James Grossman
Executive Director, American Historical Association
- The AHA, along with the ACLS and the MLA, have filed a lawsuit to restore the programming and institutional integrity that have been stripped away from the NEH. Announcement and PDF of filing in district court are here: www.historians.org/news/america...
- My last column for Perspectives on History: www.historians.org/perspectives...
- Reposted by James GrossmanAHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social was interviewed on KNX News as part of their coverage of the 2025 presidential inauguration to discuss President Trump’s declaration that he would rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali.
- Reposted by James GrossmanAHA exec director @jgrossman.bsky.social, @oah.org president @dblight.bsky.social, & OAH exec director Beth English co-authored an article, "Trump May Wish to Abolish the Past. We Historians Will Not" for @newrepublic.com on the executive order, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” 🗃️
- Reposted by James GrossmanThe incoming administration has apparently considered reinstating the infamous 1776 Commission whose work four years ago was widely discredited. Here is why this matters: www.historians.org/perspectives...
- Reposted by James Grossman@jgrossman.bsky.social was featured in an ABC News article about NARA. The head of NARA, the archivist of the United States, is “the steward of those billions of records, which belong to the American people,” said Grossman. 🗃️
- Reposted by James GrossmanMy conversation with @jgrossman.bsky.social, pres of AHA @historians.org and Beth English, pres of @oah.org. about their joint statement, effects of historical censorship, data shredding, meaningful public education – and how to fight back. #History #PoliSky newbooksnetwork.com/postscript-n...
- Reposted by James Grossman@jgrossman.bsky.social on @npr.org about the EO targeting the Smithsonian: "It misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian, which is one of the great research institutions in the world, arguing that the Smithsonian somehow misleads people, somehow is unpatriotic...That is simply not true." 🗃️
- Reposted by James GrossmanAHA exec director @jgrossman.bsky.social & OAH exec Beth English joined the New Books Network podcast Postscript: Conversations on Politics and Political Science to discuss “the effects of historical censorship, data shredding, meaningful public education–and what everyone can do to fight back.”🗃️
- Reposted by James GrossmanOn March 28, AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social was a panel member for “’The Past is Never Dead’: U.S. Perspectives on History, Memory, and Current Challenges,” along with Desirée Cormier Smith, Margaret Huang, and Kama B. Pierce. The discussion is available to view on YouTube 🗃️:
- The other 2 are American Historical Association and American Council of Learned Societies. We hope to learn soon what the landscape looks like, what kind of lawsuit would be feasible, & how it might most effectively and efficiently be structured. You can contribute through any of the 3 organizations
- Reposted by James GrossmanIn #AHAPerspectives, executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social revisits his March 2021 column on the Trump administration’s “1776 Report.” 🗃️
