World History: Professional Organizations

Encompasses all historical periods and geographical areas.

List of organizations for historians in a variety of fields.

International organization of scholars. Lists and websites that publish peer-reviewed essays and multimedia.

Online discussion group for world history. Includes book reviews.

A Washington, DC-based educational org for history advocacy. Serves as the profession's national voice and its clearinghouse for news and information.

Comprised of historians, librarians, archivists, students, journalists, teachers, and academic scholars.

The largest learned society devoted to the study of American history. They publish the Journal of American History.

Uses digital media and technology to preserve and present history online. Comprised by scholars, technologists, and researchers.

Focuses on the scholarly study of the history of American foreign relations via blogs, op-eds, and historical thinking about current foreign relations.