Author Archive
23 April 2014 – editors
ANNCT: Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D.C. invites input from audiences, teachers, scholars on new digital project, “Remembering Lincoln”
Survey can be accessed here
CFP: “Why Does it Happen? Complicity and Resistance to Genocide in World History” – Oct. Read More
16 April 2014 – editors
The 2015 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History will take place from April 15-18, 2015, in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference theme is “History on the Edge.”
Edges are where exciting things happen. Some are stark boundaries, marking clear beginnings and ends, while others are blurred contact zones.
15 April 2014 – editors
CFP: “Historical Auto/Biographies in the Arts,” an international conference in English and French, March 25-26 (Le Mans, France), March 27 (Angers, France), 2015
DEADLINE: June 15, 2014
CFP: “Cotton in the American South and Beyond” – Oct. Read More
09 April 2014 – editors
CFP: “Experiences of World Heritage in Africa” seminar – Oct. 14-16, 2014, Rabat, Morocco
DEADLINE: April 30, 2014
CFP: “Heritage Conservation and Preservation: Connecting cultures in a global world” issue of Indian Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies
DEADLINE: June 15, 2014
CFP: “Imagine There Were No Humanities” conference – Nov. Read More
01 April 2014 – editors
AWARD: Media & Technology Muse Awards for outstanding achievement in Galleries, Libraries, Archives or Museums (GLAM)
EXTENDED DEADLINE: April 7, 2014
CFP: Reparative Histories: Radical Narratives of ‘Race’, and Resistance – Sept. 11-12, 2014, Brighton, U.K.
DEADLINE: May 7, 2014
CFP: “Golden Ages: Styles & Personalities, Genres & Histories,” 2014 Film & History Conference – Oct. Read More
28 March 2014 – editors
Donald Kohrs is Branch Library Specialist at the Miller Library of Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove. For his presentation at the National Council on Public History conference last week in Monterey, California, Don shared his recent findings associated with summer gatherings of the Pacific Coast Assembly of the Chautauqua Literary and Science Circle (1880-1926) in Pacific Grove. Read More
12 March 2014 – editors
ANNCT: In April, the New York nonprofit SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone will present the 2014 SAFE Beacon Award to the Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Monica Hanna to honor her outstanding achievement in raising public awareness about our endangered cultural heritage and the devastating consequences of the illicit antiquities trade in Egypt. Read More
12 March 2014 – editors 1
Heading to Monterey for the National Council on Public History’s annual meeting next week? Don’t forget to pack your contribution to NCPH’s first pop-up exhibit, “Seeds of Change: Public History and Sustainability”!
Generated entirely from participant contributions and built onsite at NCPH, “Seeds of Change: Public History and Sustainability” will examine how issues of sustainability converge with the work we are doing in public history. Read More
05 March 2014 – editors
ANNCT: The International Committee of the Blue Shield expresses its its deep concern regarding the safeguarding and protection of the invaluable cultural and historical heritage of Ukraine, as well as the institutions that house them and the people that care for them. Read More
01 March 2014 – editors
Dec. 23, 2013, marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, which established the Federal Reserve as the central bank for the United States. Financial panics and bank runs plagued the nation during the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the Panic of 1907 prompted many Americans to call for a central bank. Read More