Public History

  • The Next Step

    Dariel Chaidez Rivota | Aug 23, 2023

    With the community’s adults on board with his local history program, Dariel Chaidez Rivota turned to the most important population: students.
  • Getting the Ball Rolling

    Dariel Chaidez Rivota | Jul 19, 2023

    One new high school history teacher forged a place for himself in his new community: as school historian.
  • Meet the 2023 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists

    Laura Ansley | Jun 1, 2023

    Introducing the three graduate students who will write about music and memory, a high school’s embrace of local history, and...
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Amy Hart

    Matthew Keough | May 30, 2023

    Amy Hart is a state historian at California State Parks. She lives in Arroyo Grande, California, and has been a member since 2022.
  • The Ghost of Ash Lawn

    Mariaelena DiBenigno | Feb 27, 2023

    James Monroe’s Highland is haunted—but not as the public imagines it.
  • When Memorials Come Down, Ghosts Remain

    James J. Ward | Feb 21, 2023

    When one historian visited Berlin in 1991, the recent past was already fading from its streets.
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Susan Ferentinos

    Matthew Keough | Jan 27, 2023

    Susan Ferentinos is a self-employed public history researcher, writer, and consultant. She lives in Port Townsend, Washington, and has been a member since 2016.
  • The History of Them, the History of Us

    Edward Muir | Jan 17, 2023

    A question of identity is at the core of the struggle over integrity in history.
  • 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.
  • Working Together

    Ellen R. Feingold, Abby Pfisterer, Orlando R. Serrano Jr., and Sarah Weicksel | Dec 15, 2022

    Four museum colleagues are pioneering a new approach to creating history exhibitions for children.

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