Supporting History & the Work of Historians
AHA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Foreign Scholars
On December 22, 2025, the AHA, in collaboration with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), has filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education, with a focus on the historical discipline, and the benefits and opportunities they bring to the United States.
AHA Advocacy
The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our advocacy efforts.
History & Public Policy
The AHA is committed to honest history—in the classroom, in public memory, and through the many programs through which the federal government supports research.
ACLS, AHA, & MLA File Lawsuit to Restore the NEH
The ACLS, AHA, and MLA have filed a lawsuit in federal district court, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Your Voice Matters
Take Action for History
Access the AHA's advocacy guides for information about supporting history at the federal level, advocating for international education, submitting comments to the Federal Register. and more.
Supporting Historians Under Threat
This guide is intended to provide resources for historians working in a range of different environments to support themselves and colleagues if faced with threats, punitive restrictions, and harassment.
Advocacy Guide for International Education
For decades, federal educational and cultural exchange (ECE) programs—including the Fulbright, Title VI, and Fulbright-Hays—have provided invaluable opportunities for students, scholars, and educators in history and other disciplines.
Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide
Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social studies instruction in Texas public schools.
Why History Matters
Historical Thinking in Everyday Life
History informs our understanding of everything, and historians' voices, research, and scholarship are essential in conversations about current events.
Supporting America's Best Idea
The AHA supports the historians who work for the National Park Service and the hundreds of parks and national historic sites they preserve and interpret. Read our series on the historical work of NPS.
Teaching History with Integrity
The AHA leads or participates in several initiatives to provide resources and support for history educators facing intensifying controversies about the teaching of the American past.
Freedom to Learn
The AHA’s Freedom to Learn initiative educates historians and others on how to advocate publicly for honest history education.
Careers for History Majors
With clear data and informal prose, Careers for History Majors equips readers with data, practical advice, specific strategies, and answers to common questions about the study of history and its value for individuals, their workplaces, and their communities. The booklet’s contributors include alumni working in a wide range of fields and occupations as well as professional historians. Together, they show how today’s college students can prepare themselves to use historical thinking to tackle tomorrow’s problems.
AHA News & Announcements
AHA News & Announcements
Stay up to date with the latest AHA activity supporting history and historical thinking in public life. Check out our latest advocacy statements and letters, member news, press releases, and more.
January 20, 2026
AHA Council Letter to Members, January 2026
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
Call for Proposals for AHA27
Thank you for joining us at the 2026 AHA annual meeting in Chicago. We hope you established new connections, renewed existing ones, and learned from and with your colleagues about intriguing developments in our discipline. We hope to see you next year in New Orleans! Proposals for AHA27 are due February 15.
January 29, 2026
Documenting Historic Cemeteries
January 28, 2026
Disaster Preparedness for History Organizations and Sites
February 11
History of Vaccines
AHA Research Grants
Each year, the American Historical Association awards several research grants with the aim of advancing the study and exploration of history in a variety of subject areas. See details about the eligibility and application process for each grant on our website. The deadline for research grant applications is February 15. Open to AHA members only.
Community & Careers
A Platform for Historians
The AHA brings together historians from all specializations and all work contexts, embracing the breadth and variety of activity in history today.
AHA Community Action and Resource Exchange
The AHA’s Community Action and Resource Exchange (CARE) program brings historians together to discuss shared professional issues and concerns, exchange ideas, and collaborate on strategies and solutions that strengthen the discipline.
Professional & Career Resources
As the leading professional association for historians in the United States, the AHA serves as a hub for information on jobs, careers, and employment in the historical discipline. The AHA provides guidance, information, and job listings for historians in all stages of their careers.
AHA Career Center
Whether you’re looking to find a job or to advertise a position, the AHA Career Center is the go-to hub for connecting with history professionals.
Teaching & Learning
Resource Library
The AHA's Resource Library includes hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and much more.
K–12 Education
The AHA strives to ensure that every K–12 student has access to high quality history instruction. We create resources for the classroom, advise on state and federal policy, and advocate for the vital importance of history in public education.
Undergraduate Education
Teaching and learning are at the foundation of the AHA’s mission to promote historical thinking in public life. What do students learn in undergraduate history courses? How and why are history majors so successful in a variety of careers?
Graduate Education
Many historians will pursue graduate training at some stage in their career. To meet the needs of both students and graduate programs, the AHA creates resources, provides platforms, and convenes conversations about student success from application to completion.
American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools
The AHA’s 2024 report shares findings from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century. The report provides empirical evidence and rigorous analysis to inform current debates over how history is taught in our schools.
American Historical Review
The American Historical Review is the flagship journal of the AHA and the journal of record for the historical discipline in the United States, bringing together scholarship from every major field of historical study.
History in Focus
History in Focus is a podcast by the American Historical Review. Go behind the scenes with the world's leading history journal as we explore the who, what, how, and why of doing history in the 21st century.
AHR History Lab
The AHR History Lab is a new, experimental space in the middle of the journal featuring collective projects that seek to reimagine how we approach historical practice in terms of content, form, and method.
#AHRSyllabus
The #AHRSyllabus is a collaborative project designed to help teachers and students look "under the hood" at how historians do the work of history. Each contribution features a practical hands-on teaching module that foregrounds innovative uses of historical method in the classroom.
Perspectives on History is the newsmagazine of the AHA and is the principal source for news and information about the discipline of history. Since 1962, Perspectives has promoted our work by publishing articles and commentary on all aspects of the historical discipline.
About the AHA
About Us
The American Historical Association provides leadership for the discipline and promotes the critical role of historical thinking in public life. As the largest membership association of historians in the world, the AHA serves historians in a wide variety of professions, and represents every historical era and geographical area.
Membership
The AHA brings together historians from all specializations and all work contexts, embracing the breadth and variety of activity in history today.
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