It is not too late to get on the program for the American Historical Association’s annual meeting! The annual meeting features a number of workshops for attendees. We especially encourage those not currently on the program looking for opportunities to participate and share their work to register for workshops. These professional development opportunities include chances to get feedback on book proposals or classroom assignments, present a snapshot of your research at a lightning round for your subfield or peer group, or get hands-on experience with a new teaching resource. 

Some events require preregistration or an application; be sure to review registration dates carefully, as these deadlines vary. You can find instructions for how to sign up for these sessions below. Unless otherwise noted, there is no cost to participate in these events. Additional workshops may appear in the AHA annual meeting program. Please reach out to annualmeeting@historians.org with any questions.

We will also facilitate informal conversations during the meeting, culminating in a special Sunday“Continuing Conversations” session where attendees will gather in small groups to talk about what they learned during the meeting, and help us make plans for conversations they’d like to continue, throughout the year and at the 2024 annual meeting in San Francisco.

Workshops

Unless otherwise specified, free advance registration is required through the registration form.

Grading Writing Charrette
Friday, January 6, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Bring one of your writing assignments, a grading rubric, and at least one sample of student work, and discuss with colleagues how to adjust your teaching of writing, how to improve the feedback you give to students, and how to make your grading both more efficient and more useful. This workshop also aims to foster conversations on student writing across levels of instruction and, in particular, encourage collaboration between high school teachers and college professors. The submission deadline was November 13, 2022. For information on how to participate, visit historians.org/aha23-charrettes.

LGBTQ+ History Research Lightning Session
Friday, January 6, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Working on an article, master’s thesis, dissertation, or book? In this alternative session, participants are invited to share their research with others in a format drawn from digital humanities un-conference“dork shorts.” Rather than have formal presentations or a roundtable, members of the audience are invited to come to the podium and present a timed, three-minute presentation about their research. Presentations will continue for as long as there are audience members who wish to present; the organizers will then create discussion groups organized around larger queer history topics that will take up the remainder of the session. These groups are designed to help scholars make connections with each other and share information: attendees may choose any group they like and migrate from discussion to discussion.

All participants in the annual meeting are invited to attend, and no audience member is required to participate. That said, graduate students and earlycareerscholars are urged to take the plunge and present, particularly if they are just embarking on graduate or new research, or beginning a book project, and established scholars are urged to attend to both present and learn about how the discipline of LGBTQ history is evolving.

Advance registration not required.

K–16 Educators’ Workshop: Exploring Collective and Collected Memory
Saturday, January 7, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Library of Congress website(www.loc.gov) contains literally millions of digitized primary sources in a variety of media that are free to use. The materials can present multiple perspectives on a single event, and they can reveal holes in the historical narrative. They can contribute to our understanding of collective memory and how it is formed, and they can help us understand collected memory—how what gets collected, and what does not, influences our understanding of the past. In this hands-on workshop, Library of Congress education specialists will share select examples of sources from newly digitized collections to engage participants in classroom strategies that explore both collective and collected memory. Specialists will also provide tips and strategies for finding compelling and useful materials in the Library's extensive digitized collections; as well as information about the Library's Of the People: Widening the Path initiative and Teaching with Primary Sources grants.

Sponsored by the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board.

Free advance registration required at historians.org/myaha. Add the item when you register at the Register Now link, or add it later through the Edit My Registration or Add Students link.

Teaching Things Workshop
Saturday, January 7, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

This workshop provides an introduction to using the AHA’s new digital Object Library and online resources for high school and college educators teaching historical artifacts in the classroom. Teaching Things: Material Culture in the History Classroom includes both ready-made resources and materials that teachers can use to craft lesson plans to fit their curriculum.

Free advance registration required at historians.org/myaha. Add the item when you register at the Register Now link, or add it later through the Edit My Registration or Add Students link.

Using Reacting to the Past(RTTP) to Teach Historical Conflict in a Time of Social Conflict
Sunday, January 8, 9 to 12:30 p.m.

Two linked sessions sharing how Reacting to the Past—a historicallyinformed pedagogy involving roleplaying games—has enriched and enlivened student engagement with historical conflict and change. The first session will demonstrate RTTP with a brief playthrough of one of our newer games, Chicago, 1968. This session will allow participants to briefly experience what a Reacting game is and highlight how the pedagogy empowers students to better understand the role of conflict in the past and present. The demonstration will be followed by a roundtable that will consider how RTTP fosters intellectually rich, historically informed experiential learning.

Free advance registration required at historians.org/myaha by December 15 to participate in the demonstration. Add the item when you register at the Register Now link, or add it later through the Edit My Registration or Add Students link. The subsequent roundtable is open to all.

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

Writing short articles for the general public is an important skill in the historian’s toolkit. From newspaper op-eds to magazine articles to blog posts, there are many publications where historians can share their research, connect it with current events or popular culture, and reach new readers. This workshop will include two parts. A panel of experienced editors and writers will begin the session by discussing how to pitch, write, and edit op-eds meant for a general audience. In the second part, small groups will be able to workshop their own ideas for short-form writing with each other and the experts.

Free advance registration required at historians.org/myaha. Add the item when you register at the Register Now link, or add it later through the Edit My Registration or Add Students link.

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

This special, two-part workshop is designed for historians who are interested in better understanding the process behind finding an agent, landing a commercial book deal, learning to write in a more accessible register, and other skills related to making the transition into writing for the general public.

Part 1 of the workshop will cover the general landscape of commercial publishingwith special emphasis on how it differs from academic publishing, what to expect, the pros and cons of trade publishing, and some of the resources available for scholars wanting to make this transition. Part 2 of the workshop will be a hands-on, interactive experience, in which participants will have the opportunity to share short writing samples and drafts of their book proposals, and receive feedback on how they could be re-written to appeal to a more commercial marketplace.

The deadline for this workshop has been extended. To pre-register, fill out the application form and submit it by December 16, 2022. Supporting materials are recommended, but not required. Though is it designed with established scholars in mind, the workshop is open to all who are interested in learning more about commercial publishing.

Assignment Charrette and Course Syllabus Workshop
Sunday, January 8, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Please join us for a hands-on half-day workshop to explore the roles that assignments can play in history classes. This workshop is part of the AHA’s History Gateways initiative to rethink introductory history courses. We will discuss how to create a course syllabus that communicates the instructor’s expectations to students but also enhances their engagement and learning. We will spend the first half of the morning working in small groups on participants’ assignments, which will be precirculated, then turn to a guided consideration of what a syllabus can be.

Walk-ons welcome. The submission deadline was November 13, 2022. For details on how to participate, visit historians.org/aha23-charrettes.

Undergraduate Lightning Round
Saturday, January 7, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Undergraduate Research Lightning Round features three-minute presentations by undergraduate historians describing their research. Visit the AHA website for details on how to participate.

Undergraduate Poster Session
Saturday, January 7, 3:30 to 5: 30 p.m.

Poster presentations offer a great opportunity for history students to learn how to present evidence and narrative in a concise visual format. Visit the AHA website for details on how to participate.

Meal Events

Breakfast Meeting of the AHA Committee on Gender Equity
Saturday, January 7, 8 to 9:30 a.m.

This annual networking breakfast provides an exciting and unique opportunity to meet scholars across generations working in all fields. We warmly invite anyone with an interest in gender history to this year’s breakfast.

Continental breakfast is open to all; tickets are $35 for members, $50 for nonmembers, $15 for student members, and $35 for student nonmembers. Tickets can be purchased in advance through the registration form or at the meeting at the onsite registration counters. Preregistration is urged; a very limited number of tickets will be available at the meeting. AHA members may bring a student nonmember to the breakfast at the student member rate; contact annualmeeting@historians.org to purchase the student ticket.

Department Chairs’ Luncheon
Saturday, January 7, 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Department chairs are invited to share experiences, discuss common issues, and receive encouragement from their colleagues. Incoming, current and former chairs are welcome to attend.

Tickets are $30 for AHA members and $40 for nonmembers and can be purchased in advance through the registration form or at the meeting at the onsite registration counters. 

Working Luncheon for Directors of Graduate Studies
Friday, January 6, 12 to 1:30 p.m.

This working lunch will be an opportunity for Directors of Graduate Studies to share experiences, discuss common issues, and receive encouragement from their colleagues.

Tickets are $30 for AHA members and $40 for nonmembers and can be purchased in advance through the registration form or at the meeting at the onsite registration counters.

AHA Modern European History Section Luncheon
Saturday, January 7, 12 to 1:30 p.m.

The luncheon is open to all. Tickets are $35 for AHA members and $45 for nonmembers and can be purchased in advance through the registration form or at the meeting at the onsite registration counters. Individuals who only want to hear the speech are invited to arrive at 12:45 p.m.