Introducing the 2025 History Leadership Institute Fellows
AASLH is thrilled to announce that we have selected 25 of our field’s emerging leaders as the 2025 History Leadership Institute [...]
An AASLH Member on the Value of IMLS and NEH
We are presenting this column which appears in the Oklahoma Historical Society newsletter as an example to AASLH members and others [...]
An AASLH Member’s Letter to the Smithsonian
We are presenting this letter as an example to AASLH members and others who are willing to send their own messages [...]
Defend the Institute of Museum and Library Services
In March, President Trump signed an executive order gutting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS is [...]
Do You Have Veterinary Objects and Texts in Your Collection?
Mary-Elizabeth Ellard, DVM Founded in 1978, the American Veterinary Medical History Society (AVMHS), is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated [...]
Defending Our Full, Shared History at the Smithsonian and National Park Service
Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order that attempts to dictate what history is shared at Smithsonian Institution and [...]
URGENT: Take Action to Defend IMLS
Representatives Dina Titus and Suzanne Bonamici are circulating a letter for other members of the House of Representatives to [...]
Through the Lens of Experience: Witnessing Gender and Sexual Harassment in Real Time
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a series of posts written by members of the AASLH Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Task [...]
Defending Whole History at NPS and Historic Sites
Last week, following President Trump’s executive orders on gender ideology, references to transgender and queer people were removed from the websites of the National [...]
Six Strategies for the Looming Crisis
By Bruce W. Dearstyne John Dichtl's recent open letter to AASH members reminds us that we may be headed into a crisis President Donald [...]
Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in Museums: What Boards Should Know
Editor’s Note: This is the third post in a series of posts written by members of the AASLH Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Task [...]
Together in the Face of Uncertainty
Over the past two weeks, I’ve heard from colleagues throughout the history community expressing their distress about impending challenges to the work they do. [...]
Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment and the All-Volunteer History Organization
Editor's Note: This is the second post in a series of posts written by members of the AASLH Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Task [...]