American Historical Association

• 
• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  2/3/2021
  

  Townhouse Notes: The Shoulder We Cry On

  by Ashley E. Bowen

  In times of crisis, historians are tempted to enter into a forward-looking task of placing current grief in a narrative of progress. They cannot forget that their primary role is to make us uncomfortable with what we think we know about the past. 

• 
• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  1/27/2021
  

  Racist Histories and the AHA

  by Sarah Jones Weicksel and James Grossman

  "By undertaking this project, the AHA seeks to understand and document the complexity of its role in the evolution and persistence of American racism in order for the organization, and for historians, to use our knowledge and professional resources to chart pathways to a more just and equitable future."

• 
• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  12/18/2020
  

  One For The History Books: The Historical Discipline Will Prevail Over Current Challenges

  by Jacqueline Jones

  Historians, their departments, and their institutions will have to respond creatively to the challenges posed by COVID, but perhaps the profession and the place of history in American culture can emerge stronger than ever. 

• 
• SOURCE: The Hill
  11/9/2020
  

  Trump's Latest Executive Order is a Head Scratcher to Historians

  by Jim Grossman

  "There is no shortage of contentious publications and conversations among professional historians about concepts like critical race theory or arguments like those advanced in the 1619 Project. But neither constitutes “child abuse,” which is a serious crime."

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  11/4/2020
  

  2020 Awards, Prizes, And Honors Announced

  As of Wednesday, some important winners have been announced--the AHA's annual prizes for scholarship, teaching, and contributions to the historical profession.

• 
• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  10/21/2020
  

  History, Deliberation, and Civic Culture

  by Jim Grossman

  "Equating a mode of inquiry with a heinous crime should induce not only a private shudder but a public disavowal. No reasonable definition of patriotism can accommodate this despicable metaphor."

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/20/2020
  

  AHA Issues Letter Defending AHA Member’s Right to Free Speech

  "We trust that Collin College will respect and protect Dr. Burnett’s rights under the First Amendment to the US Constitution."--Jim Grossman, AHA Executive Director

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/19/2020
  

  American Historical Association Announces 2020 Prize Winners

  This year’s finalists were selected from a field of over 1,400 entries by nearly 150 dedicated prize committee members.

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/13/2020
  

  AHA Urges Retraction of Executive Order Prohibiting the Inclusion of “Divisive Concepts” in Employee Training Sessions

  In response to the president’s recent executive order prohibiting the inclusion of “divisive concepts” in employee training sessions, the AHA has issued a statement urging the retraction of the order because it is “neither necessary nor useful.”

• 
• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  10/1/2020
  

  Trump is Afraid of Honest History

  by James Grossman

  Trump's proposal for a "1776 Commission" suggests that history teachers should be cheerleaders, reducing the nation’s complex past to a simplistic and inaccurate narrative of unique virtue and perpetual progress.

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  9/24/2020
  

  AHA Statement on the Recent "White House Conference on American History”

  The AHA only reluctantly gives air to such distraction; we are not interested in inflating a brouhaha that is a mere sideshow to the many perils facing our nation at this moment. 

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  8/31/2020
  

  2021 ANNUAL MEETING CANCELED

  The American Historical Association has canceled its annual meeting in January 2021; the organization will work to develop virtual programming in the next several months. 

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  6/25/2020
  

  AHA Statement on the History of Racist Violence in the United States (June 2020)

  George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers cannot be understood in isolation, as a tragic moment detached from a familiar narrative of “who we as Americans really are.” What happened to George Floyd stands well within our national tradition.

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  6/23/2020
  

  AHA Receives Major NEH Grant to Fund COVID-19 Initiative

  The American Historical Association is launching a major new initiative to help our members and their colleagues with the challenges of being a historian, and a history teacher, in a virtual environment.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA Perspectives on History
  10/7/19
  

  American Historical Association Announces 2019 Prize Winners

  Dozens of historians will be recognized for their exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects.

• 
• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  9/9/19
  

  AHA Ends First-Round Job Interviews at Annual AHA Conference

  American Historical Association ends annual meeting interviews and American Economic Association ends single hotel room interviews.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA
  Accessed 8/27/19
  

  American Historical Association Releases Statement on Domestic Terrorism, Bigotry, and History

  The statement was endorsed by many other scholarly organizations. 

• 
• 1/5/19
  

  What Can Historians Teach The Media In The Era of Trump? 4 Historians Weigh In

  by Kyla Sommers

  “Truth itself is under attack and expertise is suspect." So what role can historians play?

• 
• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  1/3/19
  

  Taking Stock of Gender History at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting 2019

  by Monica L. Mercado

  Why are so many scholars taking stock of gender history and women in the historical profession now?

• 
• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  7-9-18
  

  Where Historians Work

  The American Historical Association this week launches Where Historians Work an online tool tracking career outcomes for the more than 8,500 historians who earned their Ph.D.s at U.S. institutions between 2004 and 2014.