The Pacific Coast Branch (PCB) was organized in 1903 to serve members of the American Historical Association living in the United States west of the Mississippi River and the western provinces of Canada. All members of the AHA living in those areas, therefore, are also members of the branch. The PCB-AHA holds an annual conference each summer. The 2027 conference will be at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The Pacific Historical Review is the official publication of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. It is a quarterly academic journal published by University of California Press.

Hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the two-day 119th annual meeting featured 57 panels, two spectacular luncheon talks, a presidential plenary, an awards ceremony and reception. 2026 Conference highlights

New PCB-AHA Prize! Carl Abbott and David Johnson Article Award in the history of the Pacific World The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association is proud to announce the creation of the Abbott-Johnson Award thanks to a generous contribution from Carl Abbott and David Johnson, past PCB-AHA Presidents and Co-Editors of the Pacific Historical Review (PHR). We are accepting donations to further support the Abbott-Johnson Award. The prize will be awarded annually for the best article in the history of the Pacific World, its peoples, and relations (including Oceanian, Southeast Asian, Asian American, and Hawaiian history), published in…

W. David Baird, a historian who served as the secretary-treasurer of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association from 1996 to 2003, has died. His student Patricia Coughlin has provided this Obituary, as well as his C.V. and this Photo. We honor his memory, and his service.

See conference highlights   PCB-AHA 2024 Conference Program is here, with details about panels, luncheons and luncheon speakers, awards, places to go, things to do, and, especially, our advertisers and sponsors!

The 2023 PCB_AHA Program is here!

The 2022 PCB-AHA Program is set for our conference at Portland State University, August 10-12. Check it out!

The PCB-AHA Teaching Committee is proud to present a webinar, “Trust, Freedom, and Joy: Incorporating Ungrading into the History Classroom,” by Dr. Mary Klann, on March 3, 2021. You can learn more about it, including registration, here.

At its 2020 Council meeting, the PCB-AHA passed three resolutions on the naming of various building and sites at the local, state, and national levels–including the Madison Grant Forest and Elk Refuge and the Madison Grant Memorial at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park–and offering to assist in recommending racially and ethnically diverse scholars to serve on commissions to study these names. The resolutions may be accessed at PCB-AHA 2020 Resolutions.

The PCB-AHA 2020 Conference Program is now available. It includes all of the panels and panelists accepted for the conference, as well as information about our award winners and our organization, and advertisements. Check it out!