What’s in the November Issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The November 2016…
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Remembering Reconstruction: The Memphis Massacre of 1866
We’re a nation that loves our centennials and sesquicentennials. We celebrate wars; we celebrate statehood;…
OAH/JAAS Japan Residency Program
Madeline Y. Hsu is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at…
OAH Executive Board Joins with Objections to Mexican American Studies Textbook
OAH President Nancy Cott, on behalf of the OAH Executive Board, has joined with other…
Moving On: NARA’s Role in a Presidential Transition
After the pomp and ceremony of Inauguration Day, a new President arrives at a White…
Imagining Ben Anderson
Prologue Benedict Anderson was a giant in the human sciences and I am both honored…
Political History is Doing AOK
In their New York Times opinion piece, Fredrik Logevall and Kenneth Osgood are too pessimistic about the…
OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program at 35
Annette Windhorn has coordinated the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program since 2001. The OAH Distinguished Lectureship…
Can Faculty Labor Unions Stop the Decline of Tenure?
Popular discussions of higher education in the United States today are primarily organized around narratives…
Changing the Discourse on Graduate History Education: Lessons from the Crossroads
Jordan M. Reed is a PhD candidate at Drew University specializing in the authorship of…