When they promote their work, historians need to be aware of what they are being asked to give away.

Introducing the three graduate students who will write about narrative and podcasts, the relationship between history and journalism, and the history of plant disease.

David Baker is an independent historian who recently begun a history-themed podcast. He lives in Pittsburg, California, and has been an AHA member since 2010. Website: www.coffeebreakhistory.com Alma maters: BA, Andrews University, 2008; MA, Norwich University, 2013 Fields of interest: military, World War II, early America Describe your career path. What led you to where you are today? I am early in my history career. I have always loved history, which led me to attain...

In the news this week, National History Center Founding Director Wm. Roger Louis has won a distinguished teaching award. Then, two articles explore how internships and other experiences outside the academe can supplement one’s graduate education. Explore some interesting online resources through the Digital Archives of the National Library of Scotland, at The Memory Palace podcast blog, and at an upcoming exhibit on FDR. Finally,...

It’s been all about the Archives Wiki this week, with a post on Tuesday and an announcement in the February issue of Perspectives on History, recently placed online. So it seems only fitting to start off this week’s “What We’re Reading” with reactions to the Archives Wiki from around the blogosphere. Following that we’re reading about challenging history, navigating the Library of Congress, catching up...

Stretching the “what we’re reading” idea a bit, this post begins by pointing to the Making History Podcast Blog, where AHA president-elect Laurel Thatcher Ulrich reads from her book Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. Also noted this week are articles on the Holocaust Museum’s assistance with the International Tracing Service’s archive, a new book on the 9/11 Commission, British teenagers’ misconceptions of who is real...

In case you missed it, we have an overview from the New York Times on the National Archives’ loss of Clinton administration data, along with a response from NARA. Then, read an article on the challenges of digital scholarship, hear a podcast on how the Civil War affected ideas of death and mourning, learn the origins of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and check out some WWI...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. –President Lincoln Words spoken by our 16th president, who met his tragic fate 144 years ago today while attending the comedy, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Article By: Jessica Pritchard The post In Memoriam: Abraham Lincoln appeared first on American Historical Association.

AHA Today will be on hiatus this week, with no scheduled posts (unscheduled posts, like breaking news, are always a possibility).  We’ll be back next week with new online resources, articles from around the web, and the grant of the week. In the meantime, feel free to revisit (or check out for the first time) these past AHA Today posts... Article By: Elisabeth Grant The post Short...

Today we’re starting a new weekly feature on AHA Today that will highlight articles and blog posts that may be of interest to historians. Check out the articles below and find out what we’re reading. The post What We’re Reading appeared first on American Historical Association.