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16 July 2020

Deadline Extended for NCPH 2021 Proposals

We want to be sure everyone has an opportunity to submit a proposal for NCPH 2021, so we are extending the deadline for our 2021 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 24-27, 2021, through August 15, 2020. You can read the CFP and submit a proposal via https://ncph.org/conference/2021-annual-meeting/calls-for-proposals/ Read More

02 July 2020

RFP: NCPH Seeks to Fund Virtual Projects and Programs

The National Council on Public History seeks to fund proposals for virtual programming to take place before the end of 2020 that will support our public history community during this time of crisis. Visit https://ncph.org/conference/other-programs/virtual-programs/ to read the RFP and learn about what we’re looking for. Read More

23 June 2020

NCPH 2021 Proposals due July 15

NCPH is accepting proposals for our 2021 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 24-27, 2021, through July 15, 2020. You can read the CFP and submit a proposal via https://ncph.org/conference/2021-annual-meeting/calls-for-proposals/. There’s one form for session and individual paper proposals, one form for workshop proposals, and one for working group proposals–make sure to submit the correct form! Read More

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Musée Rodin in Paris is selling sculptures to pay the bills — and that's what the artist wanted. When he died in 1917, Rodin left the museum the original plaster molds of more than 100 sculptures just for this purpose.
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What does it take to ethically interpret enslaved people's lives amid social and economic upheaval? Ask Kyera Singleton of the Royall House & Slave Quarters museum, who crowd-sourced funding to rescue a building. @RoyallHouse @ncph @kyerachristine

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/08/metro/60-enslaved-people-once-toiled-rich-landowner-medford-kyera-singleton-wants-you-know-who-they-were/?event=event12

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8 Aug

Nine Harrowing Eyewitness Accounts of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nine-harrowing-eyewitness-accounts-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-180975480/

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Reflecting on the Georgia Incarceration Performance Project

Editor’s note: This essay is part of a series of reflective posts written by winners of awards intended to be given out at the NCPH 2020 annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Jan Levinson-Hebbard of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia received an honorable mention for the Outstanding Public History Project Award. Read More

Around the Field August 5, 2020

05 August 2020 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: the Association of Midwest Museums accepts submissions for their awards program; the Southern Historical Association calls for proposals for their 87th Annual Meeting; The White House Historical Association continues their Facebook Live webinar series.