History of STEM | Perspectives on History

We Are Part of Nature

Matthew Plishka | Aug 5, 2021

Multispecies political ecology can help environmental historians reveal how nonhuman species can shape the world.

Can Plants Help Us to Understand COVID-19?

Matthew Plishka | Jul 12, 2021

Many of the same mistakes and oversights that we see in human disease control today were made in the early 20th-century fight against Panama Disease.

Announcing the 2021–22 Jameson and NASA Fellows

Rebecca L. West | Jun 1, 2021

Four promising scholars win fellowships to support significant new research.

Wrapping It Up

Alex Lichtenstein | Apr 22, 2021

The June issue of the American Historical Review features three History Unclassified essays, seven articles, and a cluster of reviews...

Vaccine Hesitancy Is a 21st-Century Phenomenon

Gareth Millward | Apr 16, 2021

Since the 1940s, vaccination campaigns have been held to increasingly high, and difficult to meet, standards.

AHA Member Spotlight: Warwick Anderson

Matthew Keough | Apr 9, 2021

Warwick Anderson is a professor at the University of Sydney. He lives in Sydney, NSW, Australia, and has been a member since 1998.

Making the Best of the Worst-Case Scenario

Jake Wynn | Apr 7, 2021

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine managed to close, reopen, close again, and build new digital offerings that expanded its audience.

Karen Lou | Apr 5, 2021

The Medical Heritage Library, Inc. (MHL) is is now accepting applications for its 2021 Jaipreet Virdi 2021 Fellowship for Disability Studies.

Referencing a Pandemic

Melanie A. Peinado | Mar 11, 2021

As COVID-19 shuttered public life in the United States, the AHA geared up to document the many ways that historians responded to the crisis.

Howard P. Segal (1948–2020)

Alan I Marcus | Feb 26, 2021

Howard P. Segal, a professor of history at the University of Maine, died on November 9, 2020, in Orono, Maine.