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AHA Member Spotlight: Ross Dunn
Matthew Keough | Oct 3, 2017
Ross Dunn is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. His research interests include Islamic, African, and world history. -
Wrapping Up the 2017 AHA Today Summer Blog Contest
Kritika Agarwal | Aug 21, 2017
The 2017 AHA Today Blog Contest winners, Bridget Keown and Bernard C. Moore, share some final thoughts on producing a blog series from their research. -
When Historians Collaborate, Scholarship Benefits
Christine Saidi, Catherine Cymone Fourshey, and Rhonda M. Gonzales | Aug 14, 2017
Three historians, Christine Saidi, Catherine C Fourshey, & Rhonda M Gonzales, share their experiences with collaboration & its impact on their scholarship. -
Caught between a Rock and a Hyrax
Bernard C. Moore | Aug 3, 2017
Bernard Moore on what the history of vermin control in Namibia can tell us about rural agriculture, capitalism, and white-black labor relations. -
“Vermin are Like Weeds in Your Garden”: Fences, Poisons, and Agricultural Transformation in Colonial Namibia
Bernard C. Moore | Jul 20, 2017
“Ongediertes is soos onkruid in jou tuin. Elke jaar moet jy weer van nuuts af begin skoonmaak.”[Vermin are like weeds... -
“Dogs Were Our Defenders!”
Bernard C. Moore | Jun 16, 2017
An early 20th-century tax on owning dogs played a crucial role in shaping agriculture & labor relations during colonialism in Namibia, argues Bernard Moore. -
Killing for Sheep
Bernard C. Moore | Jun 9, 2017
Over the course of my research into sheep farming in Namibia during the colonial and apartheid periods (emphasis on 1915–82),... -
The “African Personality” Returns: The Controversy over Gandhi at the University of Ghana
Sharika Crawford | Mar 1, 2017
On June 13, 2016, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee unveiled a bronze statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi a... -
AHA Member Spotlight: Ellen R. Feingold
Matthew Keough | Feb 1, 2017
Ellen R. Feingold is the curator of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.... -
Highlights of the 2017 AHA Annual Meeting Program: Scale and Presidential Sessions
Patrick Manning | Dec 1, 2016
The AHA’s annual meeting is the largest and most comprehensive gathering devoted to historical resea...
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