2022 Annual Report Documents Active Year for AASLH
2022 was an active year for the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)! Uniting much of the work of [...]
Announcing the 2023 History Leadership Institute Seminar Cohort
The 2022 History Leadership Institute Seminar cohort in Indianapolis. The AASLH History Leadership Institute is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious [...]
New Member Benefit: Discount on Insurance Plans
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) now offers a new benefit to all individual and institutional members! Discounts [...]
Small Museums Session Thread at the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) values small history organizations and their vital contributions to their [...]
2022 AASLH Annual Conference Early Bird Deadline is July 29
Register for the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference by Friday, July 29 to receive the early bird discount. AASLH members [...]
So You Enrolled in STEPS… Now What?
By Marissa Hamm, 2022 AASLH Summer Intern Totaling nearly 300 pages, the STEPS (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
Experience the Power of Place at 2022 AASLH Annual Conference Evening Events
The American Association for State and Local History’s Annual Conference is known for unmatched evening events and this year [...]
Restorative Justice at #AASLH2020
By Janaye Evans, 2020 Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity recipient Two things I know to be true. I believe in restorative justice. Through facilitating [...]
Seven Lessons for Reopening Post-COVID From a Visitor’s Perspective
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH COO After months of being at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, my fourteen-year-old son and I decided to take [...]
Framing History with the American Public
At AASLH's 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, museum evaluation expert and History Relevance initiative contributor Conny Graft organized a session titled "When I [...]
AASLH Statement on a Critical and Open Examination of History
Free societies demand honest, open, and critical engagement with the past. When government restricts what history professionals should study or polices how historians should [...]
Readjusting and Moving Forward
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO Moving the AASLH conference online has been a challenge on multiple levels. While coordinating 200-plus presenters across [...]
What Then Must Be Done?
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis For us, as for many Americans, the current crisis is the most consequential moment in our lives. A [...]