Social History

  • Conversations with the Dead

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    Mark Philip Bradley | Mar 12, 2024

    Get a peek inside the latest issue of the AHR.
  • Russell R. Menard (1941–2023)

    In Memoriam

    Matthew Mulcahy and David Ryden | Mar 4, 2024

    Russell R. Menard, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota and a pioneering member of the Chesapeake School, passed away on November 16, 2023.
  • Southern Hospitality?

    Perspectives Daily

    Jessica Carbone | Jan 19, 2024

    Barbecue is a cornerstone of American cuisine, containing all of the contradictions of the country itself.
  • Medicalized Enslavement, Disability, and Southeast Asian Art

    AHA Activities

    Mark Philip Bradley | Dec 15, 2023

    Get a peek inside the latest issue of the AHR.

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  • On the Renaissance

    Edward Muir | Dec 4, 2023

    Why does a medieval cultural moment still fascinate us?
  • Francis A. Dutra (1938–2021)

    Sarah Cline | Nov 1, 2023

    Francis A. Dutra, a historian of early modern Portugal and Brazil at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), died in March 2021.
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Sanjukta Poddar

    AHA Staff | Oct 27, 2023

    Sanjukta Poddar is an assistant professor in modern South Asian studies at Leiden University. She lives in Leiden, Netherlands, and...
  • Cities, Culture, and Conflagrations

    Ian Morley | Oct 11, 2023

    In Manila, understanding the city’s relationship with fire is necessary to understanding both its history and its future.
  • Augustus Leon (Lee) Beier IV (1941–2023)

    Alan Lessoff and Michael Moore | Oct 2, 2023

    Augustus Leon (Lee) Beier IV, a key figure in British social history, died after a long illness on February 25, 2023, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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