This week we add more online oral history projects to our series of recent roundups. Article By: Jessica Pritchard The post Online Oral History Projects, Part V appeared first on American Historical Association.

In my November 2012 Perspectives on History column, “Lincoln, Hollywood, and an Opportunity for Historians,” I suggested that Stephen Spielberg’s new film offers historians a golden opportunity to engage the general public on issues central to American history and public culture. The post Lincoln Links: Historians Debate the New Film appeared first on American Historical Association.

Last Wednesday, the National Park Service announced the launch of its new Civil War website, and the stories, timelines, featured places, and educational resources now available there. We noted the new site in last week’s “What We’re Reading” post, and today we take a closer look at all it offers. Article By: Elisabeth Grant The post National Park Service’s New Civil War Website appeared first on American Historical Association.

AHA members are involved in all fields of history, with wide-ranging specializations, interests, and areas of employment. To recognize our talented and eclectic membership, AHA Today features a regular AHA Member Spotlight series Louise McReynolds is a professor of Russian history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently lives in Chapel Hill and has been a member of the AHA since 1984. Current school and Alma mater/s: I...

In the news this week, congratulations to Gordon S. Wood on winning the New-York Historical Society’s American History Book Prize. Also, read about a new Pew Internet and American Life Project on media use. Under the theme of history online, hear about the challenges of a history archive, the risk of losing digital materials, and two articles on Google Books (a German take and French...

Two years ago on AHA Today we put together a number of Civil War Resources for teachers, historians, and anyone interested in this critical time in our nation’s history. As we continue to mark the Civil War’s Sesquicentennial, we invite you to look back at the resources in that previous post and also to revisit, EDSITEment’s Civil War Lesson Plans, articles from the National Archives Prologue magazine, and past AHA...

Applications for the NEH's Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities are due July 12, 2019.

A set of colorful porcelain paints reveals a gendered history of artistic production.

G. Jasper Conner is a PhD candidate at the College of William & Mary. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, and has been a member since March 2021.

Pulp novels of the mid-20th century were titillating and salacious—but this book appeared as abortion became more accepted among Americans.