The Organization of American Historians
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World's largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of US history.
🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from the OAH! 🍂
This Thanksgiving, we at the OAH are grateful for our dedicated members, supporters, and vibrant community of historians.
From all of us at the OAH, we wish you a warm, joyful, and restorative Thanksgiving. 🧡
This Thanksgiving, we at the OAH are grateful for our dedicated members, supporters, and vibrant community of historians.
From all of us at the OAH, we wish you a warm, joyful, and restorative Thanksgiving. 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from the OAH! 🍂
This Thanksgiving, we at the OAH are grateful for our dedicated members, supporters, and vibrant community of historians.
From all of us at the OAH, we wish you a warm, joyful, and restorative Thanksgiving. 🧡
This Thanksgiving, we at the OAH are grateful for our dedicated members, supporters, and vibrant community of historians.
From all of us at the OAH, we wish you a warm, joyful, and restorative Thanksgiving. 🧡
🚗✨ Hitting the road for the holidays? Make your trip even better with the JAH Podcast! Whether you're cruising down the highway or waiting out airport lines, tune in for fascinating stories, fresh perspectives, & conversations that bring history to life. 🎙️📚
👉 Listen here: https://ow.ly/XESY50XuPAH
👉 Listen here: https://ow.ly/XESY50XuPAH
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚗✨ Hitting the road for the holidays? Make your trip even better with the JAH Podcast! Whether you're cruising down the highway or waiting out airport lines, tune in for fascinating stories, fresh perspectives, & conversations that bring history to life. 🎙️📚
👉 Listen here: https://ow.ly/XESY50XuPAH
👉 Listen here: https://ow.ly/XESY50XuPAH
Thanksgiving has a long history! 🍂 First proclaimed by George Washington in 1789, it became an annual tradition under Abraham Lincoln in 1863. In 1941, Congress settled a debate sparked by FDR, officially designating the fourth Thursday of November as the national holiday we celebrate today.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thanksgiving has a long history! 🍂 First proclaimed by George Washington in 1789, it became an annual tradition under Abraham Lincoln in 1863. In 1941, Congress settled a debate sparked by FDR, officially designating the fourth Thursday of November as the national holiday we celebrate today.
Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been a U.S. national holiday. In preparation for Thanksgiving, check out other histories of food in Bonnie Miller’s “Imperial Feasting: Representations of Food and Consumption in the Political Cartoons of the Spanish-American War of 1898." https://tinyurl.com/5ysudvue
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been a U.S. national holiday. In preparation for Thanksgiving, check out other histories of food in Bonnie Miller’s “Imperial Feasting: Representations of Food and Consumption in the Political Cartoons of the Spanish-American War of 1898." https://tinyurl.com/5ysudvue
Our Federal Employees & Contractors Oral History Project shows us how individuals shape institutions and how public service impacts real lives. Curious to learn more? FECOHP is preserving history one interview at a time. 👇
https://www.fecohp.org/
https://www.fecohp.org/
FECOHP – Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project
Oral history is more than storytelling—it’s a method for documenting personal experiences to preserve history from the ground up.
www.fecohp.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our Federal Employees & Contractors Oral History Project shows us how individuals shape institutions and how public service impacts real lives. Curious to learn more? FECOHP is preserving history one interview at a time. 👇
https://www.fecohp.org/
https://www.fecohp.org/
In 2025 the OAH issued 14 Advocacy Statements and Calls to Action. Your donating this Giving Tuesday helps the OAH continue this work. Read more about our work this year: https://ow.ly/yn2850XuUCV
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In 2025 the OAH issued 14 Advocacy Statements and Calls to Action. Your donating this Giving Tuesday helps the OAH continue this work. Read more about our work this year: https://ow.ly/yn2850XuUCV
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors transgender lives cut short. For more on trans history, read Abram J. Lewis’s piece “’Free Our Siblings, Free Ourselves:’ Historicizing Trans Activism in the U.S., 1952–1992.” https://www.oah.org/process/historicizing-trans-activism/
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors transgender lives cut short. For more on trans history, read Abram J. Lewis’s piece “’Free Our Siblings, Free Ourselves:’ Historicizing Trans Activism in the U.S., 1952–1992.” https://www.oah.org/process/historicizing-trans-activism/
🛑 Revoked citizenship as a political tool? 🛑 The hidden history of denaturalization is more complex and relevant than you might think.
Our webinar on the history of denaturalization is now live on the OAH YouTube channel! 🎥📚
👉 Watch now: https://youtu.be/pjfQffjcA24
Our webinar on the history of denaturalization is now live on the OAH YouTube channel! 🎥📚
👉 Watch now: https://youtu.be/pjfQffjcA24
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🛑 Revoked citizenship as a political tool? 🛑 The hidden history of denaturalization is more complex and relevant than you might think.
Our webinar on the history of denaturalization is now live on the OAH YouTube channel! 🎥📚
👉 Watch now: https://youtu.be/pjfQffjcA24
Our webinar on the history of denaturalization is now live on the OAH YouTube channel! 🎥📚
👉 Watch now: https://youtu.be/pjfQffjcA24
#ThisDayInHistory and the power of 272 Words. Today marks the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.
Explore the lasting legacy of Lincoln’s vision in our special JAH issue “Abraham Lincoln at 200: History and Historiography.”
👉 https://ow.ly/L82B50XubkM
Explore the lasting legacy of Lincoln’s vision in our special JAH issue “Abraham Lincoln at 200: History and Historiography.”
👉 https://ow.ly/L82B50XubkM
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#ThisDayInHistory and the power of 272 Words. Today marks the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.
Explore the lasting legacy of Lincoln’s vision in our special JAH issue “Abraham Lincoln at 200: History and Historiography.”
👉 https://ow.ly/L82B50XubkM
Explore the lasting legacy of Lincoln’s vision in our special JAH issue “Abraham Lincoln at 200: History and Historiography.”
👉 https://ow.ly/L82B50XubkM
Discover the real story of the early American frontier in the lecture “Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier,” by OAH Lecturer Robert Parkinson. #OAHLecturer
🎤 Bring this story to an event near you: https://ow.ly/NMKP50XtEaW
🎤 Bring this story to an event near you: https://ow.ly/NMKP50XtEaW
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discover the real story of the early American frontier in the lecture “Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier,” by OAH Lecturer Robert Parkinson. #OAHLecturer
🎤 Bring this story to an event near you: https://ow.ly/NMKP50XtEaW
🎤 Bring this story to an event near you: https://ow.ly/NMKP50XtEaW
On November 18th, 1949, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to win the MLB’s MVP Award. For more on baseball in U.S. history, see Seth Tannebaum’s Process piece, “Major League Baseball’s Historical Quest to Entice Middle- and Upper- Class Fans to the Park.” https://tinyurl.com/4efhen9h
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On November 18th, 1949, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to win the MLB’s MVP Award. For more on baseball in U.S. history, see Seth Tannebaum’s Process piece, “Major League Baseball’s Historical Quest to Entice Middle- and Upper- Class Fans to the Park.” https://tinyurl.com/4efhen9h
Coming up tomorrow: our 5pm ET webinar on the Summer 2025 TAH “Cold War, Prosperity, and Civil Rights.” Hear from the authors whose articles appeared in the issue: Allison Mashell Mitchell (University of Notre Dame) and Cookie Woolner (University of Memphis). https://ow.ly/fvR650Xt31S
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Coming up tomorrow: our 5pm ET webinar on the Summer 2025 TAH “Cold War, Prosperity, and Civil Rights.” Hear from the authors whose articles appeared in the issue: Allison Mashell Mitchell (University of Notre Dame) and Cookie Woolner (University of Memphis). https://ow.ly/fvR650Xt31S
💃🕺 Ready to mix, match, and make scholarship move?
Join us on the OAH dance floor—where single papers meet chairs and commentators to form great panels. Let’s make connections that keep history in motion. #OAH26
https://ow.ly/g9kA50XsRV0
Join us on the OAH dance floor—where single papers meet chairs and commentators to form great panels. Let’s make connections that keep history in motion. #OAH26
https://ow.ly/g9kA50XsRV0
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
💃🕺 Ready to mix, match, and make scholarship move?
Join us on the OAH dance floor—where single papers meet chairs and commentators to form great panels. Let’s make connections that keep history in motion. #OAH26
https://ow.ly/g9kA50XsRV0
Join us on the OAH dance floor—where single papers meet chairs and commentators to form great panels. Let’s make connections that keep history in motion. #OAH26
https://ow.ly/g9kA50XsRV0
On this day in 1851, Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is published in the United States. If you would like to read more about the history of other literary classics, see Donald Yacovone’s discussion of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Nancy Drew in “Innocence Betrayed,” on Process.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On this day in 1851, Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is published in the United States. If you would like to read more about the history of other literary classics, see Donald Yacovone’s discussion of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Nancy Drew in “Innocence Betrayed,” on Process.
Thank you #OAHLecturer @susanstryker.bsky.social for traveling cross-country to Christopher Newport U in Virginia to give an amazing lecture on the trans-temporal dimensions of transgenderism, past & present, and the meaningful Q&A w/students. bit.ly/3JYLcl8
Book an OAH speaker!: ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
Book an OAH speaker!: ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Thank you #OAHLecturer @susanstryker.bsky.social for traveling cross-country to Christopher Newport U in Virginia to give an amazing lecture on the trans-temporal dimensions of transgenderism, past & present, and the meaningful Q&A w/students. bit.ly/3JYLcl8
Book an OAH speaker!: ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
Book an OAH speaker!: ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
Thanks to OAH Lecturer Susan Stryker for traveling to give a lecture at Christopher Newport Univ today! Dr. Stryker’s talk will explore the trans-temporal dimensions of what we call “transgender” today. #OAHLecturer
Learn more: https://ow.ly/2j6J50Xqakr
Book an OAH speaker: https://ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
Learn more: https://ow.ly/2j6J50Xqakr
Book an OAH speaker: https://ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thanks to OAH Lecturer Susan Stryker for traveling to give a lecture at Christopher Newport Univ today! Dr. Stryker’s talk will explore the trans-temporal dimensions of what we call “transgender” today. #OAHLecturer
Learn more: https://ow.ly/2j6J50Xqakr
Book an OAH speaker: https://ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
Learn more: https://ow.ly/2j6J50Xqakr
Book an OAH speaker: https://ow.ly/Xrn850Xqaku
Interested in the practice and methodologies of writing Indigenous history? Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by checking out Josh McGonagle Althoff’s reflections in his article on Process, “Resisting the Lonely Historian.” https://www.oah.org/process/resisting-the-lonely-historian/
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Interested in the practice and methodologies of writing Indigenous history? Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by checking out Josh McGonagle Althoff’s reflections in his article on Process, “Resisting the Lonely Historian.” https://www.oah.org/process/resisting-the-lonely-historian/
This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, explore essays from Process that rethink how we write, teach, and engage with Indigenous histories. 🌎✍️
Read the collection: https://ow.ly/zVw550XpG3a
Read the collection: https://ow.ly/zVw550XpG3a
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, explore essays from Process that rethink how we write, teach, and engage with Indigenous histories. 🌎✍️
Read the collection: https://ow.ly/zVw550XpG3a
Read the collection: https://ow.ly/zVw550XpG3a
#ThisDayInHistory 📜 On Nov 12, 1954, Ellis Island closed, after processing 12+ million immigrants. Explore how industry, immigration & empire shaped America.
https://www.oah.org/us-history-at-250/
📸: women stand outside the immigration station. Augustus Sherman/New York Public Library
https://www.oah.org/us-history-at-250/
📸: women stand outside the immigration station. Augustus Sherman/New York Public Library
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#ThisDayInHistory 📜 On Nov 12, 1954, Ellis Island closed, after processing 12+ million immigrants. Explore how industry, immigration & empire shaped America.
https://www.oah.org/us-history-at-250/
📸: women stand outside the immigration station. Augustus Sherman/New York Public Library
https://www.oah.org/us-history-at-250/
📸: women stand outside the immigration station. Augustus Sherman/New York Public Library
Want to help shape the future of OAH conferences? We’re looking for volunteers to join our Three-Year Program Committee—the team that keeps our annual meetings fresh, engaging, and forward-thinking.
Serve, collaborate, and make history with us! ✨
📅 Apply by November 30.
https://ow.ly/AG8L50XpEXY
Serve, collaborate, and make history with us! ✨
📅 Apply by November 30.
https://ow.ly/AG8L50XpEXY
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Want to help shape the future of OAH conferences? We’re looking for volunteers to join our Three-Year Program Committee—the team that keeps our annual meetings fresh, engaging, and forward-thinking.
Serve, collaborate, and make history with us! ✨
📅 Apply by November 30.
https://ow.ly/AG8L50XpEXY
Serve, collaborate, and make history with us! ✨
📅 Apply by November 30.
https://ow.ly/AG8L50XpEXY
Read about the history of the War on Poverty and the Latino, LGBTQ+, and African American civil rights movement in the new TAH issue: https://ow.ly/pEw950Xq9n4
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Read about the history of the War on Poverty and the Latino, LGBTQ+, and African American civil rights movement in the new TAH issue: https://ow.ly/pEw950Xq9n4
#OAH27 planning is officially underway! Our incredible Program Committee was on site in San Francisco last week—touring venues, brainstorming sessions, and mapping out an unforgettable OAH Conference on American History. Historians, what topics should we explore at #OAH27? Drop your ideas below! ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When we fail to defend history at home, the erasure spreads. In the latest HARPPing on History post, we see how efforts to downplay parts of America’s story are now crossing borders. The OAH stands at the forefront of protecting honest, inclusive history.
📖 Read more: https://ow.ly/TB8O50XpZqq
📖 Read more: https://ow.ly/TB8O50XpZqq
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When we fail to defend history at home, the erasure spreads. In the latest HARPPing on History post, we see how efforts to downplay parts of America’s story are now crossing borders. The OAH stands at the forefront of protecting honest, inclusive history.
📖 Read more: https://ow.ly/TB8O50XpZqq
📖 Read more: https://ow.ly/TB8O50XpZqq
Today, we honor and thank all who have served in the United States Armed Forces.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today, we honor and thank all who have served in the United States Armed Forces.
🗂️ When history depends on screenshots… what gets lost? We believe preserving the history of now is essential to understanding the history of tomorrow. Read our Substack & watch our webinar “Why NARA is Essential to US Democracy.”
👉 https://ow.ly/o2zK50XpBMo
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👉 https://ow.ly/o2zK50XpBMo
👉 https://ow.ly/Ogqh50XpBMn
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🗂️ When history depends on screenshots… what gets lost? We believe preserving the history of now is essential to understanding the history of tomorrow. Read our Substack & watch our webinar “Why NARA is Essential to US Democracy.”
👉 https://ow.ly/o2zK50XpBMo
👉 https://ow.ly/Ogqh50XpBMn
👉 https://ow.ly/o2zK50XpBMo
👉 https://ow.ly/Ogqh50XpBMn