Author Archive
12 November 2015 – editors
Ever wondered how a digital project came to be?
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) shares how they built their NCPH-award winning project in a new free digital publication, Building Histories of the National Mall: A Guide to Creating a Digital Public History Project. Read More
11 November 2015 – editors
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ANNCT: History library and research fair for job-seekers, researchers, and students at Senate House in London, featuring more than 30 libraries, archives, and research organizations plus panels on methods and collections – Nov. Read More
03 November 2015 – editors
AmericanScience is a team blog tracking all things science–both contemporary and historical. Graduate student- and early career-editors (as well as guest posters) bring a historical perspective to current issues in American science and technology–from the Anthropocene and climate change to Thomas Kuhn and Uber. Read More
28 October 2015 – editors
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AWARD: Society for History in the Federal Government offers two book awards – Henry Adams Award for a book about U.S. federal government by a non-federal-government employee and George Pendleton Award for a book written by a current or former federal government historian or sponsored by a government history office. Read More
21 October 2015 – editors
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CFP: 3rd International Public History Conference – July 7-9, 2016, Bogotá, Colombia
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Nov. 15, 2015
CFP: #SHS40 – Social History Society 40th Anniversary Conference – March 21-23, 2016, Lancaster, U.K. Read More
14 October 2015 – editors 1
To moviemakers, history is an endless source of human drama.
To historians, movies are a powerful art form that can accurately represent the past, seriously distort it–or both.
As historians and other professionals concerned with presenting or preserving history, you have a perspective on the role of history in movies that is critically important. Read More
13 October 2015 – editors
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ANNCT: “Marx and the Environment: Problems and Solutions” seminar from History and the Environment/Raphael Samuel History Centre – Oct. 15, 2015, London, UK (see Raphael Samuel History Centre’s Facebook page for details)
CFP: Museum International seeks contributions for Vol. Read More
07 October 2015 – editors
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AWARDS: National Council on Public History recognizes the best work in the field with a range of awards for projects, publication, consulting, and more. NCPH book award and Robert Kelley Award for distinguished achievement due Nov. Read More
30 September 2015 – editors
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AWARD: Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize for the publication that has made the most significant contribution to the study of vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes.
DEADLINE: Dec. 15, 2015
CFP: Poster submissions sought for National Council on Public History/Society for History in the Federal Government conference – March 17, 2016, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Read More
23 September 2015 – editors
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AWARD: American Society for Environmental History Public Outreach Project Award
DEADLINE: Nov. 16, 2015
CFP: “Resilient Europe?” 23rd International Conference of Europeanists – April 14-16, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Read More