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How does the past inform Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic’s futures? What is the impact of (post-) extractive and (post-) industrial sites on our understanding of the region? How do the region’s historic sites and monuments shape our knowledge of the past and might be used to re-envision a more inclusive past and future? How did the region’s earliest residents inform later uses and perceptions of the landscape? Read On

Pennsylvania citizens who were residents of Pennhurst, a state institution opened in 1908 for the “feeble-minded” of society, had unique life experiences… Read On

The Pennsylvania Historical Association hopes you will join us for our Annual Meeting from October 13-15, 2022. Our colleagues at Lycoming College’s Department of History will host us in Williamsport, Pennsylvania… Read On

For the first time in three years, the Pennsylvania Historical Association will hold our annual meeting in-person from October 13-15, 2022 at Lycoming College! The conference on histories of health and resilience will feature experts from across the United States… Read On

“Pennsylvania History Presents” is an online feature of the Pennsylvania Historical Association’s (PHA) website. Begun in 2019, we offer for free public access one article from the current issue of its quarterly award-winning journal, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. For the Spring 2022 issue (89… Read On

The Pennsylvania Historical Association annually bestows the William A. Pencak Award for the best undergraduate research paper about Pennsylvania and/or Mid-Atlantic history. The award, named for Bill Pencak (1951–2013), a prolific scholar and much-loved Penn State University history professor and former Editor of Pennsylvania History, honors the academic year’s best written undergraduate paper in history… Read On

Nominations are now open for the Pennsylvania Historical Association's 2022 Klein Book Prize The Philip S. Klein Book Prize is awarded for the best book on a topic that illuminates the history of Pennsylvania… Read On

“Pennsylvania History Presents” is an online feature of the Pennsylvania Historical Association’s (PHA) website. Begun in 2019, we offer for free public access one article from the current issue of its quarterly award-winning journal, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. For the Winter 2022 issue (89… Read On

The American Association for State and Local History is a national membership association dedicated to helping the history community thrive. For the better part of a century, AASLH has provided leadership and resources to its members who preserve and interpret state and local history to make the past more meaningful to all people… Read On

Call For Student Papers and Presentations 2022  The program committee of the Pennsylvania Historical Association invites proposals for student research presentations at the annual meeting being held October 13-15, 2022, at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania… Read On