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AHA Advocacy
- Guiding Principles on Taking a Public Stance
- Policies and Procedures for Considering Amicus Brief Requests
- AHA Signs onto ACLS Letter Urging Iowa Legislature to Vote against Bill Eliminating Tenure (March 2021)
- AHA Letter of Support for Institute of Political History in Hungary (February 2021)
- AHA Endorsement of Educating for American Democracy Initiative (February 2021)
- AHA Expresses Alarm at University Press of Kansas Financial Cuts (February 2021)
- AHA Signs Onto MESA Statement Protesting Turkey's Attacks on Higher Ed (February 2021)
- Schools, History, and the Challenges of Commemoration (February 2021)
- AHA Letter Expressing Concern for Polish Historians (February 2021)
- AHA Signs Onto ASEEES Statement Calling for Immediate End to Libel Trial of Polish Historians (February 2021)
- AHA Statement Opposing New Policy on Virtual Scholarly Exchanges in India (February 2021)
- AHA Posting to Federal Register Regarding Proposed NARA Digitization Policies (February 2021)
- AHA Letter Urging California Legislature to Amend AB1887 for Scholars (January 2021)
- AHA Signed onto ACLS Statement Urging Kansas Board of Regents to Uphold Employment Protections for Faculty (January 2021)
- AHA Letter of Concern Regarding History Program and Faculty Cuts at University of Evansville (January 2021)
- AHA Letter Urging University of Kansas to Preserve Employment Protections for Faculty (January 2021)
- AHA Statement Condemning Report of Advisory 1776 Commission (January 2021)
- Ransacking Democracy Statement (January 2021)
- AHA Statement Expressing Solidarity with Mexican Historians (January 2021)
- Coalition to Save National Archives Facility in Seattle (January 2021)
- AHA Letter Expressing Concern Regarding Termination of History Professor (December 2020)
- Encouraging Microsoft to Allow Editing on Footnotes in Microsoft Word (December 2020)
- AHA Endorsement of Legislation Protecting Presidential Records (December 2020)
- AHA Endorsement of $1 Billion Senate Bill for Civics Learning (December 2020)
- Lawsuit to Protect Historical Records (December 2020)
- AHA Statement Concerning Access to French Archives (November 2020)
- AHA Letter Expressing Concern over Legislative Request to Monitor Teaching of 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory (November 2020)
- AHA Letter Urging Reconsideration of History Program Closure at Guilford College (November 2020)
- AHA Letter Opposing Cuts in NHPRC Funding (November 2020)
- AHA Comment on Proposed Rule Change for International Scholar Visas (October 2020)
- AHA Letter Expressing Grave Concern for Russian Historian (October 2020)
- AHA Issues Letter Defending AHA Member’s Right to Free Speech (October 2020)
- AHA Statement Urging Retraction of Executive Order Prohibiting the Inclusion of “Divisive Concepts” in Employee Training Sessions (October 2020)
- Amicus Brief in Ahmad v. Michigan (October 2020)
- Comments Opposing DHS and CBP Policies (September 2020)
- AHA Statement on the Recent "White House Conference on American History” (September 2020)
- AHA Letter in Support of Women's History Museum (September 2020)
- AHA Letter Registering Concern over Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice (September 2020)
- ACLS Joint Statement on the Key Role of the Humanities (August 2020)
- AHA Statement on Department Closures and Faculty Firings (July 2020)
- AHA Letter Condemning Tenured Faculty Layoffs at Canisius (July 2020)
- AHA Statement on Historical Research during COVID-19 (July 2020)
- AHA Signs onto AAS Statement on the 2020 Hong Kong National Security Law (July 2020)
- AHA Letter Opposing New ICE Obstacles to Students from Foreign Countries (July 2020)
- AHA Endorses Senate Resolution Recognizing the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial (July 2020)
- Resolution Regarding Affiliations between ICE and Higher Education (June 2020)
- AHA Statement on the History of Racist Violence in the United States (June 2020)
- Letter to Congress on Further CARES Funding for Higher Ed (June 2020)
- AHA Statement Regarding Historians and COVID-19 (April 2020)
- AHA Sends Letter to University System of Georgia Opposing Proposed Changes to the General Education Curriculum (March 2020)
- Statement Encouraging Temporary Adjustments to Faculty Review and Reappointment Processes during COVID-19 Crisis (March 2020)
- AHA Encourages Congress to Support NEH during COVID-19 Crisis (March 2020)
- AHA Joins Lawsuit Challenging ICE Records Disposition (March 2020)
- AHA Supports Release of Grand Jury Records of Historical Significance (March 2020)
- AHA Expresses Concern over Deletion of Immigration Records (Feb 2020)
- AHA Sends Letter to French President Emmanuel Macron with Concerns about Unclear Procedures for Declassification of Archives (Feb 2020)
- Letter of Concern about Risks of NARA Policy Regarding Electronic Records
- Letter of Concern about the Proposed Closure and Sale of the NARA Facility in Seattle
- AHA Statement Condemning the Use of Historical Sites in Warfare
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Press Resources
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Press at the Annual Meeting
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