Erasing Identity

Historians are no strangers to speaking out over issues of whitewashing the past. In recent months, historians have called out Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for her claims to Native identity based on DNA and for muddling the distinctions between ancestry and sovereign citizenship. Meanwhile, in Australia, historians have denounced the redaction of words such as “Aboriginal” from archival records. Read more in this month’s issue.

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Staff

Allison Miller, editor
Kritika Agarwal, managing editor
Elyse Martin, associate editor, web content and social media
Zoë Jackson, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, manager, data administration and integrity

Featured Articles

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March 11, 2019

Features

Academic Activists
A bicycle against a brick wall.

February 25, 2019

Features

Confronting the Paradox of Expertise
A side-by-side comparison shows a copy of Garry Smith’s great-grandmother’s original death certificate with the word “Aboriginal” (bottom) and another copy with the word redacted (top).

March 4, 2019

Viewpoints

See No Evil

From the AHA

The AHA Townhouse

March 11, 2019

From the Editor, Townhouse Notes

Meritocracy and the Job Application Arms Race
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March 7, 2019

From the Executive Director

Talk to Historians
A teacher in front of students.

March 11, 2019

From the President

Starting from Scratch
A very long line of yellow lines at different brightnesses on a black background

March 1, 2019

AHA Activities

AHA Council, Divisions, and Committees for 2019
A pen and notebook.

March 27, 2019

Perspectives Daily, Perspectives Summer Columns

Want to Write for the AHA in 2019?
Instructors at the AHA's fourth annual Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses

March 5, 2019

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Shaping the Future of the History Survey
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Janette Gayle, and Darnella Davis (from left) at the Committee on Minority Historians reception, all smiling with their arms around each other

March 26, 2019

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

One Is a Lonely Demographic

Other Articles

Spotlight on a dark background

March 6, 2019

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Zach Klitzman
Spotlight on a dark background

March 13, 2019

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Robin Kietlinski
Spotlight on a dark background

March 21, 2019

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Mark R. Jacobson
Spotlight on a dark background

March 28, 2019

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Ana Lucia Araujo
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March 11, 2019

In Memoriam

Eugene J. Kisluk (1948–2018)
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March 11, 2019

In Memoriam

Leo Ribuffo (1945–2018)

News

Elizabeth Warren standing at a podium with a "Warren" sign in front of her

March 11, 2019

News

White Lies
A gray brick building with the sign Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sign etched to it

March 11, 2019

News

Plan S and the Humanities
Members of the House of Representatives Senate surround President George W. Bush at a podium with the United States insignia delivering a speech

March 20, 2019

News, Perspectives Daily

Prosecuting Torture