The 2017 AHA Annual Meeting: Videos, News, Everything
Key Links
● Twitter: AHA Annual Convention 2017: Conversations About Panels
● AHA Blog
Videos & Images (Click HERE to see all of our convention videos.)
● Striking Images from the Convention
Re: Election 2016
● What Do Historians Most Fear When Donald Trump Takes Office?
● Making Sense of the 2016 Election: An Interview with David Greenberg
● The First 100 Days: An Interview with Margaret O'Mara
● Donald Trump Is Most Like ... ?
● Should historians speak out against Donald Trump? Stanley Fish versus historians.
● What We Can Make of the Election of 2016: An Interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Re: History Jobs Crisis
● What's Behind the History Jobs Crisis? An interview with Robert Townsend.
● The Overlooked Problem in the History Jobs Crisis: An Interview with Kevin Gannon
● Are Grad Students Worried About the Job Market?
● Hope for PhDs who want to leave the profession
Jobs Crisis: Articles
● What Happens After 9 Years as a Visiting Assistant Professor? By Mike Bowen
● The Historical Profession is “abjectly terrible at talking about the academic job market.” By Mike Bowen
● “Stale Ph.Ds” and “Overqualified” Applicants By Mike Bowen
● Reflections on the Academic Job Search By William S. Cossen
Commentary: Articles
● Historians and Trump: The Stanley Fish Controversy By John Fea
● Another Word on the 2016 Election Plenary Sessions at the AHA in Denver By John Fea
● The Paul Harvey Fan Club By John Fea
● Hunting and Gathering: An Editor’s Life at the Annual Meeting By Nancy Toff
● Middle School History Teacher Reflects on Martin Luther and the Usable Past By Zachary Cote
News
● Historians in the Age of Trump (Inside Higher Ed)
● What happens when super smart history buffs land in a new city and it snows? | 9news.com
● How a 96 year old engineer ended up at the AHA (Hint: He's married to a historian.)
● Professors say even introductory courses should make students think like historians
History Profession: Relevant Articles on HNN
● Another Big Drop in History Majors: Yes, This Is Still Happening By Allen Mikaelian
● Get Rich. Major in History? By Jennifer Freilach
● Professor Watchlist Is Keeping an Eye on You! By Jennifer Freilach
● What’s Wrong with the Way We Have Been Defending the Humanities By Jeremy C. Young
● What Use Is a Degree in History? By Vaughn Bornet
● The Case for History as a Tool to Change the World By Cody Foster
● So What Are You Doing With That History Major? By Fred Johnson
Sessions Relevant to the News
● Plenary: The First Hundred Days: Priorities for a New US President (Thursday 8-9:30pm)
● Destroying History: Threats to Cultural Heritage across the Globe (Friday 10:30-12 noon)
● The Anthropocene in History (Friday 1:30-3pm)
● Presidential Address of Patrick Manning: Inequality: Historical and Disciplinary Approaches (Friday 5:30-7pm)
● Election 2016: How Did We Get Here and What Does it Mean? (Saturday 8:30-9:30 pm)
● Perspectives on the New History of Capitalism (Sunday 11am-12:30pm)