About Our Regional Conferences
For the past decade, the AHA and local partners have held a two-day conference in Texas. In 2023, the AHA hosted a conference in Utah, and in 2024 in Michigan. We will host a conference Virginia in spring 2025.
Annual Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses
Participants and speakers at past conferences have addressed teaching Black and LGBTQ history, shared strategies and resources for teaching each of the six main history topics in the state’s Academic Course Guide Manual, workshopped assignments, and more.
Past Regional Conferences
October 4 - 5, 2024
2024 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses
September 20 - 21, 2024
Michigan Conference on Introductory History Courses
October 6 - 7, 2023
Utah Conference on Introductory History Courses
October 13 - 14, 2023
2023 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses
October 20 - November 4, 2021
2021 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses
September 20 - 21, 2019
2019 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses
Regional Conferences: Behind the Scenes at the AHA
Read about the origin of the AHA's regional conferences in Perspectives on History.
Resources on Introductory Courses
History Discipline Core
What do students learn in history courses? The culmination of years of collaboration and research, this statement summarizes key skills, knowledge, and habits of mind at the core of our discipline.
Tuning the History Discipline
The AHA’s Tuning Project asked historians to clarify and demystify the core goals and the key skills pursued in our discipline.
Reconsidering the Introductory History Course
The AHA’s History Gateways initiative explores strategies for improving introductory college-level history courses to better prepare students from all backgrounds for success in a complex society.
Other Events
The AHA Events Calendar shares upcoming events, including conferences, webinars, and virtual events. Anyone may submit events of interest to historians to the calendar.
At the nation’s largest gathering of historians, we hone our professional skills and connect with historians working across numerous fields and professions.
AHA Learn is a series of online programs that serves as a forum for compelling ideas in history education. Individual sessions showcase new resources, revisit enduring concerns, or highlight innovative strategies to ensure student success in today’s classrooms.
For questions and feedback, please contact Brendan Gillis, director of teaching and learning, at bgillis@historians.org. For a broader discussion of these and other teaching and learning issues in history, please join the Teaching and Learning community on communities.historians.org.