AHA Today

• Nov 23, 2016 - Grant of the Week: 2016-17 ACLS Digital Extension Grants

  Every week, AHA Today showcases a new grant, fellowship, or scholarship of interest to historians which has been posted to our free Calendar. This week we are featuring the ACLS Digital Extension Grant competition. The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to invite applications for the 2016-17 ACLS Digital Extension Grant competition, which is made possible by the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is hoped that these grants will help advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital research projects and extending their reach to new communities of users. The post Grant of the Week: 2016-17 ACLS Digital Extension Grants appeared first on American Historical Association. …  Learn More >

• Nov 22, 2016 - AHA Member Spotlight: Amy Forss

  Amy Forss is the chair of the history program at Metropolitan Community College. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and has been a member since 2006. Alma maters: BGS, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1994; MA, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 2000; BS, Peru State College, 2002; PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2010 Fields of interest: African American history, women’s history, oral history Describe your career path. What led you to where you are today? I fell in love with history while munching on buttered popcorn and watching the movie musical 1776. The post AHA Member Spotlight: Amy Forss appeared first on American Historical Association. …  Learn More >

• Nov 21, 2016 - History, Economics, and Food: A Case for Interdisciplinary Education

  By Rachel Snyder Applying for college is stressful enough without having to pick a major. That is why after writing a personal statement, answering philosophical questions in less than 500 words, and providing character references, I wasn’t ready to click a box declaring my plan of study for the next four plus years. The decision seemed binding and final—I clicked “undecided.” The Virginia Tech campus is centered around Burruss Hall and the Drillfield. The agricultural economics and the history classes were on opposite sides of the Drillfield. The post History, Economics, and Food: A Case for Interdisciplinary Education appeared first on American Historical Association. …  Learn More >