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The Story Doesn’t Fit in a Grid: Remote Research, Curation, and Design in The Land Speaks
Features
Scott Fralin and Jessica Taylor | Jan 14, 2021
"Pivoting to digital" during COVID-19 was one of the most fraught and trying experiences for the organizers of The Land Speaks; it was also a small source of comfort because this was one thing that was not canceled.
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Why Study You-Know-What? Our Reasons for Doing What We Do
From the President
Jacqueline Jones | Jan 13, 2021
Historians have our own reasons for studying the past but must often explain the value of historical thinking to people not in the discipline.
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Vikings, Crusaders, Confederates: Misunderstood Historical Imagery at the January 6 Capitol Insurrection
Perspectives Daily
Matthew Gabriele | Jan 12, 2021
Why was there so much medieval imagery at the assault on the US Capitol? Historian Matthew Gabriele explains the Far Right embrace of the Vikings and Crusaders.
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A Starting Point: Teaching the January 6 Insurrection
Perspectives Daily
Kevin Boyle and James Grossman | Jan 11, 2021
The braided relationship between history and civics will make January 6, 2021, a central concern in classrooms and other educational venues across the country. What stories might we tell to show that even unprecedented events have a history?
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AHA Member Spotlight: Keisha A. Brown
Matthew Keough | Jan 15, 2021
Keisha A. Brown is an assistant professor at Tennessee State University. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and has been a member since 2014.
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Townhouse Notes
Ashley E. Bowen | Jan 7, 2021
Virtual AHA provides the chance to connect with other historians, share our work, and build community in a year when meeting in person is impossible.
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Welcome to the New Fireside Chat
Sara Georgini | Jan 6, 2021
AHA council member Sara Georgini offers a few suggestions for giving virtual book talks.
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Remote Reflections
Quincy T. Mills | Jan 5, 2021
Managing an ambitious research agenda while managing his children's Zoomschooling required Quincy Mills to embrace working alongside them.
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Virtual AHA’s January Session
AHA Staff | Jan 4, 2021
The January Session is a cluster of Virtual AHA presentations, plenary sessions, and networking events that coincide with the dates of the canceled AHA annual meeting.