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From Museums to Corporate History
Mark Speltz | Jun 13, 2017
Mark Speltz is senior historian with Wells Fargo's Family & Business History Center. Here he recalls his unpredictable career path to corporate history. -
Announcing the Winners of the 2017 AHA Today Blog Contest
AHA Staff | Jun 1, 2017
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of our 2017 AHA Today Blog Contest. Over the course of the... -
Yale History’s Major Comeback
Elizabeth Elliott | May 11, 2017
Over the past year, the nationwide decline of history majors and enrollments has become one of the A... -
The Quick Rise of The Slow Professor
Kritika Agarwal | May 1, 2017
As summer approaches, so do social media updates about not accomplishing enough work before the end ... -
The History Classroom in an Era of Crisis
David Pace | May 1, 2017
This is not a time for business as usual. In a “post-truth” age of “alternative facts” and “fake new... -
Researching the Quinceañera
Margaret DePond | Apr 13, 2017
From May 2015 to October 2015, I worked as an intern for the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC... -
History Is Not a Useless Major: Fighting Myths with Data
Paul B. Sturtevant | Apr 1, 2017
Over the past 20 years, warnings from a variety of sources—from career counselors to administrators ... -
Public History Employer Report and Survey
| Mar 27, 2017
To address concerns about job prospects for public historians, a joint task force of the National Council on Public History,... -
Want to Write for the AHA? Apply Today to Become a Summer Blogger!
Kritika Agarwal | Mar 22, 2017
A key skill for 21st-century historians, whether they work in the professoriate, public history, government, publishing, or beyond, is the... -
Remembering Rondo: An Inside View of a History Harvest
Rebecca S. Wingo and Amy C. Sullivan | Mar 1, 2017
In the late 1950s, the Department of Transportation started construction on I-94, linking the downto...
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