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  • Interview with Wes Johnson, Part 2: April 17, 2015

    […] think we’ve made a mix. I think it’s worked, and hopefully, it will keep working.” This interview also included the UCSB public history curriculum, and Wes’s international advocacy for public history, career at Brigham Young University, wife Marian’s career, and retirement activities. Those topics are beyond the scope of this blog post. While Wes […]

  • Around the Field February 6, 2019

    […] training for historic sites AWARDS and FUNDING Martha Ross Memorial Prize – Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region – applications due Feb 15, 2019 Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award – Society of American Archivists – nominations due Feb 28, 2019 Leadership in History Awards – American Association for State and Local History – nominations […]

  • Around the Field January 9, 2019

    […] due Feb 25, 2019) 134th American Historical Association Annual Meeting – Jan 3-6, 2020, New York City, NY, US (proposals due Feb 15, 2019) LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES “ Advocacy for Archives” – Council of State Archives – April 25, 2019, webinar (registration now open) “Basics of Archives” – American Association for State and Local History […]

  • NCPH’s own “Repair Work” at #ncph2019 and beyond

    […] a point of asking about it on all future site visits (which helps venues understand that this is an issue organizations take seriously, itself an act of advocacy) and that we’ll do everything we can to make sure there’s a facility that fulfills this need. 3: Affinity Gatherings NCPH Inclusion also asked us to […]

  • Around the Field August 8, 2018

    […] American History series presented by the Massachusetts Historical Society – October 18 and November 15, 2018 “The Impact of Listening and Being Heard: Oral History, Archives, & Advocacy,” a free 8-week workshop is seeking participants – Wednesdays in Fall 2018 (application deadline Aug 15, 2018) Registration open for the Historic Preservation Continuing Education Courses […]

  • A long journey to the Washington Mall

    […] Telling that story, however, required their authors to reach deeper than the AAAM’s four decades. Several of these essays offer vital insights on a long century of advocacy, activism, political turmoil, and transcendence that evolved from community-oriented shopfront or house museums into landmark institutions like the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Charles Wright Museum, […]

  • Around the Field February 7, 2018

    […] program at the Indiana Historical Society – Feb 24, 2018, Indianapolis, IN, US Call for Volunteers to research and write biographical sketches of women suffrage activists Humanities Advocacy Day coming up on March 13, 2018 NCPH Mini-Con alert! History Relevance Workshop from the Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill […]

  • TPH turns forty

    […] Alliance of Museums. She is a co-editor and contributing author to Art and Public History: Approaches, Opportunities, and Challenges, published through Rowman & Littlefield’s AASLH book series. Director of advocacy at the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Patrick Grossi is committed to accessibility, thinking seriously about nontraditional methods of engaging the past, and the equitable and […]

  • Around the Field January 10, 2018

    […] due Feb 15, 2018 National Park Service Save America’s Treasures Grant Program – Applications due Feb 21, 2018 Society of American Archivists’ 2018 J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award – Nominations due Feb 28, 2018 Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition – Applications due March 14, 2018 CONFERENCES and CALLS “Curated! A Symposium on Collecting” hosted […]

  • Does it count? Promotion, tenure, and evaluation of public history scholarship

    […] history to evaluators; strategies for finding project reviewers and writers of tenure-review letters; and the limits of educating evaluators, or “managing up” as a form of self- advocacy, especially when unit chairs or committees were unfamiliar with public history scholarship. Many history departments require a monograph along with peer-reviewed articles for promotion, a policy […]