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When En Li starts a new class every semester, before she tells her students that she has a PhD in Chinese history, she tells them, "I am a hula dancer."
In #AHAPerspectives, she explores how hula dance shapes her teaching, helping her model vulnerability and reimagine classroom authority.
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Performing a hula dance for her students helps one professor better connect with the vulnerability of classroom learning.
Save the date! Join us in Richmond on August 28 and August 29 for the 2026 Virginia Conference on Introductory History Courses.
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy.
As we approach the anniversary of D-Day, we're revisiting a 2016 #AHAPerspectives piece by Kevin Wagner on bringing the history of D-Day to life for one of his students.
In 2024, we published a piece by Anne Lester about the rebuilding of Notre-Dame, five years after the fire. #AHAPerspectives
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The American Historical Association will hold the inaugural Virginia Conference on Introductory History Courses on Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Virginia Museum of History and ...
History is not something that is simply brought out of the archives, dusted off, and displayed as the way life really was.
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Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian of the American Revolution and professor emeritus of history at Brown University, died on June 7, 2026. Read more about his life, scholarship, and legacy:
As Notre-Dame in Paris has been rebuilt, our understanding of its history has been transformed.
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The American Historical Association will hold the second annual Virginia Conference on Introductory History Courses on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, 2026, at the Virginia Museum of Histor...
With today's #AHAPerspectives article on the completion of Sagrada Familia by @martavvicente.bsky.social, I feel like we now have a little miniseries on impressive construction projects on European cathedrals. 🗃️ (If there are other cathedrals that need historical context, pitch us!)
After a long and evolving architectural journey in Barcelona, La Sagrada Família nears completion.
