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 and does not include a link to an application form, sign up when you register or add to your registration at historians.org/myaha by clicking the Edit My Registration or Add Students link. Please reach out to annualmeeting@historians.org with any questions.
Workshops and Lightning Rounds
Thursday, January 7
Preconference Workshop: Creating Community: Recruiting, Advising, and Mentoring at Small Liberal Arts Colleges
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Studio 6
Free advance registration required.
Modern European History New Research Lightning Round
3:30–5:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Galerie 3
See program listing for details about how to participate.
Friday, January 8
How Trade Books Really Work: Practical Strategies for Historians
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Bayside C
Free advance registration required.
Undergraduate Lightning Round: Research Across the Fields
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Galerie 6
Information about how to apply can be found here.
Undergraduate Lightning Round: Research Focus
1:30–3:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Galerie 6
Information about how to apply can be found here.
Digital Projects Showcase
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Rhythms Ballroom I
Advance sign-up is encouraged, but not required to participate.
Ask a Digital Historian Anything
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Rhythms Ballroom I
Advance sign-up is encouraged, but not required to participate.
The Teachers’ Lounge: Conversations About Teaching with the American Historical Review
3:30–5:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Iberville
Apply online.
Career Insights
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Waterbury Ballroom
Advance sign-up is not required.
Saturday, January 9
Hands-on History: Interactive Activities in the Small Liberal Arts History Classroom
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Bayside C
Advance sign-up is not required.
K–16 Educators’ Workshop, Part 1: International Affairs Revealed Through Primary Sources
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Grand Ballroom E
Advance sign-up is not required.
K–16 Educators’ Workshop, Part 2: International Affairs Revealed Through Primary Sources
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Grand Ballroom E
Advance sign-up is not required.
Advocacy in Practice: Building Your Team, Your Argument, and Your Ask
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Borgne
Advance sign-up is not required.
Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting: Developmental Conversations
1:30–3:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Iberville
Apply online; deadline December 15.
Op-Ed Workshop
1:30–4:30 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Borgne
Free advance registration required.
Sunday, January 10
Practicing the Teacher–Scholar Model: How Can Teaching and Scholarship Inform Each Other?
9:00–10:30 a.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Mardi Gras Ballroom FG
Advance sign-up is not required.
Content Cohort
The 2027 AHA K–16 Content Cohort at the annual meeting in New Orleans will bring together 25 history educators from K–12 schools, community colleges, and four-year institutions to explore histories relevant to recent headlines. This program provides a structured experience to help navigate the largest annual history conference in the United States and delve into the potential implications of new scholarship for the history classroom. Details and the application are available at historians.org/content-cohort.
Seminar Sessions
Seminar sessions meet three times during the conference, allowing participants to sustain a conversation and build relationships. Free advance registration is required; sign up when you register or add to your registration at historians.org/myaha. Potential participants should register by December 1. Facilitators will be in touch to confirm participation by mid-December.
Articulating Shared Language About History Methods
Collecting Historical Evidence
Thursday, January 7, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Iberville
Methods of Analysis
Friday, January 8, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Bacchus
Producing History
Saturday, January 9, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Bacchus
Imperial Afterlives: Histories of the Present from Asia
Histories of Asian Imperial Ambitions
Thursday, January 7, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Bacchus
Decolonization and the Legacies of Afro-Asianisms
Friday, January 8, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Bacchus
Rethinking the Global Color Line
Saturday, January 9, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Bacchus
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 8
Working Luncheon for Directors of Graduate Studies
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Maurepas
Saturday, January 9
Gender Equity Breakfast: Teaching Gender in Politicized Contexts
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Waterbury Ballroom
Department Chairs’ Luncheon
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Maurepas
Tours
See tour descriptions for accessibility details. Sign up and pay when you register or add to your registration at historians.org/myaha. Tickets are nonrefundable. Tours meet at the New Orleans Marriott, Studio 3.
Friday, January 8
Tour 1: Free People of Color in Pre–Civil War New Orleans–The Historic New Orleans Collection
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Limit: 25 people. $40 members, $50 nonmembers.
Tour 2: 50 Years of Music History with Frenchmen Notes
2:30–5:30 p.m.
Limit 20 people. $55 members, $65 nonmembers.
Saturday, January 9
Tour 3: The National WWII Museum
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Limit: 25 people. $50 member, $60 nonmembers.
Sunday, January 10
Tour 4: Whitney Plantation
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Limit: 25 people. $50 members, $60 nonmembers.