AHA23 offers a platform for historians from all specializations and professions to discuss, disagree, and learn from each other. Many sessions relate to the work historians do to engage with the public, from writing for various audiences, to consulting on government commissions, to engaging policymakers. Other sessions offer perspectives from historians involved with a broad range of historical work. A selection of such sessions is found below.

Plenary: The Past, the Present, and the Work of Historians
Thursday, January 5, 8:00-9:00 p.m.

Finding Common Ground: Identifying Friction Points in Researcher and Archivist Workflows and Exploring Possible Solutions
Friday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Content and Method: A Roundtable Discussion
Friday, January 6, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

Planting a Seed: History for Young Readers
Friday, January 6, 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Public-Facing History Today: Memory, Policy, Problem-Solving
Friday, January 6, 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Historians Engaging Publics: Graphic Histories
Saturday, January 7, 8:30-10:00 a.m. 

Using Digital Archives for Teaching, Research, and Public Engagement
Saturday, January 7, 8:30-10:00 a.m.

The Historian as Writer and Storyteller, Part 1
Saturday, January 7, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

History versus Heritage: Military Historians Confront America’s Contested Past
Saturday, January 7, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Making Treason Odious Again: Perspectives from the Naming Commission and the Army’s War on the Lost Cause
Saturday, January 7, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

The Historian as Writer and Storyteller, Part 2
Saturday, January 7, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

Film Screening: John O’Connor Film Award Winner, Documentary: How the Monuments Came Down
Saturday, January 7, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Op-Ed Workshop
Sunday, January 8, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Writing Beyond the Academy: How to Secure a Commercial Book Deal
Sunday, January 8, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The Revolutionary Archive: New Directions
Sunday, January 8, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Beyond the Campus Gates: Broadening the Reach of Historical Scholarship
Sunday, January 8, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Engaging Policymakers and the Public on US–Mexico Border and Migration History
Sunday, January 8, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.