Perspectives
Nov 24, 2021 - When the Birds Go Silent
The latest issue of the AHR features articles on environmental history, African history, and digital history, among other topics.
Nov 23, 2021 - Exploring Systemic Racism and the AHA
During a client-based research seminar, graduate students researched the history of the AHA's leadership, annual meetings, and legitimation of scholarship.
Nov 22, 2021 - Plague, Perinatal Remains, and Medical Knowledge
The 2022 annual meeting offers a plethora of sessions on histories of disease, reproductive health, race, and medical knowledge.
Nov 19, 2021 - AHA Member Spotlight: Lisa M. Fine
Lisa M. Fine is chair and professor of history at Michigan State University. She lives in East Lansing, Michigan, and...
Nov 18, 2021 - Awards, Prizes, and Honors to Be Conferred at the 135th Annual Meeting
Join us in New Orleans to honor the 2021 AHA prizewinners.
Nov 17, 2021 - The Dinner Party
If you could invite six people from history to a dinner party, who—and how—would you choose?
Nov 16, 2021 - Seeking Truths through Fiction
Alix E. Harrow, Suzanne Marie Litrel, and Laury Silvers detail how they went from writing history to writing fiction.
Nov 12, 2021 - Grant of the Week: Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is now accepting applications for the 2021 Carrie Chapman Cat Prize.
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Nov 24, 2021 - AHA Member Named 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner (November 2021)
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announced that the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book…
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Nov 24, 2021 - AHA Member to Appear in 2021 Jeopardy! Professors Tournament (November 2021)
AHA member Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders (Univ. of Colorado Boulder) and fellow historian Ed Hashima (American River Coll.) will appear in the 2021…
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Nov 24, 2021 - AHA and Learn from History Coalition Featured in The Atlantic (November 2021)
The AHA and the Learn from History Coalition, of which the AHA is a founding member, were featured in an article by AHA member David W. Blight (Yale…
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Nov 24, 2021 - AHA Special Projects Coordinator Testifies to Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs (November 2021)
On July 15, AHA special projects coordinator Julia Brookins provided testimony to the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs about SB 3, a bill…
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Nov 19, 2021 - AHA Member Named 10th Director of the Institute for Advanced Study (November 2021)
AHA member David Nirenberg (Univ. of Chicago) has been named the 10th director of the Institute for Advanced Studies(IAS). “David’s…
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Nov 19, 2021 - AHA Member Wins 2021 National Book Award (November 2021)
AHA member Tiya Miles (Harvard Univ.) has been awarded the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction for her book All That She Carried: The Journey of…
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The National History Center of the American Historical Association provides historical perspectives on current issues and promotes historical thinking in the service of civic engagement. The AHA established the center in 2002 as a separate nonprofit organization that focuses on the relationship between history and public policy.
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