09 September 2026 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for America’s Most Endangered Historic Places; Preserving Black Churches’ annual grant cycle opens up; Culture& is hosting a five-part webinar series “Reimagining Museums” to discuss current issues facing museums; and NCPH member Scot MacFarlane’s The River That Made Texas will be published by the end of the month Read More
09 September 2026 – Eric Schubert and Evan Hanzelman 1
Does historic preservation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and across the United States succeed? The answer depends on how success is defined. If preservation is measured only by whether every historic building survives, then it will always fall short. For public historians and preservation advocates, however, success includes building public awareness, creating long-term protections, and laying the groundwork for future action. Read More
01 September 2026 – Anne Lindsay
Have you ever seen the annual NCPH election emails or reminders on socials and wondered how the candidates were selected? Have you ever considered self-nomination? The Nominating Committee is bringing you this post to demystify the process. We’ll review the work of the Nominating Committee and how the election process works, so that you can be both informed and perhaps ready to join in the process yourself. Read More
26 August 2026 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The National Park Service is asking for public comments on the future of Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, Preserving Black Churches opened its grant applications for protecting Black worship sites, the Creative Commons is hosting a webinar on Indigenous collections stewardship, and the Metropolitan Museum Journal is accepting submissions for its 62nd volume. Read More
18 August 2026 – Ngozi Romanus
The National Archives of Nigeria (NAN) preserves the country’s official records. Yet many histories, particularly those of activism among Nigerians, are absent from its collections. Activist histories were instead collected by the Archives of the Nigerian Left, raising an important question: why were these materials not preserved in the first place? Read More
13 August 2026 – Jacqueline Hudson
community partners, community, exhibits, public history, community engagement, project showcase, African American history
This Is Black Louisville is a semi-permanent exhibition that familiarizes visitors with objects in the collection highlighting the Black experience in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Filson Historical Society, a research library. Debuting on September 19, 2025, the exhibition features Black life through the lens of economic power, creativity, and resilience in the city. Read More
12 August 2026 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The National Library of Medicine is seeking public commentary for the Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health program; the LGBTQ+ Heritage Alliance’s National Grant Program is open for applications; The American Society for Environmental History is requesting proposals for its 50th annual conference; and University of Nevada Press has published a new book by NCPH member Carla Chung Mattix Read More
11 August 2026 – Sarah H. Case
The Public Historian, northern ireland, Editor's Corner, covid-19, Arab Diaspora, sensory history, orientalism, Roma, Brazil
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2026 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and others with subscription access.
Our August issue demonstrates the breadth of current public history scholarship, examining the use of smell in museums, dance as a way to engage with history, a national heritage area, and public history in post-conflict society. Read More
04 August 2026 – Loren Weiss and Lindsey Waldenberg
Digital Preservation, archives, Artificial Intelligence (AI), project showcase, Digital humanities, Translation, Lebanese Diaspora
Researchers and the public alike face significant physical and language barriers when accessing archival content. To address this, the Khayrallah Center released Fihris.org—a free resource for searching and translating the thousands of pages of Arabic manuscripts held within its Nassour Archive of Lebanese Diaspora—in spring 2026. Read More
29 July 2026 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period to help save the Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape; Villanova University is accepting proposals to fund public history projects; the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is hosting a makerspace webinar; and the American Historical Association is seeking a co-editor or co-editors for the American Historical Review Read More