Southern Historical Association

Mission The Southern Historical Association (SHA) was founded on November 2, 1934 and charged with promoting an “investigative rather than a memorial approach” to southern history. Today the Association supports history education and history educators at all levels within the South. Specifically, the Association seeks to: 1) foster historically-based thinking in and about the American South; 2) promote the study and teaching of southern history at all educational levels; 3) encourage the collection and preservation of historical records within the American South; 4) support and encourage state and local historical societies, museums, and educational organizations within the American South; and 5) advocate on behalf of the South's history educators. The SHA represents all historians of the South and all historians in the South. The Association holds an annual meeting, usually in the first or second week of November, and proudly publishes The Journal of Southern History Statement on Inclusiveness The Southern Historical Association aims to be an inclusive organization and strives to treat all of its members with dignity and respect and to provide a community that is free from discrimination whether based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, or any other status or classification protected by federal, state or local law. National Coalition for History The Southern Historical Association is a proud member of the Policy Board of the National Coalition for History. NCH is a consortium of more than 50 organizations that advocates on federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting historians, archivists, researchers, teachers, students, preservationists, political scientists, museum professionals, genealogists, and other stakeholders. Priority issues include maximizing researcher access to government records and information, support for history education, and funding for agencies like the National Archives, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Park Service, and Institute of Museum and Library Services. NCH is also a driving force behind the Congressional History Caucus. For more information, and to sign up for email alerts, visit historycoalition.org