Perspectives
May 23, 2023 - AHA Member Spotlight: Meya Elizabeth Hargett
Meya Elizabeth Hargett is an associate professor and diversity faculty fellow at Bakersfield College. She lives in Bakersfield, California, and...
May 23, 2023 - Of Potato Latkes and Pedagogy
A cooking assignment helps illuminate the lives of Jewish women in the past for students.
May 11, 2023 - The Slaughterhouse Accountant
What does it mean for a historian to write about death in the midst of a pandemic?
May 08, 2023 - Join Us for #AHAReads 2023
From June to Labor Day, read along with other historians—and this year, your children or students!
May 04, 2023 - Prized Books
The work of book award referees is largely invisible but important. Here’s what it looks like.
May 01, 2023 - AHA Member Spotlight: Ethan Leong Yee
Ethan Leong Yee is an assistant professor at Hunan University, Yuelu Academy. He lives in Changsha, Hunan Province, China and...
Apr 28, 2023 - Ronald Takaki (1939–2009)
This Long Overdue tribute honors historian Ronald Takaki, who died in 2009.
Apr 26, 2023 - Antiglobalism and the Transnational
The June issue of the American Historical Review includes articles on Chinese oyster fishers, the International Monetary Fund, and more.
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May 17, 2023 - AHA President-Elect and Members Awarded Long-Term Huntington Fellowships (May 2023)
Congratulations to AHA president-elect Thavolia Glymph (Duke Univ.) and members Hilary Buxton (Kenyon Coll.), Gordon H. Chang (Stanford Univ.), Peter…
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May 17, 2023 - AHA Members Named 2023 Newcombe Fellows (May 2023)
Congratulations to AHA members Kelsey Elizabeth Henry (Yale Univ.), Erica Lally (Georgetown Univ.), Aparajita Majumdar (Cornell Univ.), and Daniela…
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May 17, 2023 - AHA Member Awarded 2022 New Deal Book Award (May 2023)
Congratulations to AHA member Victoria W. Wolcott (Univ. of Buffalo), who was recently awarded the Living New Deal’s 2022 New Deal Book Award…
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May 17, 2023 - AHA Member Awarded 2022 New Deal Book Award (May 2023)AHA Member Named 2023 Berlin Prize Fellow (May 2023)
Congratulations to AHA member Mariana P. Candido (Emory Univ.), who has been named one of the 2023 Berlin Prize Fellows by the American Academy in…
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May 17, 2023 - AHA Members Awarded 2023 ACLS Project Development Grants (May 2023)
Congratulations to AHA members Adam Lee Cilli (Univ. of Pittsburgh, Greensburg), Larissa Kopytoff (Univ. of South Florida, St. Petersburg), Judith…
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May 17, 2023 - AHA Member Awarded 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography (May 2023)
Congratulations to AHA member Beverly Gage (Yale Univ.), who was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for her book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and…
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