The American Historical Association promotes historical work and the importance of historical thinking in public life. Incorporated by Congress in 1889, its mission to enhance the work of historians also encompasses professional standards and ethics, innovative scholarship and teaching, academic freedom, and international collaboration. As the largest membership association of professional historians in the world (over 11,000 members), the AHA serves historians in a wide variety of professions, and represents every historical era and geographical area.
The Western History Association strives to be a congenial home for the study and teaching of all aspects of North American Wests, frontiers, homelands, and borderlands. Our mission is to cultivate the broadest appreciation of this diverse history.
John Whitmer Historical Association (JWHA) is an independent scholarly society composed of individuals who share a lively interest in the history of Community of Christ and the Restoration Movement. Members include professional and "armchair" scholars from many walks of life and faith positions.
The Global Mormon Studies Network (GMS) is an interdisciplinary community of scholars and individuals with expertise or interest in the academic study of Mormonism(s) as a global religious phenomenon. GMS facilitates collaboration, sharing of research and ideas, and best practises. GMS also supports and encourages scholars to enter the field of global Mormon research, especially emerging scholars, scholars from the Majority World and scholars whose primary academic field is not Mormon studies. Anyone doing research, or interested in global Mormonism may join GMS as a member.
The Mormon Women’s History Initiative Team (MWHIT), founded in 2003, promotes research and networking in the field of Mormon Women’s History. We highlight the lives and experiences of Mormon women across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by bringing them to diverse audiences in print and in person.