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Mellon Foundation Grant Expands Impact and Scope of Career Diversity for Historians
AHA Staff | Jan 9, 2017
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the receipt of a $1.5 million grant from ... -
Why Study History?
Sadie Bergen and Emily Swafford | Jan 9, 2017
Wondering What to Do with Your BA in History?” is one of the AHA’s most popular publications. The AH... -
Becoming an Assistant Professor: Things I Wish I’d Known as a Grad Student
Jared Hardesty | Jan 7, 2017
By Jared HardestyAs I gear up for another AHA annual meeting, I have been reflecting a lot about my own... -
Historians for Mental Health: Starting New Conversations at #AHA17
Edmund Russell | Dec 1, 2016
The annual meeting in Denver will feature a session titled “Historians for Mental Health: An Open Di... -
Career Diversity 2016 Year in Review: Moving the Discussion Forward
Emily Swafford | Dec 1, 2016
Career Diversity for Historians began in 2012 with twin aims regarding issues of PhD employment: fir... -
Townhouse Notes December 2016
Allison Miller | Dec 1, 2016
With December come final papers, final exams, and a great deal of grousing about grading, from both ... -
History and Belonging: First-Generation Latino/a Students and the Discipline’s Future
Yovanna Pineda | Dec 1, 2016
As readers of Perspectives on History know, the declining number of history majors has led to a gene... -
A Textbook Case: Texas Educators Fight for K–12 Mexican American Studies
Kritika Agarwal | Dec 1, 2016
For more than a decade, some students in the majority-Latino/a Tucson Unified School District (TUSD)... -
Historians of the Future
James Rick | Dec 1, 2016
A history undergraduate attended the AHA's annual meeting and found it to be an invigorating learning experience. -
Owning Our Graduate Education: Preparing for Career Diversity
Jessica Derleth and Tiffany Baugh-Helton | Nov 28, 2016
By Jessica Derleth and Tiffany Baugh-HeltonJessica and TiffanyWhile attending the AHA’s 2016 annual meeting, Jessica and I—PhD candidates in history...
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