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Dirtbag Historicism
This is the first in a series of three summer essays. This piece introduces neomedievalism, an analytical concept recently advanced…
AHA Member Spotlight: John D. Wong
John D. Wong is an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong. He lives in Hong Kong and has…
AHA Member Spotlight: Victoria Phillips
Victoria Phillips is a global fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. She lives in Cheltenham, United Kingdom, and…
We Have Always Been Global
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second column is available here. Last December, as the Russian…
AHA Member Spotlight: Norman Etherington
Norman Etherington is an emeritus professor at the University of Western Australia. He lives in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, and…
Title IX at 50
On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments of 1972 into federal law, including Title IX. This…
What I Wish I Had Known
Among transgender people, no two stories are the same. We transition at different points in our lives; take different approaches…
AHA Member Spotlight: Lynn Weiner
Lynn Weiner is a professor emerita of history at Roosevelt University. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois, and has been…
First Task Complete!
As June comes to a close, we are coming to the end of the first month of the AHA Summer…
The Walls of Troy
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second column is available here. The built environment clarifies social…
AHA Member Spotlight: Derrick Lanois
Derrick Lanois is an assistant professor of history at Norfolk State University. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia, and has been…
Climate Preservation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced plans to sunset a portion of its digital archive in July 2022. The…
Abortion, Choice, and the Supreme Court
On July 6, 2022, an AHA webinar, Abortion, Choice, and the Supreme Court: History Behind the Headlines, brought together experts…
Frightened
Not long after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was handed down on June 24, my son Justin…
“Leave the Meeting”
In my last year of graduate school, I thought of the American Historical Association primarily as a newsletter with job…
Archival Structures
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second installment can be found here. In early…
Still Locked Out
Classes have ended, grading is complete. The intellectual delights of summer loom. Now is the time to catch up on…
Foucault’s Pendulum and Other Prophetic Texts
This is the second in a series of three summer essays. The first piece introduced neomedievalism, an analytical concept recently…
AHA Member Spotlight: Lorraine Daston
Lorraine Daston is a historian of science and director emerita at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science,…
Come Out! In Detroit
On June 24, 1972, a crowd of gay and lesbian people from across Michigan assembled in Detroit’s Cass Park. Over…
Going Abroad
Despite the difficulties of the domestic history faculty job market, many scholars working in the United States do not consider…
Second Task Complete!
As July wraps up, the second month of the AHA Summer Reading Challenge ends with it. We asked AHA members,…
Sovereignty Is Not So Fragile
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. In 2020,…
AHA Member Spotlight: Janice A. Brockley
Janice A. Brockley is an associate professor at Jackson State University. She lives in Jackson, Mississippi, and has been a…
From Bath Riots to Blocking Asylum
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. Hundreds [of]…