02 December 2020 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: the National Park Service offers grant opportunities; the Missouri Conference on History extends their proposal deadline; Public History Collaborative hosts a live Twitter event.
01 December 2020 – Michael Sewell and Steven Bishop 1
Editor’s note: How have local communities interacted with historians during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic? This post introduces the History Indoors project by two graduate students at the University of Essex. History Indoors helps bring a wide array of historical topics to a general audience around the UK and the world. Read More
26 November 2020 – Taylor Noakes
Washington, DC, felt familiar in a way that didn’t make sense; I had never been there before.
I am originally from Montreal and am now pursuing a master’s degree in public history at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Growing up in Canada, the son of an American citizen, I always felt like I had a foot on both sides of the border. Read More
24 November 2020 – Alea Henle
archives, material culture, Digital humanities, collections, historical societies, research, collections management
In 1814, philanthropist Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) spearheaded the establishment of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. One of his earliest actions, as president and librarian, was to create and maintain the society’s records. He dedicated a volume to documenting gifts, and decided what information to include in the records, for the sake of posterity. Read More
19 November 2020 – John R. Legg
memory, sense of place, Q&A, politics, pioneers, LGBTQ history, Indigenous People, methods, American Indians, public engagement, decolonization, media, games
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome Michael Salgarolo and Kylie Holloway to discuss their Oregon Trail immersive game that brought history and leisure together as a way to experience the US West and challenge the colonial foundations of the famous video game. Read More
18 November 2020 – James F. Brooks
deindustrialization, Editor's Corner, The Public Historian, campus history, slavery, Indigenous People, historic preservation, TPH 42.4, archaeology, public history
Editors’ note: We publish The Public Historian editor James F. Brooks’s introduction to the November 2020 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. Read More
12 November 2020 – Adina Langer
Editor’s Note: This post is the third in a series of three describing the experiences of staff and interns participating in a new virtual internship program at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MHHE) at Kennesaw State University, created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
11 November 2020 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: the American Society for Environmental History offers fellowships and awards; the Association for Living History, Farm and Agriculture Museum calls for proposals for their 2021 annual meeting; Villanova University hosts their “Decolonizing the Church” webinar series. Read More
10 November 2020 – Adina Langer
Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series of three describing the experiences of staff and interns participating in a new virtual internship program at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MHHE) at Kennesaw State University, created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
05 November 2020 – Adina Langer
Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a series of three describing the experiences of staff and interns participating in a new virtual internship program at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MHHE) at Kennesaw State University, created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More