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The American Historical Association (AHA) is a society of historians and teachers of history founded in 1884 and incorporated by the United States Congress in 1889. The annual convention meets in January; The American Historical Review six times a year, with scholarly articles and book reviews. The Association is active in encouraging the teaching of history in schools, preserving historical material, and publishing a variety of historical material.

The 120th Annual meeting of the American Historical Association took place 5-8 January 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In attendance were some 5,600 participants. The AHA sponsored over 200 official AHA panels and some 110 other panels were sponsored by affiliated history societies. The diverse panels included sessions on ancient, world, comparative, and American history. Over 150 private and non-profit companies, commercial, and university presses exhibited their wares in the exhibit hall. AHA's Theodore Roosevelt- Woodrow Wilson Public Service Award was presented to Steven Spielberg. The prize was given to him for his founding of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. Stanford University Professor James Sheehan delivered his presidential address, "The Problem of Sovereignty in European History." Dr. Arnita Jones, the Executive Secretary, reported a disturbing trend: "Individual membership has for long been drawn significantly on tenured faculty members in higher education institutions, but the percentage of tenured and tenure-track faculty has shrunk over the years, with serious implications for our membership base."

The American Historical Association will be holding their 121st Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, January 4-7, 2007. The theme for the meeting is Unstable Subjects: Practicing History in Unsettled Times.

Past presidents

Presidents of the AHA are elected annually and give a president's address at the annual meeting. The following lists AHA presidents by the year of their presidential address:

President-elect Barbara Weinstein

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