When Disaster Strikes

We had been planning a themed Perspectives issue on disaster for months. Then the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, making the May issue—the first ever created by an AHA staff working from home—even more relevant. The issue features articles from Jessica Unger on cultural heritage, Laura Ansley on oral history, and R.E. Fulton on the Anthropocene. Nancy Tomes provides context for the Medicare for All debates of the last year, now even more charged in a nation struggling to “flatten the curve” of infection. Finally, executive director James Grossman reports on the AHA’s efforts to support historians during the crisis and president Mary Lindemann gives a medical historian’s view of the pandemic.

Photo: National Archives and Records Administration, 165-WW-269B-019

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Staff

Laura Ansley, managing editor
Elyse Martin, associate editor, web content and social media
Karen Lou, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, manager, data administration and integrity

Other Articles

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April 20, 2020

From the Editor

Townhouse Notes, May 2020
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April 22, 2020

From the President

The Historian and the Virus
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May 22, 2020

In Memoriam

Roger H. Brown (1931–2020)
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May 22, 2020

In Memoriam

David F. Healy (1926–2019)
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May 22, 2020

In Memoriam

Karl Hufbauer (1937–2020)
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May 22, 2020

In Memoriam

Charles Royster (1944–2020)
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May 22, 2020

In Memoriam

Joel Williamson (1929–2019)
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May 22, 2020

Letters to the Editor

On “History by Text and Thing”
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May 22, 2020

Letters to the Editor

On “History by Text and Thing”
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April 21, 2020

Perspectives Daily

We Are at War
Scooter delivery has helpful in large Chinese cities in promoting social distancing and keeping COVID-19 contained.

April 23, 2020

Perspectives Daily

China’s Model
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May 7, 2020

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Celso Thomas Castilho
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May 14, 2020

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Lilia Fernández
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May 21, 2020

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Sarah E. Patterson
experienced the trials and tribulations of self-publishing in preparing The Great A&P for a second edition.

May 27, 2020

Perspectives Daily

Self-Publishing a Second Edition
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May 28, 2020

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Adeeb Khalid

News

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May 13, 2020

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Finding the Funny

May 11, 2020

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Advocacy Briefs, May 2020