02 April 2013 – editors
CFP: Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums conference, October 20-22, 2013, Washington, D.C., U.S.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: April 12, 2013
CFP: Heritage and Change in the Arctic, Oct. 11-14, 2013, University of Greenland
DEADLINE: May 1, 2013
EDU: Project Management for History Professionals course from American Assn. Read More
02 April 2013 – Cathy Stanton
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 Cathy Stanton, winner of the 2013 NCPH Excellence in Consulting Award in the individual category for “Plant Yourself in My Neighborhood: An Ethnographic Landscape Study of Farming and Farmers in Columbia County, New York.” Read More
01 April 2013 – Trina Nelson Thomas 2
As senior director of the five public program departments at the Indiana Historical Society I regularly work with interns and faculty, and I regularly employ graduates from history programs. I ask several specific questions when am sifting through applicants:
31 March 2013 – Adina Langer
Tomorrow may be April Fool’s Day, but don’t be fooled into forgetting about about the monthly Consultants’ TweetChat! April 1, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time will mark our sixth monthly NCPH Consultants TweetChat. This month, the topic is the Ottawa conference. Read More
29 March 2013 – Cathy Stanton
You may have noticed by now that Public History Ryan Gosling has been reappearing in select locations. His handlers, Rachel Boyle and Anne Cullen, will be presenting a paper on last year’s PHRG phenomenon as part of a panel on “Connecting Communities” at the National Council on Public History meeting in Ottawa next month, and we’ve been very happy to have their help for some advance conference promotion. Read More
28 March 2013 – editors
NEWS
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The Health/PAC Digital Archive is a complete collection of the influential Health/PAC Bulletin, which was published for nearly three decades until Health/PAC closed in 1994. Full-text searchable, it amounts to a documentary history of mid- to late-20th Century American health policy and politics. Read More
26 March 2013 – editors
ANNCT: Latest report on Senate archives and records available from Advisory Committee on the Records of U.S. Congress
ANNCT: History Workshop Online seeks two new editors. Click here for details. DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: May 15, 2013
CFP: Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia seeks volunteer contributors with experience/expertise in writing about Philadelphia area history. Read More
25 March 2013 – Abigail Perkiss
Read MoreIt is May 1, 1981. A jury of eight internationally renowned architects and sculptors has announced its pick for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, set to be constructed at the western end of the Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
22 March 2013 – Jessica Cochran
Pick up a penny. On one side, we observe Lincoln as he was; on the other side, Lincoln as we have chosen to remember him. Public historians face the challenges and rewards of interpreting history for a population obsessed as much with “authenticity” as “legacy.” Read More