Perspectives

• Apr 11, 2024 - Embodied Knowledge

  What can a third grader teach a historian about her craft?

  
  

• Apr 10, 2024 - Archival Shouting

  Some collections of historical sources have been given a microphone, with profound consequences for the practices of history.

  
  

• Apr 09, 2024 - Teaching LGBTQ+ History

  As states pass legislation targeting DEI efforts, one historian offers her experience teaching LGBTQ+ history in these challenging times.

  
  

• Apr 03, 2024 - Listening to Our Subjects and Ourselves

  An empathetic connection can be one of a historian’s most valuable tools.

  
  

• Apr 02, 2024 - Have Etymology—Will Travel

  Have you ever wondered where the word freelancer comes from?

  
  

• Mar 27, 2024 - The Haimish Hotel

  The glory days of the “Borscht Belt” may have passed, but memories and the occasional building remain.

  
  

• Mar 26, 2024 - Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938)

  This Long Overdue tribute honors archivist and promoter of history Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, who died on June 10, 1938.

  
  

• Mar 22, 2024 - Want to Write for the AHA?

  Submit your application by Sunday, April 21!