Program Planning and Proper Names
By Bethany L Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Recently, I was reading Christianity Today and one of its articles made me [...]
Association of African American Museums Becomes Advisory Board Partner of AASLH’s History Leadership Institute
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is excited to announce that the Association of African American Museums has [...]
Now Accepting Nominations for the 2023 Leadership in History Awards
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Leadership in History Awards recognize excellence and innovative achievements in projects, programs, [...]
Members: Cast Your Vote in the 2022 AASLH Council Election
Your Vote Matters The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Council sets policy and provides leadership for [...]
Civics Now Through 2026
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO If you are fired up with patriotism and hope after the 4th [...]
Attend the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference and Plan for the Semiquincentennial
Attend the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference in Buffalo this September and make planning for the Semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary [...]
Read the Annual Update on the Semiquincentennial
The Semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the founding of the United States is now just four years away! This [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Marketing 101
By AASLH's Field Services Alliance For the 2020 AASLH Virtual Annual Meeting, the Field Services Alliance recorded a tips session on marketing 101 for [...]
Show Your Work
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH COO Like many of my colleagues in the history field, I chose to be a public historian because I love [...]
Adapting to Novelty
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis If you cannot find the road, then you make a new one. ―Simon Conway Interpretation is not information; [...]
2021 Call for Proposals Now Open
Little Rock Central High School, now a National Historic Site. By Michelle Moon, 2021 AASLH Program ChairThe American Association for State and Local History [...]
A New Professional’s Time at #AASLH2020
The word "sankofa" and its bird symbol from West Africa represent the need to reflect on the past to build a successful future. [...]
What “The Plague” Has to Tell Us
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Albert Camus’s 1947 novel The Plague, set in Oran, Algeria, seems to anticipate our experience of the pandemic [...]