Since 2012, /r/Askhistorians has been fortunate enough to host some fine historians for AMAs. The admins have asked us to compile a list of our 10 favorites and offer suggestions for more, and as the person generally in charge of AMAs here, I've been working on that list. Now, I'd like to hear from you! I'm planning to submit that list in about six hours, and I'm interested in hearing what you have to say until then!
/u/restricteddata put on a clinic, and possibly got carpal tunnel syndrome, after their AMA. Totally awesome.
I'm also partial to the gigantic Civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas AMA Panel because it was a wonderful night of chaos with so much good discussion piled into one place.
And as a followup question, who would you like to have for an AMA?
I'm especially fond of Dr. McPherson's AMA last year.
I loved the Roman Economy AMA by /u/tiako. It was informative and helped fill in some things I had wondered about Rome as someone who only casually teaches it (one week a semester during World History seminars).
And of course The French Wars of Decolonization since it was thus far the only AMA I have had a chance to participate in and it was a lot of fun. Really happy to have been able to answer a couple questions!
I really enjoyed /u/Cephalopodie's [AMA on the American AIDS Crisis](https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1k1akt/ama_about_the_aids_crisis_in_gay_america/
Benerson Little had a fantastic AMA, with no answer really under two or so paragraphs and every reply full of awesome information. Also I believe it was one of the first 'celebrity' AMAs that AH organized?
Obviously, the only important ones are the ones I took part in.
Dr. Richard Jensen's Anarchist Terrorism AMA was pretty great and extremely informative.
I liked Beekman's AMA. A lot of people came out to ask him questions and he told me he had a blast doing it.
Medieval Witchcraft, Heresy and Inquisition by /u/idjit. I wasn't even a Reddit user then, but I was just starting to browse Reddit, so yeah. I learnt about penis theft (or the fear of it) too, which was pretty awesome.