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Remote Reflections
I am a recovering academic. Nearly 19 years into my second career as a consulting historian—more than double the time…
Meet the 2021 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists
The AHA is pleased to announce this year’s summer columnists. Follow along as these graduate students write about their scholarship,…
AHA Member Spotlight: Thomas Figueira
Thomas Figueira is a distinguished professor of classics and of ancient history at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He lives in…
History Museums Are Vibrant Civic Spaces
In late May theNew York Times published its biannual Special Section on Museums, a full-color insert arriving with the Sunday…
From Reading to Discovery
Asked to describe how they learned to teach with primary sources, one instructor recalled, “I was like a deer in…
AHA Member Spotlight: Donald L. Fixico
Donald L. Fixico is a Regents’ and Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University. He lives in Mesa,…
One Year Abroad, A Decade of Friendship and Collaboration
To mark the 75th anniversaryof the Fulbright Program in 2021, Perspectives Dailyoffers a miniseries of personal narratives from historians about…
A Juneteenth Dilemma
For the first time, we are bracing ourselves for this year’s Juneteenth season. It’s a strange position to find oneself,…
Remote Reflections
In 1922, the Bolshoi Theatre became the literal stage on which the Soviet Union was brought into being. The delegates…
AHA Member Spotlight: Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett is a senior lecturer at the University of Botswana. He lives in Gaborone, Botswana, and has been a…
History Lessons on Film
Discussions of Black history have felt omnipresent in the past year. After the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and…
You Are Only as Good as Your Sources
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second column is available here. As an undergraduate…
What Story Do You Want to Tell?
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second column is available here. It was 13…
Can Plants Help Us to Understand COVID-19?
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second column is available here. “It was so beautiful to see…
AHA Member Spotlight: Damayanthie Eluwawalage
Damayanthie Eluwawalage is an assistant professor at Delaware State University. She lives in Reading, Pennsylvania, and has been a member…
Autobiography with Scholarly Trimmings
In October 1962, a young US Navy officer named Martin Sherwin noticed unusual activity. “Although we were on the West…
Navigating Life from Scratch
To mark the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in 2021, Perspectives Dailyoffers a miniseries of personal narratives from historians…
AHA Member Spotlight: Mark L. Howe
Mark L. Howe is a cultural resources specialist/historian within the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission…
The Phantom Olympics
When the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was only the fourth time that international events prevented the games from going forward. Perhaps surprisingly, this was the second time for Tokyo, although 2020 was ultimately postponed a year rather than canceled.
Public History in the Wild
As directors of public history programs, we rarely have the opportunity to teach full digital history courses to undergraduates. But…
AHA Member Spotlight: Barbara L. Tischler
Barbara L. Tischler is a lecturer in the Black Male Initiative program at Empire State College, State University of New…
What’s Next for Blogging as Public Engagement?
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. When I…
A Glimpse Behind the Curtain
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. “I made…
Remote Reflections
The alarm rang at 7:00 a.m. It was the first day of remote learning for my kindergartener. After breakfast, my…
We Are Part of Nature
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first column is available here. My research started…
AHA Member Spotlight: Luca de Caprariis
Luca de Caprariis is a professor at John Cabot University. He lives in Rome, Italy, and has been a member…
Paralympic Pioneer
If all goes as planned, Tokyo will make history on August 24, 2021. With the opening of the pandemic-delayed 2020…
AHA Member Spotlight: Samuel Yamashita
Samuel Yamashita is the Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History in the Department of History, Pomona College, in Claremont, California.…