Western Association of Women Historians

PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF WOMEN HISTORIANS

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General Resources

  • American Historical Association (AHA)
    • American Historical Association – Pacific Coast Branch
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  • Organization of American Historians (OAH)
  • Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH)
  • Southern Association of Women Historians (SAWH)
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  • AHA Today
    Short articles about current issues related to the broad discipline of history and professional practice, including education, grants and fellowships, and jobs and careers.

Helpful publications for graduate students

  • Gustafson, Melanie S.  Becoming a Historian: A Survival Manual 2000 (American Historical Association, 2001).
  • Goldsmith, John A., John Komlos, and Penny Schine Gold.  The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School Through Tenure (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2001).

Other online resources

  • Confronting the Myth of the ‘Digital Native’ – Professors at Northwestern University are training students to build online identities that can advance their academic and professional careers.

Please send us suggestions for additional online resources and publications that should be included here.

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  • CFP – Food and Sovereignty
  • 2021 OAH Lerner-Scott Prize
  • CFP – Special issue of Southern Cultures: Built/Unbuilt
  • CFP – 2021 Rural Women’s Studies Triennial Conference

About the WAWH

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The Western Association of Women Historians was founded in 1969 to promote the interests of women historians both in academic settings and in the field of history generally. The WAWH is the largest of the regional women's historical associations in the United States. Although the majority of our members come from the Western United States, we have members from across the United States, Canada, and other countries and encourage people from any geographic area to join and participate in the organization. The WAWH … Read more

The Networker

Cover - Spring 2019 Networker

The WAWH publishes The Networker, a newsletter that serves as the primary means of communication between the board and the membership. Published quarterly (with Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter issues), it contains regular news of members, information about jobs, awards, calls for papers, and resources, reports by graduate … Read more

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