Shortly after it was established in 2005, the Muizenberg Municipal Improvement District (MID) Board went to work to eliminate the refugee/renter population. This was obviously not how things were described, but the intention was unmistakable. Moreover, MID insiders were quite prepared to admit this to residents – as long as they were white and middle class – on the assumption that those qualities guaranteed agreement with the board’s course of action. Read More
The History Relevance Campaign (HRC), for lack of a better name, is a grassroots movement made up of public historians who say it’s time to show why the study and practice of history develop life skills that contribute to a stronger citizenry and are crucial to our nation’s future. Read More
This summer I prepared to facilitate a series of introductory public history workshops for fellow students in my graduate history program at Princeton. In thinking about how to present a range of formats and venues for public history, I planned to highlight alternatives to the usual, institution-hosted projects–an important message on a hidebound campus such as mine. Read More
AWARD: The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) seeks entries for its 2014 Thomas Jefferson Prize for research tools aid (e.g., inventory, index, finding aid, biographical directory, bibliography) published in 2012 or 2013.
DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2013
CFP:Historical Encounters | New History Education Journal is a new open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of historical consciousness, historical cultures, and history education. Read More
I moved to Decatur, Georgia, six years ago, after 25 years living in a small neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa, called Muizenberg. David Rotenstein’s recent blog posts about his experience in Decatur – which led to his abandoning the suburb – struck me as an interesting opportunity to compare and contrast the politics of gentrification in the two places. Read More
The Kentucky Derby Museum, a non-profit organization located in Louisville, Kentucky, announces the opening of its Colonel Clark Library. With collections dating back to the mid-19th century, the Colonel Clark Library is an outstanding resource for historians, especially those interested in agricultural, sporting, and local history. Read More
ANNCT: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Heritage Preservation announce launch of second Heritage Health Index (HHI II) with Lesley A. Langa as director.
CFP: New Goethe Institute blog “Shaping the Humanities” offers young researchers a platform to network and publish their work within three thematic complexes: “Culture and Climate,” “Culture and Conflict,” and “Culture and Public Space.” Read More
I was editing a student’s master’s thesis and came across a note stating that she could not access two key images because they were only available on the Websites of the United States Geological Survey and the United States Department of Agriculture. Read More
I’ve written before about differences I see between education and engagement as strategies (and goals) for programming at cultural sites. Two features crucial to making programs “engaging” as well as “educational” are:
The inclusion of activities that encourage visitors to use multiple senses and their full concentration, freeing the mind from other thoughts and distractions; and
Information or activities that cause some type of positive change in individuals beyond their visit to the site.
I didn’t expect this shut down to bring back the 1995 shut down so vividly; that lock out was almost twenty years ago! But talking with friends and colleagues, I hear the same deep sense of unworthiness, of uncertainty, of being sent like a naughty child to my room but with all the work still piling up—and the deadlines remaining fixed. Read More
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