11 December 2025 – Emma Wiley 1
Author’s disclaimer: This article is based on my own research and opinions and does not reflect the views of any former or current employer.
Over the past several months, the public history community has been reminded of the fragility of public-facing work. Read More
08 December 2025 – Sarah H. Case
Editors’ Note: We publish The Public Historian editor’s introduction to the November 2025 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.
Our special issue, “Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Massacre Sites,” guest edited by Lily Anne Welty Tamai, considers burial grounds and sites of mass violence as important sources for public historical research. Read More
04 December 2025 – Victoria Villaseñor
Within the first few months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) waged a war on national parks. Through massive staff layoffs, drastic funding cuts, and attempts to censor interpretation, this administration is undermining public access to our lands and our nation’s diverse histories. Read More
03 December 2025 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: NCPH & AASLH are closing their call for proposals for their 2026 joint conference; the Utah Historical Society is hosting a virtual Introduction to Oral History training session; the Society of American Archivists is closing its call for proposals for its 2026 annual meeting; the Organization of American Historians is hosting its K-12 Teachers’ Book Club; the Midwestern History Association is closing its call for proposals for its 2026 annual conference Read More
19 November 2025 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: Final proposals for NCPH-AASLH 2026 are due December 5; The International Federation for Public History invites proposals for its 2026 conference; The American Alliance of Museums is hosting its virtual Museums & Social Media Summit; The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for its Digital Justice Grants Program; The Slave Dwelling Project is welcoming proposals for their 2026 conference Read More
05 November 2025 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: Monticello’s International Center for Jefferson Studies is offering yearlong hybrid fellowships; The Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists will host their 2025 conference; The Alliance for Texas History has an open call for papers for its annual conference; The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition is holding an in-person symposium, “Public History in Authoritarian Times” Read More
03 November 2025 – Jonathan Schwartz
In 1944, the Hungarian government carried out two operations simultaneously. More than 430,000 Jews were deported to Auschwitz in just eight weeks, while at the same time state officials—commissioners, police, and museum staff—systematically confiscated their art collections. The records of this bureaucratized looting survived on microfilm, largely untouched for decades. Read More
30 October 2025 – Kevin Lukacs 3
Horror is a rich genre full of meaning for many people, including non-traditional museumgoers. A recent study showed that 35% of respondents felt museums were “not for people like me.” Even I, a museum professional, have often felt the same way. Read More
29 October 2025 – Madison Haine 1
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a 2025 History@Work series authored by members of the NCPH Labor Task Force in response to our Special Open Call on “#Advocacy in the Field.” In addition, this piece is part of a series based on Rutgers University student interviews with practicing public historians. Read More
28 October 2025 – Paul Montjoy Forti
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a 2025 History@Work series authored by members of the NCPH Labor Task Force in response to our Special Open Call on “#Advocacy in the Field.” In addition, this piece is part of a series based on Rutgers University student interviews with practicing public historians. Read More