2017 Online Conference Recordings Now Available
The AASLH Online Conference is a yearly component of our Annual Meeting where six of our most popular sessions are reworked for [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Lorain Historical Society
Exciting changes are happening at the nearly 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). [...]
We Are All the Spinning Wheel
Throughout the course of my visits to museums, historic houses, and historic sites around New England, I found one specific object repeatedly [...]
Save the NEH! Call Your Members of Congress on March 14 for Humanities Advocacy Day
March 14 is Humanities Advocacy Day! A record-breaking number of humanities advocates are in Washington D.C. today, March 13th, meeting [...]
The Path to Cultural Sensitivity? Inclusion and Co-Curation
Exhibition planning meeting in Los Angeles, for Go For Broke National Education Center. Interpretation has come a long [...]
Flux and Fluidity: Telling Historical Stories in Re-Purposed Houses of Worship
A model of the Lloyd Street Synagogue during its occupancy by St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church (1889-1905). [...]
AASLH Spring Webinar Series on Volunteer Management
AASLH's popular volunteer webinar series is back, and this year, when you when you register for the first webinar, you'll get [...]
Best of the Year: Our Most-Read Posts of 2015
Happy New Year! Here at AASLH, we are already planning our 2016 Annual Meeting, curating a conference of fresh ideas and innovative tools along our theme: [...]
Being the Credible Source: What’s in a Citation?
During the Keynote Address at the AASLH Annual Meeting in Lousiville, Professor Sam Wineburg reminded us of the daunting task faced by teachers everywhere in [...]
President Lincoln’s Cottage Gains 501(c)(3) Status, Will Continue Working Closely with NTHP
Since opening its doors to the public for the first time in 2008, President Lincoln’s Cottage (AASLH member since 2011) has been operated by the [...]
Historical Society of Washington, DC and HistoryIT Release New Digital Archive Portal for DC History
Earlier this month, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and history technology and consulting firm HistoryIT (AASLH members since 1995 and 2013, respectively) announced the release of a [...]
Meet a Member: Hope Shannon
Meet a Member is a biweekly blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field of history, and we want [...]
Nomenclature 4.0: New Terms for Mobile Devices
Today’s world is increasingly inundated with new models of mobile devices. This increase of various technological devices prompted the Nomenclature Task Force to think about [...]