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AHA Member Spotlight: Allison Madar
Allison Madar is a humanities teacher at the Webb Schools. She lives in Claremont, California, and has been a member…
AHA Member Spotlight: Michael Boden
Michael Boden is an associate professor of history at Dutchess Community College. He lives in Poughkeepsie, New York, and has…
The Imperial Daiquiri
Rum, lime, and sugar. On their own, each of these ingredients have marked important developments throughout human history. When shaken…
Tahir’s Tamales
In 1958, Mary Tahir contributed a recipe for what she called “cabbage tamales” to a community cookbook in Tchula, Mississippi.…
Dobbs v. Jackson, One Year Later
Most historians of abortion were likely not surprised by last year’s US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s…
AHA Member Spotlight: Anita Guerrini
Anita Guerrini is the Horning Professor in the Humanities Emerita at Oregon State University and a research professor at University…
First Month Complete!
As June comes to a close, we are coming to the end of the first month of the AHA Summer…
AHA Member Spotlight: Paul Ortiz
Paul Ortiz is a professor of history and director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of…
Macanese Galinha à Africana
Far more than an Asian Las Vegas, Macao ranks among world-class gastronomic cities designated by the UNESCO Creative City Network.…
AHA Member Spotlight: Jessica Ann Sheetz-Nguyen
Jessica Ann Sheetz-Nguyen is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Maryland Global Campus and professor emerita at…
Getting the Ball Rolling
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second installment can be found here. I never…
AHA Member Spotlight: Anna Booker
Anna Booker is a senior instructor at Whatcom Community College. She lives in Bellingham, Washington, and has been a member…
Beyoncé’s “Formation”
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second installment can be found here. A Black…
Second Month Complete!
As July wraps up, the second month of the AHA Summer Reading Challenge ends with it. We asked AHA members,…
AHA Member Spotlight: Steve Haller
Steve Haller is a high school history teacher at Xavier High School and a college adjunct associate professor. He lives…
Even Better Than the Real Thing
On a recent trip to the United States, I listened to my German-born-and-raised emigrant aunt complain about the—in her view—atrocious…
AHA Member Spotlight: Anthony J. Steinhoff
Anthony J. Steinhoff is an associate professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He lives in Montréal, Quebec, and…
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Is Global Democracy in Crisis?
On August 2, an AHA webinar, History Behind the Headlines: Is Global Democracy in Crisis? brought together historians of different…
Revising Historical Writing Using Generative AI
Despite widespread fear surrounding their arrival, generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT are quickly being fused into many of…
Mexican-Style Snails
While researching late 19th-century European-style sweetshops and bakeries in Mexico City, I stumbled across a recipe for Caracoles a la…
AHA Member Spotlight: Catherine L. Evans
Catherine L. Evans is an assistant professor at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies within the University of Toronto.…
Remnants of a Radical Hope
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part column. The second installment can be found here. “A mural…
The Next Step
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. In my…
Rhiannon Giddens’s “Build a House”
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. Striving to…
African American History and State Standards in Florida and Beyond
Editor’s Note: This article includes detailed descriptions of hate crimes. On August 25, an AHA webinar, History Behind the Headlines:…
Fusion, Assimilation, or Just a Good Idea?
Curry puffs (咖哩餃 gali jiao in Chinese, literally “curry dumpling”) is my go-to potluck dish. I first learned how to…
Startup Imperialism
In 1583, 440 years before the Titan submersible imploded off the coast of Newfoundland, the frigate Squirrel was lost at…