As day 2 of #AHA16 began, the previous night’s plenary on the Confederacy, its symbols, and the politics of public culture, was still fresh on everyone’s minds.

Historians debate the value & place for #Confederate monuments & other symbols https://t.co/6PQepSISeS #aha16 pic.twitter.com/njH1GauZpd

— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) January 8, 2016

In the spirit of the plenary, tough conversations continued in the morning during a panel on Freedom University and the fight to desegregate public higher education in Georgia:

"When you know your history you know yourself…and then you can know your rights" -Melissa Rivas-Triana, @FU_Georgia student #aha16 #s55

— Sadie Bergen (@sadiebergen) January 8, 2016

Tomorrow is anniversary of admission of 1st black students to @universityofga. Why so slow to admit undocumented students? #aha16 #s55

— Laura Mitchell (@sugar_bird) January 8, 2016

Laura Soltis: segregation persists in higher education in Georgia. #aha16 #s55

— Laura Mitchell (@sugar_bird) January 8, 2016

Exchanges on digital history also continued with a lightning round on digital projects in which historians shared their work in three-minute presentations:

Fantastic projects at the #AHA16 lightning round session. Photogrammetry, women grape growers, and more.

— Scott Nesbit (@csnesbit) January 8, 2016

@JenServenti @csnesbit @medhieval & @lwieck & many others in the house for digital projects lightning round #aha16 pic.twitter.com/p3Iyg0gcDy

— Seth Denbo (@seth_denbo) January 8, 2016

@abhumphreys #Storify of "Digital History Pedagogy Lightning Round, AHA16 session 83" #aha16 #s83 up now https://t.co/VC0S8m0rxH

— Kalani Craig (@kalanicraig) January 8, 2016

The day also brought with it—what is perhaps the favorite part of #AHA16 for many a historian—the opening of the Exhibit Hall!

Ready for #AHA16. Come by the @PrincetonUPress exhibit booth 505 and see what's new. pic.twitter.com/HPkuuayZsI

— Eric Crahan (@e_crahan) January 8, 2016

Our booth 1612 is open at #AHA16. Come down & save 30% on great books. pic.twitter.com/8yGyVsLNkN

— Duke UniversityPress (@DUKEpress) January 8, 2016

This year’s Exhibit Hall also features a “digital alley” where you can meet exhibitors with products, tools, and services specially crafted for digital historians:

Come to #aha16 Digital Alley; meet exhibitors w products, tools, & services specially crafted for #dighist scholars: https://t.co/3e4t4Mdxp7

— AHA (@AHAhistorians) January 8, 2016

#Historians! Come to the JSTOR booth at #aha16 to see the cool new stuff our Labs team is working on! We need your help! #twitterstorians

— JSTOR (@JSTOR) January 8, 2016

Many historians also ventured out of the hotels on AHA tours or on their own to encounter the city’s history:

Freedom riders install so moving. Message: young people are key to social, political change. @Ctr4CHR #aha16 pic.twitter.com/xQQvaYQ9JO

— Julie Golia (@JulieThePH) January 8, 2016

.@CarterLibrary Thanks for a great experience today. I'm a sucker for a good Oval Office exhibit. #aha16 pic.twitter.com/yaA9KXYJHi

— Bob Clark (@Hydeclark) January 8, 2016

The keyword for the day, however, appeared to be #AHACareerDiversity. With student-centered advice on alternative career pathways and discussions on challenges facing the academia today, the panels attracted much attention in the twitterverse:

Had fun presenting "Many Careers of History PhD at #AHA16 https://t.co/i1wPmOhidF

— Roaming Historian (@travelhistory1) January 8, 2016

Amy French, chair at community college, speaks highly of students, but also notes heavy service burden. #AHA16 #s57

— Rob Townsend (@rbthisted) January 8, 2016

#aha16 #ahaCareerDiversity historical skills employed in public setting – "can't have enough PhDs in public"

— Cathleen Cahill (@CathleenDCahill) January 8, 2016

Paley has wide and diverse portfolio of history-related activities. Started as volunteer while in grad school. #aha16 #s57

— Rob Townsend (@rbthisted) January 8, 2016

#aha16 #ahaCareerDiversity think more broadly- role of hist expertise in gov, consulting, etc also have different markets

— Cathleen Cahill (@CathleenDCahill) January 8, 2016

Now conversation at GECC open forum about imp historical question: how does change happen? We all have agency. #aha16 #AHACareerDiversity

— Emily Swafford (@elswafford) January 8, 2016

Among other things, the afternoon included a 4-hour-long workshop on undergraduate teaching:

Julie Brookins kicks off the undergrad teaching assignment workshop with discussion of AHA Tuning Project #aha16 pic.twitter.com/VCW8ICDyXv

— Yvonne Seale (@yvonneseale) January 8, 2016

And opportunities to meet with editors and publishers:

Attending the Q & A session with publishers, looking ahead to the next step in the process #aha16

— Kathleen Thompson (@K_Logo_Thompson) January 8, 2016

AHR editors look for bold arguments that hit the sweet spot between making bold arguments to specialists but not exclusively to them #AHA16

— Jeffery K. Johnson (@jkevj) January 8, 2016

Day 2 at #aha16 also boasted sessions on everything from teaching the history of money:

https://twitter.com/DeviantReader/status/685547355232452608

To African American girlhood and global citizenship:

Great panel on Af-Am girlhood/global citizenship at #aha16. Too engrossed to tweet

— Jill Anderson (@jillian6475) January 8, 2016

African American girls and global citizenship panel: fascinating work on young African American women from "race motherhood" to '60s #aha16

— Allison Horrocks (@allisonhorrocks) January 8, 2016

And #ConcernedStudent1950:

Impact of students controlling the narrative of campus faculty diversity on social media and the administrative response. #aha16 #s132a

— Paul Thomas Wirt (@AmHistBuff) January 8, 2016

The day ended with Vicki Ruiz delivering the AHA presidential address:

#aha16 Pres. Elect Patrick Manning introduces Pres. Vicki Ruiz before her presidential address.

— Stephanie A Kingsley (@KingsleySteph) January 8, 2016

#aha16 Now for the presidential address, Vicki L. Ruiz, UC, Irvine "Class Acts: Latina Feminist Traditions, 1900–30" https://t.co/FCbdGxj3fY

— Jennifer Serventi (@JenServenti) January 8, 2016

The presidential address at #aha16 pic.twitter.com/CaGawWyX09

— Julian Chambliss (@JulianChambliss) January 8, 2016

Radical history as the #aha16 keynote, fabulous. Vicki Ruiz finding feminist Latina traditions 1900-1930

— Mike Mantin (@mikemantin) January 8, 2016

All in all, a good day to be at #aha16!

Overheard at #AHA16 "You know you're a historian when you don't have to read a book, you can just talk to the author" #twitterstorians

— Paul (@Paul_Bartow) January 8, 2016

This post first appeared on AHA Today.