This one-hour Google hangout provides interested historians with an overview of the digital-history field in preparation for deeper encounters with more specific digital history skills. It was produced in anticipation of the Getting Started in Digital History workshop hosted at the 2016 annual meeting in Atlanta. About the AHA The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. The AHA is a trusted voice advocating for history education, the professional work of historians, and the critical role of historical thinking in public life.  https://www.historians.org/ AHA Digital History Resources: https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/digital-history-resources Resources for Getting Started in Digital History: https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/digital-history-resources/resources-for-getting-started-in-digital-history 2016 Annual Meeting info: https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting/past-meetings/2016-annual-meeting Annual Meeting The AHA annual meeting is the largest gathering of professional historians in the United State. Reflecting the full diversity of the discipline, the meeting offers historians in all professions and fields the opportunity to build relationships, present their work, identify new historiography, gain teaching insights, and join critical discussion on issues facing all historians. The 2017 meeting was held January 4-7, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting