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A Trading Card Collection
April 25, 2024
Among the objects we found in my father’s effects after his death was what seemed to be a photo album. Carefully sealed in a gallon-sized food storage bag was a crisp, clear book filled with trading c...
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William Hansberry (1894–1965)
April 24, 2024
This Long Overdue tribute honors Horacio Roque Ramírez, historian of Africa at Howard University, wbo died on November 3, 1965.
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A New Face at the AHA: Meet Maria Zavarello
April 23, 2024
The AHA welcomes Maria Zavarello as the new director of finance.
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Who Is in Charge of History Curricula? Some Findings from the AHA’s Research
April 17, 2024
The AHA’s Mapping the Landscape project has found that teachers are facing a perennial question.
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Tracking Undergraduate History Enrollments in 2023
April 16, 2024
Read the results of the AHA’s 2023 survey of undergraduate history enrollments.
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Embodied Knowledge: Lessons from My Seven-Year-Old Daughter
April 11, 2024
What can a third grader teach a historian about her craft?
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Archival Shouting: Silence and Volume in Collections and Institutions
April 10, 2024
Some collections of historical sources have been given a microphone, with profound consequences for the practices of history.
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Teaching LGBTQ+ History: A Dispatch from Texas
April 9, 2024
As states pass legislation targeting DEI efforts, one historian offers her experience teaching LGBTQ+ history in these challenging times.
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Listening to Our Subjects and Ourselves
April 3, 2024
An empathetic connection can be one of a historian’s most valuable tools.
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Have Etymology—Will Travel: The Philologist’s Gig Economy
April 2, 2024
Have you ever wondered where the word freelancer comes from?