CFP: The New York Council for the Humanities invites applications for its new public engagement initiative, the Public Scholars program
DEADLINE: March 25, 2015
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ANNCT: “Making public forgotten black histories 1750-2014: From ghostly hands to children’s memorials on slave graves,” Public History Discussion Group presentation by Alan Rice – March 21, 2015, London, UK
AWARD: The Western History Association invites nominations for the 2015 Autry Public History Prize for media exhibits, public programs, or written works that contribute to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or serve as a model of professional public history practice in the history of the North American West. Read More
In recent months the NCPH Council of Past Presidents has discussed ways to honor some of the individuals who founded the National Council on Public History in 1980. As a result, at the 2015 NCPH Annual Meeting in Nashville, G. Wesley Johnson and Robert Pomeroy will receive the inaugural NCPH Founders Award, and they and others of the first NCPH generation will be invited to participate in an oral history project to be organized by the Council of Past Presidents.Read More
Dr. Jannelle Warren-Findley died at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, last week. Recently retired from Arizona State University, where she taught in and directed the public history program, she was a past President of the National Council on Public History (1997-98), an important voice in a number of areas of public history thought and practice (including women’s history and efforts to internationalize the field), and a dear friend and mentor to many. Read More
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AWARD: The Society of American Archivists invites nominations for the 2015 Spotlight Award recognizing “the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the archives profession and of archival collections, and whose work would not typically receive public recognition.” Read More
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