In #AHAPerspectives, @drkyliesmith.bsky.social shares how she approaches teaching history to her nursing students. “Students need to learn a broad conception of history that explores the economic and political forces that shape their patients’ lives, as well as their own profession.” 🗃️
Nurses Need History Too – AHA
Teaching history to nursing students gives essential context to the healthcare systems they work in.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, @drkyliesmith.bsky.social shares how she approaches teaching history to her nursing students. “Students need to learn a broad conception of history that explores the economic and political forces that shape their patients’ lives, as well as their own profession.” 🗃️
The Long Overdue Project at #AHAPerspectives aims to publish obituaries for historians of color whose passing the AHA did not mark. Learn more about the project, read the tributes, and contact us if you'd like to contribute 🗃️:
Long Overdue - AHA
About the Project Perspectives on History launched the Long Overdue project in 2023 as part of the Racist Histories and the AHA initiative. Long Overdue aims to publish obituaries for historians of co...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Long Overdue Project at #AHAPerspectives aims to publish obituaries for historians of color whose passing the AHA did not mark. Learn more about the project, read the tributes, and contact us if you'd like to contribute 🗃️:
In #AHAPerspectives, we have two paired pieces this week about the value of teaching history to students outside history departments.
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️
Why Should I Know History? – AHA
Higher education and student affairs programs can benefit from learning the history of higher education.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, we have two paired pieces this week about the value of teaching history to students outside history departments.
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️
The AHA supports the historians who work for the National Park Service and the hundreds of parks and national historic sites they preserve and interpret. Check out our #AHAPerspectives series on the historical work of NPS. 🗃️
History & Public Policy - AHA
AHA Advocacy at the Federal Level Supporting Robust Funding for History & the Humanities The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our adv...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The AHA supports the historians who work for the National Park Service and the hundreds of parks and national historic sites they preserve and interpret. Check out our #AHAPerspectives series on the historical work of NPS. 🗃️
Trish Patel pitches me an article approximately yearly, and every time it's completely different and totally fascinating.
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
“Mixed Masala” – AHA
A historian of the Indian Ocean world contexualizes Zohran Mamdani’s family history and complicated identity.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Trish Patel pitches me an article approximately yearly, and every time it's completely different and totally fascinating.
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
From #AHAPerspectives in 2021: "The flag that disgraced the Capitol on January 6 is a product of the history that produced a reconciliation infused with injustice and dependent on voter suppression for its survival," wrote Kevin Boyle and James Grossman. 🗃️
A Starting Point – AHA
The braided relationship between history and civics will make January 6, 2021, a central concern in classrooms and other educational venues across the country. What stories might we tell to show that ...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
From #AHAPerspectives in 2021: "The flag that disgraced the Capitol on January 6 is a product of the history that produced a reconciliation infused with injustice and dependent on voter suppression for its survival," wrote Kevin Boyle and James Grossman. 🗃️
Before you head to Chicago for #AHA26, read about this year's co-headquarters and its role in American politics in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
The Hilton Chicago – AHA
The Hilton Chicago, co-headquarters of the 2026 AHA annual meeting, has a storied past.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Before you head to Chicago for #AHA26, read about this year's co-headquarters and its role in American politics in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
"Wartime rules of engagement are not some 'woke' constraint curbing military effectiveness as Secretary Hegseth would lead us to believe” writes Gregory A. Daddis in #AHAPerspectives, “they are—and long have been—the primary means of regulating the use of force in armed conflict." 🗃️
When “Rules” No Longer Apply – AHA
Disdaining wartime rules of engagement, whether during the Cold War or today, are counterproductive to US military operations.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Wartime rules of engagement are not some 'woke' constraint curbing military effectiveness as Secretary Hegseth would lead us to believe” writes Gregory A. Daddis in #AHAPerspectives, “they are—and long have been—the primary means of regulating the use of force in armed conflict." 🗃️
Timely piece today at #AHAPerspectives from Gregory A. Daddis, who looks to the Eisenhower administration for precedents for today's rhetoric around the military and rules of engagement. 🗃️
When “Rules” No Longer Apply – AHA
Disdaining wartime rules of engagement, whether during the Cold War or today, are counterproductive to US military operations.
www.historians.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Timely piece today at #AHAPerspectives from Gregory A. Daddis, who looks to the Eisenhower administration for precedents for today's rhetoric around the military and rules of engagement. 🗃️
In #AHAPerspectives, read a Long Overdue tribute to C. L. R. James, journalist and historian, who died in 1989. 🗃️
C. L. R. James (1901–89) – AHA
This Long Overdue tribute honors C. L. R. James, journalist and historian, who died in 1989.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, read a Long Overdue tribute to C. L. R. James, journalist and historian, who died in 1989. 🗃️
Now that lots of #AHAPerspectives authors are here, a thread of great articles by superb historians! (In no particular order) 🧵🗃️
November 15, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Now that lots of #AHAPerspectives authors are here, a thread of great articles by superb historians! (In no particular order) 🧵🗃️
September marks 140 years since the first annual AHA meeting. Executive director James Grossman is “struck by the resonances as well as the differences” with today’s conference, as he writes in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
Exchanging Ideas and Widening Acquaintance – AHA
In 1884, the first AHA annual meeting was attended by 25 men. The event has changed greatly in the intervening 140 years.
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August 27, 2024 at 6:32 PM
September marks 140 years since the first annual AHA meeting. Executive director James Grossman is “struck by the resonances as well as the differences” with today’s conference, as he writes in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
“Canoes and their history can help teachers engage students by making connections . . . grounded in the material world of flowing water or wooden boats,” writes Scot McFarlane in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
The Canoe – AHA
Canoes have long been used along oceans, estuaries, rivers, and lakes and portaged across dry land.
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November 14, 2024 at 4:33 PM
“Canoes and their history can help teachers engage students by making connections . . . grounded in the material world of flowing water or wooden boats,” writes Scot McFarlane in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
From #AHAPerspectives in 2022: As a historian of American law and women, Linda K. Kerber looked at Dobbs v. Jackson and other recent SCOTUS decisions as a serious departure from previous jurisprudence. "Where, oh where, is stare decisis?" she wrote. 🗃️
Frightened – AHA
After more than 50 years as a historian, Linda K. Kerber worries about the future of legal protections in the United States.
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June 24, 2024 at 8:43 PM
From #AHAPerspectives in 2022: As a historian of American law and women, Linda K. Kerber looked at Dobbs v. Jackson and other recent SCOTUS decisions as a serious departure from previous jurisprudence. "Where, oh where, is stare decisis?" she wrote. 🗃️
A team at the University of Texas at Austin spent over a year reimagining the traditional academic conference as an online event. They report on the results in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
The Long Conference – AHA
With the 2022 Lozano Long Conference, Latin Americanists were able to connect across the globe via presentations, discussions, and articles.
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September 10, 2024 at 3:54 PM
A team at the University of Texas at Austin spent over a year reimagining the traditional academic conference as an online event. They report on the results in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
From #AHAPerspectives in 2015: The 1969 Stonewall riots are often considered a turning point for the LGBTQ movement. Christopher Adam Mitchell described some of the myths and differing narratives generated by Stonewall. 🗃️
Stonewall’s Contested History – AHA
The Stonewall Riot, Rebellion, or Uprising occurred over three nights late in June 1969 following a police raid on what was one of NYC’s most popular gay bars.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
From #AHAPerspectives in 2015: The 1969 Stonewall riots are often considered a turning point for the LGBTQ movement. Christopher Adam Mitchell described some of the myths and differing narratives generated by Stonewall. 🗃️
In #AHAPerspectives, Anne Gray Fischer writes about teaching a LGBTQ+ public history course in Texas just before the DEI ban went into effect last fall. 🗃️
Teaching LGBTQ+ History: A Dispatch from Texas
As states pass legislation targeting DEI efforts, one historian offers her experience teaching LGBTQ+ history in these challenging times.
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April 9, 2024 at 7:02 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, Anne Gray Fischer writes about teaching a LGBTQ+ public history course in Texas just before the DEI ban went into effect last fall. 🗃️
Historians know that sometimes you must examine thousands of similar documents to understand one’s significance. @mappermundi.bsky.social shares such an experience in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
Incomplete Paperwork
In early 14th-century France, one town was built upon a modern foundation: the blank form.
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November 30, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Historians know that sometimes you must examine thousands of similar documents to understand one’s significance. @mappermundi.bsky.social shares such an experience in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
As a frequent contributor to amicus briefs, historian @earlymodjustice.bsky.social argues that court "cases make clear how relevant history is." Read more in her contribution to the "What Is Scholarship Today?" feature in #AHAPerspectives 🗃️:
Becoming a Friend of the Court – AHA
For 10 years, Holly Brewer has been using her historical expertise to write amicus briefs.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As a frequent contributor to amicus briefs, historian @earlymodjustice.bsky.social argues that court "cases make clear how relevant history is." Read more in her contribution to the "What Is Scholarship Today?" feature in #AHAPerspectives 🗃️:
Deadline extended! The AHA is seeking three graduate students to write a series of two columns each for online publication in #AHAPerspectives. Apply by Sunday, April 27 to hone your writing skills and share what you do as a historian with a wide audience! 🗃️
Want to Write for the AHA? – AHA
Submit your application by Sunday, April 27!
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April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Deadline extended! The AHA is seeking three graduate students to write a series of two columns each for online publication in #AHAPerspectives. Apply by Sunday, April 27 to hone your writing skills and share what you do as a historian with a wide audience! 🗃️
From #AHAPerspectives in 2021: "If we don’t pay attention to history museums and historic sites as they lead the charge toward responsive, urgent, civic-oriented work, we miss out on key resources for our lives, our communities, and our nation," warns Caroline Klibanoff. 🗃️
History Museums Are Vibrant Civic Spaces
History museums contribute to a vibrant civic culture yet were all but ignored in the New York Times' recent Museums section.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
From #AHAPerspectives in 2021: "If we don’t pay attention to history museums and historic sites as they lead the charge toward responsive, urgent, civic-oriented work, we miss out on key resources for our lives, our communities, and our nation," warns Caroline Klibanoff. 🗃️
Since 2007, many have used the 5 Cs of historical thinking in their teaching. Yet the four producers of Dig: A History Podcast argue in #AHAPerspectives that an essential 6th C is missing from that framework. 🗃️
What about Continuity? A Sixth C of Historical Thinking
Since 2007, many have been using the five Cs framework in their teaching. Is it time to add a sixth?
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March 13, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Since 2007, many have used the 5 Cs of historical thinking in their teaching. Yet the four producers of Dig: A History Podcast argue in #AHAPerspectives that an essential 6th C is missing from that framework. 🗃️
"If you visit Athens, you’ll find several common items at souvenir shops"—including, as Ellery Weir writes, the snake bracelet. Learn about the history of this jewelry around the Mediterranean and beyond in the latest #EverythingHasAHistory article in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
Snake Bracelet – AHA
From ancient Egypt to the 20th century, snake bracelets have taken on different meanings across the globe.
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January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"If you visit Athens, you’ll find several common items at souvenir shops"—including, as Ellery Weir writes, the snake bracelet. Learn about the history of this jewelry around the Mediterranean and beyond in the latest #EverythingHasAHistory article in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
Erica Lally's two #AHAPerspectives summer columns are now online! 🗃️
In the first, Erica discussed how she has incorporated trauma-informed pedagogy into her teaching:
In the first, Erica discussed how she has incorporated trauma-informed pedagogy into her teaching:
Predictability, Community, and Reflection – AHA
What is trauma-informed pedagogy? How can historians use it?
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August 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Erica Lally's two #AHAPerspectives summer columns are now online! 🗃️
In the first, Erica discussed how she has incorporated trauma-informed pedagogy into her teaching:
In the first, Erica discussed how she has incorporated trauma-informed pedagogy into her teaching:
“As a scrappy print publication crafted by amateurs, Punk was the embodiment of punk culture’s DIY ethic: a firm belief that individuals should express themselves by creating their own culture on their own terms.” In #AHAPerspectives, Grant Wong writes about Punk magazine. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
Punk Magazine – AHA
Punk magazine embodied—and helped define—the DIY ethic of punk culture in the 1970s.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“As a scrappy print publication crafted by amateurs, Punk was the embodiment of punk culture’s DIY ethic: a firm belief that individuals should express themselves by creating their own culture on their own terms.” In #AHAPerspectives, Grant Wong writes about Punk magazine. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️