North America

  • John W. Shy (1931–2022)

    Ira Gruber | Jan 31, 2023

    John W. Shy, professor emeritus of history at the University of Michigan and a leading authority on Anglo-American military history,...
  • Trees and the College Campus

    Elizabeth Stice | Jan 30, 2023

    The tree has become an essential symbol of college life.
  • Yo Regresaré

    Daniel J. Fernández-Guevara | Jan 13, 2023

    Musician Celia Cruz had a complicated relationship with Cuba—and with the other exiles who left.
  • Julian Nava (1927–2022)

    John Broesamle | Dec 29, 2022

    Julian Nava, who taught on the faculty of California State University, Northridge, for 43 years, died at age 95 on July 29, 2022.
  • The Philadelphia Lazaretto

    David Barnes | Dec 28, 2022

    Quarantine at the Lazaretto met many migrants when they arrived in 19th-century Philadelphia.
  • Looking Back

    Mark Philip Bradley | Dec 27, 2022

    The latest AHR features the 1619 Project, W. E. B. Du Bois, transnational history, and the history of ideas.
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Fumiaki Kubo

    Matthew Keough | Dec 21, 2022

    Fumiaki Kubo is the president of the National Defense Academy of Japan and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo....
  • America's Nuclear Sponge

    Taylor Rose | Dec 12, 2022

    Preventing construction of a nuclear complex on the Nevada–Utah border brought together an unexpected coalition.
  • Elizabeth York Enstam (1937–2022)

    Michael V. Hazel | Nov 30, 2022

    Elizabeth York Enstam died September 15, 2022, in Dallas, Texas, where she had lived for the past 54 years.
  • Searching for Lutiant

    Brenda J. Child | Nov 21, 2022

    A 1918 letter sent historian Brenda J. Child diving into the archives to learn more about its author.

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