18 April 2013 – Cathy Stanton
The public history twitterverse is an ever-livelier place, to the point that the relative absence of public historians (as at this year’s Organization of American Historians conference, held jointly with the National Council on Public History last spring but separately this year) correlates to a sharp decline in social media traffic, as David Austin Walsh reported last week. Read More
17 April 2013 – Elizabeth Belanger 2
Editors’ Note: This series showcases the winners of the National Council on Public History’s annual awards for the best new work in the field. Today’s post is by Elizabeth Belanger, author of “Public History and Liberal Learning: Making the Case for the Undergraduate Practicum Experience,” which won the 2013 G. Read More
16 April 2013 – Jill Dolan
Editor’s note: In preparation for the upcoming NCPH conference in Ottawa, The Public Historian has commissioned a series of Ottawa site reviews, as it does annually for sites in our conference city. These “(p)reviews,” as we’re dubbing them, will inaugurate what we hope will be a growing partnership between The Public Historian and the Public History Commons. Read More
16 April 2013 – editors
CONF: “Corporate Voices: Institutional and Organisational Oral Histories” – Oral History Society UK, July 5-6, 2013, University of Sussex, U.K. Registration now open
FUNDING: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History short-term fellowships for researchers using New York City archives
DEADLINE: May 1, 2013
NCH: Recent stories from the National Coalition for History
Advisory board report offers strategies to strengthen 21st century National Park Service
Obama Administration submits FY14 budget to Congress
PUB: New MuseumsEtc book catalog available Read More
15 April 2013 – Jill Dolan 2
Editor’s note: In preparation for the upcoming NCPH conference in Ottawa, The Public Historian has commissioned a series of Ottawa site reviews, as it does annually for sites in our conference city. These “(p)reviews,” as we’re dubbing them, will inaugurate what we hope will be a growing partnership between The Public Historian and the Public History Commons. Read More
12 April 2013 – Julia Brock 1
projects, advocacy, art, social justice, public engagement, community history, memory, archives, human rights, gender
The second part of this art and public history conversation series features artist E.G. Crichton. In addition to being professor in the Art Department at UC Santa Cruz, Crichton is the first artist-in-residence for the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco. Read More
11 April 2013 – Jill Dolan 1
Editor’s note: In preparation for the upcoming NCPH conference in Ottawa, The Public Historian has commissioned a series of Ottawa site reviews, as it does annually for sites in our conference city. These “(p)reviews,” as we’re dubbing them, will inaugurate what we hope will be a growing partnership between The Public Historian and the Public History Commons. Read More
10 April 2013 – editors
NEWS
10 April 2013 – editors 3
community history, memory, sense of place, museums, scholarship, education, NCPH, graduate students, preservation, NCPH 2013 Awards, projects, public engagement
Editors’ Note: This series showcases the winners of the National Council on Public History’s annual awards for the best new work in the field. Today’s post is by Ellen Kuhn, Shawna Prather, and Ashley Wyatt, students at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and co-creators of the exhibit “Past the Pipes: Stories of the Terra Cotta Community,” which won the 2013 Student Project Award. Read More
09 April 2013 – editors 1
Attending the NCPH conference in Ottawa next week? Still in search of a ride-share or roommate? You can use the comments box below, or LinkedIn group (open to NCPH members only), or Facebook page to to post queries or contacts Read More