Perspectives
Mar 24, 2023 - Grant of the Week: Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women’s History
The National Archives Foundation is now accepting applications for their 2023 Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women’s History.
Mar 23, 2023 - Want to Write for the AHA?
Submit your application by Sunday, April 23.
Mar 22, 2023 - Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Without Mikhail Gorbachev’s unusual decisions, the end of the Cold War might have looked very different.
Mar 21, 2023 - Working While Foreign
Finding a job in the professoriate is hard enough, but there are additional complications for those who are not permanent US residents.
Mar 17, 2023 - AHA Member Spotlight: Meng Zhang
Meng Zhang is an assistant professor of history at Vanderbilt University. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and has been a member since 2016.
Mar 16, 2023 - Held
Public discussions often fail to acknowledge the nuance of abortion’s history, a fact made painfully clear in last year's US Supreme Court decision.
Mar 15, 2023 - Professional Crafts
Too many journalists misunderstand the uses of history, and historians bear some responsibility.
Mar 14, 2023 - Journalists and Historians
Historians cannot ignore the impact of journalism on their craft.
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Mar 17, 2023 - AHA Members Appointed to Commission by President Biden (March 2023)
AHA members Risa Goluboff (Univ. of Virginia) and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins Univ.) have been appointed to the Permanent Committee for the Oliver…
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Mar 17, 2023 - AHA Executive Director Featured in WFSU Public Media on HB 999 (March 2023)
AHA executive director James Grossman was featured in a WFSU Public Media radio segment and article by Valerie Crowder about the AHA’s statement…
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Mar 14, 2023 - AHA Members Awarded 2023 Bancroft Prizes (March 2023)
Congratulations to AHA members Beverly Gage (Yale Univ.) and John Wood Sweet (Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), as well as Kelly Lytle…
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Mar 14, 2023 - AHA, NCSS, and Virginia Educational Organizations Release Collaborative Strikethrough and Review of Proposed Draft Standards (March 2023)
On March 13, the AHA, the National Council for the Social Studies, and four Virginia educational organizations released a Collaborative Strikethrough…
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Mar 13, 2023 - AHA Statement Opposing Florida Higher Education Bill Featured in Media Coverage (March 2023)
The AHA’s statement opposing Florida’s House Bill 999 has been featured in media coverage of the higher education bill, which the AHA…
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Mar 13, 2023 - AHA Letter Opposing Marymount University’s Proposed Elimination of History Major Featured in Local Media (March 2023)
The AHA’s letter to Marymount University president Irma Becerra urging reconsideration of a proposal to eliminate the university’s history…
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Mar 27 2023
"Victorious in Defeat: The Life and Times of Chiang Kai-shek, China, 1887-1975"
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Mar 31 2023
Call for Applications | Research Travel Grant, Chartres, France, for Emerging Scholars and PhD Candidates
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Mar 31 2023
Call for Applications | HISTORY AWARD: ORDENES ESPAÑOLAS 5TH EDITION / EDICIÓN V
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