The annual meeting features a number of workshops and other events for attendees, some require advance signup. We especially encourage those not currently on the program looking for opportunities to participate and share their work to register for workshops.
Some events require preregistration or an application; be sure to review registration dates carefully, as these deadlines vary.
If the list below indicates that preregistration is required, sigh up when you register or add to your registration at historians.org/myaha. Please reach out to annualmeeting@historians.org with any questions.
Workshops
Thursday, January 8
Leadership in a Small Liberal Arts College History Program
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
Preregistration required for the workshop.
Practicing and Designing Student-Centered Learning in Introductory History Classrooms, Part 1: World History Courses
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Boulevard C
Advance sign-up not required.
“The Reading Problem”: Tackling Reading Challenges from High School to Higher Ed
3:00–5:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
Advance sign-up not required.
Practicing and Designing Student-Centered Learning in Introductory History Classrooms, Part 2: Introductory Courses
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Boulevard C
Advance sign-up not required.
Friday, January 9
Teaching Environmental Change During the Middle Ages: Virtual Reality and Analog Games in Postsecondary and Elementary Classrooms
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Palmer House, Chicago Room
Advance sign-up not required.
Op-Ed Workshop
8:30–11:30 a.m.
Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room
Preregistration required for the workshop.
Digital Projects Showcase
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
Advance sign up is encouraged, but not required to participate.
Ask a Digital Historian Anything
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
Advance sign up is encouraged, but not required to participate.
Saturday, January 10
Hands-On History: Interactive Activities in the Small Liberal Arts History Classroom
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room
Advance sign-up not required.
K–16 Educators’ Workshop, Part 1: Revolutionary History Teaching
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
Advance sign-up not required.
K–16 Educators’ Workshop, Part 2: Revolutionary History Teaching
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
Advance sign-up not required.
Teaching History Methods
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
Advance sign-up not required.
Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting: Developmental Conversations
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, PDR 1
Application required for the workshop.
The Case Method in Historical Pedagogy: Enhancing Engagement and Critical Thinking, Part 1—Demonstration
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Boulevard A
Preregistration required for the workshop.
Writing for the Popular Press: A Ms. Workshop for Feminist Historians
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Palmer House, Logan Room
Organized by the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and the Coordinating Council for Women in History
Advance sign-up not required.
Nonfiction Trade Book Proposal Workshop
1:30–4:30 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
Preregistration required for the workshop.
Teaching Things Workshop
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room
Preregistration required for the workshop.
Sunday, January 11
Designing a Latino History Course
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Williford C
Advance sign-up not required.
Content Cohort
Educators working in a range of different institutions can apply to participate in a Content Cohort, which provides a structured experience to help cohort participants navigate the conference and delve into the potential implications of new research for the history classroom. Details are available at historians.org/content-cohort.
Breakfasts & Luncheons
Tickets may be purchased with registration or added to registration at historians.org/myaha. Please reach out to annualmeeting@historians.org with any questions.
Friday, January 9
Working Luncheon for Directors of Graduate Studies
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, PDR 4
Saturday, January 10
Gender Equity Breakfast: Gender as a Conservative Category of Analysis?
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
Department Chairs’ Luncheon
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, PDR 4
Modern European History Luncheon
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room
Tours
See tour descriptions for accessibility details. Tour tickets are nonrefundable. Tours meet near the 8th Street North Registration at the Hilton Chicago.
Thursday, January 8
Tour 1: Chicago SNCC History Project Tour and Reception at the Carter G. Woodson Library
3:15–6:45 p.m.
Friday, January 9
Tour 2: Beyond the Galleries at the Chicago History Museum
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Tour 3: The World Travelers of the Pullman Company’s Chicago Works
12:00–3:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 10
Tour 4: Tour of Bronzeville with Chicago Mahogany Tours
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Tour 5: National Public Housing Museum
12:30–2:45 p.m.
Sunday, January 11
Tour 6: Little Palestine: Stories, People, Struggles
9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.