Perspectives
Feb 21, 2019 - AHA Member Spotlight: Scott Miltenberger
Scott Miltenberger is a partner and consulting historian with JRP Historical Consulting, LLC.
Feb 20, 2019 - Redefining Success
Career diversity is not about seeking alternatives to the professoriate; it’s about helping students find success in diverse careers.
Feb 14, 2019 - Grant of the Week: Herbert Hart Award for Writing Military History
The Council on America’s Military Past is accepting submissions for the Herbert Hart Award for Writing Military History until March 1.
Feb 11, 2019 - A Tribute to Dick Brown
Placing students at the center of history education was once revolutionary.
Feb 07, 2019 - Dorm Essentials
Structures for student living reveal “the educational ideals of the people who built them.”
Feb 04, 2019 - The Load Out and the Exhibit Hall
Look for AHA president John McNeill trawling publishers’ booths.
Jan 28, 2019 - The 2019 AHA Jobs Report
The number of academic job listings changed little from last year. But that’s just scratching the surface.
Jan 11, 2019 - History Enrollments Stable in 2017–18
The number of undergraduates taking history courses last year changed little from the year before.
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Feb 13, 2019 - AHA Member Receives Dr. John Hope Franklin Award
Diverse Issues in Higher Education awarded the 2019 Dr. John Hope Franklin Award to Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Victor S. Thomas Professor of History…
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Feb 11, 2019 - AHA Maintains Support for the Separation of Hungarian Politics and Academic Inquiry
On February 11, the AHA sent a letter to the leadership of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to reaffirm its support for the autonomy of the Hungarian…
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Feb 11, 2019 - Letter Protesting Michigan Mayor’s Termination of Journal Editor’s Contract
On February 11, AHA executive director Jim Grossman sent a letter to Mayor John O'Reilly of Dearborn, Michigan, protesting the dismissal of Bill…
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Feb 11, 2019 - AHA Member Wins Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
David Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University, AHA member, and former AHA councilor, was awarded the 2019 Gilder…
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Feb 05, 2019 - AHA Member Comments on Conservative Right and Academia
On January 31, Kimberly Phillips-Fein, associate professor of history at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and AHA…
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Feb 04, 2019 - AHA Expresses Concerns about Potential Impact of Plan S on the Humanities
The AHA fully supports broad access to the resources required to create new knowledge and share it as widely as possible. However, concerns about…
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