What to Do, Where to Go When You’re in DC for AHA18
DC is a lot more than swamp and politics. It’s also home to the AHA and much of the staff responsible for its day-to-day operations. So this year, in honor of the annual meeting being held in our...
View ArticleAmerican Historical Association Announces 2017 Prize Winners
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2017 prizes, to be awarded at the 132nd annual meeting in Washington, DC, January 4–7, 2018. The ceremony will be held on...
View ArticleOne Short Week in Denver: An Undergraduate History Club Goes to the AHA...
By Blanca Drapeau There we were. A small group of Californian undergrads, winter layers piled over our business casual attire, perusing the AHA 2017 annual meeting program over coffee and pastries. We...
View ArticleMedievalism, White Supremacy, and the Historian’s Craft
By Carol Symes With every passing day, the AHA’s upcoming annual meeting on the theme of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Global Perspective is becoming more and more urgent. In particular, a group...
View ArticleAmerica’s Front Yard: The National Mall through the Years
By Ethan Ehrenhaft Even before its use as a hashtag during the most recent presidential campaign, the phrase “drain the swamp” had a much more literal meaning to the residents of the District of...
View ArticleProfessional Pathways: What’s New at AHA18
Through its work, the AHA has learned that popular wisdom severely underestimates the value and versatility of a history degree. As the seat of the federal government, home to a battery of museums and...
View ArticleTeaching Effective Engagement: Some Strategies and Techniques
By Alexandria Ruble, Scott Harrison, Jane Freeland, Adam Blackler, and Julie Ault “Here’s a scenario,” I said to students in my course on the Holocaust. “Imagine that right now, the North Carolina...
View ArticleThe Oral History Jukebox: A Mix Tape for the Next Generation of Oral Historians
By Patrick Nugent, Erica Fugger, and Maria Betancur Origins of the Oral History Jukebox Patrick Nugent: The idea for the Oral History Jukebox began with a Google search: “audio examples oral history...
View ArticleFrederick Douglass at 200: Making New Meaning of His Life and Legacy
By A J Aiséirithe Before today’s protests against symbols of American nationalism, or debates about the place of the Confederacy in America’s history and memory, there was Frederick Douglass. In 1852,...
View ArticleName that Cocktail 2018!
For the sixth year in a row, AHA annual meeting hotels will be offering signature cocktails at their bars. The libations will be available during AHA18 at the Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham...
View ArticleHistorians Tackle the Present in Six Late-Breaking Sessions at AHA18
In the past year, historians have frequently been called upon to make meaning of news. From Confederate monuments and statues around the country to President Donald Trump’s travel ban executive orders,...
View ArticleVoting Now Open for 2018 Name that Cocktail!
Thanks to everyone who contributed a suggestion to the 2018 Name that Cocktail! contest. We’ve aggregated our favorites and composed a Google Form to help facilitate voting. Vote for your three...
View ArticleTeaching Local History using Digital Methods
“British Again Striking Hard on Somme Front Capture Two Lines of German Trenches” reads a banner headline in the Harrisburg Telegraph from September 22, 1916. Other headlines from the front page that...
View ArticleAHA18 Signature Cocktail Names Announced!
AHA staff is thrilled to announce the winning names of this year’s “Name That Cocktail!” contest. Each year, historians submit names for signature cocktails to be served at the annual meeting hotel...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of DC’s Chinatown
By Shaobin Zheng Located along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets NW, the Washington, DC, Chinatown was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants. Today, mostly as a result of development...
View ArticleTweeting at AHA18? Here Are Some Helpful Guidelines
It’s almost meeting time! Starting tomorrow, historians from around the world will gather in Washington, DC, to share research, trade teaching techniques, and discuss wide-ranging developments in the...
View ArticleSubway Stories: DC Metro and the Problem of Maintenance
By Zachary Schrag If your Metro train to the AHA conference hotels seems to be taking longer than expected, or if the platform feels more crowded than you remember from AHA 2014, you aren’t imagining...
View ArticleIf We Fund it, Will You Come? The NEH at AHA18
By the National Endowment for the Humanities Staff When the American Historical Association gathers for its annual meeting in Washington, DC, the staff of the National Endowment for the Humanities will...
View ArticleWriting on the Wall: The AHA’s First Ever Undergraduate Poster Session
By Antoinette Burton If you have any doubts about the vibrancy of historical curiosity among our undergraduate majors nationwide, be sure to check out the Undergraduate Poster Session, which runs from...
View ArticleConversations Over Cardboard: Poster Sessions at AHA18
By Kathryn Tomasek The poster sessions at the AHA annual meeting have evolved from a small beginning in 2006 to a far more prominent set of four Saturday sessions that will be featured in the Atrium of...
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