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Beyond the Commonwealth
In conversation with Martín Espada
Martín Espada is an acclaimed poet, editor, essayist, and translator. He is also one of four individuals being honored this year with the Governor’s Award in the Humanities. Espada’s 2021 book of poetry, Floaters, won the National Book Award for Poetry. We recently...
AASLH Announces Dr. Rex M. Ellis as 2024 Award of Distinction Winner
The American Association for State and Local History is pleased to announce that Dr. Rex M. Ellis has been honored with the association’s Award of Distinction. This personal award is given infrequently and only in recognition of long and very distinguished individual...
Sessions for Small Museums at the 2024 AASLH Annual Conference
Most history organizations are small but mighty, preserving local history for future generations. If you work at a small museum or historic site, be sure to attend the 2024 AASLH Annual Conference and attend the suggested sessions below. All sessions are included with...
Episode 390: Ashli White, Objects of Revolution
Ceramics (category). Teapot. Teapot and cover: Creamware; A: footed globular body with crabstock spout and handle, each side painted in brownish red with "No Stamp Act" within cartouche of leaf scrolls and flowers. B: conforming cover with knob finial and painted with...
Mass Humanities, UMass Press Publish New Collection of Writers from Six Massachusetts Cities
Clementinos is the third anthology of work produced by students in the Clemente Course in the Humanities. Mass Humanities celebrates the publication of Clementinos: Voices from the Clemente Writing Project, a new book featuring writing by Massachusetts residents who...
Mass Cultural Council’s FY25 Budget Appropriation is a Record $26.9M
07.19.2024 Bethann Steiner, Senior Director of Public Affairs Budget Nineteen days into Fiscal Year 2025 the Legislature is poised to adopt and send to the Governor this year’s state budget. Mass Cultural Council is immensely grateful as this spending plan funds the...
AASLH Announces Fellowship and Scholarship Winners for the 2024 Annual Conference
The American Association for State and Local History is pleased to announce the winners of our fellowships and scholarships for the 2024 Annual Conference in Mobile, Alabama. AASLH thanks all the donors who make these financial assistance programs possible. We...
Deepen Your Learning at the 2024 AASLH Annual Conference with Workshops
Workshops at the AASLH Annual Conference explore a topic over a half- or full day. This extended time allows you to more deeply understand the subject and how you can implement what you’ve learned at your organization. Workshops are available on Wednesday and...
Planning for Access: Announcing Our d/Deaf & Disability Equity Plan
07.17.2024 Charles G. Baldwin, Program Officer Diversity Equity and Inclusion Elson Fortes paints in his studio at Humphreys Street Studio during Dorchester Open Studios. Photo: Annielly Camargo. Mass Cultural Council’s first-ever d/Deaf & Disability Equity Plan...
New Edition of AASLH Book: Writing Local History Today
Now Available!Writing Local History Today: A Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book, Second EditionBy Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent CalderPaperback $30.40 AASLH Members / $38 NonmembersEbook $28.80 AASLH Members / $36 Nonmembers Writing Local History...
Reading Frederick Douglass Together and African American Public Memory Traditions
Frederick Douglass and African American Uses of Communal Celebration and Truth-telling as Modes of Resisting Oppression and Creating Public Memory By Desiree Taylor2023 Reading Frederick Douglass Together Research Fellow Lessons from the past can teach new things and...
The Peoples of Utah Revisited: How Utah is Commemorating America250
Monk Chief Abbot Sarith So (middle) with monks surrounding him and performing a blessing ceremony to recognize Monk Sarith So as the official monk of Wat Buddhikaram-Utah Cambodian Buddhist Temple, June 30, 2013 in West Valley City, Utah.By Monique Davila, Community...
Photo gallery from “The Future of Storytelling” – Holyoke
On June 28, we gathered in Holyoke at Mill 1 Events for “The Future of Storytelling,” a two-part workshop and reception that celebrated our 50th anniversary while also affirming the centrality of storytelling in the cultural nonprofit sector. Please enjoy these...
Prepare for the U.S. 250th Anniversary at the AASLH Annual Conference
We are less than two years away from the U.S. 250th anniversary, coming up in 2026. The AASLH Annual Conference this September will feature several sessions that can help you plan for this once-in-a-generation commemoration. Session topics include engaging younger...
Army 250: Lifting up the U.S. Army’s Story
By Dan Vallone, Founder of Army 250 The Army was America before America was America. On June 14, 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence was issued, the U.S. Army was born. On this date, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution that...