New Directions
We are at a crossroads between the old standard and a new normal, forced to choose between paths whose endpoints we cannot see. Digital meetings are here to stay, a great leap forward in making scholarship more democratic and accessible, but their specific form is up in the air. This issue looks to that future. Leila Markosian, Kristen Shahverdian, and Alexandra F. Levy present a new program that addresses contentious issues in “Flashpoints.” The AHA staff gives an overview of several cutting-edge AHA22 Online panels. And Mary Manning’s “History Day Brings Communities Together” introduces us to those who are, quite literally, the historians of the future. What other new frontiers await?
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Staff
Advocacy Briefs
AHA advocacy in late 2021 and early 2022 focused on the ongoing battle regarding “divisive concepts” in schools. The new…
Townhouse Notes
It’s been a heck of a winter, what with the advent of the Omicron variant, trucker convoys, and war in Europe.…
Finding Our Roots?
In the summer of 2005, I received a phone call from a documentary filmmaker. The filmmaker explained that he was…
Richard S. Dunn (1928–2022)
At the beginning of the pandemic, Richard S. Dunn’s daughters Rebecca and Cecilia whisked him from his condo in Cambridge,…
Maya K. Peterson (1980–2021)
Maya K. Peterson, a pioneering environmental historian of central Asia and associate professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz,…
Jonathan Spence (1936–2021)
Jonathan Spence, a pathbreaking historian of China and former AHA president, died on December 25, 2021, from complications of Parkinson’s.…
Tyler Stovall (1954–2021)
On December 10, 2021, Tyler Stovall suddenly and unexpectedly passed away in New York City. He spent most of his…
AHA Member Spotlight: Marianne S. Wokeck
Marianne S. Wokeck is a professor emeritus at Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has been…
AHA Member Spotlight: James W. Fraser
James (Jim) W. Fraser is a professor of history and education at New York University. He lives in New York,…
AHA Member Spotlight: Laura F. Edwards
Laura F. Edwards is the Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty in the…
AHA Member Spotlight: Donna A. Patterson
Donna A. Patterson is a professor and chair of the Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy at Delaware State…
AHA Member Spotlight: Jeremy Land
Jeremy Land is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. He lives in Helsinki, Finland, and has been a…