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Teaching on the “Balkan Express”: A Collaborative Attempt to Write History for Reconciliation
Features
Christina Koulouri | May 13, 2019
History has the power to heal the wounds of war—but not without steep resistance from nationalists.
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Data Overload: Web Archives and the Challenges of Scale
News
Seth Denbo | May 7, 2019
Web archives often contain so much data that historians must develop new technical skills and knowledge in order to use them.
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Learning Holocaust History in the 21st Century: Students Document Survivors’ Testimony with a New Curriculum
Features
Meirah Shedlo | Apr 29, 2019
A project helps students use modern technology to incorporate Holocaust survivors’ testimony into the historical record.
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Jargon in History Writing Shuts Out the Public: The Point Isn’t to Sound Smart. The Point Is to Communicate.
From the President
John R. McNeill | May 20, 2019
Our society needs real history more than ever. We need to invite the curious, in true democratic fashion.
Most Recent
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Grant of the Week: 2019 Delphi Award
Zoë Jackson | May 16, 2019
The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California is accepting applications for the 2019 Delphi Award until July 15.
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AHA Member Spotlight: Anne Rothfeld
Matthew Keough | May 15, 2019
Anne Rothfeld is a historian/archivist in the federal government.
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Are All Graduate Student Conferences Created Equal?
Paul Braff | May 6, 2019
They can be great tools for professionalization, but organizers should play to their own strengths.
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Gains and Losses
Olivia M. Hagedorn | Apr 30, 2019
Conversations about pursuing nonacademic careers often center on what is lost. But what if we shift the focus on what is gained?
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Digital Dissertations and the Changing Nature of Doctoral Work
Celeste Tường Vy Sharpe | Apr 23, 2019
“Incorporating digital methods, presentation, and tools in an individual sustained research project is still largely uncharted territory. . .”