Two Conferences, Two Goals, One Theme
Building on the reach and success of last year’s online annual meeting, we are happy to announce that it is almost time [...]
EHP Affinity Committee Guide to #AASLH2021
By Casey Wooster, Chair of AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Committee In the words of Lorelei Lee in the 1949 musical [...]
IMLS Announces New Grant Recipients
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced it will be giving various grants over the next few years including $6.3 [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Collections Care During COVID-19
By Samantha Forsko, Preservation Specialist, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA The Problem: COVID-19 is changing [...]
COVID-19 Resources for History Organizations
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving public health situation, we'll be sharing resources and [...]
How the History Community is Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and prepare to confront an uncertain [...]
Public History, Generation by Generation
This column originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of History News, AASLH's member magazine. Access a digital copy [...]
African-American Female Athletes Before Integration: Ways To Chronicle Their History Before It’s Too Late
By Evin Demirel When Alma Byrd won an Arkansas state basketball title in 1939, she had never played on a wood court before. Byrd grew [...]
The Personal is Professional: Reckoning with Slavers in the Family
By Sarah Jencks, Director of Education and Interpretation, Ford's Theatre My parents are in their seventies, and they still live in the same house they [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in May
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for small to [...]
AASLH Announces Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four open spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and two spots on our Leadership Nominating [...]
Join the Blue Star Museums Program!
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums [...]
Kansas City Host Committee Announces $20,000 in Annual Meeting Scholarships
The 2018 Kansas City Host Committee is pleased to offer fellowships to increase diverse participation at the AASLH Annual Meeting thanks to a generous $20,000 [...]