31 October 2013 – Mary Rizzo 1
preservation, sense of place, scholarship, profession, The Public Historian, National Historic Preservation Act, NCPH Board Member Posts
A few weeks ago, I asked readers of History@Work to nominate articles on historic preservation and place from The Public Historian for a yearlong conversation in honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 2016. Read More
30 October 2013 – Rachelle Salinave
Guantanamo Public Memory Project, projects, social justice, media, memory, human rights, international, race
Editor’s Note: This piece continues a series of posts related to the Guantánamo Public Memory Project, a collaboration of public history programs across the country to raise awareness of the long history of the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay (GTMO) and foster dialogue on its future. Read More
30 October 2013 – editors
AWARD: Society for History in the Federal Government Invites Nominations for the 2014 John Wesley Powell Prize for historic preservation projects.
DEADLINE: Nov. 29, 2013
CFP: “Future of the Past: Representing the Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Trauma in the 21st Century,” July 6-8, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
DEADLINE: Oct. Read More
28 October 2013 – Ted Baumann 2
Continued from Part 1
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
25 October 2013 – Tim Grove 9
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
23 October 2013 – Richard Anderson 1
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
23 October 2013 – editors
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
21 October 2013 – Ted Baumann 7
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
18 October 2013 – editors
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
15 October 2013 – editors
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