AHA Council
Meet Our Council Members
The primary governing body of the Association is the Council, whose members are elected annually by the AHA membership. AHA Council members help set AHA priorities in consultation with the Executive Director; offer ideas and suggestions consistent with the AHA’s mission and current goals; work with others to implement key projects and initiatives; help the AHA balance competing priorities and respond to member concerns; and help ensure the AHA can continue and expand its work and contributions to the discipline
Professional Division
The Professional Division promotes integrity, fairness, and civility in the practice of history—in educational institutions, museums and archives, government agencies and non-profit organizations, and all other places where historians study and interpret the past.
Research Division
The Research Division works to help promote historical scholarship, preserve historical documents and artifacts, ensure equal and open access to information, and fosters the dissemination of information about historical records and research.
Teaching Division
The Teaching Division collects and disseminates information about the training of teachers and ensures that teaching concerns are addressed in AHA activities and publications.
AHA Committees
AHA Committees address administrative or policy concerns, investigate and advise the organization on recent issues in the discipline, identify and recognize the best of historical scholarship and work, and support initiatives that promote history and historical thinking.
Policies, Procedures, & Documents
Constitution & Bylaws
The work of the Association is governed by the AHA Constitution (which lays out the basic structure for the organization) and Bylaws (which describe how the organization functions).
Governing Policies & Documents
The American Historical Association develops and adopts policies to guide its work and to maintain high standards of integrity and practice of the organization. Documents and policies governing the Association are reviewed regularly and updated as needed.
From its inception, the Association has been committed to the collection, preservation, and dissemination of historical documents. In keeping with that tradition, the AHA staff digitizes and posts essays, reports, and other materials from the Association’s past.
Business Meeting
The AHA’s Business Meeting is held during the AHA annual meeting each year in January.
Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association
The Pacific Coast Branch (PCB) was organized in 1903 to serve members of the American Historical Association living in the United States west of the Mississippi River and the western provinces of Canada. All members of the AHA living in those areas, therefore, are also members of the branch.