Kin/Folk/Lore (KFL) is a community-led history project that uses grassroots storytelling to incite meaningful dialogues across cultures, generations, and localities in Philadelphia. Participant-audiences forge unlikely connections while considering changing landscapes, core values, and hopes that define their lives—past and present. KFL’s collection exists as a free, publicly accessible digital oral history database, exhibit, and album series. Read More
From Around the Field this week: The Conservation Center for Arts & Historic Artifacts seek survey respondents, applications for the Dan David Prize close, NCPH presents our 2023 virtual conference, Connecting to Collections Care hosts a webinar
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2023. Katie Owens-Murphy and Brian Murphy are the recipients of the G. Wesley Johnson Award. This award is named in honor of the founding editor of The Public Historian.Read More
Editors’ Note: This essay is by the recipients of the National Council on Public History 2023 Excellence in Consulting Awards-Group Award Honorable Mention. The award was presented to Guy Hermann, Sara Zarrelli, and Jacques Brunswick of Museum Insights for their Connecticut Landmarks Portfolio Assessment.Read More
From Around the Field this week: Ruth J. Simmons delivers the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities; the National Trust for Historic Preservation accepts grant applications; the National Council for History Education hosts a webinar; the Parks Stewardship Forum releases their latest issue
From Around the Field this week: The National Conference of State Historic Preservation closes proposals on three projects; the Institute of Museum and Library Services accepts grant applications; the American Association for State and Local History host their 2023 conference; the American Council of Learned Societies presents a virtual panel
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NCPH will host a virtual Public History Hangout to discuss the process of participating in the poster session at our 2024 conference and applying for our travel and project awards on September 14, 2023
The National Conference of State Historic Preservation requests proposals for three projects by September 14, 2023
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2023 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access.
The current issue features multiple authors who detail a model of publicly engaged, collaborative, and activist historical work. Read More
From Around the Field this week: the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums closes applications for their 2023 awards; the 2023 National Humanities Conference calls for late-breaking session proposals; the American Historical Association hosts a webinar
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NCPH will host a series of webinars through September 13-27, 2023 exploring the criteria outlined by Congress for designating World War II Heritage Cities
The National Conference of State Historic Preservation requests proposals for three projects by September 14, 2023
In the depths of unexplored historical niches, historians often find information scarce in public records and archives, leading them to underutilized family and personal collections. Approaching research from such a personal angle has many benefits, but it’s also important to consider the logistics and ethics of utilizing personal and family records for research. Read More
From Around the Field this week: the Coalition for Western Women’s History closes applications for the Irene Ledesma Prize; Historical Perspectives call for abstracts for their Twitter Conference; the Texas Historical Commission hosts two webinars; Contingent Magazine accepts pitches for an upcoming roundtable
The Society of American Archivists Council will host an online, open forum to discuss proposed revisions to the SAA constitution and bylaws on August 14, 2023, 4:00 pm Eastern
NCPH’s Nominating Committee will host an online information session on our organization’s elected positions, August 16, 2023 at 3:00 pm Eastern
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The Conservation Center for Arts & Historic Artifacts seek survey respondents, applications for the Dan David Prize close, NCPH presents our 2023 virtual conference, Connecting to Collections Care hosts a webinar