AASLH Members Are Participating in this Week’s Inaugural Civic Learning Week
Today is the beginning of the inaugural Civic Learning Week. This event is organized by iCivics and the CivXNow coalition, of [...]
Andrea Jones Named Next Director of the AASLH History Leadership Institute
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is pleased to announce that Andrea Jones has been named the next [...]
Save the Date for Our Virtual Summit About Commemoration and America’s 250th
Save the Date Commemoration Reconsidered: Ethics, Justice, and America’s 250th Anniversary Virtual Summit April 27 – 28, 2023 Sponsored by the [...]
So You Enrolled in STEPS… Now What?
By Marissa Hamm, 2022 AASLH Summer Intern Totaling nearly 300 pages, the STEPS (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
Experience the Power of Place at 2022 AASLH Annual Conference Evening Events
The American Association for State and Local History’s Annual Conference is known for unmatched evening events and this year [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Readjusting and Moving Forward
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO Moving the AASLH conference online has been a challenge on multiple levels. While coordinating 200-plus presenters across [...]
What Then Must Be Done?
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis For us, as for many Americans, the current crisis is the most consequential moment in our lives. A [...]