2023 Virtual Programs

Welcome to the home of the National Council On Public History’s 2023 virtual offerings!

World War II heritage City Criteria Webinars: Part 2

Tuesday November 28, 2023 – Friday December 1, 2023 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm Est

The second part of a larger collaboration between the National Park Service, NCPH, and other organizations working together to provide a better understanding of the World War II home front in the United States. Each webinar has Dr. Laura Oviedo explore one of NPS’s nine criteria for establishing World War II Heritage Cities to learn about the criteria for application and evaluation purposes. A list of the webinars, with links to their respective recordings, is below.

November 28, 2023 – Criteria 3: War Bond Drives

November 29, 2023 – Criteria 4: Adaptations to Wartime Survival

November 31, 2023 – Criteria 5: Volunteer Participation

virtual NCPh 2023 – To be Continued

Wednesday October 4, 2023 – Friday October 6, 2023 | 1:00 – 5:00 pm est

“To Be Continued” was a virtual fall conference that followed up on content from NCPH 2023 (“To Be Determined”) in Atlanta last April and built on that program with brand-new content. Information on this conference can be found here.

World War II Heritage City Criteria Webinars: Part 1

Wednesday September 13, 2023 – Wednesday September 27, 2023 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Est

The first part of a larger collaboration between the National Park Service, NCPH, and other organizations working together to provide a better understanding of the World War II home front in the United States. Each webinar has the author explore one of NPS’s nine criteria for establishing World War II Heritage Cities to learn about the criteria for application and evaluation purposes. A list of the webinars, with links to their respective recordings, is below.

September 13, 2023 – Criteria 1: Defense Manufacturing – Jon Taylor

September 14, 2023 – Criteria 2: Production of Foodstuffs and Consumer Items – Kurt Piehler

September 18, 2023 – Criteria 7: Personnel Serving in the Armed Forces – Jon Taylor

September 21, 2023 – Criteria 6: Civil Defense Preparedness – Kurt Piehler

September 22, 2023 – Criteria 8 – Armed Forces Bases, Camps, Airfields, Etc. – Jon Taylor

September 27, 2023 – Criteria 9 – Commemoration of the War Effort – Erica Fugger

Student board position info session

Wednesday august 23, 2023 | 7:oo pm EST

In this info session, NCPH’s New Professional & Student Committee and the Nominating Committee discuss ways to become involved with NCPH. They also talk about the newest NCPH board position reserved for students and what their committees specifically do. A recording of this Zoom session is available on YouTube.

Public History hangouts Series

Public History Hangouts (PHHs) are informal social gatherings hosted by NCPH’s New Professional and Student Committee every few months. While PHHs are usually tailored to be of particular interest to students and new professionals, all are welcome regardless of career status or NCPH membership status. This is a great way to catch up with peers in a casual way while learning more about public history careers and work.

The first PHH of 2023 was held on March 9, 2023. View the full list of past and upcoming PHHs here.

rhetoric(s) of Freedom: A Conversation about the conditions of black life in the age of the american revolution

monday, March 6, 2023 | 9:00 pm est

A recording of this presentation is available on YouTube.

A panel of public humanities scholars and practitioners, including Sylvea Hollis of Montgomery College, Yveline Alexis of Oberlin College, Ista Clarke of the Charleston County Parks Department, Maya Davis of the Riversdale House Museum, and Marcus Nevius of the University of Missouri, examine the presentation’s theme with a care for what it means to leverage recent scholarship, while also doing this work within public history spaces. The panel considers the social, economic, political, and intellectual worlds of African Americans in their quest to live out the full meaning of freedom. The program pays attention to nuances and various ways that geography and ecology shaped the idea of Black freedom. in dosing so, presenters also foreground the important places that shifting methodologies play in this discussion. This is the first in a series of three programs exploring the American Revolution, with second part set to take place at the 2024 NCPH Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. Sponsored by the National Park Service.

Public History Educators Meet Up Series

The Public History Educators Meet Up is an informal, 45-minute Zoom gathering, centered on an organizing question or theme and hosted by NCPH’s Curriculum and Training Committee. The meet ups will allow our greater community of public history educators from around the country to connect with each other, collaborate on challenges, celebrate triumphs, and continue to inspire each other. They are a short break in the middle of your week to be with your peers.

The first meet up of 2023 was held on February 22, 2023. View the full list of past and upcoming meet ups here.

A Conversation with Jason Steinhauer

Wednesday, februrary 15, 2023 | 8:00 Pm est

An online discussion hosted by Jason Steinhauer, public historian and author of the Amazon bestseller, History Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022). Jason argues that the Web and social media have dramatically shaped the general public’s understandings of history as a result of the rise of “e-history,” or forms of history communication specifically designed for distribution online. Jason outlines how the emergence of platforms and technologies such as Wikipedia, Facebook, and A.I. have altered the public’s interactions with historical information, and how the intersection of professional history with the Web has produced a clash of cultures that has threatened the very existence of the history profession. The rise of e-history has created an urgent need to ensure that accurate, reliable information becomes visible in the public sphere.

You may purchase a hard copy or Kindle version of History Disrupted here. You’ll find an e-book version here.