The Careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown…
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Jan 15, 2021 - AHA Member Featured in CNN and C-SPAN (January 2021)
AHA member Tom Balcerski (Eastern Connecticut State Univ.) has become a frequent contributor in the national conversation on presidential politics…
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Jan 12, 2021 - AHA Resource Covered in Inside Higher Ed and New York Times (January 2021)
The AHA’s Twitter thread that compiled resources for educators seeking to contextualize the events of January 6 received coverage in both the…
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Jan 08, 2021 - AHA Executive Director Featured in Inside Higher Ed (January 2021)
AHA executive director Jim Grossman was featured in an article in Inside Higher Ed that discussed the January 6, 2021, crisis in the US Capitol.…
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Jan 08, 2021 - Ransacking Democracy (January 2021)
The AHA issued a statement condemning “the actions of those who, on January 6, stormed the United States Capitol, the seat of the nation’s…
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