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Comparative Historical Analysis Full Day Short Course | Register here 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition -- Boston, MA 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Comparative historical analysis (CHA) is a methodological tradition that bridges the strengths of historical narrative and social scientific inquiry. Widely used to examine problem-driven, macro-historical questions, CHA allows researchers to use the past not only to generate rich descriptions and typologies, but also to develop generalizable, testable theories.