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16 May 2023

Joint NCPH-Utah Division of State History 2024 CFP open through July 15

The National Council on Public History and the Utah Division of State History (Utah Historical Society) jointly call for proposals for our 2024 conference next April 10-13, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This year’s theme, “Historical Urgency,” asks public historians to weigh the many critical priorities of our field to tackle the most pressing—including putting history to work in service of democracy, protecting our field and its workers, combating the environmental effects of climate change, collecting oral histories from elder generations, and more. Read More

02 May 2023

May Educators Meet-Up

We’re hosting another informal meet-up for public history educators and faculty on Wednesday, May 17 at 2 pm Eastern! Sign up to be sent the Zoom link: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1745859. This month’s gathering will be on the topic of “Public History in Politicized Environments.” Read More

25 April 2023

AASLH-NCPH Call for Posters

NCPH is pleased to partner once more with AASLH to sponsor the poster session at their upcoming 2023 Annual Meeting in Boise, Idaho, Sept. 6-9. The Poster Session will be on Friday, September 8. Poster proposals are due ~~June 2~~ June 16 by 11:59 pm your local time, and you can expect to hear back by the end of June. Read More

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10 Mar

ICYMI @NCPHGovHist's Johanna Porr Yuan is taking over our Twitter on her way to the Convening of the States hosted by VA 250. Her day 2 posts just started.

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3 Mar

🧵We have not one but 2 free virtual events, open to all, next week! First, on Monday 3/6 join us for Rhetoric(s) of Freedom at 9pm EST. This is the first in a 3-part discussion, with the other 2 parts happening at #NCPH2023. Read more and sign up at https://ncph.org/conference/2023-annual-meeting/open-to-the-public/

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2 Mar

Don't miss another Public History Hangout happening next week, March 9th 7pm EST!

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Around the Field May 24, 2023

From Around the Field this week: The Hagley Museum and Library is accepting grant applications; the American Association for State and Local History and NCPH call for poster proposals; the Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture calls for papers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NCPH and several other organizations have endorsed the American Historical Association’s Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida

Continuing their historic preservation project focused on memorials, the Mt.

Community engagement and post-custodial collecting in Central Arkansas’s Little Poland

Community engagement has become an essential part of post-custodial collections work. Through community engagement, archives can grow trust with underrepresented groups. The Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Butler Center for Arkansas Studies is currently employing these methods to document the history of the historically Polish Marche community in Pulaski County, Arkansas, while also working to build sustainable community relationships and trust. Read More

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