Author Archive
11 February 2013 – Larry Cebula 19
Academic interest in public history is growing, and an increasing number of history departments are looking for a public historian to train students for public history jobs. But what does it mean to start a public history program? Is it as simple as hiring a PhD with a field in public history and telling them to get going? Read More
15 September 2010 – Larry Cebula
On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography: This particular book—or rather, set of books—is every edit made to a single Wikipedia article, The Iraq War, during the five years between the article’s inception in December 2004 and November 2009, a total of 12,000 changes and almost 7,000 pages. Read More
02 August 2010 – Larry Cebula 3
Public historians sometimes see our our academic counterparts as tradition-bound and reluctant to engage the general public or to embrace new technologies. So it’s worth taking note of a terrific radio program hosted by three academic historians: BackStory – With the American History Guys. Read More