Religious History

  • AHA Member Spotlight: Andrew Preston

    Matthew Keough | Mar 18, 2022

    Andrew Preston is a professor of American history at Cambridge University. He lives in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and has been a member since 2000.
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Rachel Rothstein

    Matthew Keough | Mar 11, 2022

    Rachel Rothstein is a teacher and dean of social studies and the director of the Israel Poland Experience at the Weber School.
  • Betty C. Wood (1945–2021)

    Mary Beth Norton | Feb 28, 2022

    Betty C. Wood, retired member of the history faculty at the University of Cambridge and an AHA honorary foreign member, died on September 3, 2021.
  • Teacher, Mentor, Coach

    Laura Ansley | Dec 14, 2021

    James H. Sweet, the AHA’s 138th president, shares his goals for his presidential term and reflects how his mentor Colin Palmer shaped his career.
  • Grant of the Week: NEH Scholar in Residence at the Center for Jewish History

    Alana Venable | Dec 1, 2021

    The Center for Jewish History invites applications for an NEH Scholar in Residence.
  • Sylvia R. Frey (1935–2021)

    Emily Clark | Nov 30, 2021

    Sylvia R. Frey, historian of the American Revolution and the Black Atlantic and professor emerita at Tulane University, died on...
  • Mechal Sobel (1933–2021)

    Sharon Halevi | Sep 30, 2021

    Mechal Sobel, historian of early American life and culture and African American history, died on March 24, 2021, in Haifa, Israel.
  • Linda Hunter Rowe (1945–2020)

    Cathleene B. Hellier | Jul 19, 2021

    Linda Hunter Rowe, a historian for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation who retired in 2017 after 50 years of service, died on October 23, 2020.
  • Robert Middlekauff (1929–2021)

    Richard R. Johnson | Jul 19, 2021

    Robert Middlekauff, a dedicated teacher and leading scholar of early American history, died peacefully on March 10, 2021, in Pleasanton,...
  • Sharon Gillerman (1960–2020)

    Ann Goldberg | Apr 28, 2021

    Sharon Gillerman, a scholar of modern German and Jewish history, died on November 20, 2020.

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