02 November 2023 – Catherine Stiers
Shortly after ChatGPT was released to the public in late 2022, the debate started about whether or not it meant the end of public history as we know it. Is the public historian obsolete when computers can tell you anything you want to know about the past? Read More
01 November 2023 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: 
The National Historical Publications & Records Commission closes grant applications; the American Alliance of Museums hosts their virtual summit; the National Endowment for Humanities hosts a webinar
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01 November 2023 – Sarah H. Case
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the November 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.
This issue features five reports from the field, analyzing diverse and far-reaching projects. Read More
26 October 2023 – Joseph Plaster
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two parts of a conversation with Joseph Plaster, director of the Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center at Johns Hopkins University, who won the 2023 Outstanding Public History Project Award-Small Institution for the Peabody Ballroom Experience. Read More
24 October 2023 – Joseph Plaster
Editors’ Note: Joseph Plaster, director of the Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center at Johns Hopkins University, won the 2023 Outstanding Public History Project Award-Small Institution for the Peabody Ballroom Experience. As Plaster explains, “The Peabody Ballroom Experience is a public humanities collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and ballroom, a nearly century-old performance-based network and culture composed primarily of gay, lesbian, transgender, and gender non-conforming people of color.” Read More
23 October 2023 – Paige Figanbaum
The tourist perception of Las Vegas is often limited to its iconic neon lights, or recently, the Knights hockey team winning the Stanley Cup championship. While The Strip has played a significant role in shaping the city, it tends to overshadow Las Vegas’ rich history and community. Read More
19 October 2023 – Adina Langer 1
We all know what it sounds like—that voice you hear in your head when you read museum labels. It is confident, assured, and direct. It is friendly, concise, relevant, and eminently believable. And, despite many public historians’ attempts to make our work more transparent and let go of traditional didactic authority, the comforting institutional voice is a reason why museums remain among the most trusted sources for historical information decades in the running, regardless of increasing concern about veracity in the wider information environment. Read More
18 October 2023 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: NCPH accepts letters of interest; the Oral History Association hosts their annual conference; the Southeast Museums Conference hosts a webinar
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17 October 2023 – GVGK Tang
project showcase, community archives, grassroots, public engagement, urban renewal, sense of place, archives, storytelling
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
03 October 2023 – NCPH Office
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
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