Mental Health

At last year’s AHA annual meeting, a group of scholars convened to discuss mental health in the discipline of history. (The session, “Historians for Mental Health,” will be reprised at the 2018 meeting in Washington, DC.) Perspectives has been following conversations about the topic ever since, and we are pleased that three historians have contributed relevant pieces for this issue.

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Allison Miller, editor
Kritika Agarwal, associate editor, publications
Stephanie Kingsley, associate editor, web content and social media
Zoë Jackson, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, coordinator, data administration and integrity

Featured Articles

Finding resources that work for you takes time. Tobi Gaulke, Upstairs/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

November 1, 2017

Features

The “Third Resource”: Managing Mental Illness in Academe
Grad school can be labyrinthine. So can mental health.

November 1, 2017

Features

A Mind of One’s Own: Promoting Mental Health among Grad Students
Dozens of students sit outside the History department building at Sam Houston State University

November 1, 2017

Features

Major Renovations
A sunset over a city.

November 1, 2017

Viewpoints

Travel Bans in Historical Perspective

November 1, 2017

Career Paths

Behind the Bidding

From the AHA

Historians should consider what “the public” means when trying to engage it. Farm Security Administration–Office of War Information Photograph Collection/Library of Congress

November 1, 2017

From the Executive Director

History, Historians, and “the Current Moment”
Historic matchbooks from LGBT establishments in Washington, DC. Courtesy Rainbow History Project

November 1, 2017

The Importance of Place
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

November 1, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting

Abstract of the Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting: “White Freedom and the Lady of Liberty”
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

November 1, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting

The Committee on Gender Equity Breakfast
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

November 1, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting

The Modern European History Luncheon
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

November 1, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting

History on Celluloid: Film Screenings at the Annual Meeting

Other Articles

The AHA Townhouse

November 1, 2017

From the Editor

Townhouse Notes, November 2017
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November 1, 2017

From the President

Voyage to the Dark Side?
Light pink circles across pink and blue background

November 1, 2017

In Memoriam

Gene Brucker (1924–2017)
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November 1, 2017

In Memoriam

Thomas Haskell (1939–2017)
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November 1, 2017

In Memoriam

James Oliver Horton (1943–2017)
Pen with paper and envelopes

November 1, 2017

AHA Activities, Letters to the Editor

Response to the “AHA Statement on Confederate Monuments”

November 30, 2017

Perspectives Daily

Teaching with Digital Archives
Spotlight on a dark background

November 28, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Sara Scalenghe

November 27, 2017

The Oral History Jukebox
Spotlight on a dark background

November 21, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Lina Britto

November 20, 2017

Teaching Effective Engagement: Some Strategies and Techniques
Fig. 2: Advertised job openings and new history PhDs awarded.

November 16, 2017

Another Tough Year for the Academic Job Market in History
Spotlight on a dark background

November 14, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Beverly Bunch-Lyons
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

November 13, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Career Paths

Professional Pathways: What’s New at AHA18
The National Mall circa 1901, courtesy of Wikipedia.

November 9, 2017

America’s Front Yard: The National Mall through the Years
Spotlight on a dark background

November 7, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Daina Ramey Berry

November 6, 2017

Promoting Good Teaching in the Humanities: A Journal Series Takes Readers inside the Classroom

November 2, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Medievalism, White Supremacy, and the Historian’s Craft

News

Thin lines of light in green, blue, and yellow in a curved shape against the night sky.

November 1, 2017

News

Paper Plans
Thin lines of light in green, blue, and yellow in a curved shape against the night sky.

November 1, 2017

News

Ties Once Broken: Researching the Families of a Single Slave Auction