The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association

Black and white photograph. A boat on a canal with a man wearing a bowler hat standing at the tiller. A donkey walks ahead of the boat on the canal towpath, connected to the left side of the boat by a rope. The boat has a sign labeling it "Morris Canal Reg." Wooden crates fill the center of the boat.

May 28, 2025

Everything Has a History

The Morris Canal
American Historical Review cover for June 2025 issue

May 27, 2025

AHA Activities

Rethinking a Continent
A statue of three young men on a plinth. All three are wearing suits and holding pistols. The man at the center points ahead with his left hand.

May 20, 2025

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Documenting an Age of Fire

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A tarnished bronze plaque, inset into the ground. Books are linked by lines into groupings. It reads "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." Near the bottom, it reads "-Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), "The Speed of Darkness""

May 14, 2025

AHA Annual Meeting, Features

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Two young people present information in front of three teens sitting at a table. The standing young man is pointing with a pen at a poster with "France" and a French flag at the top, as a young woman looks on while holding a laptop.

May 13, 2025

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Beyond Victimhood
A 19th-century printed "Family Record and Marriage Certificate." Three columns show illustrations and space to list births, marriages, and deaths. Cherubs float around these sections, and at the center top an eye hovers above.

May 7, 2025

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American Historical Review cover for June 2025 issue

May 27, 2025

AHA Activities

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February 20, 2025

AHA Annual Meeting, Features

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January 16, 2025

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Reaching a Different, Shared Audience

December 5, 2024

AHA Activities

Histories of Resilience
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September 18, 2024

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September 11, 2024

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American Historical Review

The American Historical Review is the official publication of the American Historical Association and has been the journal of record for the historical discipline in the United States since 1895.