AHA18
Every February issue of Perspectives is devoted to the AHA annual meeting just concluded. If you missed AHA18, take a look at Eladio Bobadilla’s recap, accompanied by our photographer Marc Monaghan’s signature imagery. If you were there but missed the sessions on genealogy and genetics, former AHA assistant editor Sadie Bergen assesses the issues underlying the discussions. Perspectives is proud to promote the work of these graduate students!
Photo: Marc Monaghan
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Featured Articles
A Difficult Past: Interpreting Slavery at Presidential Plantations
In 2016, excavations at Highland—the Charlottesville, Virginia, home of President James Monroe—led to a discovery that would completely reshape interpretation…
Familial Intrigue: A Historian’s Attic Reveals Secrets from the Past
Alice Echols’s discovery that her grandfather played a leading role in one of the biggest banking scandals in Colorado’s history…
Townhouse Notes: Nothing Personal
The most liberating thing anyone ever said to me was “Not everyone is going to like you, and that’s OK.”…
A Report to Members about AHA Action on Sexual Harassment
In fall 2017, as allegations of sexual harassment flooded into public view from women (and some men) employed in movies,…
History’s Future: What the AHA Might Do for Emerging Scholars
In its mission to advocate on behalf of the individuals, activities, and interests that make up the historical profession, the…
Cissie Fairchilds (1944–2017)
Historian of France After a distinguished career, Cissie Fairchilds, professor of history emerita at Syracuse University, died of lymphoma on…
Peter A. Porter (1967–2017)
Historian of the US and Europe; AHA Member Peter A. Porter Jr., adjunct professor of history at Seton Hall University…
AHA Member Spotlight: Theresa Jach
Theresa Jach is a professor at Houston Community College, at the Katy Campus. She lives in Richmond, Texas, and has…
Encouraging Nuance in Holocaust History
The story of the Holocaust is generally told with a great deal of certitude. Beyond white supremacist hate groups and…
Part of the Religious DNA
In 2009, archaeologists uncovered a small copper medallion in a pit at Fort Shirley, Pennsylvania. Dated to the early 1750s,…
AHA Member Spotlight: Matthew Spady
Matthew Spady is an independent historian and director of the Audubon Park Alliance, a community organization focused on preserving and…
2018 Humanities Advocacy Day
Over the course of February and March, advocacy organizations of all stripes host “fly-in” days, where advocates from around the…
AHA Council Announces Changes to the American Historical Review
At its January 3, 2018, meeting, the AHA Council voted to change some important features of the management and editorial…
AHA Member Spotlight: Richard Moss
Richard Moss is an associate professor of history at Harrisburg Area Community College. He lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and has…
History at the Office
I earned my undergraduate degrees in history and business, and while my primary interest was in history, by graduation I…
Research-Oriented
Think tanks, also known as research institutes, advocacy organizations, and policy centers, are often described as “universities without students.” These…
AHA Member Spotlight: Cassandra Newby-Alexander
Cassandra Newby-Alexander is the interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts, professor of history, and director of the Joseph…
The Graduate
Welcome to the new AHA Today series on graduate life! The Graduate aims to provide a platform for students to…
Students in the Trenches
About a half hour into tagging frontline records in the Operation War Diary project, the room of high school sophomores…