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
11 August 2021 – Jennie Chaplin 2
Editor’s Note: Throughout this piece we’ve embedded and linked to the various musical cues that are foundational to Dr. Chaplin’s article. We wanted to provide a direct opportunity to hear Marvin Gaye’s seminal album while comparing it to modern music from Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe. Read More
11 August 2021 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The Council of State Archives released their biennial survey; The Coalition for Western Women’s History calls for prize applications; #SlaveryArchive Book Club offers a virtual discussion. Read More
03 August 2021 – Sarah H. Case
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2021 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.
In this issue, we bring you three articles that deeply engage with one of the key subjects grappled with by public historians—the consideration of the role of the public not only as audience but also as interpreters of history. Read More
27 July 2021 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The U.S. Department of Education calls for peer reviewers; The New England Museum Association offers multiple virtual programs; Routledge published Museum Innovation: Building More Equitable, Relevant and Impactful Museums edited by Haitham Eid and Melissa Forstrom. Read More
13 July 2021 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: Proposals for NCPH 2022 are due tomorrow, July 15; Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University accepts proposals for grant; International Society of Landscape, Place, and Material Culture calls for proposals for annual conference; Texas Historical Commission offers multiple webinars. Read More
08 July 2021 – Thomas J. Brown 3
Public monuments chart development within a cultural form at the same time they commemorate historical events. Maya Lin found inspiration in British architect Edwin Lutyens’s enduring World War I monuments when she designed her brilliant Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1981-82). In contrast, the World War I Memorial recently inaugurated with the raising of its first flag in Pershing Park on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D. Read More
06 July 2021 – David Hochfelder
In 1929, the city of Evanston, Illinois physically moved Lucious Sutton’s house about a mile and a half. His family was one of seven African American families on a block who were living in an area that a 1921 zoning law had set aside for whites only. Read More
01 July 2021 – Sarah Marsom
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2021. Sarah Marsom won honorable mention in Excellence in Consulting for her projects Crafting Herstory and #DismantlePreservation. This is part two of a two-part Q&A about #DismantlePreservation (part one was published on June 24, 2021). Read More