• Common Schooling and the Common Good

  From the President

  Jacqueline Jones | Oct 12, 2021

  Public schools are an essential part of American society, with a long history.
• Biography’s Occupational Hazards

  From the President

  Jacqueline Jones | Sep 8, 2021

  As a biographer, Jacqueline Jones found herself wondering how she should deal with aspects of her subject's life that left her baffled, even mystified.
• Abstract and Ill Informed

  From the President

  Jacqueline Jones | Aug 12, 2021

  Critical race theory provides insights into why achieving the ideals enshrined in the Founders' declaration that "all men are created...
• Absence and Presence

  From the President

  Jacqueline Jones | Apr 13, 2021

  Although historians have produced remarkable work while working remotely, AHA president Jacqueline Jones argues that it is dangerous to conclude...

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  Jacqueline Jones | Feb 22, 2021

  Raising money for history programs can be rewarding, in several meanings of the word.
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  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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  Jacqueline Jones | Dec 18, 2020

  In her first column, AHA president Jacqueline Jones reflects on stepping into this role during a moment of radical upheaval for the discipline.
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  Mary Lindemann | Nov 24, 2020

  AHA president Mary Lindemann looks back on her term of office, finding hope and reason for optimism despite the undeniable...

 

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