Perspectives
May 27, 2020 - Self-Publishing a Second Edition
Self-publishing a second edition of his book took over two years, but Marc Levinson found it a worthwhile endeavor.
May 26, 2020 - Precedents for a Pandemic
Epidemics have reshaped Native societies and cultures over the last five centuries.
May 22, 2020 - Statement Regarding Historians and the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
On April 3, 2020, the AHA Council approved this statement.
May 22, 2020 - Letter to the University System of Georgia Opposing Proposed Changes to the General Education Curriculum
On March 27, 2020, executive director James Grossman sent this letter to the University System of Georgia.
May 21, 2020 - AHA Member Spotlight: Sarah E. Patterson
Sarah E. Patterson is a research historian at SNA International/Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. She lives in Bellevue, Nebraska, and has been a member since 2015.
May 20, 2020 - Haitian Legacies
This year marks the bicentennial of the Haitian Republic. The latest issue of the AHR includes both a Forum and...
May 18, 2020 - Rumors of War Arrives in the South
The erection of a Kehinde Wiley statue in the former Confederate capital is part of Richmond's latest struggle with Civil War history.
May 14, 2020 - AHA Member Spotlight: Lilia Fernández
Lilia Fernández is an associate professor and the Henry Rutgers Term Chair at Rutgers University. She lives in New Brunswick,...
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May 15, 2020 - AHA Member Publishes Articles on Post-pandemic Planning and #MeToo (May 2020)
AHA member Rachel Wheeler (Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Indianapolis) recently published an article in Inside Higher Ed on post-pandemic planning and a…
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May 14, 2020 - AHA Members Win ACLS Project Development Grants (May 2020)
Congratulations to AHA members Jaclyn Sumner (Presbyterian Coll.) and Louie Dean Valencia-García (Texas State Univ.), who were among the 15…
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May 14, 2020 - AHA Members Announced as Mellon/ACLS Fellows (May 2020)
Four AHA members were recently named as 2020 Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellows by the American Council of Learned Societies, including AHA…
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May 13, 2020 - AHA Member Wins Lester J. Cappon Award (May 2020
AHA member Rachel Wheeler (Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis) has won the Lester J. Cappon Award for the best article published in 2019 in the…
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May 13, 2020 - AHA Member Hosts PBS Special Segment (May 2020)
Today, states plan to reopen even as the coronavirus crisis continues to grow. This impulse has a history: it's what many towns did during the flu…
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May 12, 2020 - AHA Member Awarded ASECS Gottschalk Prize (May 2020)
AHA member Katie Jarvis (Univ. of Notre Dame) has been awarded the 2020 Louis A. Gottschalk Prize for her book Politics in the Marketplace: Work,…
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