Every Historian Counts

In June, the AHA launched Where Historians Work, an interactive database showing career outcomes for more than 8,000 history PhDs who received their degrees in 2004–13. The product of our Career Diversity for Historians initiative, the database is the fullest representation of its kind in any discipline.

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Staff

Allison Miller, editor
Kritika Agarwal, associate editor, publications
Elyse Martin, associate editor, web content and social media
Zoë Jackson, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, manager, data administration and integrity

Featured Articles

Train tracks diverging through a green wood

July 9, 2018

Features

Every Historian Counts
A women in a navy blue dress smiling while sitting on a desk.

September 13, 2018

Career Paths, Perspectives Daily

Feeling Your Way Toward a Non-Faculty Job
A child in a plaid vest with a cross necklace posing for a school photo

July 2, 2018

Viewpoints

Why I Am a Historian
A factory with a prominent chimney stands alongside a road

September 6, 2018

Perspectives Daily, Perspectives Summer Columns

Raising a Stink

From the AHA

The AHA Townhouse

September 4, 2018

From the Editor, Townhouse Notes

FAQs about Where Historians Work
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September 1, 2018

From the Executive Director

Hierarchy and Needs
A field.

August 23, 2018

From the President

How Did You Choose Your Field?
An old door chained shut.

August 6, 2018

From the Research Division

Locked Out
A fountain pen writing a letter.

September 4, 2018

From the Professional Division

Letters of Rec
Stars and comets across dark sky

August 3, 2018

AHA Activities

2018–19 NASA and Jameson Fellowships Awarded
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September 4, 2018

AHA Activities

A New Face at the AHA: Meet Megan Connor
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July 27, 2018

AHA Activities

Actions by the AHA Council, January–June 2018
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July 25, 2018

AHA Activities

2018 AHA Election Results
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September 4, 2018

AHA Activities

Donors to the Association, July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018
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September 4, 2018

AHA Activities

Advocacy Briefs, September 2018
AHA 2020 - New York, NY - January 4, 2020

September 4, 2018

AHA Annual Meeting

On to Chicago
A women speaking to an attendee about conference events.

September 4, 2018

AHA Annual Meeting

The Business of Publishing Concerns Us All

Other Articles

A wheat field in Idaho.

September 7, 2018

From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

Ground Strategy
Spotlight on a dark background

September 5, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Katja Guenther
Spotlight on a dark background

September 11, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Beth Hessel
Spotlight on a dark background

September 18, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Bianca Premo
Spotlight on a dark background

September 25, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Jessica L. Adler
Pen with paper and envelopes

September 4, 2018

Letters to the Editor

On “The Real Academic World”
Pen with paper and envelopes

September 4, 2018

Letters to the Editor

On the May 2018 Advocacy Briefs
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September 4, 2018

In Memoriam

Clifford Adelman (1942–2018)
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September 4, 2018

In Memoriam

Georg G. Iggers (1926–2017)
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September 4, 2018

In Memoriam

Sally Marks (1931–2018)
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September 4, 2018

In Memoriam

Hayden V. White (1928–2018)

News

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August 27, 2018

News

Request Denied
A hammer rests next to a cracked phone screen.

August 20, 2018

News

Why Read Why Learn History
The large Pentagon complex

September 19, 2018

News, Perspectives Daily

Declassification Woes