05 October 2021 – Leah Glaser 4
Editor’s note: This is our first installment following an introduction by David Glassberg and Donna Graves for the “Public Historians in Our Climate Emergency” series. In Leah S. Glaser’s post, she reminds us of how trees and tree preservation play an important role in public history. Read More
22 September 2021 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The American Alliance of Museums and its publisher, Rowman & Littlefield Press, is seeking book
proposals; the National Museum of the American Indian will be hosting a virtual on-demand symposium; Education Next has published a new forum for educators in K-12 schools. Read More
21 September 2021 – Rhondda Thomas 1
Higher Education, NCPH 2021 awards, archives, social media, African American history, campus history
Editor’s Note: Call My Name, Clemson: Documenting the Black Experience in an American University by Rhondda Robinson Thomas received an honorable mention for the 2021 NCPH award for best new book about or growing out of public history theory, study, or practice, for either 2020 or 2021. Read More
16 September 2021 – Rebecca Bush
Editors’ Note: This is the second of a pair of posts about lessons learned from virtual conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the attractions of attending professional conferences is the opportunity to network with colleagues, old and new. The past year has made me acutely aware of the sense of community built through these experiences, whether in-person or virtual. Read More
14 September 2021 – David Glassberg and Donna Graves
collaboration, environment, sustainability, climate change, covid-19, preservation, social justice, climate emergency series, sense of place
Editor’s note: This post begins our year-long series, Our Climate Emergency, co-edited with David Glassberg and Donna Graves. The goal of this series brings together a diverse cohort of public historians, all with different perspectives and backgrounds, to think about the role of public historians and the climate crisis. Read More
09 September 2021 – Rebecca Bush
Editors’ Note: This is the first of a pair of posts about lessons learned from virtual conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I sat down for my first-ever virtual conference on March 19, 2020, uncertain of what this hastily rearranged version of the National Council on Public History’s (NCPH’s) annual meeting might look like. Read More
08 September 2021 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The Washington State Historical Society accepts grant applications; the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History calls for proposals; the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience offers virtual programs. Read More
07 September 2021 – Rebecca S. Wingo, Jason A. Heppler and Paul Schadewald
social justice, NCPH 2021 awards, collaboration, activism, digital projects, partnership, communities, community engagement, covid-19
Editor’s Note: Digital Community Engagement: Partnering Communities with the Academy won the 2021 NCPH award for best new book about or growing out of public history theory, study, or practice, for either 2020 or 2021.
When we submitted final page proofs for Digital Community Engagement: Partnering Communities with the Academy in March 2020, we had no idea what was in store for the country. Read More
31 August 2021 – Laura A. Macaluso 3
On more than 3,200 acres of land in South Fairfax County, twenty miles from Washington, DC, there is a patchwork of new housing developments and recreational facilities. Dispersed throughout these new features on the landscape are old brick buildings that constitute the Workhouse Arts Center, a not-for-profit organization supporting artist studios and gallery spaces. Read More
25 August 2021 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The Institute of Museum and Library Sciences offers multiple grants; The Ad Hoc Group for Transformative Oral History Practice, in collaboration with the Oral History Association and the Oral History Center at UC Berkeley, calls for proposals for their symposium; Museum Mindshare offers virtual programs. Read More