27 May 2021 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: Topic proposals for NCPH 2022 are now viewable, and we encourage you to leave feedback by July 1 so proposer submitters can incorporate it into their final proposals; Gilder Lehrman is hosting a conversation with Henry Louis Gates this evening, June 2; the Society for History in the Federal Government’s annual Trask Lecture is this Friday, June 4. Read More
27 May 2021 – Megan Weiss
Think Water Utah is a statewide collaboration addressing the critical topic of water and is presented by Utah Humanities and its partners throughout 2020-2022. It allows local museums and their communities to critically consider the role of water in shaping human experience and culture across the state. Read More
18 May 2021 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: UCLA offers a prize; the Costume Society of America hosts a virtual symposium; the University of Oxford holds a webinar.
12 May 2021 – Sarah H. Case
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the May 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.
Several contributions to this issue in some way reflect the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on public history scholarship and labor. Read More
04 May 2021 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week:the Society for Georgia Archivists calls for session proposals; the National Post Museum hosts a webinar; and Southern Cultures invites paper submissions.
28 April 2021 – Elena Gonzales
This is the second part of a two-part essay in which I propose five ideas for anti-racist museological work that carries a public health benefit. In Part 2 I looked at the context in which curatorial work takes place and how the institution can set the stage for effective curatorial work for social justice. Read More
20 April 2021 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: The History Makers is offering a fellowship opportunity; the Institute for Historical Studies is holding a virtual conference; the Costume Society of America is hosting a webinar.
08 April 2021 – Linda Eben Jones, Chris Ann Gibbons, Bobbi Rahder and Samantha Williams 1
In January 2020, the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum opened in Carson City, Nevada. Since the boarding school’s closure in 1980, former students and their families had urged the state of Nevada to commemorate alumni experiences as a means of recognizing their trauma and need for healing. Read More
07 April 2021 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: the State Historical Society of Iowa offers research grants; the National Humanities Alliance calls for conference proposals; the National Preservation Institute hosts a webinar series.
25 March 2021 – Jacqueline Hudson 3
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2021. Jacqueline Patrice Hudson is the winner of the NCPH new professional award.
As a young child, I thought visiting my grandparents in Chicago was a fun adventure each summer when my younger sister Jephreda and I got the chance to ride a plane by ourselves (accompanied by an airline employee, of course). Read More