10 December 2014 – editors
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ANNCT: Museums Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill – Feb. 23-24, 2015, Washington, DC, U.S.
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CFP: Traditions and Transitions: Independent Scholars and the Digital Landscape (National Coalition of Independent Scholars conference) – June 18-21, 2015, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Read More
10 December 2014 – Angela Thorpe 1
This is the fourth post in a series on issues of diversity in the public history field. Each post in this series is based upon oral interviews conducted with public history professionals. Each interview was conducted in a traditional interview question and answer format. Read More
08 December 2014 – editors 2
How should public historians address Officer Darren Wilson’s killing of Michael Brown, the grand jury’s decision, and protests in Ferguson and across the country? This is a vital question many of us are discussing on Twitter, Facebook, and in person. The discussion has broadened recently to include the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July chokehold death of Eric Garner, and the Justice Department’s citation of the Cleveland Police Department for civil rights abuses. Read More
04 December 2014 – Angela Thorpe 1
This is the third post in a series on issues of diversity in the public history field. Each post in this series is based upon oral interviews conducted with public history professionals. Each interview was conducted in a traditional interview question and answer format. Read More
03 December 2014 – editors
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CFP: Across the Great Divide: Historical Research in a Digital World (Society for Historians in the Federal Government annual conference) – April 24-25, 2015, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, U.S. Read More
02 December 2014 – Brennan Collins 1
What happens when you layer an art experiment on top of a science project on top of a walking tour on top of an archival map on top of demographic data on top of a memoir? What if the archives of multiple universities could be accessed on one platform and layered with the projects, stories, and data from researchers, teachers, students, and community groups? Read More
26 November 2014 – Priya Chhaya
Earlier this year the Indian American Heritage Project at the Smithsonian launched its inaugural exhibition Beyond Bollywood. Housed in a gallery at the National Museum of Natural History through March 2015, the exhibition “explores the heritage, daily experience and numerous, diverse contributions that Indian immigrants and Indian Americans have made to shaping the United States.” Read More
24 November 2014 – Denise Meringolo 13
The year 2016 is a momentous one for public historians in the United States, particularly those who work for and with federal agencies. The National Park Service will mark the 100th anniversary of its founding, and the National Historic Preservation Act will have been in effect for 50 years. Read More
20 November 2014 – Angela Thorpe 3
This is the second post in a series on issues of diversity in the public history field. Each post in this series is based upon oral interviews conducted with public history professionals. Each interview was conducted in a traditional interview question and answer format. Read More
19 November 2014 – editors
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AWARD: Last call for National Council on Public History awards for student and professional projects, consulting, publications, more.
DEADLINE: Dec. 1, 2014
CFP: 17th Annual “History Across the Disciplines” Conference, “Narratives, Regions, and Theories: Modes of Understanding the Past” – March 20-22, 2015, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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