Holiday Gift Ideas from AASLH
Looking for a gift idea for yourself or someone who loves or works in public history? Consider these ideas from the [...]
Giving Thanks at AASLH
Last week, the American Association for State and Local History staff gathered for a staff retreat. In addition to discussing plans [...]
Need a Session Idea for #AASLH2023?
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Are you thinking about proposing a session for the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference in [...]
Are Historians Ready For The Semiquincentennial?
By Lia Warner, NYU Graduate Summer Fellow This July 4th will mark the four-year countdown to the 250th anniversary [...]
Making Individual Membership More Valuable
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is making changes and adding benefits to our basic Individual [...]
Small Museums Recover from the Pandemic
By Elizabeth P. Stewart and members of the AASLH Small Museums Committee: Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Sean Blinn, Ann Bennett, Laura [...]
AASLH Summer Interns: Sam Dinnie
Sam and their advisor accepting the Outstanding Senior Thesis award. By Sam Dinnie, 2022 AASLH Summer Intern [...]
A Moment to Listen: Learning from Ancestral Legacies
By Katerin Collazo, Baylor University As a first-time attendee to an AASLH Annual Meeting, I was honored to be a recipient for this year’s [...]
Inspiring Change Agents at #AASLH2020
By Kristen Michelle Walker, Kennesaw State University I am writing this from the land of the Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East) and would like to thank [...]
Restorative Justice at #AASLH2020
By Janaye Evans, 2020 Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity recipient Two things I know to be true. I believe in restorative justice. Through facilitating [...]
Seven Lessons for Reopening Post-COVID From a Visitor’s Perspective
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH COO After months of being at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, my fourteen-year-old son and I decided to take [...]
Framing History with the American Public
At AASLH's 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, museum evaluation expert and History Relevance initiative contributor Conny Graft organized a session titled "When I [...]
AASLH Statement on a Critical and Open Examination of History
Free societies demand honest, open, and critical engagement with the past. When government restricts what history professionals should study or polices how historians should [...]