Perspectives
Apr 24, 2024 - William Hansberry (1894–1965)
This Long Overdue tribute honors Horacio Roque Ramírez, historian of Africa at Howard University, wbo died on November 3, 1965.
Apr 23, 2024 - A New Face at the AHA
The AHA welcomes Maria Zavarello as the new director of finance.
Apr 17, 2024 - Who Is in Charge of History Curricula?
The AHA’s Mapping the Landscape project has found that teachers are facing a perennial question.
Apr 16, 2024 - Tracking Undergraduate History Enrollments in 2023
Read the results of the AHA’s 2023 survey of undergraduate history enrollments.
Apr 11, 2024 - Embodied Knowledge
What can a third grader teach a historian about her craft?
Apr 10, 2024 - Archival Shouting
Some collections of historical sources have been given a microphone, with profound consequences for the practices of history.
Apr 09, 2024 - Teaching LGBTQ+ History
As states pass legislation targeting DEI efforts, one historian offers her experience teaching LGBTQ+ history in these challenging times.
Apr 03, 2024 - Listening to Our Subjects and Ourselves
An empathetic connection can be one of a historian’s most valuable tools.
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Apr 24, 2024 - AHA Researcher Testifies on Maine Social Studies Standards (April 2024)
AHA researcher Scot McFarlane will testify on behalf of the AHA to the Maine Department of Education regarding the state’s current social…
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Apr 24, 2024 - AHA Members Named 2024–25 National Humanities Center Fellows (April 2024)
Congratulations to AHA members Joseph M.H. Clark (Univ. of Kentucky), Mostafa Minawi (Cornell Univ.), and John W. Sweet (Univ. of North Carolina,…
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Apr 24, 2024 - AHA Council Member Receives New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Teaching Award (April 2024)
Congratulations to AHA Council member Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan (Rutgers Univ.), who has been awarded the New Jersey Studies Academic…
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Apr 24, 2024 - AHA Members Author Amicus Brief for SCOTUS Case Involving the Voting Rights Act (April 2024)
AHA members Carol Anderson (Emory Univ.), Orville Vernon Burton (Clemson Univ.), and Alexander Keyssar (Harvard Univ.), as well as J. Morgan Kousser…
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Apr 24, 2024 - Historians Author Amicus Curiae Brief in Trump v. United States (April 2024)
A group of 15 founding-era historians represented by the Brennan Center for Justice have filed an amicus curiae brief in Trump v. United States,…
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Apr 22, 2024 - AHA Endorses Letter Asking for Congressional Recognition of the US Army’s First Uniformed Female Combatants (April 2024)
The AHA endorsed a letter from 55 professional historians asking members of Congress to co-sponsor S.815 and H.R. 1572, bills that would award the…
Teaching History with Integrity
The AHA, its members, and other historians find ourselves on the front lines of a conflict over America’s past, confronting opponents who are actively promoting ignorance in service of misleading notions of unity. Through Teaching History with Integrity, the AHA leads or participates in several initiatives to provide resources and support for history educators facing intensifying controversies about the teaching of the American past. Historians have a crucial role to play as participants in public deliberations about how to engage students in truthful and rigorous inquiry in history classrooms.
The Pacific Coast Branch (PCB) of the American Historical Association was organized in 1903 to serve members of the American Historical Association living in the Western States of the United States and the Western Provinces of Canada. All members of the AHA living in those areas, therefore, are also members of the Branch.
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- Revising introductory history courses to serve students from all backgrounds and prepare them for life in a complex society
- Rethinking doctoral education in history to improve student experience and increase historians’ impact within and beyond the academy
- Creating resources to support high school and college history teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Working to ensure the preservation of records and historians' access to archives