Cultural History

  • Beyoncé's "Formation"

    Bethany Bell | Jul 26, 2023

    In a music video, Beyoncé takes viewers on an imaginative journey of Black ownership and community building.
  • Ivan M. Tribe (1940–2023)

    William E. Plants | Jun 16, 2023

    On April 4, 2023, the 82-year concert that was the life of Ivan M. Tribe, a nationally recognized country music historian, concluded its final notes
  • Meet the 2023 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists

    Laura Ansley | Jun 1, 2023

    Introducing the three graduate students who will write about music and memory, a high school’s embrace of local history, and...
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Chang-tai Hung

    Matthew Keough | May 16, 2023

    Chang-tai Hung is Chair Professor of Humanities emeritus at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He lives in...
  • The Slaughterhouse Accountant

    Michael Trotti | May 11, 2023

    What does it mean for a historian to write about death in the midst of a pandemic?
  • Trading on Justice

    Mark Philip Bradley | Feb 22, 2023

    The latest AHR issue includes slavery and reparations, histories of the 19th century, and new approaches to transnational history.
  • Phantom Encounters

    Lucy Barnhouse | Feb 16, 2023

    Ghosts provide an excellent comparative lens for a history class.
  • Hope in the Dark

    Scott G. Bruce | Feb 15, 2023

    The ubiquity of the undead as protagonists in modern entertainment media—from novels to movies to vi...
  • Trees and the College Campus

    Elizabeth Stice | Jan 30, 2023

    The tree has become an essential symbol of college life.
  • The History of Them, the History of Us

    Edward Muir | Jan 17, 2023

    A question of identity is at the core of the struggle over integrity in history.

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