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Thinking Globally about Student Protest: Precedents from East Asia
Current Events in Historical Context, Perspectives Daily
John Delury and Jeffrey Wasserstrom | May 30, 2024
Many Americans are looking to 1968 to explain today’s campus protests—but there are more recent movements in Asia that could shed some light.
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Guardians of the Tapestry of Time: Reflections on the Close of Another Academic Year
Perspectives Daily
Bryan A. Banks | May 29, 2024
As the academic year ends, one history department chair reflects on the work of history.
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Asylum Ruins
Everything Has a History
Whitney E. Barringer | May 23, 2024
The ruins of 19th- and early 20th-century US mental asylums are haunted by the ghosts of institutional and political failure.
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Susie Lee Owens Bryant (1905–86)
In Memoriam, Long Overdue
Bruce E. Baker | May 22, 2024
This Long Overdue tribute honors Susie Lee Owens Bryant, historian of Reconstruction, who died in 1986.
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From Coding Empire to Globalizing Publics
Mark Philip Bradley | May 21, 2024
Get a peek inside the June 2024 issue of the AHR.
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2024 AHA Research Grant Winners
Rebecca L. West | May 20, 2024
The AHA is pleased to announce the 2024 winners of its research grants.
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Call Me a Podcaster, If You Must
Daniel J. Story | May 16, 2024
Daniel J. Story writes about his role as producer of the AHR’s podcast.
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Small Organizations, Big Impacts
Dana Schaffer, Colin Windhorst, Brent D. Glass, and Patricia Schechter | May 15, 2024
Three awardees of an AHA grants program report on what they’ve accomplished.
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Supporting History Department Chairs
Dana Schaffer | May 14, 2024
Get the scoop on AHA activities and resources designed to support department chairs.