AHA Workshops
AHA26 Workshops and Ticketed Events
The annual meeting features a number of workshops and other events for attendees, some requiring advance signup.
Annual Department Chairs' Workshop
Are you facing the professional challenge of serving as department chair? The AHA offers an annual in-person Chairs' Workshop.
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.
Symposia on Large Scale Research
In 2025–26, the AHA will co-host a series of three symposia on the possibilities and challenges of large-scale historical research. These symposia will explore the possibilities and challenges of large-scale historical research.
Past AHA Workshops & Institutes
The AHA has held workshops focused on online teaching, career development, advocating for historians, and more.
AHA Institutes
Online Teacher Institutes
The AHA hosts online professional development programs for educators, including middle and high school teachers and two- and four-year college faculty.
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.
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).
Career Diversity Faculty Institutes
The AHA’s Career Diversity for Historians Faculty Institutes brought together working groups of faculty leaders to consider the purpose and future of doctoral education.
Join the Conversation
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.
AHA Events Calendar
AHA Events Calendar
The AHA Events Calendar shares upcoming events, including conferences, webinars, and virtual events. Anyone may submit events of interest to historians to the calendar.
November 7, 2025
German Occupation of Eastern Europe, 1914-1918
July 27 - 31, 2026
3rd World Congress of Business History (Toronto 2026)
May 24 - 31, 2026
Italian Diaspora Studies Writing Seminars – 2026
