Why Attend?
Networking and Reconnecting
- Explore historical connections with scholars outside your field
- Catch up with that best friend from your grad school cohort
- Reconnect with scholars you met in the archives
- Meet face-to face with historians you engaged online
- Build relationships for future panels, edited volumes, and more
A Hub of Scholarship
- Attend sessions covering every subfield within the discipline
- Present your work and get feedback from diverse perspectives
- Pitch your latest project to editors from dozens of top presses
- Identify new trends in the discipline from both established and emerging historians
Resources for Educators
- Participate in teaching workshops for K-12 and undergraduate instruction
- Get new insights into historiographical questions to bring to your classroom
- Find course materials from textbooks to digital primary source collections
Career Development
- Join critical discussions about issues facing historians in all professions
- Learn about the full diversity of historians’ employment
- Plan what’s next for your career, whether you’re an undergraduate, PhD candidate, early career historian, or beyond
- Gain new skills to improve your research, teaching, and public engagement
Insights into Local History and Culture
- Explore the unique history of the host city and region
- Join a tour with local experts to top museums and historic sites
- Discover local cuisine with new and old friends
Code of Conduct
The AHA is committed to creating and maintaining a harassment-free environment for all participants in the Association's activities. All members and participants, including employees, contractors, vendors, volunteers and guests, are expected to engage in consensual and respectful behavior and to preserve AHA's standard of professionalism at all times. Please read the code of conduct that applies to all AHA-sponsored activities, including the annual meeting.
Attendees at the meeting should also review the AHA's annual meeting policies, which detail important information, including refunds, badge requirements, and the recording policy.
Faculty-Student Group Rate
Help your own students attend the AHA annual meeting through the AHA’s deeply discounted faculty/student group rate. For an additional fee of only $15 for each K-12, undergraduate, and graduate student ($30 after December 13), AHA members can bring students to the annual meeting. After registering, return to historians.org/myaha and select Edit My Registration. Select Register Additional Attendees and click the "New attendee is part of a student group" checkbox. The AHA’s faculty/student group rate is a great way to mentor students, nourish their interest in history, and encourage their professional growth.
What People Are Saying
Land Acknowledgement
The American Historical Association acknowledges that this year we meet on the territory of the Lenape peoples. We honor the Lenape, along with the Unkechaug, Shinnecock, Matinnecock, Montaukett, and Setalcott nations, whose historical and contemporary homes stand along the nearby waters of both the north and south shores of Long Island.
Press
Our annual meeting press policy covers important information regarding press credentials, our policy for filming or recording sessions, premissions to record sessions, and sound and electric during the meeting.
Business Meeting
"The January 2020 business meeting will be held Sunday, January 5, at 5:15–6:30 p.m., New York Hilton, Mercury Ballroom (3rd Floor). The business meeting is restricted to members only. Please confirm in advance that your AHA membership is up to date.