{"id":1191,"date":"2019-09-10T12:58:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:38:09","slug":"american-historical-association-on-history-and-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2019\/09\/10\/american-historical-association-on-history-and-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"American Historical Association on History and Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/\">American Historical Association<\/a> (AHA) is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. The AHA is a trusted voice advocating for history education, the professional work of historians, and the critical role of historical thinking in public life.<\/p>\n<p>In a wide range of situations, whether involving the rights and careers of individual historians, historical practice in diverse venues, or the role of history in public culture, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/aha-advocacy\/guiding-principles-on-taking-a-public-stance\">AHA<\/a> has the responsibility to take public stands. Such statements are posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/aha-advocacy\">AHA Advocacy page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/aha-advocacy\/aha-statement-on-domestic-terrorism-bigotry-and-history\">August 2019 statement<\/a>, for example, the AHA &#8220;condemn[ed] the recent deployment of histories invented in the interest of bigotry, violence, and division&#8221; and reaffirmed &#8220;the responsibility [historians] bear as part of the institutional matrix of civil society. As teachers, researchers, and citizens, historians bring to civic culture the values of &#8216;mutual respect, reasoned discourse, and appreciation for humanity in its full variety.'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Historical Association highlights and condemns the dangers of the &#8220;deployment of histories invented in the interest of bigotry, violence, and division&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2019\/09\/10\/american-historical-association-on-history-and-advocacy\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":800,"featured_media":279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[35698,35701,35702],"class_list":{"0":"post-1191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-history-news","8":"tag-history-news","9":"tag-what-history-teaches-you","10":"tag-why-history-matters","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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