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The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. http://historians.org/join
For historians navigating hiring, tenure, and promotion: Not all historical work fits traditional evaluation models, including work with public audiences, digital projects, and collaborative scholarship. Our guidelines offer language you can use to make the case:
Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship
These guidelines lay the foundation for a broad expansion of what constitutes historical scholarship.
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Planning to attend #AHA27 in New Orleans in January? Apply by November 15 for grants to support your travel costs. Check out the full list of available grants at the link.
Annual Meeting Funding - AHA
The AHA offers several grants and fellowships to assist graduate students and early career historians with childcare and travel costs for the annual meeting.
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What can you do with a history BA? The AHA’s Careers for History Majors booklet conveys the value of the undergraduate study of history through clear graphs and informal prose. Readers will find hard data, practical advice, and answers to common questions from students and their parents.
Careers for History Majors - AHA
Studying History Can Enrich Our Lives The Value of a History Degree With clear data and informal prose, Careers for History Majors equips readers with data, practical advice, specific strategies, and ...
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Undergraduates: submit to #AHA27's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 22. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format.
Presenting Undergraduate Research at the Annual Meeting - AHA
Learn how to submit a proposal to present your undergraduate thesis or research at the AHA annual meeting.
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"Teaching students how historians work, rather than simply what historians know, has proved a powerful pedagogical tool." In #AHAPerspectives, Arminda Lawrence Sr. shares a class assignment that asks high school students to research, write, and edit their own history book.
Making Students into Historians – AHA
In a high school historical methods course, students researched, wrote, and edited their own history books.
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High school teacher Katharina Matro explains how growing up in Germany and learning about the country’s past “made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” #HonestHistory
Teaching with Integrity: Confronting a Nation's Past
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In the second, Arminda Lawrence Sr. discusses the methods class she has developed for high school seniors, in which the class completes two monographs (from choosing topics all the way through final edits) on local Atlanta history. #AHAPerspectives
Making Students into Historians – AHA
In a high school historical methods course, students researched, wrote, and edited their own history books.
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In the latest issue of #AHAPerspectives, we had a nice pairing of articles about high school history education. Coincidentally, both were in Atlanta! In the first, Katherine Perrotta + Leah Panther write about students doing research on and with the Black community around Stone Mountain.
“Things Happened There” – AHA
Youth participatory action research projects invite students to investigate the complex histories of Stone Mountain and Shermantown, Georgia.
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History helps us understand how we got here. Through the AHA's History Behind the Headlines series, historians bring their expertise to conversations about the issues shaping our world, from government shutdowns and global democracy to US intervention in Latin America and more.
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“What is the value of a history degree?” It's a question faculty, staff, and students often face—and the AHA can help. Check out our Department Advocacy Toolkit, full of data, stories, and strategies you can use to show why studying history matters.
Department Advocacy Toolkit – AHA
The AHA has assembled this toolkit to help departments, administrators, advisers, and students navigate the AHA's library of resources to articulate the value of studying history.
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Natalie Zemon Davis, 1996: “I still find history full of wonders; I still find in the differences in past societies a way to take stock of the present—a source of sober realism, but also a source of hope." Read more about why history matters and the importance of historical thinking in public life.
Why History Matters - AHA
Why Study History Historical Thinking in Everyday Life The AHA offers resources for educators and students on the importance of studying history, and reflections on why learning about the past helps u...
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The AHA endorses the Smithsonian Integrity and Historical Independence Act of 2026, legislation that would codify the Smithsonian’s independence and protect the institution from political interference.
AHA Endorses Legislation to Protect the Independence of the Smithsonian Institution
The AHA endorses the Smithsonian Integrity and Historical Independence Act of 2026, introduced by Reps. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), and Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) in response to ong...
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Historical work is best done in a context of free exchange across the globe. The AHA has compiled resources that might help individuals and departments navigate difficult international situations, especially regarding travel and academic freedom.
Resources for Foreign Scholars - AHA
Supporting Foreign Scholars Historical work is best done in a context of free exchange across the globe. Current conditions affecting foreign scholars and international travel can inhibit that free ex...
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“You can’t understand the triumphs without understanding the tragedies.” AHA president-elect Lonnie G. Bunch III spoke with Smithsonian Magazine about his career, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and the responsibility to tell a “complete and full history.”
Secretary Lonnie Bunch Reflects on His Extraordinary Career at the Smithsonian
On the eve of his retirement, Bunch explains the Smithsonian's role in preserving history
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How can you teach a state’s "hard histories" when state laws ban divisive concepts? In #AHAPerspectives, Katherine Perrotta and Leah Panther use place-based learning to engage students with the histories of Confederate monuments and race in Shermantown and Stone Mountain, Georgia.
“Things Happened There” – AHA
Youth participatory action research projects invite students to investigate the complex histories of Stone Mountain and Shermantown, Georgia.
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Academic freedom is central to the AHA’s work in support of historical scholarship and teaching. Explore AHA resources on academic freedom, its relationship to the First Amendment and freedom of expression, and its role in the historical discipline:
Resources on Academic Freedom for Historians - AHA
On Academic Freedom About These Resources Principles of academic freedom are central to the American Historical Association's Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct and inform the Association'...
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“If we don’t pay attention to history museums and historic sites...we miss out on key resources for our lives, our communities, and our nation.” Revisit Caroline Klibanoff’s 2021 #AHAPerspectives article on history museums as vital civic spaces:
History Museums Are Vibrant Civic Spaces
History museums contribute to a vibrant civic culture yet were all but ignored in the New York Times' recent Museums section.
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The AHA continues to advocate for strong history and social studies education standards in Texas. AHA senior program analyst Julia Brookins spoke with the Liberty Hill Independent and Austin Chronicle about the revised TEKS, which she said “lowers the rigor” of social studies courses. 🗃️
Texas U.S. History Curriculum Will Only Mention Islam in Relation to Terrorism • The Austin Chronicle
SBOE approves controversial social studies standards for high schoolers
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The AHA helps policymakers understand how we got here. For over 20 years, our Congressional Briefings have brought historical context directly to Congress on issues shaping public debate, from tariffs and immigration to AI, housing, executive orders, and more.
Congressional Briefings - AHA
Providing Historical Perspectives to Policymakers About the Briefings The AHA's Congressional Briefings series seeks to provide Congressional staff members, journalists, and other members of the polic...
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looking through the 2027 @historians.org program and this will be an interesting roundtable #medievalsky aha.confex.com/aha/2027/web...
History faculty at small liberal arts colleges are navigating real challenges while continuing to do meaningful work with students. This #AHAOnline webinar brings together SLAC faculty to discuss political pressures, new technologies, enrollment shifts, and the practices that sustain teaching.
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Small Liberal Arts College History Faculty
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At a moment when history is under attack, communities across the country are sending a clear message: We Want More History! Hundreds of events are happening nationwide Sept. 25–27. Explore the #WeWantMoreHistory calendar and find one near you:
Home - We Want More History
A national day of history in public. Join Us Events will take place across libraries, parks, museums, and other civic spaces, featuring talks, facilitated discussions, teach-ins, programs, and communi...
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The September #AHR is now available! In #AHAPerspectives, get a sneak peek at the latest issue, featuring new scholarship on Africa, Indonesia, the environment, and the family, plus a History Lab forum, History Unclassified essays, new #AHRSyllabus modules, and more.
Nature’s Archive and Family Archives – AHA
Get a sneak peek of the September 2026 issue of the American Historical Review.
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Undergraduates: submit to #AHA27's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 22. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format.
Presenting Undergraduate Research at the Annual Meeting - AHA
Learn how to submit a proposal to present your undergraduate thesis or research at the AHA annual meeting.
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Registration is open for #AHA27! The conference, which will take place in New Orleans on January 7–10, 2027, includes over 490 sessions and events.
Annual Meeting - AHA
Welcome to the Annual Meeting Join Us in New Orleans! Housing is now open! Since 1884, the American Historical Association annual meeting has been the premier gathering for historians to come together...
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Behind the scenes at the DAR Museum! Last week, current and former AHA staff came out to support executive director Sarah Jones Weicksel at a talk for her new book, A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era (UNC Press).
The AHA’s Careers for History Majors booklet provides data about the professional prospects of history majors, practical advice about jobs and employment, & essays on how studying history prepares students for a range of exciting and fulfilling career paths. Recruit and engage history majors today!
Careers for History Majors - AHA
Studying History Can Enrich Our Lives The Value of a History Degree With clear data and informal prose, Careers for History Majors equips readers with data, practical advice, specific strategies, and ...
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“Dazzling” – early modern historian of religion, emotions, and monsters Jenny Spinks reviews HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY ( @ucpress.bsky.social ) in the American Historical Review! @historians.org 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
Surekha Davies. Humans: A Monstrous History
Surekha Davies declares that “[m]onsters are category problems that have to be defanged” (67) in her dazzling new book Humans: A Monstrous History. This po
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Starting graduate school in history? Join our free online orientation on October 13 at 2 p.m. ET to learn how the historical discipline works, where historical scholarship happens, and how to make the most of graduate school. Register now:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Welcome, Historians: An AHA Orientation for New MA & PhD Students. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This October, the American Historical Association will welcome new history graduate students to the history community with a free online orientation to the historical discipline. We’ll explore how th...
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Action Alert: The Department of Education has proposed changes to higher education accreditation that could weaken scholarly standards, treat ideological diversity as a measure of educational quality, and undervalue faculty expertise. Submit a public comment by Sept. 21. 🗃️
Action Alert: Tell the Department of Education: Protect Academic Accreditation
The Department of Education has proposed an overhaul of the accreditation system for higher education in the Federal Register: Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization: The Secretary’s Recognition...
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