From the AHA
Advocacy Briefs
Over the past few months, the AHA has signed on to letters advocating for foreign language education programing and opposing…
Townhouse Notes
In April, the New York Times ran an op-ed interviewing “8 conservative men” who (according to the Times’s social media)…
Is History History?
Author’s Note (Aug 19, 2022) My September Perspectives on History column has generated anger and dismay among many of our…
Richard H. King (1942–2022)
With the death of Richard H. King on April 19, 2022, the historical profession lost an illustrious scholar of intellectual…
Charles P. Roland (1918–2022)
Photo courtesy Roland family Charles Pierce Roland, Alumni Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky, died on April…
On “What’s Next?”
To the Editor: Your recent essays on retirement prompt me to pass along a project I began more than one…
On “Forging Ahead”
To the Editor: As one who retired in January 2018, I appreciated the May issue’s focus on retired and soon-to-be-retired…
On “Six Reflections on Retirement”
To the Editor: As a historian who taught Latin American history from 1968 until my retirement in 2010, and a…
Challenge Complete!
As summer comes to a close, the third and final month of the AHA Summer Reading Challenge ends with it.…
AHA Member Spotlight: Peter Eisenstadt
Peter Eisenstadt is a working historian. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina, and has been a member since 1979. Ana…
From Archival Theory to Practice
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. When I…
AHA Member Spotlight: James Mestaz
James Mestaz is an assistant professor at Sonoma State University. He lives in Santa Rosa, California, and has been a…