03 September 2013 – editors
CFP: “Writing Women’s Lives: Auto/Biography, Life Narratives, Myths and Historiography Symposium,” Istanbul, Turkey, April 19-20, 2014
DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2013
CFP: 2014 Pacific Northwest History Conference, “Citizenships in the Pacific Northwest,” April 3-5, 2014, Vancouver, Washington, U.S. Read More
29 August 2013 – Marty Blatt 2
Hundreds of Boston-area Haitian Americans and African Americans attended the historical pageant, “Roots of Liberty – The Haitian Revolution and the American Civil War,” at Boston’s Tremont Temple on May 4, 2013.
Organized by Boston National Historical Park, Boston African American National Historical Site, Central Square Theater, Harvard University, and the Museum of African American History, the performance focused on the significant impact of the Haitian Revolution on black and white abolitionists and black Union troops. Read More
28 August 2013 – editors
ANNCT: Left Coast Press annual book sale + “No Excuses Writing Contest” for further discounts
ANNCT: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration announces the launch of “Rediscovering Black History Blog” focusing on documents, photographs and videos found while updating the black history guide for the National Archives and Records Administration. Read More
22 August 2013 – Mekala Krishnan
Read Part I of this series here.
The first big step in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s re-installation process was to conduct visitor research. How do visitors feel about the current South Asian galleries? What do they already know about the area’s religions, geography, cultures, etc.? Read More
19 August 2013 – editors 12
entrepreneurialism, profession, employment, training, funding, graduate students, new professionals, ethics
A recent History@Work post by Matthew Exline prompted a lively discussion of the challenges of getting a foot in the door as a new public history professional. One topic that appeared several times in the many comments was the unpaid internship, and the opinions on it were divergent enough that we thought it was worth following up on them. Read More
13 August 2013 – editors
ANNCT: Preservation Field Mourns the Loss of Jane S. Long
The cultural community mourns the loss of Jane S. Long, long-time champion of emergency preparedness and response at Heritage Preservation and, most recently, the National Archives and Records Administration. Jane passed away in Arlington, VA, on July 25, 2013. Read More
12 August 2013 – editors 1
Another academic year is approaching, perhaps more quickly than some of us might like. So it seems like a good time to look back at how scholarship in (and about) public history has been reflected in this blog over the past 12 months. Read More
09 August 2013 – Cathy Stanton 6
This summer I had the pleasure of being part of a tour organized by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage in Philadelphia. A group of practitioners from across the arts and cultural sector spent several days in the Boston area exploring questions relating to gender and sexuality in public historical interpretation. Read More
06 August 2013 – editors
ANNCT: PreservationDirectory.com lists all not-for-profit organizations dedicated to historic preservation, neighborhood revitalization and cultural resource preservation for free. Check or update your listing now.
ANNCT: Assn. for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. launches Voter Empowerment Project (VEP), an electronic tool to build on knowledge of past histories of disenfranchisement and encourage civic participation. Read More
06 August 2013 – editors
Regular readers of this blog know that we occasionally feature a new (or sometimes not so new) public history venture in our “Project Showcase” section, as a way of keeping an eye on some of the work being done in the field. Read More