Popular Culture

Scratch a historian, and chances areyou'll find a connoisseur of someform of popular culture. Scratch aconnoisseur of popular culture, andyou just might find someone with apassion for history. As historians thinkabout ways to bring our expertise topublic conversations, we can't afford toignore music, television, video games,and other media that employ history.This month's feature stories and Perspectiveson Culture column refuse tocondescend to popular culture-anapproach we think is worth emulating.Image: D J Shin, via WikimediaCommons, CC-BY-SA-3.0.

Staff

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

Featured Articles

January 1, 2016

Backward Compatible: Gamers as a Public History Audience

January 1, 2016

The Past, Conditionally: Alternative History in Speculative Fiction

January 1, 2016

Classroom Soundtrack: Inspiring Historical Analysis through Music

January 1, 2016

Viewpoints

Can the South Asian Academic Speak from Abroad?

January 1, 2016

Perspectives on Culture

Why Is William Bradford Smiling?

January 1, 2016

Career Paths

From Academia to ETS

From the AHA

Pencils on yellow background

January 1, 2016

From the Executive Director

“Safe From” and “Safe For”
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

January 1, 2016

AHA Annual Meeting

Awards, Prizes, and Honors Conferred at the 130th Annual Meeting

Other Articles

The AHA Townhouse

January 1, 2016

From the Editor, Townhouse Notes

Townhouse Notes, January 2016

January 1, 2016

From the President

Scale in History

January 1, 2016

From the National Coalition for History

Congress Restores Funding for K–12 History Education

January 1, 2016

Letters to the Editor, News

On the US Visa Waiver Program

January 1, 2016

On “Charm School, from Application to Interview to Campus Visit”

January 1, 2016

Letters to the Editor

On “Black Histories Matter”

January 29, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Amy Williams

January 28, 2016

Perspectives Daily

Crossing Boundaries: Old Questions and New Debates in Immigration History at the 2016 AHA Annual Meeting

January 27, 2016

Perspectives Daily

Introduction to the AHA Plenary on “The Confederacy, Its Symbols, and the Politics of Public Culture,” January 7, 2016

January 26, 2016

The GECC Open Forum on Career Diversity

January 25, 2016

Why Americans Get to Talk So Much
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

January 21, 2016

AHA Annual Meeting

A-HA Moments in Atlanta

January 20, 2016

CLGBTH Call for Papers for 2017 Annual Meeting

January 20, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Jacob Kramer

January 19, 2016

Perspectives Daily

Ken Burns Will Deliver 2016 Jefferson Lecture

January 19, 2016

“The History of Terrorism: New Avenues of Research”

January 14, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Jeffrey L. Sturchio

January 13, 2016

Perspectives Daily

NEH Invites Entries for the Chronicling America Data Challenge

January 12, 2016

Perspectives Daily

2016 Annual Meeting Roundup on AHA Today

January 12, 2016

Perspectives Daily

#AHA16 Day 4 Highlights

January 11, 2016

News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Patricia Limerick Appointed to the National Council on the Humanities

January 11, 2016

From the Teaching Division, News

Patricia Limerick on Her Appointment to the National Council on the Humanities

January 11, 2016

Perspectives Daily

Proposed Resolution on Palestinian Academic Freedom Defeated at AHA Annual Meeting

January 10, 2016

Perspectives Daily

#AHA16 Day 3 Highlights

January 9, 2016

Perspectives Daily

#AHA16 Day 2 Highlights

January 9, 2016

“The Confederacy, Its Symbols, and the Politics of Public Culture”

January 9, 2016

Perspectives Daily

The Delorean Moment; or, Fun at the AHA Annual Meeting

January 8, 2016

Perspectives Daily

#AHA16 Day 1 Highlights

January 8, 2016

View from the Exhibit Hall

January 7, 2016

Crashing Receptions and Networking at the AHA Annual Meeting

January 6, 2016

Perspectives Daily

AHA16 Signature Cocktail Names Announced!

January 6, 2016

Perspectives Daily

Attending the Meeting from Afar: A Few Notes for AHA16 Social Media

January 5, 2016

Perspectives Daily

Textual Studies and Book History at the AHA Annual Meeting
Jan 2016 Perspectives on History

January 4, 2016

From the Editor, Perspectives Daily

No More Guilty Pleasures

News

Thin lines of light in green, blue, and yellow in a curved shape against the night sky.

January 1, 2016

News

Holocaust Museum Project Engages Citizen Historians to Gain Better Understanding of What Americans Knew
A very long line of yellow lines at different brightnesses on a black background

January 1, 2016

AHA Activities

AHA Welcomes New Staff Member: Kritika Agarwal

January 1, 2016

News

Advocacy Briefs. January 2016