Videos

The American Historical Association hosted a briefing with history professors Geraldo Cadava (Northwestern University), Nara Milanich (Barnard College) and Mae Ngai (Columbia Univ.) on immig…

How are presidential records collected, archived, and preserved? Scholars talked about the Presidential Records Act of 1978, and the National Archives' role in keeping presidential records s…

Martin Di Caro, host of the Washington Times podcast, “History as it Happens,” interviewed American Historical Association president James Grossman about the historical context for current p…

Historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed talked about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualizing them based…

James Grossman, executive director of the American Historical Association, explained how the history field has changed in the past decade, and why he feels the study of history is important,…

Panelists talked about the historical context in which Civil War monuments were constructed and what they came to symbolize.

James Grossman talked about the national debate over removing Confederate monuments.

Panelists talked about the role of religion in the lives of African Americans. “What is African American Religion?” was a session of “The Future of the African American Past,” a conferenc…

Panelists talked about the role of African-American history in American history. “African American History as American History” was a session of “The Future of the African American Past,”…

Panelists talked about the history covert activities in the United States and the impact of the Church Committee hearings on Congressional oversight of the intelligence community. As a resul…

Three academics discussed the evolution of U. S. immigration policy. Each professor focused on a specific era, analyzing various laws and how each changed or shaped the American immigration …

On American History TV -a look at the history of space exploration. Panelists include representatives from NASA and the National Air and Space Museum. They discuss competition between the U.…

A roundtable discussion was held on how history relates to public culture and policy discussions. Topics included defining standards of historical practice and historians' duty to tell the p…

Former Representative Lee Hamilton (D-IN) was honored with the Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service by the Council of the American Historical Association. This was the …

Representative Jesse Jackson,Jr. , a member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, provided opening and closing remarks. Moderated by Professor James Horton, panelists discussed Afr…

Steven Harper was interviewed by Mr. Grossman about his book, Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster’s Story, published by Borealis Books. Harper told his father’s story, which he only discovered after …

Mr. Holli talked about his book, The American Mayor: The Best and Worst Big-City Leaders published by Pennsylvania State University, which lists the 10 best and worst American mayors since 1…