Perspectives
Jan 22, 2020 - "A Great Tradition That Was Not Ours"
A new book on Dorothy L. Sayers and her college friends sheds light on the place of professional women in...
Jan 21, 2020 - Rethinking How We Train Historians
One way of encouraging career diversity in graduate programs? Embedding it into your course offerings.
Jan 17, 2020 - Beyond Content
An eighth grade social studies teacher reflects on how pursuing a master's degree in history has reinvigorated her work in the classroom.
Jan 16, 2020 - AHA Member Spotlight: Marc S. Rodriguez
Marc S. Rodriguez is a professor and journal editor at Portland State University. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and has been a member since 1993.
Jan 15, 2020 - History Enrollments Hold Steady as Department Efforts Intensify
The results of the AHA's annual enrollments survey reflect wider efforts to articulate the value of the humanities.
Jan 14, 2020 - The Job of the Academic Market
How much time does the academic job market take for the applicant? One historian adds up the hours.
Jan 13, 2020 - Townhouse Notes
January 2020 marks a fresh start. It is a new year and a new decade. And at the AHA, it is a time of...
Jan 10, 2020 - Research Access and Scholarly Equity
How can we help all historians get the access to research materials that they need?
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Jan 21, 2020 - AHA Issues Statement Condemning the Use of Historical Sites in Warfare
The AHA condemns the use of historical sites anywhere in the world as targets for destruction and as shields for protection. The use of historical…
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Jan 19, 2020 - AHA Sends Letter to Archivist about Altered Photo
The AHA sent the following letter to the Archivist of the United States objecting to the alteration of a photograph on exhibition and praising NARA…
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Dec 09, 2019 - History Graduate Student Released from Iranian Prison
On Saturday December 7, Iranian authorities released a historian, Xiyue Wang, who had been held for three years in Evin prison in Tehran on suspicion…
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Dec 06, 2019 - AHA Member Contextualizes Paid Maternity Leave in New York Times Op-Ed
AHA member Mona Siegel, professor of history at California State University, Sacramento, published an op-ed in the New York Times drawing attention to…
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Dec 03, 2019 - AHA Member Discusses Indigenous History on NPR Podcast
Anderson Hagler, AHA member and PhD candidate at Duke University, will be featured on an episode of NPR's The Academic Minute as he analyzes how…
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Oct 25, 2019 - AHA Pushes for Reauthorization of Title VI College Affordability Act
The AHA joined 30 other organizations expressing their support for reauthorization of the College Affordability Act, a federally funded Title…
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