{"id":2146,"date":"2024-03-25T12:09:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/teaching-learning\/graduate-education\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:12:41","slug":"graduate-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/teaching-learning\/graduate-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tReimagining Graduate Education\t<\/h3>\n

\n\t\t\tDoctoral Futures\t<\/h4>\n\t

The AHA, in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies, the Modern Language Association, and the Society of Biblical Literature, has launched Doctoral Futures. This three-year initiative (2025-28) aims to reimagine humanities PhD programs with new structures, policies, and academic cultures that will better prepare the next generation of knowledge producers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"AHA\n

\n\t\t\tCareer Diversity for Historians\t<\/h5>\n\t

The AHA’s Career Diversity for Historians initiative focused on better preparing graduate students and early-career historians for a range of career options, within and beyond the academy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"AHA\n

\n\t\t\tAHA Career Contacts\t<\/h5>\n\t

Our Career Contacts program arranges informational interviews between current PhD and history PhDs who have built careers beyond the professoriate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t

Institutional & Student Memberships<\/h3>\n\t\t

The AHA is committed to helping leaders navigate the challenges facing the discipline of history at colleges and universities, as well as in libraries, archives, and K-12 schools. Institutional members can purchase discounted student memberships for only $30 each.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin Now\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tProfessional & Career Resources\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView All Resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Hand\n
\n\t\t\tWhere Historians Work\t<\/h5>\n\t

Where Historians Work is an interactive, online database that catalogs the career outcomes of historians who earned PhDs at universities in the United States from 2004 to 2017. This tool allows current and potential graduate students to understand the full scope of career options open to history PhDs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart Exploring\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"cristina-cerda-cropped\"\n

\n\t\t\tAHA Community Action and Resource Exchange\t<\/h5>\n\t

The AHA’s Community Action and Resource Exchange (CARE) program brings historians together to discuss shared professional issues and concerns, exchange ideas, and collaborate on strategies and solutions that strengthen the discipline.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Stephanie\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\t“What I Do”\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h5>\n\t

History PhDs build careers in a stunning variety of professions. These resources provide personal stories of history PhDs talking about what they do for a living, how they found their jobs, transitioning from graduate school, and what it means to be a historian in their line of work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Career\n

\n\t\t\tFive Skills\t<\/h5>\n\t

The AHA worked with focus groups of historians with PhDs working in careers outside the academy to identify five skills that may not be honed in graduate school but that are necessary for success in a variety of career paths, including as professors. Learn more about the five skills and how historians can develop them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tFor Departments\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"DSC_1932\"\n
\n\t\t\tAcademic Department Resources\t<\/h5>\n\t

History department chairs are on the front lines of the discipline, defending historians’ work and supporting their professional lives at all stages of their academic careers. The AHA provides resources and hosts a variety of events and opportunities to benefit department chairs and build community, including webinars, sessions at the annual meeting, and an in-person workshop.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"AHA,\n

\n\t\t\tGraduate Education Resources\t<\/h5>\n\t

This collection of resources is intended to help faculty and students integrate the ideas generated from the AHA’s Career Diversity for Historians initiative into graduate teaching and advising.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tConferences & Workshops\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee All Events\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"THEP_5973\"\n
\n\t\t\tRegional Conferences on Introductory History Courses\t<\/h5>\n\t

Our regional conferences endeavor to strengthen the community of practice focused on introductory history courses, both in secondary and higher education.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"DSC_1480\"\n

\n\t\t\tAnnual Department Chairs’ Workshop\t<\/h5>\n\t

Since 2018, the AHA has offered an in-person workshop for history department chairs each summer. This interactive two-day workshop provides a productive space for new and experienced chairs to hold thoughtful discussions and share insights about the issues and challenges facing historians and history departments.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tOnline Events\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee All Events\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"andrew-neel-cckf4TsHAuw-unsplash\"\n
\n\t\t\tOnline Programs for Department Chairs\t<\/h5>\n\t

Since 2020, AHA has hosted a regular series of online webinars to support the work of history department chairs. The webinars are small group discussions facilitated by experienced department chairs on topics related to the faculty-facing, student-facing, and administrative-facing work of chairs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\""Digital\n

\n\t\t\tVirtual Career Development\t<\/h5>\n\t

In 2020-21, the AHA hosted a Virtual Career Development series, with professional development webinars and workshops emphasizing career exploration and skill development for graduate students and early-career historians.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWatch Now\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\t#AHRSyllabus\t<\/h4>\n\t

The #AHRSyllabus is a collaborative project from the American Historical Review designed to help teachers and students look “under the hood” at how historians in the early 21st century do the work of history. Each contribution to the syllabus features a practical hands-on teaching module that foregrounds innovative uses of historical method in the classroom.<\/p>\n\t\t\t

How to Teach an AHR Article<\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Teaching Historiography: Testimony and the Study of the Holocaust<\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Historical Podcasts in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tAHA Resource Library\t<\/h4>\n\t

The AHA’s Resource Library includes hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and much more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess the Resources\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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