What “The Plague” Has to Tell Us
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Albert Camus’s 1947 novel The Plague, set in Oran, Algeria, seems to anticipate our experience [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in July
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
Attend a Naturalization Ceremony at #AASLH2019
By Elizabeth Osborn, AASLH Law and Civics Affinity Community Hosting a naturalization ceremony is a great opportunity for your institution [...]
Seizing the Power of the Pen at #AASLH2019
By Tim Grove (timgrove.net) Calling all writers! Whether you write on the job or are working on a manuscript on [...]
Sandra Sageser Clark and John and Anita Durel to Receive Award of Distinction
NASHVILLE, TN—The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that Sandra Sageser Clark and John and Anita [...]
Will You Support AASLH?
DONATE TODAY Today is #GivingTuesday—a day dedicated to giving back. AASLH joins charities, nonprofits, social service organizations and others all over the world to ask [...]
Votes for Women, Y’all: Celebrating the Women’s Suffrage Centennial in Arkansas and Beyond
Inaugural Suffrage Sprint & Stroll on the steps of the State Capitol in Little Rock, August 26, 2017. If you actively support the [...]
All Hands on Deck: Mobilizing Communities to Preserve World War II History
Home Front Project interns interviewing Elinor Otto,one of the longest-working Rosie the Riveters. When World War II started, I lived in San [...]
Keeping History Above Water: Conference on Heritage Sites and Rising Waters
It was raining, and flooded, in historic Annapolis, Maryland, when 265 of us gathered for the second Keeping History Above Water conference. The swag was [...]
Call for Papers: Craft as Political Activism in a Nation Divided
Gay “Be-In” at the Sheep Meadow in Central Park at the end of the first NYC Pride March, June 28, 1970. Photo by Diana [...]
Are You Protecting Your Staff From Sexual Harassment?
Since the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein surfaced, the topic has dominated the news cycles with more and more [...]