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Family and History Mix during a Fulbright Year: A Personal and Intellectual Journey in Ghana
Perspectives Daily
Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch | Sep 16, 2021
A Fulbright year in Ghana enabled one historian to balance her research life with her family life, living and learning about the country that was both her subject and homeland.
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AHA and OAH Join Coalition to Combat Misinformation: The Integrity of History Education Is at Stake
From the Executive Director
James Grossman and Beth English | Sep 15, 2021
The AHA and the OAH have joined Learn from History, a coalition opposing efforts that would limit the ability of educators to maintain the scholarly integrity of courses in US history.
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Evaluating without Grading: Encouraging Students to Master Skills with Specifications Grading
Features
Luke Clossey and Esther Souman | Sep 14, 2021
Mastering a skill is at the heart of the specifications grading system.
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Extreme Spaces and New Frontiers: Meet the AHA’s 2021–22 Fellows
AHA Activities
Rebecca L. West | Sep 13, 2021
Read about the 2021-22 recipients of the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History, the Fellowship in Aerospace History, and the Fellowship in the History of Space Technology.
Most Recent
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Grant of the Week: National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships, 2022-23
Alana Venable | Sep 17, 2021
The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships.
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AHA Member Spotlight: Victor M. Uribe-Uran
Matthew Keough | Sep 10, 2021
Victor M. Uribe-Uran is a professor of history and law and chair of the history department at Florida International University.
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The Professor as a Primary Source
Julianne Johnson | Sep 9, 2021
In telling students about her experiences on September 11, 2001, Julianne Johnson makes herself the primary source—and demonstrates the interplay of history, testimony, and memory.
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Biography’s Occupational Hazards
Jacqueline Jones | Sep 8, 2021
As a biographer, Jacqueline Jones found herself wondering how she should deal with aspects of her subject's life that left her baffled, even mystified.
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Townhouse Notes
Ashley E. Bowen and Olivia Ricche | Sep 7, 2021
The Perspectives author pool is slightly more diverse than the AHA's membership, but content skews to covering the United States, current events, and public history.