American Historical Association

A look back at the 2013 AHA annual meeting in New Orleans! As we prepare to return to New Orleans for #AHA27 in January, we're revisiting memories from past annual meetings. When and where did you attend your first AHA annual meeting? Share your memories with us!

So many UNC Press authors honored with AHA awards! Congrats Lauren Duval, @renatakeller.bsky.social, and @katemasur.bsky.social 👏🎉

Do you need to know what you think before you start writing? Not necessarily, argues historian Lynn Hunt. In a 2010 #AHAPerspectives essay, Hunt explores how the act of writing itself generates new ideas and why getting words on the page is essential to the thinking process.

What can a plow, a fire bucket, or a needle case tell us about the Age of Revolutions? In ’76 Objects, a special issue of the American Historical Review, historians explore the revolutionary era through material culture. Read the issue:

Many congratulations to @jenniferheuer.bsky.social, whose book The Soldier’s Reward has been named the Winner of the Leo Gershoy Award in Western European History, presented by @historians.org! Learn more about this title here: buff.ly/eTpgFE7

Looking for opportunities to connect with fellow historians and explore new scholarship? Find upcoming conferences, webinars, and more on the AHA Events Calendar. Anyone can submit an event of interest to historians! Explore the calendar:

Many congratulations to Tom Arnold-Forster, whose book Walter Lippmann has been named the Winner of the Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize in the History of Journalism, presented by @historians.org! Learn more about the book: buff.ly/W6XYF00

Hand signals are a familiar part of baseball today, but that wasn't always the case. Ahead of the World Series, revisit a 2018 #AHAPerspectives article on how deaf baseball player William Ellsworth “Dummy” Hoy helped bring umpires’ hand signals to the game.

Immensely proud of Teresa Witcombe, who has been awarded the Premio del Rey book prize for "On the edges of Christendom". Congratulations!

Calling all undergraduate historians! Share your research at the Undergraduate Research Lightning Rounds at #AHA27 in New Orleans. Participants will present their work in just 3 minutes! Submit your proposal by November 15. Learn more and apply at the link.

Historians work in classrooms, museums, archives, libraries, government, & beyond. At the AHA annual meeting, they come together to exchange ideas, connect with colleagues, & learn from each other. Whatever your career stage or path, come find your community at #AHA27 in New Orleans, January 7–10.

Academic freedom is central to the AHA’s work in support of historical scholarship and teaching. Explore AHA resources on academic freedom, its relationship to the First Amendment and freedom of expression, and its role in the historical discipline:

Historians balance many responsibilities beyond their professional lives. The AHA offers childcare grants to help members participate in the annual meeting while managing caregiving expenses. Attending #AHA27 in New Orleans? Apply by November 15 to receive support for childcare costs:

Heading to New Orleans for #AHA27? Explore the city's rich history at the annual meeting. In #AHAPerspectives, Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir, co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee, recommends sessions to add to your schedule.

The AHR’s new #AHRSyllabus project, Authoritarianism 101: A Global History, features 30 teaching modules on authoritarianism across global history, with primary sources, historical context, and teaching resources. Start exploring today.

The AHA has written to Congress expressing concern over restrictions on public access to the Defense Technical Information Center's database of military and scientific records. The database is a crucial resource for historians and researchers. Read the letter:

Professor Edward Baring's book, "Vulgar Marxism: Revolutionary Politics and the Dilemmas of Worker Education, 1891–1931," has been awarded @historians.org's Prize in European International History Since 1895.

Among which 'our' great syriacist Dr Susan Ashbrook Harvey for her wonderful book Ministries of Song!

The AHA's fight to preserve presidential records continues. On Friday, a federal appeals court heard arguments in our ongoing lawsuit with American Oversight defending the Presidential Records Act. Read the New York Times coverage:

CEHS is now accepting applications for the 2028 Emerging scholars program. It offers organizational and financial support for panels of emerging scholars at the 2028 Meeting of the AHA @historians.org. See tinyurl.com/4b34ftmf for details and application procedure. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

The AHA annual meeting brings together historians working across fields, professions, and career stages. It's a place to reconnect with colleagues, meet new people, and be part of a community that shares a passion for history. Find your community at #AHA27 in New Orleans, January 7–10, 2027.

Best of luck to our team of attorneys who are back in court today alongside @historians.org to ensure the White House complies with the Presidential Records Act. American history literally depends on it.

Presidential records belong to the American people. Today, the AHA and American Oversight will urge a federal appeals court to uphold an order requiring the White House to comply with the Presidential Records Act. Alex Levy explains what's at stake in the video.

I was pleased to serve on the Roelker Mentorship Award committee again this year (year 2 of a 3-year stint). Congratulations to @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.social ! I wish everyone could read these application files, they're truly inspiring.

Happy to announce that I am once again leading, with my colleague @jimambuske.bsky.social, another edition of the Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting at the upcoming AHA Annual Meeting in New Orleans. @historians.org #historypodcasting There will be two sessions this year...

It was great to have students and administrators from Villanova University visit the AHA's office today! They chatted with Alex Levy, AHA director of communications & public affairs, about our advocacy work and Congressional Briefings program.

I've been listening to presentations from the AI & History conference by @historians.org. A lot of great presentations exploring the ethical debates, methodological approaches, and proliferating applications to historical AI. Recommended viewing! proflouishyman.github.io/ai_conferenc...

Winners include Coll Thrush and @heiditworek.bsky.social at UBC! congratulations!

#EverythingHasAHistory, even rock fights! In #AHAPerspectives, Robert Antony explores the history of ritualized rock fights in China's Canton Delta, a custom that persisted well into the 20th century.

Congrats to all winners and especially to @renatakeller.bsky.social for her excellent book about the Cuban Missile Crisis as a hemispheric phenomenon!

Incredibly honored to receive the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History for Postal Intelligence! 📯📫🗃️

Teaching history means teaching students how historians work, not just what they know. The #AHRSyllabus project offers free teaching modules that bring historical methods into the classroom and help students engage with the process of doing history. Explore:

Presidential records aren't just important to historians. They help all of us understand our nation's history. The AHA's ongoing lawsuit to defend the Presidential Records Act seeks to protect these records and ensure public access to them. Learn more:

🎉🎉 Congrats to George Voelker--Winner of the @historians.org Raymond J. Cunningham Prize for the best article published by an undergraduate! "A Moment in the Sun: Reconstruction in Carroll Parish, Louisiana, 1867–1880," Journal of Southern History 91 (May 2025): 211–244 muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Congratulations to all this year’s winners, especially @echomikeromeo.bsky.social!

The American Historical Association @historians.org has announced its book prize winners and I STRONGLY recommend the following to you: First Miranda Spieler's _Slaves in Paris_ has won TWO prizes from the AHA (as did her first book! that has to be a record) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Amidst all, so wonderful to see the excellent work historians are doing in multiple dimensions and fields and methods be recognized!

Congratulations to all the winners!

Historians from across the country and around the world will gather in New Orleans this January for #AHA27! Who's planning to join us? Tell us where you're coming from and what kind of history you do. We can't wait to see you!

Congrats to @renatakeller.bsky.social on winning the Friedrich Katz prize from the @historians.org! The first of what I expect to be many prizes for the Interconnections series at @uncpress.bsky.social. @juliairwin.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social 🍾🎉