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. 🗃️

From #AHAPerspectives in 2020: During the HIV/AIDS epidemic the surgical mask was a sign of homophobia, explains Heather Murray, while COVID-19 may transform it into a gesture of communal solidarity. 🗃️

Ahead of #AHA26 in Chicago, check out our Resources & Guides to learn about our annual meeting policies, accessibility, travel, resources for speakers and undergraduates, and much more. 🗃️

and again for the @historians.org www.historians.org/perspectives...

Attending #AHA26? @adinapopescu.com has useful tips for those wanting to meet with editors there. 🗃️

For information about accessibility at the #AHA26 annual meeting, the hotels, and transportation around Chicago, check out our Accessibility Guide. 🗃️

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 developed Guidelines for Acknowledgment of Collaborators, noting that “attention to the acknowledgment of collaborators is critical…as a bedrock principle of professional historical work and scholarship.” 🗃️

Join the AHA and thousands of your professional colleagues at #AHA26 in Chicago from January 8–11, 2026. Start planning your trip today—visit our website to view the program, download the meeting app, register to attend, and book your hotel room! 🗃️

The #FreedomToLearn our nation’s history is under siege. The AHA combats bills restricting history education and provides resources and support for educators advocating for #HonestHistory. Learn more about our Teaching History with Integrity initiatives.

The executive director invites nominations from all members of the Association for offices with terms beginning in January 2027. Learn more about the offices and schedule for nominations and elections at #AHAPerspectives.

In the #AHA26 app, browse sessions grouped by topic or theme using our thematic tracks. From local history to African history, legal history to gender history, career development sessions to sessions for undergraduates, there's a track for everyone at the meeting. Download it today! 🗃️

How does the public perceive and engage with the discipline of history and the past? Check out the results of a national survey that explored these issues, conducted by the AHA and Fairleigh Dickinson University with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 🗃️

The American Historical Association promotes the critical role of historical thinking in public life, defends academic freedom, develops professional standards, and supports scholarship and teaching. Learn about our recent advocacy actions on our website. 🗃️

#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. 🗃️

NEW PUBLICATION Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...

Thank you to Allison S. Finkelstein, senior historian at the Arlington National Cemetery, for giving the AHA staff a tour yesterday. 🗃️

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. 🗃️

Whit Barringer, AHA program and data analyst, is posting live updates regarding the Texas State Board of Education social studies TEKS revision on her Bluesky account. Follow this thread for updates. 🗃️

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.

was fun to work on this with @rhigarthjones.bsky.social - about choosing different ways to talk to different publics

In #AHAPerspectives, Rhiannon Garth Jones and Matthew Gabriele argue for moving away from the traditional bibliography in trade books and toward something more conversational to engage with the wider public. 🗃️

Join the AHA and thousands of your professional colleagues at #AHA26 in Chicago from January 8–11, 2026. Start planning your trip today—visit our website to view the program, download the meeting app, register to attend, and book your hotel room. 🗃️

Good morning! Texas is revising its K-12 social studies standards (TEKS) for 5.5 million kids, & the State Board of Education (SBOE) is meeting today to discuss their progress today. I will be live-tweeting (posting?) about anything that concerns social studies. Follow this thread for updates!

A timeline of American immigration history from the handout accompanying the AHA’s Congressional Briefing on the history of deportation was offered as a suggested resource in a New York Times lesson plan on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. 🗃️

The AHA's Vetted Resources compile materials that have been professionally vetted by historians, offering instructors access to high-quality accessibility guides, pedagogy resources, and materials specific to a range of places, eras, topics, and fields that meet professional standards.🗃️

In Germany, historians are wrapping up a 20-year project to investigate the Nazi involvement of postwar West Germany government officials. Samuel Miner writes about what the project did and what future work could include in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️

In #AHAPerspectives, Samuel Miner reflects on the end of a 20-year project examining the postwar history of West German federal ministries and their Nazi pasts. 🗃️

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.🗃️

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On 11/19, the Texas SBOE will discuss the process for revising the TEKS standards for social studies. The AHA encourages Texas residents to submit testimony & contact your elected officials to share concerns about attempts to politicize the social studies TEKS. Read our action alert to learn more. 🗃️

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. 🗃️

The AHA has updated our Guide for Contending with Online Harassment, offering recs to support members who are targets of online harassment. "Historians have the right to expect that discussion of their historical work will be conducted in a civil manner, free from harassment and intimidation." 🗃️

Wide-ranging interview with transnational historian Erika Pani by Ben Vinson III for @historians.org — so many gems, and loving her work on showing just how intertwined 19c US & Mexico really were. https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/an-exciting-political-laboratory/

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. 🗃️

Planning to attend #AHA26 in Chicago in January? Applications are due November 15 for grants to support your travel as well as childcare costs. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️

This is one of the reasons truth in history is so very important - to make a better more informed future. Americans need to take this same attitude.

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.” #FreedomToLearn #HonestHistory 🗃️

From #AHAPerspectives in May: Megan Porter came home from #AHA25 energized by her participation in a new program for teachers. "This weekend of telling stories about our shared work and passion had reconnected me with my professional self." 🗃️

In #AHAPerspectives, executive director Sarah Weicksel introduces the AHA’s new Doctoral Futures initiative, which “seeks to reimagine humanities PhD programs, with new structures, policies, and academic cultures that will help to prepare the next generation.” 🗃️

For information about accessibility at the #AHA26 annual meeting, the hotels, and transportation around Chicago, check out our Accessibility Guide. 🗃️

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. 🗃️

#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. 🗃️

TODAY, at 3:00 p.m. ET, join the National Humanities Alliance for a free federal advocacy primer that reviews the appropriations process, gives a funding overview of humanities policy priorities, and examines how you can have an advocacy impact without ever leaving home. Register at the link. 🗃️

In his final column, AHA president Ben Vinson III interviews Erika Pani, historian of Mexico and author of Torn Asunder. 🗃️

Instructors can help their students attend #AHA26 by taking part in our discounted group rate program. For an additional fee of only $25 for each K-12, undergraduate, & graduate student ($35 after Dec 15), AHA members can register their students to attend. Register today! 🗃️

We just restocked with a second printing of this booklet! Check it out.

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. 🗃️

I'm incredibly moved by this piece by @lmansley.bsky.social in AHA's Perspectives on History. I've watched Laura's professional track over the years and I've been proud to be a small part of her journey. Please read and share widely! I also think it's an important piece to share with grad students.

From #AHAPerspectives in 2015: Nancy F. Cott explains how the Supreme Court's landmark decision on same-sex marriage featured differences in historical interpretation of the institution of marriage in the majority and dissenting opinions. 🗃️