The Organization of American Historians is the largest learned society devoted to the study of American history. Since its founding in 1907 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, the OAH has promoted the study and teaching of the American past through its many activities. The work of the organization is supported by our members and contributions of its supporters. We invite you to learn more about the organization and encourage you to support its efforts by becoming a member today.

OAH Announces its Summer 2010 Community College Workshop Series

More students take the U.S. history survey course at community colleges than at any other institution of higher education. To assist community college professors, the Organization of American Historians has developed a new series of regional workshops to provide professional enhancement opportunities and materials for community college professors teaching the survey course. Held this June in Philadelphia, the regional workshops will include plenary-style panels and small group break-out sessions focused on seven core subjects related to teaching the U.S. History Survey course, and three regional issues, as well as hands-on curriculum development.

Early Bird Registration Now Open for
2010 OAH Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The 2010 OAH Annual Meeting will be held at the Hilton Washington, Wednesday, April 7 to Saturday, April 10. Register today and enjoy discounted registration rates. OAH members enjoy further savings now through December 31, 2009!

September 2009 JAH: Lincoln at 200

On the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the September 2009 special issue of the Journal of American History brings together an international collection of scholars to debate the legacy and the future of Lincoln studies. It features articles selected from an open call for papers, Allen Guelzo's review of Lincoln scholarship that has appeared in the JAH, a round table centered on Matthew Pinsker's state-of-the-field essay, "Lincoln Theme 2.0," and an Interchange on the global Lincoln.

THe OAH Magazine is now available
online at JSTOR

Back issues of the OAH Magazine of History are now available on JSTOR, the not-for-profit online digital archive. Users are able to access articles as full-text PDF files for searching, browsing, downloading, and printing from the journal's first year of publication in 1985 up until the most recent five years. Individual articles from the OAH Magazine are also available for purchase.

July issue of the OAH Magazine focuses on Disability History

"Disability is a part of all of our lives," writes Daniel J. Wilson, guest editor of the July OAH Magazine of History. "We may have a disability ourselves, or know a family member or friend with a disability" he writes in his Foreword to the issue. "Many of us have older relatives who rely on hearing aids or are disabled by arthritis. We know others who are disabled by automobile, workplace, or household accidents. We know veterans wounded during war. And all of us who teach have taught students with cognitive or physical disabilities. When we start to look, disability is all around us." This issue of the Magazine, Wilson says, "gives voice to those silenced."

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2009 OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program

OAH is pleased to present a robust roster of OAH Distinguished Lecturers, speaking on a wide range of topics, from "The American Revolution in Global Perspective," "Abraham Lincoln as a Self-Made Man," and "Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History" to "What is Digital History?," "Interpreting African American History in American Museums," and "Making Thinking Visible in the History Classroom."

OAH Debuts 2009 Best Essays
on Abraham Lincoln

OAH and Palgrave Macmillan are proud to announce the fourth annual Best Essays in American History volume, which showcases the best American history essays on Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Sean Wilentz, the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton University, this fourth volume provides "impeccable scholarship and deliberate judgment on display throughout."

Teaching American History in a Global Perspective

Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, the OAH and the College Board has just published, America on the World Stage: A Global Approach to U.S. History, which reframes the teaching of American history in a global context.

OAH Hosts National Collaborative
for Women's History Sites

The OAH serves as an online host to the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites (NCWHS) web site. NCWHS supports and promotes the preservation and interpretation of sites and locales that bear witness to women's participation in American life. The Collaborative makes women's contributions to history visible so that all women's experiences and potential are fully valued.

The Organization of American Historians promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.