AHA Member Spotlight: Wen-Qing Ngoei
Wen-Qing Ngoei is an assistant professor in the History Program at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and has been a member since 2014.
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August 16, 2017
The Cold War Never Ended: Historical Roots of the Current North Korea Crisis
By Suzy Kim With tensions at an all-time high between the United States and North Korea, the New York Times headlined its recent digital newsletter with Lies Your High School History Teacher Told You About Nukes. The basic point was to debunk the theory of “mutually assured destruction” that is often used to explain why […]
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When Historians Collaborate, Scholarship Benefits
By Christine Saidi, Catherine Cymone Fourshey, and Rhonda M. Gonzales We are three historians who’ve collaborated in a variety of ways on several historical projects over the course of seven years. In the process, our intellectual work has taken turns we never envisioned. We hope that our discussions and approaches can push us all as […]
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Made by History: A New Blog for Engaging the Public
“In order to make history, we first have to understand how history has made us,” reads the introduction to Made by History, a new history blog on WashingtonPost.com. The blog, which takes inspiration from a quote by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for its title, offers historians a major public platform to situate current events […]
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Grant of the Week: ACLS Fellowship and Grant Programs
Every week, AHA Today showcases a new grant, fellowship, or scholarship of interest to historians which has been posted to our free Calendar. This week we are featuring ACLS Fellowship and Grant Programs.
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AHA Member Spotlight: Edward Polanco
Edward Polanco is a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, and has been a member since 2013.
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Thinking about Where Historians Work before Graduate School
Working at the American Historical Association for the past two years has made it impossible to shield myself from the uglier truths about pursuing a graduate degree in history—from the imbalance between the number of graduate degrees conferred and jobs available in the professoriate to the increasingly precarious nature of employment in higher education. Taken […]
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Caught between a Rock and a Hyrax: Consequences of Vermin Control in Namibia
Driving down south from Keetmanshoop toward Grünau on southern Namibia’s B1 trunk road, it’s common to spot small mammals hustling across the highway from one stony outcropping to another as the road weaves through the Karasberge (Karas Mountains). These are rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis)—known in Southern Africa as dassies—and despite being completely herbivorous, they were […]
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