New and Ongoing

Upcoming Virtual Programming

Public History Book Club: 2024 Season | Next discussion thursday, September 19, at 7:00 pm EST

NCPH’s Professional Development Committee as announced the 2024 season of their Public History Book Club! The books and dates are listed at https://ncph.org/conference/other-programs/new-and-ongoing/public-history-book-club/. Book club discussions are free and open to members and non-members alike.

Public History Educators Meet Up: welcome back! | Tuesday, september 24, at 2:00 pm Eastern

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. We are on break for the summer, but will resume meet ups in the fall. Our first session of the semester is designed to be a time for conversation and sharing about how the semester is going, what you are working on, what is working well so far, etc. Register for the Zoom link at https://community.ncph.org/event/EducatorMeetUp924.

World war II and the American Home Front Theme Study Webinars

August 29 – September 24, 2024 | 3:00 pm or 7:00 pm EST

Join us for a series of webinars exploring the new scholarship being explored in the forthcoming update to the 2007 World War II and the American Home Front Theme Study. All but one of these 6, one-hour webinar presentations will be facilitated by Project PI Matthew Basso, University of Utah, along with a research partner.

The webinar schedule is as follows:

Thursday, August 29, 3:00 pm Eastern – Environmental History of the Home Front, Matt Basso and Scott Morris

Thursday, September 5, 3:00 pm Eastern – Native American and Indigenous History of the Home Front, Matt Basso and Nicholas Backman

Thursday, September 12, 3:00 pm Eastern – LGBTQ History of the Home Front, Matt Basso and Emory Ogaard

Friday, September 13, 7:00 pm Eastern – I Hinanao-ta, Our Journey: A Story of the CHamoru People and WWII on the Island of Guam, Joe Quinata

Thursday, September 19, 3:00 pm Eastern – Disability History of the Home Front, Matt Basso and Selena Moon

Thursday, September 26, 3:00 pm Eastern – Latino History of the Home Front, Matt Basso and John Flynn

Missed a webinar? Approximately a week after each session the recording will be added to this YouTube playlist.

from project to print: conceptualizing and writing a report from the field | thursday, november 14, 1:00 – 4:00 pm EST

Facilitator: Teresa Barnett, Exhibits and Media Editor, The Public Historian

That new exhibit, that great original concept for an interpretive program, that community outreach that went so well—as public historians, we work on interesting, innovative projects all the time. But even when we know we have a project that other practitioners would benefit from hearing about, we are often too busy or perhaps too intimidated by the writing process itself to sit down and work our experiences and reflections into an article. This workshop will focus on the process of writing and submitting reports from the field to professional journals. Participants will explore the requirements of a good report from the field, examine how it differs from a traditional academic article, and begin the process of conceptualizing a report that they can eventually submit to an academic journal.

The workshop is directed at graduate students and public history practitioners who may have little experience with academic publishing but who are interested in beginning to write for academic journals. Participants will be required to submit a short description of a project they have recently worked on that they think others in the field might learn something from. The bulk of our time together will then be devoted to workshopping those projects and laying a foundation for each participant to develop their ideas into a publishable paper.

The workshop is $20, or $10 for students and under-employed public historians. Fill out the registration form at https://community.ncph.org/event/ProjectToPrint.

public history hangout: theme and date TBA

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.