AHA

• 
• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  5/20/19
  

  On the Recent Executive Order on"Free Inquiry" in Higher Education

  by James Grossman and Edward Liebow

  President Donald Trump’s executive order of March 21 on “free inquiry, transparency, and accountability in colleges and universities” is a textbook example of a classic negotiating ploy—misdirection. 

• 
• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  4/30/19
  

  Attack on the AHA Couldn’t Be More Wrong

  by Joy Connolly

  "As interim President of a large public graduate school, I believe passionately in providing education that empowers students to make the most of their lives, whether or not they pursue careers in the academy."

• 
• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  4/26/19
  

  A Moral Stain on the Profession

  by Daniel Bessner and Michael Brenes

  As the humanities collapse, it’s time to name and shame the culprits.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA Perspectives
  4/15/19
  

  The Fate of the "AHA Interview"

  by John R. McNeill

  Even if in-person interviews yield more useful information than videoconferencing, the economic argument for abandoning the tradition is hard to resist.

• 
• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  2/12/19
  

  The Letters Can Wait

  American Historical Association says hiring committees shouldn't ask for letters of recommendation until candidates pass a first look.

• 
• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  1/28/19
  

  The 2019 AHA Jobs Report

  A Closer Look at Faculty Hiring

• 
• 1-5-18
  

  UPDATED Highlights of the 2019 AHA Annual Meeting

  by HNN Staff

  What's happening at this year's annual meeting of the American Historical Association. 

• 
• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  10-2-18
  

  American Historical Association report reveals harassment and demeaning behavior at its meetings

  Historians join political scientists in documenting the unprofessional and illegal behavior women experience at annual gatherings.

• 
• 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.

• 
• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  6-29-18
  

  A Maverick Candidate’s Message to the AHA: Elect More Adjuncts

  A medievalist petitions her way onto the ballot for the American Historical Association’s council.

• 
• SOURCE: American Historical Association website
  2-22-18 (accessed)
  

  AHA President Mary Beth Norton says ending sexual harassment is a high priority

  by Mary Beth Norton

  In a report to members she lays out the multi-pronged approach the organization is taking.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA
  12-12-17 (accessed)
  

  AHA says it’s feasible to stop the proposed tax on grad student tuition waivers

  The organization urges members to contact their members of Congress.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA Today
  11-2-17
  

  Upcoming sessions at the AHA will reveal how medieval history has been distorted by white supremacists

  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."

• 
• SOURCE: AHA
  10-24-17 (accessed)
  

  The theme of the 2019 annual meeting of the American Historical Association will be “Loyalties”

  by Mary Beth Norton, Claire Bond Potter, and Brian W. Ogilvie

  The determination to maintain old loyalties or devise new ones can become a foundation for building nations, waging war, transforming and imagining new forms of human community.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA
  10-24-17 (accessed)
  

  Historians will be discussing these current events at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Historical Association

  Topics include how museums should remember plantation slavery, Chicano history and the role of historians as public intellectuals.

• 
• SOURCE: Retraction Watch
  7-6-17 (accessed)
  

  Columbia’s Charles K. Armstrong returns prize for high-profile book with 70+ corrections

  The AHA had awarded the book the Fairbank prize in 2014.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA
  5-23-17
  

  AHA joins protest of Trump’s plan for drastic cuts to the NEH

  The administration is budgeting just enough money to shut down the agency and to honor pre-existing grant commitments.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA
  5-9-17 (accessed)
  

  Study: An average of 3/4ths of students enrolled in US History introductory courses get a C or better but thousands fail

  by Andrew K. Koch

  Race, family income levels, gender, and status as a first-generation college student are the best predictors of who will or will not succeed.

• 
• SOURCE: AHA Today
  3-16-17
  

  American Historical Association calls on members to contact Congress immediately about Trump’s cuts to NEH & NEA

  "Because so much is at stake, the AHA asks our members to contact their representatives in Congress as soon as possible to register strong objections to the massive cuts to programs essential to the cultivation of our national heritage and civic culture."

• 
• SOURCE: AHA Today
  10-26-16
  

  Alex Lichtenstein to serve as next Editor of the American Historical Review

  Lichtenstein is professor of history at Indiana University, where he teaches US and South African history.