Crowdsourcing Slavery Interpretation Challenges
By Kristin Gallas, Interpreting Slavery Ever feel like there is a lot of potential that goes untapped at conferences? Let’s change that. [...]
Stopping Stones and the Slave Dwelling Project Are Coming to Kansas City
There are a couple of unique opportunities for attendees at the upcoming AASLH conference in Kansas City. These events are not officially [...]
Collections Management: Dispatches from the Trenches
By Nik Honeysett, CEO, Balboa Park Online Collaborative Beginning in November 2017, the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC) contracted with LYRASIS to [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting 5K Registration Now Open
5K Runners at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. Are you a runner? Do you like to run with [...]
Watch Your Language! Denominational and Congregational Lingos
AASLH has been giving a lot of attention recently to how we as interpreters use language. "We live by stories," [...]
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington Welcomes New Executive Director
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington has announced the appointment of Kara Blond as the Society's new Executive Director, [...]
Statement on Texas “Bathroom Bill” and AASLH Annual Meeting
Texas State Capitol. Photo by Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0. Dear AASLH Community, We look forward to [...]
11 AASLH Members Earned StEPs Certificates in April
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 [...]
Meet a Member: Kristin Gallas
Meet a Member is a regular blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field of history, and we want [...]
“What’d I Miss?” Historians, Hamilton, and Fanfic
If you’re like me, your personal Facebook wall is pretty much exclusively re-posts of Hamilton-related news, videos (Did you see the “Hamilton Tickets are Better [...]
Is Your Organization Ready for MayDay?
Every year, cultural organizations take time on May 1st to assess their emergency preparedness. This MayDay, the American Association for State and Local History encourages [...]
Have a Great Book Idea? The AASLH Editorial Board Is Seeking Book Proposals
Every year, AASLH partners with Rowman & Littlefield Press to publish practical and relevant books for history professionals. These publications cover a wide range of [...]
3 Takeaways from “Interpreting Slavery: Building a Theoretical Foundation”
The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (ULSG) in St. Louis, Missouri, preserves and interprets the lives of Ulysses S. Grant, his wife Julia Dent [...]