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
01 August 2013 – Will Walker 4
With the resignations of the Hirshhorn Museum’s director and the chairman of its board of trustees this summer, the Bubble, or Seasonal Inflatable Structure, project (at left) has collapsed in a very public way. As the Bubble deflated under the weight of its projected costs, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a different kind of venue for arts and culture, continued its long run of phenomenal success. Read More
31 July 2013 – editors
CFP: The Alberta Museums Association is currently seeking proposals or manuscripts for contribution to the 2013 issue of Alberta Museums REVIEW that address themes related to sustainability in the heritage sector.
DEADLINE: July 31, 2013
CFP: Archival Legislation for Finance (ALFF) in Europe, Third Workshop, Oct. Read More
29 July 2013 – Hugh Ryan 4
I founded the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History by accident. Originally, the idea was for a one-night party in my apartment in January of 2011, designed to create a for-us, by-us space where queer people could join together to celebrate ourselves as a valid public, worthy of speaking to; a valid subject, worthy of speaking about; and a valid authority, worthy of speaking on our own terms. Read More
25 July 2013 – Rebecca Shrum 3
The American Historical Association created a great deal of discussion this week with a statement that “strongly encourages graduate programs and university libraries to adopt a policy that allows the embargoing of completed history PhD dissertations in digital form for as many as six years.” Read More
23 July 2013 – editors
AWARDS: Organization of American Historians announces its annual awards, including these awards applicable to public historians: Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award, Friend of History Award, Arline Custer Memorial Award.
DEADLINE: Sept. 10, 2013
See all awards on the OAH website. Read More