Membership

"I see the AHA as the main voice of the historic profession, and I am proud to support the organization’s advocacy work."

Susan Ferentinos

"In addition to its invaluable support to historians at all stages of their careers, the AHA is a consummate advocate of the historical discipline and of history in the United States."

Anthony J. Steinhoff

"Being a member of the AHA keeps me connected with the best in the field, keeps me abreast of new historical information and up-to-date with the progression of the field, and provides me with resources that help further my career. The AHA opens up a broad network of scholars while also setting standards in teaching history and supporting early career scholars. The AHR is a mover for historical research worldwide."

Ursula Lehmkuhl

"The AHA has been my professional home since graduate school. It has been a place where I have shared early research and learned from colleagues from across the discipline. Being in conversations with colleagues working on different time periods and geographies is something that has been incredibly valuable for my own intellectual growth. The AHA is also well positioned to advocate for the importance of history in public life. I hope to contribute to that mission going forward."

A. S. Dillingham

"Membership in the AHA gives me a sense of community and keeps me informed about cutting-edge scholarship and relevant social issues that the organization and historians are addressing."

Karen Marrero

"In today’s siloed history discipline, the AHA offers a rare opportunity to interact with and learn from colleagues from different backgrounds and subfields. I also deeply appreciate the AHA’s leadership in promoting academic freedom and civil dialogue in the history profession and beyond."

Toshihiro Higuchi
 

"Belonging to the AHA grants me access to scholarship, ideas, and conversations that I would not experience otherwise. I think I am living my history-professor alternate life vicariously through this group (without the grading). Also, as an academic librarian with a background in history, it is important to keep my disciplinary knowledge current. Finally, I am extremely thankful for the advocacy in which the AHA engages. My one voice could never accomplish what the united voices and the prestige of the organization can."

Mara Cota

"It is incredibly important for historians to communicate a strong, reasoned voice on global, national, and state issues especially now and the AHA has the ability to do that. In addition, the work on the Tuning project and the Why Study History materials for undergraduates have been especially valuable to me as a chair, teacher, and recruiter."

Kathryn Brammall

"I feel connected to the wider world of historians beyond the classroom who are working in the world of public history and policy. I eagerly read Perspectives on History whenever it shows up in my mailbox, and I often bring in materials on AHA advocacy for my students to prompt classroom discussions on history in our world today."

James McSpadden

"My courses cover a wide chronological and geographical scope and even just skimming the journal helps with that. I use the AHA booklets on archives and student papers in my upper-level courses and from the website/blog share the public history/current affairs material in a variety of settings."

Hannah M. Lane

"I always found the AHA as the most genuinely international among the historical associations, and, over the years that I attended the AHA annual meetings, I was grateful to be able to meet friends and colleagues, and also fellow researchers from all over the world."

Enrico Dal Lago

"I value my AHA membership as it is an incredible organization that brings together historians who teach in schools, colleges, and universities along with those engaged in public history to collectively advocate for the important role that history and historical research plays in our society (starting from our local community to our globally interconnected world)."

Rama Mantena