Advertising with the AHA

Advertising in the publications of the American Historical Association provides you with the best opportunity for reaching members of the historical profession in the United States. As the oldest (founded in 1884) and largest (more than 18,000 individual and institutional members) professional historical organization in the United States, only the American Historical Association brings together historians specializing in every period, geographic region, and topic of history. Through its scholarly and professional activities, the American Historical Association represents the broad diversity of historical enterprise today. More than 60 percent of the Association's members are professors of history, with the remaining 40 percent consisting of students, teachers, administrators, and publishers in the field.

To meet and address the varied interests of its members, the AHA publishes the American Historical Review, the major journal of record for the historical profession in the United States; Perspectives on History , the major national news monthly of the profession, providing articles and commentary on important people, events, and trends in the profession; and the AHA Annual Meeting Program, the handbook for the largest annual gathering of historians in the United States. These subscription publications, along with their pass-along audience, reach more historians than any other group of publications in America.

All Advertising in the Publications of the American Historical Association is subject to the “Policy on Exhibits, Advertisements, Mailing List Rentals, and Sales.”

See below for information on advertising in:

Information on renting the AHA's mailing list is also available.

If you have questions about mailing lists, please contact Pamela Scott Pinkney .

Circulation: Approximately 17,500.

Readership: College and university professors, and K–12 teachers of history; historical administrators; editors; museum professionals; publishers; librarians; and students of history.

Issuance: Nine times per year; monthly, September–May.
Perspectives on History accepts—subject to conformity with advertisement policies of the AHA—classified advertisements (for history jobs, fellowships, and miscellaneous products and services related to historians) and display advertisements for these as well as other items of interest to readers (such as books, films, television programs, lists of new faculty, conference announcements, and so on).

Classified Ads: $1.25 per word. Discounted rate of $1.00 per word for ads submitted via the AHA web site at http://www.historians.org/perspectives/eib/eib.cfm. Minimum charge is $100.00. Repeat ads are billed at half the cost of the original ad.

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Display Ad Sizes and Prices:

Cover 4
(4-color)

(7 1/4 x 9 5/8)

$1,662.00

Covers 2 & 3
(4 color)

(7 1/4 x 9 5/8)

$1,551.00
Full page
[2-color(black & P294)
or black & white]

(7 1/4 x 9 5/8)

$895.00
Half page

(4 5/8 x 7 1/4 —vertical)
( 7 1/4 x 4 5/8—horizontal)

$664.00
$664.00
One-third page

(2 3/8 x 9 5/8 —vertical)
(4 5/8 x 4 5/8 —square)

$500.00
$404.00
One-sixth page

(2 3/8 x 4 5/8 —vertical)
(4 5/8 x 2 3/8 —horizontal)

$287.00
$287.00

Ads requiring typesetting will be charged an additional $150, pro-rated per page.

Deadlines and Reservations: For copy submission guidelines and deadlines and to reserve advertising space, please go to the Perspectives on History online display advertising submission form.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT all advertisements submitted as PDFs have all fonts and images embedded. All images—embedded in a PDF or submitted separately—should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

If you are submitting a 2-color ad, please ensure that the 2 colors are black and Pantone 294U.

Contact Kelly Elmore for more information about advertising in Perspectives on History.

Circulation: Over 18,000.

Readership: Includes all members, as well as nonmembers attending the annual meeting.

Issuance: Published in conjunction with the Association's annual meeting, held yearly at the beginning of January, the Program is mailed to the membership in mid-October and also provided to participants at the annual meeting. The 123rd Annual Meeting in 2009 will be held January 2 –5 in New York City.

    2009 Meeting Program Deadlines:

    The deadline to advertise in the 2009 Annual Meeting Program has now passed. Anuual Meeting advertising possibilities are still available, however, with the 2009 Annual Meeting Supplment.

Contact Kelly Elmore for more information about the Annual Meeting Program.

Circulation: Over 18,000.

Readership: Includes all members, as well as nonmembers attending the annual meeting.

Issuance: Published as a supplement to the Annual Meeting Program, the Annual Meeting Supplement provides additional information about the host city and the meeting itself. The Annual Meeting Supplement is mailed to all AHA members in late November and distributed to attendees at the meeting. (the 123rd Annual Meeting in 2009 will be held January 2 –5 in New York City).

    2009 Annual Meeting Supplement Deadlines:

    Friday, October 31, 2008: Deadline to reserve advertising space, please go to the Annual Meeting Supplement submission form.

    Wednesday, November 5, 2008: Deadline to submit ads.

    Display Ad Sizes and Prices:

    Cover 2 & 3
    (4-color)

    Cover 4
    (4-color)

    (7 1/4 x 9 5/8)

    (7 1/4 x 9 5/8)

    $1,600.00

    $1,700.00
    Full page
    [2-color(black & P2768)
    or black & white]

    (7 1/4 x 9 5/8)

    $1,100.00
    Half page

    (4 5/8 x 7 1/4 —vertical)

    $775.00
    One-third page

    (2 3/8 x 9 5/8 —vertical)
    (4 5/8 x 4 5/8 —square)

    $550.00
    $450.00
    One-sixth page

    (2 3/8 x 4 5/8 —vertical)

    $300.00

Other Requirements:

  • Copy submission: upload electronically as a PDF at the Annual Meeting Supplement Advertising Submission Form (no bleeds). PLEASE ENSURE THAT all advertisements submitted as PDFs have all fonts and images embedded. All images—embedded in a PDF or submitted separately—should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.


  • Printing: Offset; perfect bound; white and off-white quality, nonacid paperstock.

Contact Kelly Elmore for more information about the Annual Meeting Supplement.

Circulation: Over 18,000.

Readership: College professors, historical administrators, editors, museum professionals, publishers, librarians, and students of history.

Online Version: The American Historical Review is now available electronically through the History Cooperative.

Issuance: Five times per year: October, December, February, April, and June.

Mechanical Requirements:

  • Ad size: 6 x 9 (full-page only).
  • Trim size: 7 1/4 x 10 1/4.
  • Halftones: 120 linescreen.
  • Copy submission: Camera-ready, or ads can be sent electronically as a PDF to Cheryl Jones at the University of Chicago Press. PLEASE ENSURE THAT advertisements submitted as PDFs have all fonts and images embedded. All images—embedded in a PDF or submitted separately--should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. .
  • Printing: Offset; perfect bound; white and off-white quality, nonacid paperstock.

Contact: Cheryl Jones for more information.

Last Updated: October 20, 2008 11:14 AM