Applications Open for NEH-Funded Institutes

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Africa in World History

This program will invite a cohort of teachers to collaborate with leading historians on efforts to enhance coverage of Africa and Africans in K–12 world history courses. Participants will enhance their content knowledge in African history across regions, periods, and linguistic contexts, allowing our community to expand beyond the often limited engagement with African perspectives in many textbooks and state standards. This three-week, fully virtual institute will culminate in the production of a free, digital sourcebook with accompanying lessons tailored to the needs of students in busy classrooms.

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Changes Across the Land: 19th & 20th Century Environmental History & Policy

The AHA will host a three-week long National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for Higher Education Faculty on US environmental history and policy from the early 19th century through the 20th century. Situated at the intersection of environmental, Indigenous, and political history, this institute will explore how humans have contributed and adjusted to environmental changes. This long historical context is crucial for understanding what differentiates current emissions-driven climate change from what came before.

Symposia on Large Scale Research

AHA Institutes

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2024 AHA Online Teacher Institute: Native Peoples and the Architecture of US History

This free, online professional development program focused on how teachers at any level can center the perspectives and experiences of Native peoples throughout the entirety of US history.

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2023 AHA Online Teacher Institute in World History

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of its involvement in the creation of the C3 Framework, the AHA convened a weeklong professional development institute via Zoom for K–12 teachers of world history (including dual-enrollment courses).

AHA Workshops

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Annual Department Chairs' Workshop

Are you facing the professional challenge of serving as department chair? The AHA offers an annual in-person Chairs' Workshop.

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Online Programs for Department Chairs

Since 2020, AHA has hosted a regular series of online webinars to support the work of history department chairs. The webinars are small group discussions facilitated by experienced department chairs on topics related to the faculty-facing, student-facing, and administrative-facing work of chairs.

AHA Events Calendar

January 8 - 11, 2026

Chicago - IL

AHA Annual Meeting

October 4, 2025

Richmond, Virginia

2025 Conrad M. Hall Symposium for Virginia History

March 27 - 28, 2025

Bozeman, MT

The Future of Research in the Age of AI