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American Historical Association

The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and teachers of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials. Wikipedia*

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American Historical Association has hosted 54 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1997 Forum. The year with the most events was 2018 with five events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2021 with an average of 1,536 views per video. Most appearances with Bill Scanlan (19), Steve Scully (16), Susan Swain (12). Most common tags: U.S. History, History, African American History.

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    Historical Perspective on Artificial Intelligence

    History Professors Matthew Jones (Princeton), Janet Abbate (Virginia Tech), Matthew Connelly (Columbia), and Jeffrey Yost (Un…

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    Immigration on the Southern Border

    The American Historical Association hosted a briefing with history professors Geraldo Cadava (Northwestern University), Nara …

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    On Account of Sex

    Author Philippa Strum recounted lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s sex discrimination cases before the Supreme Court, arguing that …

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    Presidential Records Act

    How are presidential records collected, archived, and preserved? Scholars talked about the Presidential Records Act of 1978, …

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