Call for Book Proposals: Controversial Monuments and Memorials
Controversial Monuments and Memorials: A Guide from the American Association for State and Local History In the wake of the horrific recent [...]
Religious History Opportunities in Austin
Mission Concepción in San Antonio. Photo by Travis Witt. Will you be among the hundreds of history professionals who are [...]
How Local History Can Enrich Narratives of the LGBT Past
Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M University, home of the Don Kelly Collection. Photo by Rebecca Hankins. This summer, I [...]
A Pivotal Moment in Our History: A Century of Women’s Rights Work and the 2016 Election
Hillary Clinton receives the Alice Award in 2009. Photograph by Doug DeMark. “I want young girls and boys [...]
Recruiting Your Superiors: Thoughts on Advancing in the Field
Earlier this week, I participated in the #AASLHchat on “Issues Facing Emerging Professionals”. Contributors shared so many good ideas, and [...]
Ask FSA: Reading Insignia on Military Uniforms
Identification of the military decorations John Glenn earned as a Marine Corps pilot and astronaut, 1943-1965. Photo courtesy of [...]
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: A Glimpse at Life in Field Services
This post was originally published on Backstage Pass to North Dakota History and is reposted here with the author's permission. I [...]
Public History Employer Survey
Even as job prospects for historians have improved with the passing of the Great Recession, questions about the overall health of public history remain. [...]
Interpreting Slavery
This March, I and my colleagues from Belle Grove Plantation and the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park in Middletown, Virginia had the [...]
Distance Learning: A Teacher’s Perspective, Part 2
Recently Dan Jones, an 8th grade social studies, reading, and language arts teacher at the Richland Academy School of Excellence in Mansfield, OH wrote about [...]
IKEA’s New Museum
I love industrial design and admire IKEA for making it accessible to the general public. Apparently, I’m not the only one. When IKEA opened its [...]
The Value of Distance Learning: A Teacher’s Perspective, Part 1
Dan Jones, an 8th grade social studies, reading and language arts teacher from the Richland Academy School of Excellence in Mansfield, OH, reached out to the [...]
Historic Columbia Receives State Preservation Award
AASLH Member Since 1960 and a 2015 Leadership in History Award Winner Historic Columbia Receives 2015 South Carolina Historic Preservation Heritage Tourism Award for Woodrow Wilson [...]