Explore the AHA’s Resource Library, with hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and more. 🗃️

“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.” —Natalie Zemon Davis, 1996. Read more about why history matters & the importance of historical thinking in public life.

The AHA has endorsed a resolution introduced by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley honoring Black history museums and cultural institutions. These institutions are “essential to telling the full story of our nation’s past,” said AHA executive director Sarah Weicksel. 🗃️

The AHA resolution: Black history museums and cultural institutions are essential to fulfilling the US's founding promises and telling the full, accurate history of our nation. www.historians.org/news/aha-end...

Teachers: Today is the last day to apply for NHD’s Revolutionary Ideals webinar series. Don’t miss this amazing professional development opportunity to learn with leading historians about American principles throughout history! Apply at https://tinyurl.com/NHD-RevIdeals or the link in bio.

AHA member Laura Dierksmeier has long been dedicated to community service, volunteering extensively. In her Member Spotlight, she reflects on how witnessing ongoing hardship inspired her to “focus on historical contexts to better understand and address present-day problems.” 🗃️

The AHA sent a letter to the Tennessee Senate Education Committee registering serious concerns about pending legislation mandating the teaching of the history of communism in public K–12 schools. “This is not good history. It will not provide a strong foundation for student learning.” 🗃️

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! 🗃️

Two weeks ago, three prominent historians gave a Congressional Briefing on vaccines, organized by @historians.org. A must watch as Surgeon General nominee Dr. Casey Means dodges so many important questions about vaccines. @bachynski.bsky.social

Looking for fresh ideas for your history classroom? The AHA’s Teaching & Learning Video Resources feature filmed workshops for K–12 educators on westward expansion, the Civil Rights movement, WWI, teaching with primary sources, using technology in the classroom, & more. Explore the playlist. 🗃️

CBI Research Fellow Cornell's Rebecca Slayton, Past CBI Tomash Fellows @babintsevak.bsky.social & Aaron Mendon-Plasek, & Vanderbilt's Sarah Igo are giving an @historians.org Congressional Briefing on AI, security & privacy. F. 27th 9am E. #histtech #ai #history www.historians.org/event/histor...

Federal, state, and local representatives rely on input from constituents to inform their decision-making. The AHA has developed guides intended to help AHA members, and the public more broadly, advocate for history, the work of historians, and history education.

On 2/27, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing on AI. Panelists Ekaterina Babintseva, Sarah Igo, Aaron Mendon-Plasek, Rebecca Slayton, & moderator Kathryn Cramer Brownell will provide historical context on privacy & national security issues that have been transformed by technology and now AI. 🗃️

For those who don't have access to the article (🙋‍♂️) Interview by @briandelay.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hist...

From #AHAPerspectives in 2021: Lawrence Reddick was "one of a generation of scholars working during the Jim Crow era who laid the groundwork for modern Black history," wrote David A. Varel on Reddick's career and segregation in the historical discipline. 🗃️

What are American students learning about our nation’s history? Claims about K–12 US history curriculum often circulate without a firm grounding in the evidence, but the AHA’s American Lesson Plan report offers research-based analysis. 🗃️

The AHA has signed on to a letter from the Alliance for Higher Education to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in response to Governor Kevin Stitt’s executive order regarding university tenure. 🗃️

Looking for historical context on tariffs? Watch the AHA’s Congressional Briefing on C-SPAN, featuring historians @douglasirwin.bsky.social, @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social, & @rauchway.bsky.social. They explore how federal tariff policy has shaped domestic & global economies. 🗃️

From #AHAPerspectives in 2018: Zoe Jackson reported on the history behind spring baseball training, "a history of both business and media." She also described how Jim Crow affected some teams' spring training decisions in the 1950s. 🗃️

The AHA's Congressional Briefings program offers historical expertise to congressional offices around many important issues. You can find resources & recordings on our website on topics including tariffs, deportation & immigration, AI, gerrymandering, housing policy, higher ed policy, & more. 🗃️

What is the value of an introductory college course in history? What are the most effective ways to train students in core elements of historical thinking? Find out with the AHA’s “Designing Introductory History Courses for Student Success” booklet. 🗃️

Sue Kozel served as a sworn expert history witness as part of a planning board application to build warehouses within 1,000 feet of a designated historic district in her neighborhood. “In cases like this, the historical evidence can itself be the guide for discussion & argument.” #AHAPerspectives 🗃️

Interested in learning about the Freedman’s Bank, the 26th Amendment, or the foundations of the Supreme Court? If so, apply for NHD’s Revolutionary Ideals webinar series! 2 teachers will be selected to participate & can earn graduate credits or professional development hours. Apps close on 2/27. 🗃️

Erin has done important work documenting the Rainbow Scare or Rainbow Panic of the 2020s. For more on how this has specifically impacted the work of historians check out www.historians.org/perspectives...

From #AHAPerspectives in 2021: Paul Droubie discusses the "confluence of issues—war, austerity, nationalism, and international opposition—that caused Tokyo, and in reality, Japan, to withdraw its offer to host the games and forfeit the 1940 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

The AHA sent a letter to Governor Kevin Stitt urging him to rescind an executive order encouraging the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education to gut existing tenure protections at state research universities and eliminate tenure outright at regional universities and community colleges. 🗃️

Using data, articles, and other AHA resources, the AHA’s Department Advocacy Toolkit can help department chairs, faculty, administrators, academic advisers, career counselors, and students argue for the value of studying history.

Today is the last day to submit your proposals for #AHA27. Our 2027 annual meeting will take place on January 7–10, 2027, in New Orleans. The Program Committee welcomes and encourages all historians to submit proposals.

So much joy here! Bringing hands-on history to children and their caregivers, supporting my UNH students, planning with @ksalex10.bsky.social, and working on this article with one of my first students @lmansley.bsky.social. Best of all, I got to do it with my son! The article is now online! 🗃️

#AHA26, which took place in Chicago from January 8–11, has been featured in a variety of news outlets. The Park Valley School District, the Library of Congress, and KNIA KRLS wrote about attendees’ and participants’ experiences, while the New York Times included coverage of a session at the meeting.

Deadline approaching: submit your proposals for #AHA27 by February 15, 2026. Our 2027 annual meeting will take place on January 7–10, 2027, in New Orleans. The Program Committee welcomes and encourages all historians to submit proposals.

🎶Churn, baby, churn STEAM night inferno Churn, baby, churn🎶

AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2026-27 research grants until February 15, 2026. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. 🗃️

Careers for History Majors, revamped and updated for 2026, 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. 🗃️

John Dewey, circa 1890: "Churn your own butter! Develop a sense of self-efficacy, social awareness, and historical grounding, all at the same time!" Way to go @historians.org! #education #history www.historians.org/perspectives...

AHA member Jana K. Lipman (Tulane Univ.) has published an article in New Lines magazine arguing that the “use of unlawful imprisonment during the ‘war on terror’ set the stage for the US government’s detentions and deportations today.” 🗃️

And at the other end of the student age spectrum, a team from UNH led by @ksalex10.bsky.social and @jlepler.bsky.social went to a local elementary school to inject some history fun into STEAM Night. 🗃️

In #AHAPerspectives, @slitrel.bsky.social shared her experiences teaching in a lifelong learning program, where students of age 50+ get excited about history they never learned or even revisit events from their own lifetimes. 🗃️

In #AHAPerspectives, @ksalex10.bsky.social and @jlepler.bsky.social share how they introduced the humanities to an elementary school’s annual STEAM night through an interactive butter-churning activity. 🗃️

The AHA has signed on to a letter by PEN America calling on Texas A&M University to rescind new policies that have censored course content and resulted in major revisions of course syllabi, cancellation of certain classes, and the closure of the university’s Women’s & Gender Studies Program. 🗃️

Latest piece, on the joy of creating courses for and teaching history to lifelong learners. The average age of my sharp, curious, and (in many cases) globe-trotting seniors? 70. "We may be old," said one such student, "but we're not dead yet." #lifelonglearning

So happy to read this, especially as Suzanne is an alum of @umichgradschool.bsky.social !

In #AHAPerspectives, Suzanne M. Litrel describes teaching history to students in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, “reaching out to older learners in a low-stakes environment, I’ve found, rekindles or even jump-starts their love of history.” 🗃️

Explore the AHA’s Resource Library, with hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and more.

From #AHAPerspectives in 2018: Zita Cristina Nunes described how Dorothy Porter successfully built @howard.edu's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, one of the world’s leading repositories for Black history and culture, and the legacy of her work for contemporary scholars. 🗃️

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.

On 2/11, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on vaccines. Panelists Elena Conis, David M. Oshinsky, Michael Willrich, & moderator Sarah Weicksel will discuss how public perception & the role of the federal government in vaccination has changed over time. 🗃️

AHA Council member Pragya Kaul Guido has been selected as a speaker for the Leo Baeck Institute’s 2026 Lecture Series. The series brings together leading historians and researchers to explore how Germany’s turbulent past continues to influence its identity, politics, and collective memory today.

On the latest episode of #HistoryinFocus, @danieljstory.bsky.social reflects on his time at #AHA26, where he sat down with Stacy Hartman from @acls1919.bsky.social to discuss Doctoral Futures, a collaborative project seeking to address the multifaceted challenges facing doctoral education today. 🗃️

An interview with AHA member Mary Nolan (New York Univ.) was featured in Italian media outlet Corriere Della Sera’s Europe Matters newsletter. Nolan spoke with the outlet about US–European relations and spheres of influence in the transatlantic world.