The AHA annual meeting offers dozens of professional development opportunities for educators. Use this guide, organized by event type, to navigate the full spread of teaching and learning events taking place at AHA24.  

Free registration for San Francisco public K–12 teachers

Current K–12 teachers at public schools in San Francisco are eligible to receive free annual meeting registration. Email annualmeeting@historians.org from your school address to receive the discount code.

Letters of attendance for professional development credit

K–12 teachers who register for and attend the meeting can request a certificate of attendance to document participation in the conference or for professional development credit. Contact annualmeeting@historians.org for details.

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Hands-on Teaching & Learning Workshops

Attendees must register in advance for most workshops. You may register for workshops when you register for the annual meeting.

Already registered for the meeting? You can edit your existing registration to include workshops. Don't wait long, though—workshops fill quickly!

Future of History in the Liberal Arts: Difficult Conversations in the Liberal Arts Classroom
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

• Part 1: Premeeting Workshop
  Thursday, January 4, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

• Part 2: Roundtable
  Friday, January 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
  Advance registration not required for Part 2

Advocating for History: A Workshop on Steps and Strategies to Support the Discipline
Friday, January 5, 3:30-5 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Reacting to the Past: Innovation, Challenge, and Opportunity Workshop
Joint session with the Reacting Consortium

• Part 1: Playing with Primary Sources-Role-Immersion Pedagogy in the History Classroom 
  Thursday, January 4, 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
  Advance registration not required

• Part 2: Rethinking the History Survey with Immersive Role Play
  Saturday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
  Advance registration not required

Teaching Writing Workshop: Teaching Writing in the Age of AI
Friday, January 5, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

K–16 Educators' Workshop: Insight, Inspiration, and Motivation-Collaboration Revealed through Primary Sources
Sponsored by the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board

• Part 1: Roundtable
  Saturday, January 6, 8:30-10 a.m.
  Advance registration not required for Part 1

• Part 2: Hands-On Workshop
  Saturday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Teaching Things Workshop
Saturday, January 6, 1:30-3 p.m.

Assignments Workshop
Sunday, January 7, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

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Networking Events and Luncheons

Working Luncheon for Directors of Graduate Studies
Friday, January 5, 12-1:30 p.m.
Tickets must be purchased in advance

HBCU Networking Event
Friday, January 5, 4-5 p.m.

Reception for Two-Year Faculty
Friday, January 5, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Teagle Foundation

Department Chairs' Luncheon
Saturday, January 6, 12-1:30 p.m.
Organized by the AHA's Institutional Membership Program and the AHA Professional Division
Tickets must be purchased in advance

Career Fair
Saturday, January 6, 12:30-3 p.m.

Teaching and Learning Networking Opportunity
Saturday, January 6, 3:45-4:45 p.m.

K-12 Reception
Saturday, January 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by The HISTORY Channel

Office Hours 

Feedback Session: Survey of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Friday, January 5, 8:30-10 a.m.

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Sessions

Teacher Education and Teaching Careers

Education Programs, History Departments, and the Current State of K–12 Teacher Preparation
Thursday, January 4, 1:30-3 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers: Perspectives from Education Schools and History Departments
Thursday, January 4, 3:30-5 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Navigating the Stages of a Community College Career in Teaching History
Friday, January 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

"Alt-Ac" at the Crossroads: Advice and Guidance for the New History Majority
Saturday, January 6, 8:30-10 a.m.

Independent Scholars? From Higher Ed to Independent High Schools
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Introductory Courses

Recent Developments in Advanced Placement US History, World History, and African American Studies Courses
Thursday, January 4, 3:30-5 p.m.
Joint session with the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board

Gateway History Courses in Cross-Disciplinary and Institutional Contexts
Saturday, January 6, 8:30-10 a.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Teaching "Western Civilization" in the 21st Century
Saturday, January 6, 8:30-10 a.m.

Strengthening the Bridge From K–12 to College Classrooms

What K–12 Teachers Want Us to Know about Our Entering Students: A Report from the AHA "History Gateways" Project
Thursday, January 4, 3:30-5 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

State of the Field for Busy Teachers: Pacific Rim History
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Beyond the Research Paper: Innovative K–16 Lessons through Experiential Learning
Saturday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Who Taught Them That? AP History Courses and College Readiness
Saturday, January 6, 1:30-3 p.m.

Building the Equity Bridge: Creating a K–16 Community of Practice
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Teaching with Digital Tools

Creating Knowledge and Connecting Communities: Undergraduate Research in Digital Humanities
Thursday, January 4, 1:30-3 p.m.

Audiovisual Archives, Research, and Teaching in the Digital World: Challenges and Opportunities
Friday, January 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Teaching History in the Digital Age
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.

Digital Projects Showcase
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Digital History Working Group
Sponsored by Clemson University Digital History PhD Program

Reimagining American History: How Digital Scholarship and Media Enhance Historical Accessibility and Teachability
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Graduate Education

Is it Terminal? Revisiting the History Master's Degree
Thursday, January 4, 3:30-5 p.m.
Joint session with the Coordinating Council for Women in History

Introductory Graduate Courses in the Age of Career Diversity
Friday, January 5, 8:30-10 a.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Effective Mentorship and Advising in History Graduate Programs
Friday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Professional Division

Essential Work: A Panel Discussion among Directors of Graduate Studies
Saturday, January 6, 1:30-3 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Professional Division

Teaching History Now

Teaching Latin American History: Strategies, Experiments, and Experiences
Thursday, January 4, 1:30-3 p.m.

Teaching and Researching University Histories in the Age of Reconciliation
Friday, January 5, 8:30-10 a.m.

Teaching against Modern Myths: Premodern Japan in the Classroom
Friday, January 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Future of History
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.

Teaching History in Prisons
Saturday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Teaching the Holocaust: What Scholars Know/What Teachers Teach
Saturday, January 6, 3:30-5 p.m.

Harvest of Empire: A Roundtable on the Scholarly and Pedagogical Legacy of Juan González's Survey of US Latino History
Saturday, January 6, 3:30-5 p.m.

Mexican American History is American History: Strategies for Integrating the Mexican American/Chicana/o Experience in K–16 US History Content
Sunday, January 7, 9-10:30 a.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Teaching and Research during a Tumultuous Time in US-China Relations
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

AI and the Historical Profession: Applications and Implications
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Pedagogy and Teaching Resources

Publishing Award-Winning Student History Journals: A Roundtable
Thursday, January 4, 3:30-5 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Local Arrangements Committee

Research in Practice: Developing High School Students' Historiographic Thinking
Friday, January 5, 8:30-10 a.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Historical Inquiry in History Classrooms: Investigating and Reframing an Essential Relationship
Friday, January 5, 8:30-10 a.m.

Communicating History to Young Audiences: Historians Reflect on Writing Children's Books
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.

Engaging Data in the History Classroom
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.

Urban History and Public Scholarship: Fostering Campus-Community Collaboration
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.

Designing, Editing and Implementing a New OER Textbook: Openstax World History
Friday, January 5, 3:30-5 p.m.

History for the 21st Century: Centering Student Learning Experiences in World History
Saturday, January 6, 8:30-10 a.m.

Going "Gentle into that Good Night"? Historiography and the Undergraduate Curriculum
Saturday, January 6, 1:30-3 p.m.

Teaching How Historians Work: Introducing the #AHRSyllabus Project
Saturday, January 6, 3:30-5 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Research Division and the AHA Teaching Division

Pedagogy and Practice in Online Higher Education History Classrooms in a Post-Pandemic World
Saturday, January 6, 3:30-5 p.m.

Create Confident Researchers by Teaching Them to Ask Their Own Questions
Saturday, January 6, 3:30-5 p.m.

Experiential Learning and Public History in the Classroom
Sunday, January 7, 9-10:30 a.m.

The Joys and Challenges of Teaching History with Biography
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

Local History Is Global History: From Shanghai to Los Angeles, Promoting Cultural Understanding through Storytelling in the Secondary History Classroom
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Joint session with the World History Association

Podcasting, Pedagogy, and Publics: A Roundtable on History Delivered Right to your Ears
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Advocating for Educators and Students

Cultivating Inclusivity and Diversity in the Classroom: Teaching History through an Equity Lens
Thursday, January 4, 1:30-3 p.m.

Teaching as a Crime: Anti-Woke Legislation and What It Means for Teaching Race in Florida Colleges and Universities and the Rest of the Nation
Thursday, January 4, 3:30-5 p.m.

Plenary: The Politicization of History Education at the State Level: Legislation and Standards
Thursday, January 4, 8-9 p.m.

Teaching History in Polarized Times
Friday, January 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Historians and the "Culture Wars" in Higher Education
Friday, January 5, 1:30-3 p.m.

Advocating for History: A Workshop on Steps and Strategies to Support the Discipline
Friday, January 5, 3:30-5 p.m.

What Is the Civic Value of a History Education?
Friday, January 5, 3:30-5 p.m.

Ten Years of C3: A Roundtable Discussion
Saturday, January 6, 3:30-5 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Teaching Division

American Lesson Plan: A Progress Report from the American Historical Association's Mapping the Landscape of Secondary US History Education
Saturday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Bumps Ahead? New and Old Paths to Queer History Education
Saturday, January 6, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

History at the Crossroads: Challenges and Solutions for History Departments
Saturday, January 6, 3:30-5 p.m.
Organized by the AHA Professional Division

Political Repression and Higher Education: Past, Present, and Future
Sunday, January 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Joint session with the Radical History Review