History

The American Historical Association provides leadership for the discipline and promotes the critical role of historical thinking in public life. The Association defends academic freedom, develops professional standards, supports innovative scholarship and teaching, and helps to sustain and enhance the work of historians.

The mission of the OAH is to promote excellence in the scholarship, teaching and presentation of American history, to encourage wide discussion of historical questions, and to advocate for history and the equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.