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A Vibrant Community
Our members support a diverse range of AHA efforts to advocate on behalf of historians and students of history, connect and collaborate with each other over shared historical interests, and benefit from numerous professional resources and programs. The AHA proudly serves thousands of historians, representing all geographical, chronological, and topical specializations and professional settings, and we also welcome anyone interested in history, no matter their educational or professional backgrounds.
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When you join the AHA, you unlock access to numerous free and discounted services and publications, from subscriptions to research databases and writing and office tools to current and past issues of the American Historical Review. Plus much, much more.
"I value my AHA membership as it is an incredible organization that brings together historians who teach in schools, colleges, and universities along with those engaged in public history to collectively advocate for the important role that history and historical research plays in our society (starting from our local community to our globally interconnected world)."
Rama Mantena
"I always found the AHA as the most genuinely international among the historical associations, and, over the years that I attended the AHA annual meetings, I was grateful to be able to meet friends and colleagues, and also fellow researchers from all over the world."
Enrico Dal Lago
"My courses cover a wide chronological and geographical scope and even just skimming the journal helps with that. I use the AHA booklets on archives and student papers in my upper-level courses and from the website/blog share the public history/current affairs material in a variety of settings."
Hannah M. Lane
"I feel connected to the wider world of historians beyond the classroom who are working in the world of public history and policy. I eagerly read Perspectives on History whenever it shows up in my mailbox, and I often bring in materials on AHA advocacy for my students to prompt classroom discussions on history in our world today."
James McSpadden
"AHA membership is important for the support and community it creates. The AHA provides a place for historians to find resources for research, job placement, and career advancement. I have received financial assistance from the AHA with attending meetings to present my research and taken advantage of resources for graduate students and young professionals which have greatly assisted me in my search for the right job."
Sarah E. Patterson
"My membership in the AHA gives me access to a professional network, colleagues, and a wide variety of resources. I enjoy being connected to other historians across the country and beyond."
Lilia Fernández
"The opportunities to converge with historians with different specializations, different home institutions, and different questions and perspectives is invaluable for refreshing my own work and my own pedagogy."
Ernesto Capello
"Membership in the AHA is important because it provides an opportunity to learn about scholarly research outside of my particular area, I appreciate the collegiality and meeting new people and the various professional workshops are helpful."
Tony Frazier
Support AHA Initiatives
Leadership
Fostering new approaches to history education and scholarship, setting standards for the discipline, celebrating exceptional historical work, and publishing pathbreaking content.
Advocacy
Promoting history’s importance as a discipline and the critical role history plays in public life, and supporting historians and students of history.
Community
Convening and fostering connections between historians everywhere, both in-person and online.
Teaching and Learning
Improving history education at all levels by supporting students and current and future educators, and creating and sharing curricular resources.
Career Development
Supporting historians exploring careers within and outside the professoriate, as well as historians building their professional skills at any stage of their careers.