Irena’s Lamp

AHA president Tyler Stovall contributes a feature story this month—a meditation on race, politics, and history inspired by a lamp purchased by his great-great-grandmother, Irena Claytor, some time after Emancipation. On the cover, the lamp shines on one of Stovall’s books, his glasses, and a copy of his family tree, open to Claytor’s story.

Cover photo: Shoey Sindel

Staff

Allison Miller, editor
Kritika Agarwal, associate editor, publications
Stephanie Kingsley, associate editor, web content and social media
Zoë Jackson, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, coordinator, data administration and integrity

Featured Articles

Shoey Sindel

December 1, 2017

Features, From the President

Irena’s Lamp
Students spun to learn their characters’ fates. John Liu/Flickr/CC BY 2.0

December 1, 2017

Features

Life Lessons

December 1, 2017

Features

Teaching Against White Nationalism
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953. Netflix’s drama The Crown depicts the first years of her reign. The Science Museum/Flickr Commons/CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

December 4, 2017

Perspectives on Culture

In England’s Dreaming

From the AHA

The AHA Townhouse

December 1, 2017

From the Editor

Writing, Copyediting, and Your First Book
Pencils on yellow background

December 1, 2017

From the Executive Director

Next Steps for Career Diversity
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

December 1, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting

Awards, Prizes, and Honors to be Conferred at the 132nd Annual Meeting
The AHA annual meeting offers dozens of sessions on digital history and scholarship. Marc Monaghan

December 1, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting

What Do Digital Historians Want?
December 2017 American Historical Review cover

December 1, 2017

AHA Activities

Global Speculation

December 29, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

The Rise and Fall of DC’s Chinatown
cocktail

December 22, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

AHA18 Signature Cocktail Names Announced!
cocktail

December 15, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Voting Now Open for 2018 Name that Cocktail!
cocktail

December 8, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Name that Cocktail 2018!
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

December 14, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Historians Tackle the Present in Six Late-Breaking Sessions at AHA18
A view of Market Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1910.

December 21, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Teaching Local History Using Digital Methods
Painting of John Brown and Frederick Douglass

December 7, 2017

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Frederick Douglass at 200

Other Articles

People have long connected technological change with the destruction of jobs, as did the Luddites when they destroyed power looms in the 19th century. New fears about robots replacing humans in jobs now extend beyond industrial production to AI and other technologies. Wikimedia Commons

December 11, 2017

From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

Will Robots Rule the World?
Spotlight on a dark background

December 27, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Margaret Lynch-Brennan
Spotlight on a dark background

December 20, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Mark Sedgwick
Spotlight on a dark background

December 12, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Telisha Dionne Bailey
Spotlight on a dark background

December 5, 2017

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Geraldo Cadava
Light pink circles across pink and blue background

December 1, 2017

In Memoriam

Adam McKeown (1965–2017)
Light pink circles across pink and blue background

December 1, 2017

In Memoriam

Alan O’Day (1940−2017)

News

Indoor cannabis farming requires massive quantities of energy for lighting and climate control. This photo shows a Denver facility attempting more sustainable greenhouse cultivation. Nick Johnson

December 1, 2017

News

Blunt Impact
THATClass students reading microfilmed newspapers. THATClass

December 1, 2017

News

Consider the Source
US Navy Bombe used to decrypt messages from the German Enigma machine during World War II. National Security Agency/Wikimedia Commons

December 1, 2017

News

Crypto Currents

December 19, 2017

News, Perspectives Daily

Historians and Government Shutdowns
Franke holds a sign saying "The Middle Ages Weren't White"

December 18, 2017

News, Perspectives Daily

Medievalism, White Supremacy, and the Historian’s Craft: A Response

December 4, 2017

News, Perspectives Daily

Benevolent Diplomacy