Research Guides: Careers, Grad Studies, and Opportunities in History: Professional Organizations and Graduate Programs

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Purpose

This guide is intended to provide current news in the History discipline and provide resources for those interested in pursuing graduate studies or a career in History.

Currently this guide is more focused on U.S. history, but you can help change that -- let me know what professional organizations, blogs, and so forth are most important to YOUR area of history!

Major Professional Associations

American Historical Association (AHA)
"The American Historical Association encompasses every historical period and geographical area and serves professional historians in all areas of employment."

AHA's Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct (covers the profession of history, shared values of historians, scholarship, plagiarism, teaching, history in the public realm, employment, reputation and trust)
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
American Association for State and Local History
Southwestern Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

Directories of History Departments and Graduate Programs

Directory of Doctoral Programs in the US and Canada
Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the US and Canada
History Departments Around the World
University Programs Related to History Education
(The History Education Network, Canada)

Grad Program Ranking

U.S. News Rankings of History Graduate Programs
Is There Any Value in U.S. News Rankings of History Grad Programs?
by Robert B. Townsend on AHA Today

Directory of Dissertations

Directory of History Dissertations (AHA)
Dissertations that were completed or are currently in progress at 200+ history departments in the U.S. and Canada. (American Historical Association)