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BONUS: Historians and Their Publics

History in Focus

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The AHA Presidential Address

The American Historical Review has published every AHA presidential address since 1884. Reading all the addresses, and only them in chronological order, presents a problematic assignment based on an unusual primary source. The speeches are easily accessible online, and they beckon to the reader who is curious about the views of a particular scholar or the tenor of a time.

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