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The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions.
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From #AHAPerspectives in 2024: Lauren Mancia reflects on how her child’s emotional reaction to Christian art provided her with "new insight into how scholars can uncover medieval historical experience." 🗃️
Embodied Knowledge – AHA
What can a third grader teach a historian about her craft?
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December 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
From #AHAPerspectives in 2024: Lauren Mancia reflects on how her child’s emotional reaction to Christian art provided her with "new insight into how scholars can uncover medieval historical experience." 🗃️
Current K-12 teachers at public schools in Chicago are eligible to receive free registration to #AHA26. Send a request from your school email address to the AHA’s annual meeting email for a discount code. 🗃️
Annual Meeting - AHA
Join Us at the Annual Meeting Connect with Your Community Since 1884, the American Historical Association annual meeting has been the premier gathering for historians to come together to share researc...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Current K-12 teachers at public schools in Chicago are eligible to receive free registration to #AHA26. Send a request from your school email address to the AHA’s annual meeting email for a discount code. 🗃️
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The NACBS has joined @historians.org amicus brief in support of Harvard University's lawsuit against the federal government over the university's ability to host foreign scholars and students. Read the full brief at the link below.
Today, the AHA & CREW filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education. 🗃️
AHA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Foreign Scholars - AHA
The American Historical Association (AHA), in collaboration with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), has filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit again...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The NACBS has joined @historians.org amicus brief in support of Harvard University's lawsuit against the federal government over the university's ability to host foreign scholars and students. Read the full brief at the link below.
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My colleagues have been working on this since June, so it’s a big day to see it finally finished and filed. And just thrilled that 17 other scholarly orgs joined.
Today, the AHA & CREW filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education. 🗃️
AHA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Foreign Scholars - AHA
The American Historical Association (AHA), in collaboration with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), has filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit again...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My colleagues have been working on this since June, so it’s a big day to see it finally finished and filed. And just thrilled that 17 other scholarly orgs joined.
Join us for the #AHA26 online orientation on Monday 1/5, at 2 p.m. ET. All are welcome, especially first-time annual meeting attendees. Orientation participants will be able to ask questions about the meeting in an informal setting & meet the staff who pull the whole thing together. Register here🗃️
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Everything You Need to Know About AHA26: An Online Orientation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Planning to attend AHA26 this January? If so, we hope you’ll join us for this online orientation on Monday, January 5, from 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. ET. All are welcome, especially first-time annual meeting ...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Join us for the #AHA26 online orientation on Monday 1/5, at 2 p.m. ET. All are welcome, especially first-time annual meeting attendees. Orientation participants will be able to ask questions about the meeting in an informal setting & meet the staff who pull the whole thing together. Register here🗃️
Today, the AHA & CREW filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education. 🗃️
AHA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Foreign Scholars - AHA
The American Historical Association (AHA), in collaboration with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), has filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit again...
www.historians.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today, the AHA & CREW filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education. 🗃️
Since its launch in 2015, the AHA’s Career Contacts program has arranged hundreds of informational interviews between history students and historians who have built careers beyond the professoriate. Sign up for an interview today! 🗃️
AHA Career Contacts - AHA
Careers for Historians Interested in learning more about careers for historians? Sign up for the AHA's Career Contacts program, which connects anyone with a graduate or undergraduate degree in history...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Since its launch in 2015, the AHA’s Career Contacts program has arranged hundreds of informational interviews between history students and historians who have built careers beyond the professoriate. Sign up for an interview today! 🗃️
#AHA26 will feature a number of workshops for attendees. These professional development opportunities include chances to get feedback on proposals or assignments, present your research at a lightning round, or get experience with a new teaching resource. 🗃️
AHA26 Workshops and Ticketed Events - AHA
The annual meeting features a number of workshops for attendees.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#AHA26 will feature a number of workshops for attendees. These professional development opportunities include chances to get feedback on proposals or assignments, present your research at a lightning round, or get experience with a new teaching resource. 🗃️
From professional conduct, to acknowledging collaborators, to research access and more, the AHA's Statements, Standards, and Guidelines of the Discipline touch on a wide range of topics that affect historians and their work. 🗃️
Standards & Guidelines for the Discipline - AHA
Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct This Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct addresses dilemmas and concerns about the practice of history that historians have regularly brought ...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
From professional conduct, to acknowledging collaborators, to research access and more, the AHA's Statements, Standards, and Guidelines of the Discipline touch on a wide range of topics that affect historians and their work. 🗃️
For information about accessibility at the #AHA26 annual meeting, the hotels, and transportation around Chicago, check out our Accessibility Guide. 🗃️
AHA26 Accessibility Guide - AHA
Information about accessibility at the annual meeting and in the hotels.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
For information about accessibility at the #AHA26 annual meeting, the hotels, and transportation around Chicago, check out our Accessibility Guide. 🗃️
From #AHAOnline in February 2023: Watch the recording of “Don’t Say Gay, Stop WOKE, Banned Books, and Anti-Trans Laws: Teaching Through the Backlash,” a roundtable discussion with Anita Kurimay, Wesley Phelps, @jeremycyoung.bsky.social, and moderator @tenuredradical.bsky.social. 🗃️
Don’t Say Gay, Stop WOKE, Banned Books, and Anti-Trans Laws: Teaching Through the Backlash
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December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
From #AHAOnline in February 2023: Watch the recording of “Don’t Say Gay, Stop WOKE, Banned Books, and Anti-Trans Laws: Teaching Through the Backlash,” a roundtable discussion with Anita Kurimay, Wesley Phelps, @jeremycyoung.bsky.social, and moderator @tenuredradical.bsky.social. 🗃️
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gonna need to order a 100 or so for the office. I like to hand these out to new majors (to give to their parents, as often as not)
The AHA’s Careers for History Majors booklet, revised and updated for 2026, contains new essays and resources for students seeking information on how majoring in history can set them up for career success. Preorder now for delivery in January. AHA members receive a 30% discount on all AHA booklets.🗃️
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December 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
gonna need to order a 100 or so for the office. I like to hand these out to new majors (to give to their parents, as often as not)
The AHA’s Careers for History Majors booklet, revised and updated for 2026, contains new essays and resources for students seeking information on how majoring in history can set them up for career success. Preorder now for delivery in January. AHA members receive a 30% discount on all AHA booklets.🗃️
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December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The AHA’s Careers for History Majors booklet, revised and updated for 2026, contains new essays and resources for students seeking information on how majoring in history can set them up for career success. Preorder now for delivery in January. AHA members receive a 30% discount on all AHA booklets.🗃️
The AHA recently announced the Community Action and Resource Exchange (CARE) network, which brings program brings historians together to discuss shared professional issues and concerns, exchange ideas, and collaborate on strategies and solutions that strengthen the discipline. Get involved today. 🗃️
AHA Community Action and Resource Exchange - AHA
The AHA’s Community Action and Resource Exchange (CARE) program brings historians together to discuss shared professional issues and concerns, exchange ideas, and collaborate on strategies and solutio...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The AHA recently announced the Community Action and Resource Exchange (CARE) network, which brings program brings historians together to discuss shared professional issues and concerns, exchange ideas, and collaborate on strategies and solutions that strengthen the discipline. Get involved today. 🗃️
In #AHAPerspectives, get a sneak peek of the December issue of the #AHR, including articles on postcolonial Korea, transportation history, revisiting the “Comfort Girls” of Report 49, as well as a diverse collection of History Lab works on Indigenous history, retrodiction, & museum exhibit curation.
Curating a City – AHA
Get a sneak peek of the December 2025 issue of the American Historical Review.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, get a sneak peek of the December issue of the #AHR, including articles on postcolonial Korea, transportation history, revisiting the “Comfort Girls” of Report 49, as well as a diverse collection of History Lab works on Indigenous history, retrodiction, & museum exhibit curation.
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. Learn more about our Teaching History with Integrity initiatives. 🗃️
Teaching History with Integrity | American Historical Association
AHA initiatives providing resources and support for history educators facing intensifying controversies about the teaching of the American past.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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. Learn more about our Teaching History with Integrity initiatives. 🗃️
New: The deadline for securing discounted hotel rates for the annual meeting through the AHA’s housing service has been extended to December 30. Be sure to book your room in the AHA’s hotel bloc before it fills up to stay in the heart of the action at #AHA26. Rooms start at just $129 before taxes.🗃️
Housing - AHA
Housing Book Housing The 2026 annual meeting will be held at the Hilton Chicago Hotel and the Palmer House, A Hilton Hotel on January 8-11, 2026. Rooms will also be available at The Blackstone Hotel (...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
New: The deadline for securing discounted hotel rates for the annual meeting through the AHA’s housing service has been extended to December 30. Be sure to book your room in the AHA’s hotel bloc before it fills up to stay in the heart of the action at #AHA26. Rooms start at just $129 before taxes.🗃️
In #AHAPerspectives, Henry D. Parrish Jr. writes about two brass scales he inherited from his grandfather’s farm and the values they represent. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
Chatillon’s Balance Scales – AHA
His inheritance of two brass scales used on his grandfather’s farm connect Henry D. Parrish Jr. to a tradition of trust.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, Henry D. Parrish Jr. writes about two brass scales he inherited from his grandfather’s farm and the values they represent. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
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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December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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. 🗃️
The AHA welcomes journalists and other media professionals to attend and participate in the world’s largest annual gathering of professional historians. Credentialed working journalists will be provided complimentary press registration to cover #AHA26. Register at the link. 🗃️
AHA26 Press Resources - AHA
We welcome journalists attend and participate in the world’s largest annual gathering of professional historians.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The AHA welcomes journalists and other media professionals to attend and participate in the world’s largest annual gathering of professional historians. Credentialed working journalists will be provided complimentary press registration to cover #AHA26. Register at the link. 🗃️
The AHA’s Guidelines on Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship lay the foundation for expanding what constitutes historical scholarship and can be adapted to any institution in which historians work and where historical scholarship is expected. Check them out at the link. 🗃️
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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December 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The AHA’s Guidelines on Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship lay the foundation for expanding what constitutes historical scholarship and can be adapted to any institution in which historians work and where historical scholarship is expected. Check them out at the link. 🗃️
The AHA recognizes that our colleagues in the federal govt. are facing unprecedented workforce reductions & furloughs & has compiled resources in support. We are offering one year of free membership in the AHA to former employees of the federal govt. who have been terminated or resigned since 1/20.
Resources for Federal Historians - AHA
Published March 2025, Updated October 2025. The American Historical Association supports historians employed by the federal government. We appreciate the important work they do every day to preserve, chronicle, and interpret American history. The AHA re...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The AHA recognizes that our colleagues in the federal govt. are facing unprecedented workforce reductions & furloughs & has compiled resources in support. We are offering one year of free membership in the AHA to former employees of the federal govt. who have been terminated or resigned since 1/20.
In #AHAPerspectives, #AHA26 program co-chair and high school teacher Katharina Matro shares the sessions on teaching she is most excited to attend. 🗃️
The Annual Meeting Is for Teachers, Chicago Edition – AHA
The 2026 annual meeting offers exciting sessions for teachers.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, #AHA26 program co-chair and high school teacher Katharina Matro shares the sessions on teaching she is most excited to attend. 🗃️
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Sarah Weicksel’s upcoming book, A Nation Unraveled, comes out from @uncpress.bsky.social on January 6. So the @historians.org staff took the opportunity today to celebrate her accomplishment before the holidays and #AHA26. uncpress.org/978146968914...
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sarah Weicksel’s upcoming book, A Nation Unraveled, comes out from @uncpress.bsky.social on January 6. So the @historians.org staff took the opportunity today to celebrate her accomplishment before the holidays and #AHA26. uncpress.org/978146968914...
#AHA26 will include lightning rounds on digital history projects, dissertations, and the research of early career scholars. Check out our guide to get you ready to participate. 🗃️
AHA Guide to Lightning Rounds - AHA
The annual meeting lightning rounds now include sessions on digital history projects, dissertations, and the research of early career scholars. This guide gives background on the format and tips for c...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#AHA26 will include lightning rounds on digital history projects, dissertations, and the research of early career scholars. Check out our guide to get you ready to participate. 🗃️