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AHA2018

1/4/18

The Year It Became Embarrassing to Fly the Confederate Flag

An interview with James W. Loewen.

1/1/18

The 2018 AHA Annual Meeting: Videos, News, Everything

by Rick Shenkman

What happened at the AHA in 2018.

SOURCE: American Historical Association email to members
12-7-17

AHA Announces Last-Minute Sessions Timed to News Events

For the first time, the AHA annual meeting will include a set of late-breaking sessions, submitted just months before the meeting to allow historians to respond to current events.