Continuing the Conversation to Change the Conversation
Ceiling of the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Conferences offer a break from the daily norm of our [...]
The Collective Wisdom of LAM at #AASLH17
Thanks to financial support from the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity fund, I was able to attend the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting [...]
Coming to Terms with History at #AASLH17
September 6-9, the week of the AASLH Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, was a heavy one. Being inundated with images of natural [...]
Peb Yog Hmoob—We Are Hmong Minnesota
In 1975, the Hmong—a distinct ethnic group with origins in China, who by the twentieth century were concentrated in northern [...]
Life & Death on the Border 1910–1920
Life & Death on the Border 1910–1920, a groundbreaking exhibition of the Bullock Texas State History Museum, brings new voices [...]
Storify of the #AASLHchat on Serving Communities During Difficult Times
On December 13, AASLH held our third #AASLHchat on Twitter. These monthly discussions are shaping up to be a great [...]
Forgotten Pioneers: The Chinese in Montana
The exhibit Forgotten Pioneers: The Chinese in Montana offers an unprecedented glimpse at a little understood chapter in Montana's past. [...]
Pop-Up Sessions: Here to Serve Your Pressing Needs
It happens every year. Urgent issues—or burgeoning topics—surface at our annual meeting or during the lag time after proposals are due and before the conference [...]
Message from the Council Chair: On AASLH 2015
The 2015 annual meeting theme, “The Power of Possibility,” was crafted by program chair Kyle McKoy of the Indiana Historical Society. The annual meeting host [...]
The Pleasant Hill Shakers and the Power of Possibility
The legacy of the Pleasant Hill Shaker community has often been assessed exclusively through their material culture. However, each physical item is inseparable from the [...]
AASLH Members Receive More Than $1 Million in Grants from NEH and IMLS
This summer, more than thirty AASLH member institutions were awarded prestigious grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute for Museum [...]
Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts
In its deepest forms, historical thinking is neither a natural process nor something that springs automatically from psychological development. Its achievement goes against the grain [...]
Coalition to Advance Learning Focus Group
You’re Invited! A focus group on Continuing Education/Professional Development needs across the Archives, Library, and Museum communities will be held at the AASLH Annual Meeting [...]