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.
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Rumors of War Arrives in the South
Richmond, Virginia, now has Rumors of War. The enormous new monument, featuring a young African American man in contemporary street…
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Finding the Funny
On a Sunday evening in February, the audience relaxes into old-fashioned red velvet theater seats as the lights go down.…
Advocacy Briefs
During the uncertainty of a global pandemic this spring, the AHA has continued to support historians and their work—protesting the…
Townhouse Notes
The AHA has moved back to our townhouse at 400 A Street SE, but the construction continues around us—suddenly an…
The Historian and the Virus
Historians know a lot about epidemics and have written extensively and intelligently on the subject across time and cultures. What…
Roger H. Brown (1931–2020)
Photo courtesy Brown Family Roger H. Brown loved the White Mountains of New Hampshire as much as he loved libraries.…
David F. Healy (1926–2019)
Photo courtesy Anita Healy David F. Healy, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and historian of US foreign policy…
Karl Hufbauer (1937–2020)
Photo courtesy University of California, Irvine Karl Hufbauer, professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Irvine, died on…
Charles Royster (1944–2020)
Charles Royster, a student of early America and the Civil War, died on February 6, 2020. Born in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Joel Williamson (1929–2019)
Photo courtesy Anna Williamson Joel Williamson died on November 9, 2019, at the age of 90, in Chapel Hill, North…
On “History by Text and Thing”
To the Editor: I read with interest ShawnaKim Lowey-Ball’s recent article, “History by Text and Thing” (Perspectives on History, March…
On “History by Text and Thing”
To the Editor: Many thanks for ShawnaKim Lowey-Ball’s rumination on research, noting the importance of “serendipitous historical discovery” (“History by…
We Are at War
Italian authorities have likened the fight against COVID-19 to a war. An online search for “siamo in una guerra” (“we…
China’s Model
Contemporary social historians are trained to examine the experiences of ordinary people, centering their experiences and perspectives in a “history…
AHA Member Spotlight: Celso Thomas Castilho
Celso Thomas Castilho is an associate professor at Vanderbilt University. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and has been a member…
AHA Member Spotlight: Lilia Fernández
Lilia Fernández is an associate professor and the Henry Rutgers Term Chair at Rutgers University. She lives in New Brunswick,…
AHA Member Spotlight: Sarah E. Patterson
Sarah E. Patterson is a research historian at SNA International/Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. She lives in Bellevue, Nebraska, and has…
Self-Publishing a Second Edition
When it appeared in 2011, my book The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America did reasonably…
AHA Member Spotlight: Adeeb Khalid
Adeeb Khalid is Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies and History at Carleton College. He lives in St.…