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From in 2018: Kritika Agarwal examined how the field of trans history has developed and possibilities for future scholarship. She noted, "trans history also offers an entry point to gender history and LGBT history." @histodons https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/what-is-trans-history-from-activist-and-academic-roots-a-field-takes-shape-may-2018/

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Youth movements are not uniquely American. In , John Delury and Jeffrey Wasserstrom discuss three East Asian protests that teach us something about today. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/may-2024/thinking-globally-about-student-protest-precedents-from-east-asia

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Deadline approaching: submit nominations for the AHA’s awards and prizes by May 15. The AHA recognizes outstanding historical work of many types, including exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring, film, and digital projects and resources. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes

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The AHA’s Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award honors teachers of history who taught, guided, and inspired their students in a way that changed their lives. Nominate the graduate mentor who meant the most to you by May 15. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/nancy-lyman-roelker-mentorship-award

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Submit nominations for the AHA's Beveridge Family Teaching Prize by May 15. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in elementary, middle school, and secondary history teaching, including career contributions and specific initiatives. The 2024 prize will be awarded to a group, who can be recognized either for excellence in teaching or for an innovative initiative applicable to the entire field. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/beveridge-family-teaching-prize

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The AHA has issued a statement “deplor[ing] recent decisions among college and university administrators to draw on local and state police forces to evict peaceful demonstrators.” @histodons https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-advocacy/aha-statement-on-2024-campus-protests-(may-2024)

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Join us for “Teaching with Historiography” on Wednesday, May 8, 4 PM ET, featuring Agnieszka Aya Marczyk (Yale Univ.), Abby Reisman (Univ. of Pennsylvania), and Brenda Santos (Brown Univ.). Using recent publications in the American Historical Review as a launching point, attendees will learn methods for designing curricular materials or historiography-based inquiries that support student historiographic thinking. @histodons https://www.historians.org/aha-online

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The William and Edwyna Gilbert Award for the Best Article on Teaching History recognizes outstanding contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of articles in journals, magazines, and other serials. Submit nominations by May 15. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/william-and-edwyna-gilbert-award

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Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/roy-rosenzweig-prize

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The AHA’s Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award honors teachers of history who taught, guided, and inspired their students in a way that changed their lives. Nominate the graduate mentor who meant the most to you by May 15. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/nancy-lyman-roelker-mentorship-award

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Graduate students: looking to hone your writing skills? Apply by April 21 to be an summer columnist! Columnists will write about a theme of their choosing in two related columns. Columnists will receive a 1-year AHA membership and honorarium. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/march-2024/want-to-write-for-the-aha-apply-to-become-a-emperspectives/em-summer-columnist

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The AHA’s John Lewis Award for History and Social Justice recognizes a historian for leadership and sustained engagement at the intersection of historical work, public culture, and social justice. Submit nominations by May 15. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/john-lewis-award-for-history-and-social-justice

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The AHA's Herbert Feis Award is offered annually to recognize distinguished contributions to public history, broadly defined. Individuals and collaborative groups are eligible to apply. Submit nominations by May 15. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/herbert-feis-award

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Every history dissertation title, searchable in one place: The AHA’s Directory of History Dissertations contains over 57,000 titles of dissertations completed or in progress at 204 history departments in the US and Canada. @histodons https://secure.historians.org/members/services/cgi-bin/memberdll.dll/info?wrp=dissertations.htm

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On the latest episode of , producer Matt Hermane speaks with Agnieszka Aya Marczyk, Abby Reisman, and Brenda Santos about their piece “Teaching Historiography: Testimony and the Study of the Holocaust.” Then Conor Howard hears from Woody Holton on his article “Chilling Affects: The Far Right Takes Aim at Black History.” @histodons https://www.historians.org/teaching-historiography-plus-chilling-affects

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The AHA Equity Awards recognize and publicize those who have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historical discipline. The 2024 award will be for an institution. Submit nominations by May 15. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes/equity-award

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Watch the AHA’s Mapping the Landscape of Secondary US History Education team share their research from the field and discuss how history's civic function in K–12 education is faring in a polarized moment. Our project team has interviewed and surveyed social studies administrators and US history teachers and assessed state-level legislation and district-level curricula in states around the US. @histodons https://youtu.be/2rpu_RMjpJQ

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Need something to listen to this weekend? Check out the American Historical Review's podcast. Go behind the scenes with the world's leading history journal as we explore the who, what, how, and why of doing history in the 21st century. @histodons https://www.historians.org/history-in-focus

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Looking for a historian for your conference panel or to compare research notes? The AHA’s Directory of History Departments and Organizations lets you search nearly 16,000 historians by specialization, academic rank/category, and more. @histodons https://secure.historians.org/members/services/cgi-bin/memberdll.dll/openpage?wrp=search_historian.htm

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In April 2023, the Society of American Archivists and the AHA hosted an online roundtable about the current controversies surrounding presidential records, “History Behind the Headlines: Presidential Records Act." This event featured moderator Peniel E. Joseph (Univ. of Texas at Austin) and panelists Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt Univ.), Timothy Naftali (New York Univ.), and Trudy Huskamp Peterson (former acting archivist of the United States). @histodons https://youtu.be/d6z0a2rxtHg

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The AHR’s March issue features a forum on digitized newspapers, bringing together historians, literature scholars, digital archivists, and scholars located in information schools. They explore how collection, curation, and use matter. @histodons https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad496

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The AHA’s Guidelines on Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship lay the foundation for expanding what constitutes historical scholarship & can be adapted to any institution in which historians work & where historical scholarship is expected. @histodons https://www.historians.org/definitions

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Nominations for the AHA’s 2024 awards are due on May 15. But what happens after you nominate someone for a prize? Go behind the scenes of the awards and prizes in . @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/march-2024/awards-and-prizes-behind-the-scenes-at-the-aha

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Corn congee “is a true fusion of flavors, reflecting the evolving Chinese American culinary experience,” Ke Zhao writes. It’s also delicious! Check out the dish’s history, as well as a recipe, in . @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/march-2024/bridging-cultures-nourishing-souls-the-melting-pot-symphony-of-chinese-american-congee

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The American Historical Review’s March 2024 issue is now available. This issue features articles and forums that rethink approaches to intellectual, migration, imperial, Indigenous, and digital histories. @histodons https://academic.oup.com/ahr/issue/129/1

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AHA researchers Nicholas Kryczka, Whitney E. Barringer, and Scot McFarlane, along with executive director Jim Grossman, wrote an article for TIME about the K–12 “history wars”: “Politically motivated activists may be waging a history war, but teachers are not its warriors." @histodons https://time.com/6917632/history-wars-teacher-survey/

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Many history instructors use the five Cs of historical thinking, but should there be a sixth? The producers of Dig: A History Podcast make a case for adding “continuity” to this popular framework. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/march-2024/what-about-continuity-a-sixth-c-of-historical-thinking

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In November 2023, NASA discovered a pair of “contact binaries” orbiting an asteroid. AHA president Thavolia Glymph offers some insights in into what they can tell us about the practice of history. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/march-2024/contact-binaries-pristine-leftovers-and-messy-history

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In , AHA executive director Jim Grossman discusses why, at the professional level, the problem is less plagiarism than the broader category of “research misconduct,” which includes not only plagiarism but other sins from misuse of data to the invention of evidence. And that "invention" is even more of a problem in the sphere of politics and government. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/march-2024/standards-and-practices-plagiarism-in-the-21st-century

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Join us for “American Lesson Plan: Mapping the Landscape of Secondary US History Education” during Civic Learning Week on March 14 at 2 PM ET. Inspired by the question of “What are schoolchildren being taught about our nation's history?” this hour-long event will share insights from the AHA’s research team and feature a discussion of how history's civic function in K–12 education is faring in a polarized moment. @histodons https://www.historians.org/aha-online

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Historians have the right to expect that discussion of their work be conducted in a civil manner—but that right can be violated by hate speech and online threats. The AHA has developed a guide for historians encountering harassment on social media. @histodons https://www.historians.org/jobs-and-professional-development/statements-standards-and-guidelines-of-the-discipline/guide-for-dealing-with-online-harassment

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Watch the recording of the AHA’s Congressional Briefing (February 2024) offering historical perspectives on the role and impact of sanctions as an instrument of international relations. Panelists Benjamin Coates (Wake Forest Univ.), Bruce Jentleson (Duke Univ.), and Nancy Mitchell (North Carolina State Univ.) provided historical context on sanctions, with Dane Kennedy (George Washington Univ.) as moderator. @histodons https://youtu.be/HIc6jTEcPFQ

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The AHA has sent a letter to members of the Indiana House Education Committee opposing Senate Bill 202, which would “create a policy for granting tenure… based on how well that faculty member has fostered ‘intellectual diversity’ within the classroom.” @histodons https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-advocacy/aha-sends-letter-to-indiana-legislature-opposing-intellectual-diversity-tenure-bill-(february-2024)

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Join the AHA and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum for “Teaching the Holocaust Digitally: Challenging Student Assumptions Through Primary Sources” on Feb. 7 at 3 PM ET. Learn about the USHMM’s over 350 digitally available primary sources and how to help students learn to navigate and understand those sources. Registration is required. @histodons https://www.historians.org/aha-online

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Join the AHA and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum for “Teaching the Holocaust Digitally: Challenging Student Assumptions Through Primary Sources” on Feb. 7 at 3 PM ET. Learn about the USHMM’s over 350 digitally available primary sources and how to help students learn to navigate and understand those sources. Registration is required. @histodons https://www.historians.org/aha-online

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Have an idea for a session at , but need to find and connect with potential panelists? Visit our public collaborators spreadsheet to find scholars whose topics align with your own. @histodons https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ecifwhVVkjY79qu5fQcZqfXIK2zvxJIPLSoosxBqMUw/edit#gid=0

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@histodons Add yourself to the spreadsheet by filling out this form. This form serves only to connect people who might want to submit a proposal together. All complete panel proposals must be submitted through the regular submissions portal by Feb 15. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctqRQYCGbmqqj5seltbgh5bjFJ8OujcLsOk0gtw3SmWb81gg/viewform

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The call for proposals for is open until February 15, 2024. Our 2025 annual meeting will take place on January 3–6, 2025, in New York City. The Program Committee welcomes and encourages all historians to submit proposals. @histodons https://www.historians.org/proposals

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AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2024-25 research grants until February 15, 2024. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. @histodons https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/grants-and-fellowships

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Mail-order catalogs revolutionized Black life in the American South. In her first column, AHA president Thavolia Glymph wonders how historians can retrieve the cultural reality such items created. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/january-2024/the-irretrievable-past-tracks-and-residues-imagined-sources-and-the-writing-of-history

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At , Thavolia Glymph (Duke Univ.) became the 140th president of the American Historical Association. Read about her life and career today in . @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/january-2024/deeply-rooted-meet-thavolia-glymph-the-2024-aha-president

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AHA executive director Jim Grossman was featured in a Washington Post article by Marianne LeVine about former president Trump’s assertion that the Civil War “could have been negotiated.” “Across much of the southern portion of the United States people were owned, bought, and sold by other humans,” Grossman said. “This could not be ‘negotiated.’” @histodons https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/06/trump-says-civil-war-could-have-been-negotiated-historians-disagree/

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Many thanks to our participants and attendees for participating in this annual meeting. We look forward to seeing you next year at in New York! @histodons https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting/proposals/call-for-proposals

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We know teaching the events of January 6, 2021—which are not a “moment,” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar, yet unusually urgent, challenge: how can students use historical knowledge and thinking to understand recent crises? Here are some resources that might help. @histodons https://www.historians.org/jan6resources

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Current K-12 teachers at public schools in San Francisco are eligible to receive free registration to . Send a request from your school email address to the AHA’s annual meeting email for a discount code. @histodons https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting

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In , read a Long Overdue tribute to diplomatic historian Merze Tate, who died in 1996. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/december-2023/merze-tate-(1905%e2%80%9396)

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AHA executive director Jim Grossman was quoted in a Hechinger Report article by Javeria Salman about the “increasing politicization of social studies” in schools. The article discusses recent revisions or attempted revisions to learning standards in some states which, Grossman says, emphasize “rote memorization of facts that are deemed to help children become more patriotic” and prohibit certain histories from being taught. @histodons https://hechingerreport.org/teaching-social-studies-in-a-polarized-world/

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Curious how an issue of comes together? Get all the process details you could ever want from Laura Ansley in the latest look behind the scenes at the AHA. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/december-2023/crafting-a-emperspectives/em-issue-behind-the-scenes-at-the-aha

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