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The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association

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Remembering What the Parks Forgot

An Indigenous historian and former park ranger reflects on the National Park Service and how its relationships with Native people have changed.

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Meet the 2025 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists

Introducing the three graduate students who will write about teaching history writing as a former playwright, researching international marriages in a time of immigration uncertainty, and engaging with your neighbors and history in community gardening.

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May 2025 | Family Record

For some of us, our love of history starts close to home. Photographs from generations past, treasured heirlooms passed down from parent to child, stories told so often they become legend—such objects and experiences can often be our first encounter with the past. So why not use that connection with undergraduate students?

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Perspectives on History is the newsmagazine of the American Historical Association and is the principal source for news and information about the discipline of history. Since 1962, Perspectives has cultivated the community of historians and promoted our work by publishing articles and commentary on all aspects of the historical discipline. The print magazine and its website showcase work by historians working in various professional settings.

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The American Historical Review is the official publication of the American Historical Association and has been the journal of record for the historical discipline in the United States since 1895.