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
15 October 2013 – Will Walker 7
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
11 October 2013 – Kate Preissler
09 October 2013 – Heather Huyck 5
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
09 October 2013 – editors
ANNCT: Chicago-area teacher and genealogist announces Kickstarter campaign being launched to fund a television documentary based on submitted family history stories.
AWARD: Blue and Gray Education Society Excellence in Public History Award for an outstanding public history project completed and made available to the public in 2012 or 2013 that enhances public awareness and understanding of the Civil War era, including the events leading to the war and its direct consequences. Read More
08 October 2013 – Adina Langer
One week left to take the Consultants survey! The survey will remain up through October 15, 2013.
The National Council on Public History Consultants Committee is seeking responses to a survey that will help the committee determine how best to serve the consultant community. Read More
07 October 2013 – RASI 2012 2
Read Part I of this series here.
On the second day of the Reading Artifacts Summer Institute (RASI), we received the artifact accession files. Although our physical examination of the stove had proven effective, artifacts need some help to speak. Read More
03 October 2013 – Mary Rizzo 7
preservation, sense of place, scholarship, profession, The Public Historian, National Historic Preservation Act, NCPH Board Member Posts
In the nomination form for the US National Register of Historic Places, one of the main criteria excludes “structures, sites and objects achieving historical importance within the past 50 years.” Using this criterion, if the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, which authorized the National Register, were a building, it would only become eligible for inclusion in 2016. Read More