Awards & Grants

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Awards for Publications

These prizes honor exceptional books, articles, films, and digital works on a wide range of historical topics. The deadline for all nominations is May 15.

AHA Awards Ceremony - Thursday - January 5, 2023
Awards for Scholarly and Professional Distinction

These awards recognize individuals and groups who have made distinguished contributions to the discipline of history. The deadline for all nominations is May 15.

Professional & Career Resources

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Where Historians Work

Where Historians Work is an interactive, online database that catalogs the career outcomes of historians who earned PhDs at universities in the United States from 2004 to 2017.

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Career Paths

Read articles by historians about their career paths in Perspectives on History.

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Reviewers in Digital History

The AHA can connect you to digital historians who can assist with tenure and promotion cases that involve review of digital history projects. Contact Alexandra Levy, communications director, for assistance finding an appropriate reviewer.

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Academic Department Resources

History department chairs are on the front lines of the discipline, defending historians’ work and supporting their professional lives at all stages of their academic careers. The AHA strives to strengthen this work and provide resources and opportunities that make chairs’ work easier and valued.

Data on the Historical Discipline

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Data on the Historical Discipline

The AHA collects and shares data on topics ranging from employment, to public engagement with history, to the use of educational resources in the classroom, and more.

K-16 Teaching Workshop: Assignment Charrette - Friday January 4, 2019
AHA Surveys: Historians Teaching Off the Tenure Track

The Professional Division of the AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We have developed two surveys, one for non-tenure-track faculty (NTT) and one for department chairs.

Resources for the Discipline

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Standards & Guidelines for the Discipline

The AHA has developed a series of best practices for excellence in professional behavior, research, and teaching.

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Digital History Resources

The AHA offers resources on getting started in digital history, articles on doing digital history, and projects of interest.

Discover Historians and History Programs

The online Directory provides for detailed searching of faculty/staff and their field specializations, as well as the ability to do benchmarking comparisons between departments.

The directory contains the titles of over 60,000 dissertations that have been completed or are currently in progress in the United States and Canada since 1873.

Search the AHA Member Directory by name, organization, city, state, and specialization to get contact information for collaboration and community. AHA members only.

Create Connections

AHA 2020 K-12 Reception

Our Career Contacts program arranges informational interviews between current PhD and history PhDs who have built careers beyond the professoriate.

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Follow the AHA on social media platforms to stay up-to-date with our latest news and activities.

Connect with Our Communities

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Over 125 history-oriented organizations are affiliated with the AHA, representing a broad network of organizations promoting collaboration and communication across the history community.

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Cross-disciplinary coalitions that provide greater access to networks, leadership, and resources that support the AHA’s mission.

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Members Making News highlights the accomplishments of AHA members.

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To recognize our talented and eclectic membership, the AHA features a regular Member Spotlight series.

Institutional & Student Memberships

The AHA is committed to helping leaders navigate the challenges facing the discipline of history at colleges and universities, as well as in libraries, archives, and K–12 schools. Institutional members can purchase discounted student memberships for only $30 each.

Upcoming Opportunities

Deadline: Aug 1, 2025

Call for Award Nominations

Snell Prize in European History 2025

Deadline: Apr 20, 2025

Call for Fellowship Applications

Green-Wood Cemetery History Fellowship