19 May 2022 – Sarah Coffman and Elissa Branum
Editors’ Note: This is the third of four essays in a series on labor history, digital humanities, and public history. Authors who wrote essays for this series developed their work as part of a fall 2021 graduate labor history colloquium taught by Dr. Read More
18 May 2022 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: NCPH calls for proposals for 2023 conference; the American Association for State and Local History releases a report; the Center for Jewish History and jMUSE has recently published a new book.
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18 May 2022 – Sarah H. Case
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the May 2022 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.
As Timothy Snyder, historian of Ukraine, reminds us, the myths, memories, and stories about a nation’s past shape its understanding of the present and the future. Read More
12 May 2022 – Yazmin Gomez
oral history, Digital humanities, covid-19, Labor History and Digital Humanities Series, Latinx history
Editors’ Note: This is the second of four essays in a series on labor history, digital humanities, and public history. Authors who wrote essays for this series developed their work as part of a fall 2021 graduate labor history colloquium taught by Dr. Read More
05 May 2022 – AJ Boyd
Editors’ Note: This is the first of four essays in a series on labor history, digital humanities, and public history. Authors who wrote essays for this series developed their work as part of a fall 2021 graduate labor history colloquium taught by Dr. Read More
20 April 2022 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The American Council of Learned Societies announces new fellowship program; the Texas Historical Commission offers multiple virtual programs; the University of California Press has recently published a new book. Read More
07 April 2022 – Jenny Barker-Devine and Samantha Sauer
The COVID-19 pandemic requires innovative solutions for remote and socially-distanced learning. During the 2020-2021 academic year, we designed teaching kits, or mini-teaching collections, that permitted undergraduate students in an archival methods course to safely engage in hands-on activities. The kits formed the basis for several assignments throughout the semester and fostered a meaningful sense of connection among students during a highly disconnected period. Read More
06 April 2022 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The Western History Association accepts nominations for two awards; the School for Advanced Research offers multiple virtual programs; Utrecht University accepts abstracts for an edited volume. Read More
31 March 2022 – Adina Langer and Donna Stephens 1
Editor’s Note: On December 6, 2021, the Atlanta City Council adopted legislation to purchase the former site of the Chattahoochee Brick Company (CBC) from the Lincoln Terminal Company, a corporation specializing in fuel transportation. The site had been leased by Norfolk Southern Railway, which had abandoned plans to use the location as a train-to-truck terminal facility when a coalition of local organizations—including Groundwork Atlanta, Proctor Creek Stewardship Council, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Riverwalk Atlanta, and others—protested this planned use. Read More
23 March 2022 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History accepts award applications; the Slave Dwelling Project calls for proposals; the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University offers virtual programs. Read More