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AHA Application Deadline February 15: AHA Research Grants

Each year, the AHA awards several research grants with the aim of advancing the study and exploration of history in a variety of subject areas. The deadline for research grant applications is February 15. Open to AHA members only.

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History & Public Policy

The AHA is committed to honest history—in the classroom, in public memory, and through the many programs through which the federal government supports research.

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Apply Now for NEH-Funded Institutes

The AHA will hold two institutes, both funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, in summer 2025, “Africa in World History” (for K–12 teachers) and “Changes Across the Land: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century United States Environmental History and Policy" (for historians working in higher education).

Advocacy & News

Our Publications

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The American Historical Review is the flagship journal of the AHA and the journal of record for the historical discipline in the United States, bringing together scholarship from every major field of historical study.

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Perspectives on History is the newsmagazine of the AHA and is the principal source for news and information about the discipline of history. Since 1962, Perspectives has promoted our work by publishing articles and commentary on all aspects of the historical discipline.

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#AHRSyllabus

The #AHRSyllabus is a collaborative project designed to help teachers and students look "under the hood" at how historians in the early 21st century do the work of history. Each contribution to the syllabus will feature a practical hands-on teaching module that foregrounds innovative uses of historical method in the classroom.

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History in Focus Podcast

Go behind the scenes with the American Historical Review as we explore the who, what, how, and why of doing history in the 21st century.

Latest in Perspectives on History

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February 12, 2025

Perspectives Daily

Reinscribing History
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February 11, 2025

Everything Has a History

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February 11, 2025

Features

Unsettling Classrooms in Aotearoa

Teaching & Learning

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K–12 Education

The AHA strives to ensure that every K–12 student has access to high quality history instruction. We create resources for the classroom, advise on state and federal policy, and advocate for the vital importance of history in public education.

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Undergraduate Education

Teaching and learning are at the foundation of the AHA’s mission to promote historical thinking in public life. What do students learn in undergraduate history courses? How and why are history majors so successful in a variety of careers?

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Graduate Education

Many historians will pursue graduate training at some stage in their career. To meet the needs of both students and graduate programs, the AHA creates resources, provides platforms, and convenes conversations about student success from application to completion.

Community & Careers

The AHA brings together historians from all specializations and all work contexts, embracing the breadth and variety of activity in history today.

Events & Opportunities

Deadline: Mar 1, 2025

Call for Grant Applications

Otto Paul Pflanze Scholarship 2025

March 28 - 29, 2025

Richmond, VA

Virginia Conference on Introductory History Courses

About the AHA

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About Us

Incorporated by Congress in 1889, the American Historical Association promotes historical work and the importance of historical thinking in public life.

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