13 March 2013 – Zachary McKiernan 7
The recent History@Work post postulating the importance of peer review and its possibilities in digital form challenges us to rethink more traditional methods of scholarly review. History@Work’s inaugural year demonstrates that the uptick in attention to public history’s products and projects in academic, international, and other circles is pushing and pulling us in new directions. Read More
12 March 2013 – editors
CFP: Oral History Methodology in Social and Political Movements Research, July 6, 2013, University of Warwick, U.K.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 14, 2013
CFP: Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association 2013 Conference, Oct. 11-13, 2013, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Read More
11 March 2013 – Alexandra Mosquin 3
What Employers Seek panel, scholarship, education, government, profession, employment, training, new professionals, conference
As a public historian and manager of historical research at Parks Canada for the past 12 years, I have sat on many hiring committees to hire historians, policy analysts, program officers and university students for a range of heritage and history projects based in our national office in Gatineau, Quebec. Read More
07 March 2013 – editors
NEWS
06 March 2013 – Denise Meringolo
Read MoreEditors’ 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 Denise Meringolo, whose book Museums, Monuments, and National Parks: Toward a New Genealogy of Public History is the winner of the 2013 NCPH Book Award.
05 March 2013 – editors 2
A new issue of The Public Historian will be appearing in libraries and subscribers’ mailboxes soon. Below is an advance look at the Table of Contents:
The Public Historian
A Journal of Public History
Volume 35 February 2013 Number 4
Editor’s Corner
The Past Enhanced, Endowed, Engaged
Randolph Bergstrom
Roundtable
Imagining the Digital Future of The Public Historian
William Bryans, Albert Camarillo, Swati Chattopadhyay, Jon Christensen, Sharon Leon, and Cathy Stanton
Public History and Public Humanities: State Humanities Councils
Public Works: NEH, Congress, and the State Humanities Councils
Jamil Zainaldin
Making the Humanities Public: The Example of Connecticut’s Humanities Council
Briann Greenfield
Digital History at Historic Sites
#VirtualTourist: Embracing Our Audience through Public History Web Experience
Anne Lindsay
Crossing Borders: Conversations on the War of 1812 Bicentennial Online and in Print
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: The War Of 1812 In Canada And The United States In 2012
Karim M. Read More
05 March 2013 – editors
ANNCT: New online resource, “American Pamphlets, Series 1, 1820-1922” from New-York Historical Society
CFP: 9th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storytellers Conference, April 12-13, 2013, State University of New York Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U.S. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 8, 2013
CFP: The Sixth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, April 22-24, 2013, National Art Gallery of Denmark, Kunst, Denmark SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 22, 2013
CONF: Oral History and Institutional History – The Warwick Project “The Voice of the Past” Part 2, March 12, 2013, University of Warwick, UK
CONF: Public History in the Digital Age, April 4-5, 2013, National Archives at College Park, Maryland, U.S. Read More
04 March 2013 – Thomas Cauvin
international, profession, training, conference, WG Teaching PH, digital media, public engagement, education
In a recent post on History@Work, Zachary McKiernan discussed the utility of an international vision of public history. In many ways, this post encapsulates the rising interest in public history practices outside North America. The recent creation of the International Federation for Public History (IFPH) is a prime example of this. Read More
03 March 2013 – Adina Langer 1
Welcome to the month of March. Depending on where you live, spring may still be a few weeks away, but it’s a great time for a consultants’ TweetChat. Tomorrow, Monday, March 4, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (please note the new time!)
01 March 2013 – Eleanor Mahoney 3
Quick – name three National Park Service (NPS) units that commemorate, mark or otherwise emphasize the history of industrial work, or the labor movement in the United States.
Okay – Lowell National Historical Park might come to mind. Anywhere else?
Think. Read More