Member Benefits

Membership in the OAH provides valuable benefits for members on campus and throughout their professional lives. Take advantage of the organization’s programs as you advance throughout your career.

publications

Journal of American History

For over eighty years, the JAH has been the leading scholarly publication in the field of American history. A major resource for students and scholars, it includes reviews of books, films, museum exhibits, and textbooks for teaching, as well as coverage of international scholarship on the U.S.

OAH Magazine of History

Published quarterly since 1985, each issue of the OAH Magazine of History focuses on a theme in U.S. history. Articles draw upon recent scholarship, survey the historiography, and provide practical teaching strategies. Its goal is to enhance the teaching and presentation of U.S. history in secondary and college classrooms, as well as in public history settings. The OAH Magazine of History will cease publication with the October 2013 issue, and members may access the entire archive—all twenty-seven volumes—of the OAH Magazine online.

OAH Outlook

OAH Outlook: A Membership Newsletter of the Organization of American Historians, provides news of the organization and the history profession, as well as timely articles of professional and scholarly interest to OAH members. OAH Outlook appears quarterly each February, May, August, and November, and is an exclusive benefit of membership in the OAH.

The OAH Annual Meeting Program

Mailed to the membership each January, the OAH Annual Meeting Program includes information about the OAH Annual Meeting, held in the spring of each year. The meeting provides an opportunity to join colleagues for conversations on a broad range of issues, make professional contacts, and view the latest historical publications in the annual meeting exhibit hall. The meeting also includes Focus on Teaching sessions and a series of professional sessions for graduate students, as well as tours and off-site sessions.

resources

Recent Scholarship Online (RSO)

A rich, searchable database drawn from more than one thousand history-related journals, anthologies, and indexes, RSO will keep you up-to-date on new history books, articles, and dissertations.

OAH Career Center

The OAH Career Center allows members to confidentially post their resumes online and share them with potential employers in the field. Free to all active members, this service provides job seekers with easy to use online job application tools, automatic e-mail notifications of new positions, and the ability to manage their employment search by saving available job postings for later action.

The Versatile PhD

OAH members may access premium content at The Versatile PhD, an excellent source of information on nonacademic and academic alternative ("alt-ac") careers for humanists and social scientists. OAH members have access to resume and c.v. resources, as well as the Versatile PhD's vibrant online community, best practices, and other career-related tools. Members may access The Versatile PhD under the "My Benefits" tab at OAH Online Member Services.

Teaching Tools

Since 1907, the organization has been committed to excellence in teaching, from universities to precollegiate classrooms to museums. The OAH Magazine of History and OAH/NCHS Teaching Units encourage the use of primary sources in the classroom. “Teaching the JAH” presents online tools to use the latest scholarly research in the Journal of American History in the U.S. survey course. OAH works on your behalf with foundations and other organizations to provide travel grants, professional development conferences, and other resources for history educators at all levels and in all settings.

Individual Subscription to JSTOR

For $15, you also may choose an individual subscription to JSTOR, which provides full-text of the complete run of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review (1914-1964), and all issues, save for the last five years, of both the Journal of American History, and the OAH Magazine of History.

professional discounts

Annual Meeting Registration

Members enjoy reduced registration rates for the OAH Annual Meeting.

ACLS Humanities E-Book

American Council of Learned Societies Humanities E-Book offers unlimited access to nearly 3,000 full-text, cross-searchable titles across the humanities and social sciences from the 1880s through the present.

Insurance Programs

Members residing in the U.S are eligible to participate in the Trust for Insuring Educators insurance programs, which offer professional liability, term life, automobile, disability, medical, and a range of other insurance services at group rates. Follow this link to learn more.

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Potentially save thousands on health insurance. Plan options include Health Savings Accounts, Family PPO Plans and Group Employee Health Plans. Follow this link to learn more.

Discounts with Oxford University Press

OAH members enjoy a 25% discount on all titles with Oxford University Press.