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13 January 2021

NCPH Receives NEH Chairman’s Grant

The National Council on Public History (NCPH) is pleased to announce that we have received a Chairman’s Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the work of NCPH following the cancelation of the March 2020 and 2021 in-person annual meetings as a result of COVID-19 and the shift of those meetings to virtual programs.

15 December 2020

Student Travel Award Deadline Extended

We have extended the deadline for one of our awards, the Graduate Student Travel Award, until January 13, 2021. Current students who will appear on the 2021 conference program as part of a session, poster presentation, or working group are eligible for this $300 award. Read More

04 December 2020

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14 Jan

"How should we respond when a public historian engages in, or has experienced, sexual harassment?" That's the question Gregory Samantha Rosenthal asks today on [email protected] https://ncph.org/history-at-work/how-should-we-respond/ #PublicHistory #twitterstorians

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Whitney Martinko @WhitneyMartinko·

13 Jan

Thanks to @ncph for including the @lepagevu call for internship partners in their news update. It's not too late to apply to host a summer intern doing history in the public interest--the app is simple and due on Friday 1/15 https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/lepage/research/summerinternship.html #publichistory #publicspace

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Jessica Knapp (she/her)@jessmknapp·

13 Jan

Wow! I am grateful to @ncph and the community of public historians I get to collaborate with. It has been an honour to be nominated and run in the Board of Director election this year. The polls close on Jan 15th! Please vote if you haven't already. #publichistorians

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How should we respond when a public historian engages in, or has experienced, sexual harassment?

Over the past several years, many of us have participated in conversations about the prevalence of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the public history field. This behavior has occurred at conferences, in workplaces, and in educational settings, among consultants, audiences, frontline workers, students, and others. Read More

Around the Field January 13, 2021

13 January 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: NCPH announces receipt of NEH grant, the Association of African American Museums invites proposals for their 43rd annual conference, the Society for History in the Federal Government announces upcoming Friday Colloquia in lieu of a 2021 annual meeting, and the American Association for State and Local History announces two webinars. Read More

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