The AHA hosts a number of sessions for undergraduate historians at the annual meeting, starting with Thursday's informal orientation for undergraduate attendees followed directly by a welcome reception. These are great opportunities to learn about the structure of an academic conference, ask questions, and network. We encourage you to stop by the Undergraduate Lightening Round and Undergraduate Poster Session even if you are not presenting to support and see the work of your peers. We have also selected some sessions throughout the meeting that may interest students as they relate to careers in the discipline, current events, and more—but undergrads are welcome to attend any session at the meeting unless otherwise indicated (e.g. it has “by invitation only” in the title).

Below is the undergraduate program and suggested sessions for AHA23. Check this page again in the fall for a list of AHA24 sessions that we think might be particularly interesting for undergrads.

Undergraduate Sessions

Undergraduate Orientation to the Meeting
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Undergraduate Reception
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Undergraduate Lightning Round I 
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Undergraduate Lightning Round II 
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Undergraduate Poster Session
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Suggested Sessions from AHA23

Below, find some sessions from the AHA23 program that might be of particular interest to undergraduates. These sessions showcase cutting-edge research, offer networking opportunities, or discuss issues that affect undergraduates themselves.

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Latin American Antifascism(s): National and Transnational Perspectives
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Where Oil and Water Meet: Land, Liquid, and Development in the 20th-Century Middle East
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Subaltern Cosmopolitans in the 17th- and 18th-Century Atlantic World
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Gendered Violence and Legal Standards in North America
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Troubling Sexual Norms: Exploring Gay Moderate Politics and "Stealth" Trans Subjects in Late 20th-Century Queer US History
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Baseball and Social Change in America
Thursday, January 5, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Friday, January 6, 2023

Defund the Police? Historical Perspectives
Friday, January 6, 2023: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Indigenous Knowledge and Colonial Entanglements in the Americas
Friday, January 6, 2023: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Playing the Past: Historical Engagement with Video Games
Friday, January 6, 2023: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Doing Accessible Digital History
Friday, January 6, 2023: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Methodologies from the Cracks of History: New Horizons Documenting Early African Histories and Identifying Atlantic World Legacies
Friday, January 6, 2023: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Material Religion on Catholic eBay: A Roundtable Discussion
Friday, January 6, 2023: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

The Catholic Church in the Holocaust Era: First Findings from the Vatican Archives
Friday, January 6, 2023: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Reparations Now! Perspectives on Reparative Justice in the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean
Friday, January 6, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Emergent Thinking: Creating Digital Stories for the Public
Friday, January 6, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Digital Projects Showcase
Friday, January 6, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Language as Archive and Method
Friday, January 6, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Museum Decolonization, Anti-Black Racism, and the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage
Friday, January 6, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

HBCU Networking Event
Friday, January 6, 2023: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Deep History, Current History
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Decolonizing and Recentering Indigenous Specialists: Knowledge and Practitioners in the Americas and the Indian Ocean
Saturday, January 8, 2022: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Chinese Colonialisms: Racialization and/or Minoritization in Modern and Contemporary China
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Using Digital Archives for Teaching, Research, and Public Engagement
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

The Historian as Writer and Storyteller, Part 1
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

New Research on Black Women and the History of Racial Capitalism
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Career Fair
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 12:30 PM-3:00 PM

The Historian as Writer and Storyteller, Part 2
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Trouble in Empire: Colonialism and Subaltern Appropriations in South and Southeast Asia
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

The US Culture Wars in a Global Context
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Archaeoastronomy and History: Perspectives from Africa, North America, West Asia, Oceania, and Europe
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

The War on Drugs and the Working Class City
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

The History of Reproductive Rights in Global Perspective
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Russia's War against Ukraine in Historical Perspective
Saturday, January 7, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Sunday, January 8, 2023

Bridging Cultural and Political Divides: Unique Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Modern China as CHUS Historians in the Postpandemic World
Sunday, January 8, 2023: 9:00 AM-10:30 AM

Beyond the Campus Gates: Broadening the Reach of Historical Scholarship
Sunday, January 8, 2023: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Slavery and Law: New Histories of American Immigration
Sunday, January 8, 2023: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM