Author Archive
20 February 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: New legislation was signed that creates an archives for civil rights cold cases; proposals for the 2019 Mount Vernon symposium are due this Friday; applications are due on February 28 for NEH’s latest Sustaining DH Institute Read More
15 February 2019 – editors
collaboration, TPH 40.4, museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship, Montpelier, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More
08 February 2019 – editors
Montpelier, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place, collaboration, TPH 40.4, museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More
06 February 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: ASALH’s CFP for their annual meeting and conference is now open; make sure to get your nominations for AASLH’s Leadership in History Awards in by March 1; registration has been opened for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Museum Hue’s training for historic sites Read More
01 February 2019 – editors
sense of place, TPH 40.4, collaboration, MDOC Q&A, museums, Montpelier, scholarship, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement, community history
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More
25 January 2019 – editors
sense of place, TPH 40.4, collaboration, MDOC Q&A, museums, Montpelier, scholarship, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement, community history
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition “The Mere Distinction of Colour” (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More
23 January 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: read on to learn more about the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018; Mellon/ACLS’ postdoctoral fellowships in the public sector are open for applications; send in your proposals for the Kentucky Council on Archives Spring Meeting by the beginning of March Read More
09 January 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: send in your nominations for the 2019 National Preservation Awards ASAP; any students hoping to submit proposals for the SAA’s joint annual meeting with CoSA should do so by the end of the month; Rowman & Littlefield has several new public history-focused books out now Read More
04 January 2019 – editors
scholarship, trends, profession, race, conference, gender/sexuality, review, public history, digital media, methods, digital history
2018 has drawn to a close, and the History@Work editors would be remiss if we deprived our readers of that beloved tradition: the year-end redux. We want to give you a sense of the most widely read, discussed, shared, and impactful posts of the year, but we find ourselves faced with the perennial problem of digital analysis: how do we assess impact? Read More
12 December 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: registration is now open for the Small Museum Association’s February conference; send in applications by New Year’s Eve to be considered for the Mount Vernon fellowships; tune-in next Wednesday for the Preservation Leadership Forum’s free webinar on finding grant money. Read More