AHA Events

Thursday, January 7, 2016

8:30 AM-2:30 PM


AHA Council meeting (invitation only)

8:45 AM-11:00 AM


Tour 1: Historic Downtown Walking Tour

9:00 AM-1:00 PM


Getting Started in Digital History Workshop

11:00 AM-7:00 PM


AHA Headquarters Office open

AHA Meeting Registration open

Hilton Info Desk

Nursing Mothers’ Room open

12:00 PM-6:00 PM


AHA Information Desk at the Marriott

12:30 PM-6:00 PM


Internet Center open

Job Center open

Quiet Room open

Quiet Room open

1:45 PM-3:45 PM


Tour 2: Oakland Cemetery

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


Getting the Most Out of the Annual Meeting

4:15 PM-7:00 PM


2015 John O'Connor Film Award Winner, Feature Film: 12 Years a Slave

5:00 PM-6:00 PM


Reception for Graduate Students

5:30 PM-6:30 PM


Reception for History Bloggers and Twitterstorians

6:30 PM-7:30 PM


AHA Welcome Reception

7:30 PM-8:30 PM


American Historical Association Awards Ceremony

8:30 PM-10:00 PM


Plenary: The Confederacy, Its Symbols, and the Politics of Public Culture

Friday, January 8, 2016

7:00 AM-8:30 AM


Journal Editor's Breakfast (invitation only)

8:00 AM-6:00 PM


AHA Headquarters Office open

AHA Information Desk at the Marriott

AHA Meeting Registration open

Hilton Info Desk

Nursing Mothers’ Room open

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Tuning Project Meeting

9:00 AM-12:30 PM


Tour 4: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

9:00 AM-6:00 PM


Exhibit Hall open

Internet Center open

Job Center open

Quiet Room open

Quiet Room open

11:30 AM-2:30 PM


Affiliated Societies Display

12:00 PM-2:30 PM


Tour 6: Georgia State Capitol

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


Meet the Editors and Staff of the American Historical Review

12:30 PM-2:00 PM


Department Chairs’ Luncheon

12:30 PM-4:30 PM


Workshop on Undergraduate Teaching: Assignments

1:00 PM-2:20 PM


Documentary Film Screening: Stephen Douglas and the Fate of American Democracy

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Tour 5: Sweet Auburn

2:30 PM-3:30 PM


Graduate and Early Career Committee Open Forum: Career Diversity

5:00 PM-6:30 PM


American Historical Association Presidential Address

6:30 PM-8:00 PM


Reception hosted by the American Historical Association for 2015 President Vicki Ruiz, University of California, Irvine

7:00 PM-8:30 PM


Reception for Two-Year Faculty

7:00 PM-9:00 PM


2015 John O'Connor Film Award Winner, Documentary: Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels

7:30 PM-9:00 PM


Public Historians’ Reception

Saturday, January 9, 2016

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


Breakfast Meeting of the AHA Committee on Women Historians

8:00 AM-6:00 PM


AHA Headquarters Office open

AHA Information Desk at the Marriott

Hilton Info Desk

Nursing Mothers’ Room open

8:30 AM-4:00 PM


AHA Meeting Registration open

9:00 AM-11:00 AM


Tour 7: 1906 Atlanta Race Riot Walking Tour

9:00 AM-12:00 PM


K-12 Educators’ Workshop: Teaching the Long Civil Rights Movement

9:00 AM-6:00 PM


Exhibit Hall open

Internet Center open

Job Center open

Quiet Room open

Quiet Room open

9:30 AM-11:00 AM


AHA Committee on Women Historians Brainstorming and Mentoring Session

10:00 AM-1:00 PM


Tour 8: The Atlanta University Center

11:30 AM-2:00 PM


AHR Board of Editors luncheon and meeting

12:00 PM-1:30 PM


Working Luncheon for Directors of Graduate Studies

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Making Film, Making History, and Crossing Boundaries in Washington Heights: A Screening of Sosua: Make a Better World

12:15 PM-1:45 PM


AHA Modern European History Section

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


Open Forum: Guidelines for the Professional Evaluation of Digital Scholarship by Historians

1:00 PM-5:00 PM


Career Fair

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


What Is Tuning?

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Annual Meeting of Affiliated Society Representatives

2:00 PM-5:00 PM


Tour 9: Battle of Atlanta Civil War Tour

3:00 PM-4:30 PM


Affiliated Societies Workshop: Fundraising—Communicating Your Case for Philanthropic Success

3:45 PM-4:45 PM


Teaching and Learning Networking Opportunity

4:45 PM-6:00 PM


AHA Business Meeting (AHA Members Only)

6:00 PM-7:30 PM


Documentary Film Screening: The Legacy of Heart Mountain

Committee on Minority Historians’ Reception

6:30 PM-8:00 PM


NHC Reception

7:00 PM-8:30 PM


K–12 Reception

Sunday, January 10, 2016

7:30 AM-9:00 AM


Farewell Coffee Reception

8:00 AM-2:00 PM


AHA Headquarters Office open

Hilton Info Desk

Nursing Mothers’ Room open

8:30 AM-11:30 AM


AHA Information Desk at the Marriott

8:30 AM-12:00 PM


AHA Council meeting (invitation only)

8:30 AM-12:30 PM


Tour 10: Self-Guided Tour of Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park

9:00 AM-12:00 PM


Exhibit Hall open

Internet Center open

Job Center open

Quiet Room open

Quiet Room open

11:00 AM-1:30 PM


Tour 11: Finding Inspiration Inside: The National Center for Civil and Human Rights