Join the AAH Section
If you have ever been curious about the history of accounting and the accounting profession, consider joining our section! The mission of the Academy of Accounting Historians, founded in 1973, is to chronicle the development of accounting theory, historical events in the accounting profession, the impact of accounting on the economy and society, and biographical profiles of accountants throughout history. We accomplish this mission through our midyear webinars, brown bag online research sessions, awards for outstanding accounting history research, and publication in a premier journal of accounting history: The Accounting Historians' Journal.
Membership Benefits
- The AAH Section publishes the premier journal dedicated to accounting history: Accounting Historians Journal.
- Midyear research webinars, accounting history brown bag online seminars, and opportunities to volunteer and network.
- We recognize member contributions through awards for contribution to accounting history research and publications.
- We value collegiality and have a long history of welcoming and supporting the development of new section members.
Easily add the AAH Section to Your AAA Membership:
- Log in to the Member Dashboard.
- To add a Section, click on the green "Section Membership Add-on" button.
- Select the Sections you wish to add to your membership and follow the checkout process.
Academy of Accounting Historians Section Online Sessions for All AAA Members!
The Academy of Accounting Historians (AAH) sponsors a series of online sessions (Brownbag webinars) to provide researchers feedback on their historical and longitudinal papers. These sessions have been done for the past five years.
The format will be:
- Friday Brownbag Sessions, one presenter, sessions each from 10 am to 11:15 am Eastern
The AAH will deliver the Friday brownbag sessions with Zoom free of charge. AAH and AAA members are invited to present papers and to be participants at all sessions. For each submitted paper, there will be two blind reviewers. Each reviewer will be a subject expert.
Next Brownbag Session:
February 20, 2026, 10am, Eastern
Presenter: Diane Roberts (University of San Francisco)
Paper being Presented: Beyond New York: CPA Market Characteristics and Career Experience in 1920 Philadelphia and Chicago
This session on February 20 will be held 10 am EST (Toronto/New York) time and conclude at 11:15 am. There is no charge for this and other AAH sessions for AAA and AAH members.
The purpose of these Brownbag sessions is to provide constructive feedback with two blind reviewers and a discussant to assist authors in getting their papers published in high quality journals. Recently, the May 2025 issue of TAR had a paper that was presented at an earlier AAH brownbag session. A paper presented at a spring 2024 AAH brownbag session was accepted for publication in AAAJ.
If you wish to receive a Zoom link to participate in Diane’s presentation and get an electronic copy of the paper being presented, please contact me at, garys@yorku.ca
Accounting Historians Journal
A journal of the Academy of Accounting Historians Section of the American Accounting Association
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Accounting Historians Journal is an international journal that addresses the development of accounting thought and practice. AHJ embraces all subject matter related to accounting history, including but not limited to research that provides historical perspective on contemporary issues. It prints semi-annually in June and December, and is indexed in both Scopus and ESCI.
Click here to view the Accounting Historians Journal Editorial Board.
For additional journal data and citation analysis, see the Accounting Historians Journal Impact and Journal Report.
Editor:
William (Bill) Black
Accounting Historians Journal
University of North Georgia
P: 770.598.3522
E: whblack@ung.edu
Editorial Office: AHJ@aaahq.org
All papers accepted and published in the journal are considered for that year's Best Paper Award. Read more on the award's page here.
Quick Notes:
- The first volume was published in 1974.
- The journal is published twice a year; June and December.
- Older volumes are available online in the digital library.
Still have questions? Contact one of the editors below.
Gloria Vollmers, Editor, University of Maine, Gloria_Vollmers@umit.maine.edu
Warwick Funnell, Associate Editor, University of Kent, w.n.funnell@kent.ac.uk
David McCollum-Oldroyd, Associate Editor, Durham University, d.a.mccollum-oldroyd@durham.ac.uk
Bob Russ, Assistant Editor, Northern Kentucky University, russr1@nku.edu