Authors’ Note: This is the first of three posts resulting from discussions of our 2019 NCPH annual meeting working group on improving existing National Register nominations. In this series, we’ll highlight best practices we developed—using our working group member case statements as a starting point—to encourage frequent revisions of National Register nominations.Read More
From around the field this week: Missouri Humanities hosts their 7th Annual U.S. Grant Symposium virtually; the Texas Historical Commission offers a webinar on utilizing social media to engage visitors; The Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society‘s awards guest editors for their upcoming special issue. Read More
Editors’ Note: This is one of two posts about the National Council on Public History’s finances and plans for programming.
The National Council on Public History (NCPH) is a membership and professional organization, and so we are only as strong as our members; we are only as healthy as the field of public history is. Read More
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of reflective posts written by winners of awards intended to be given out at the NCPH 2020 annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. GVGK Tang was awarded the Historical Research Associates (HRA) New Professional Travel Award.Read More
From around the field this week: the American Alliance of Museums offers awards for their “Museum Publications Design Competition”; the New Jersey Historical Society moves their 2020 conference online and calls for paper proposals; the National Association for Interpretation hosts a webinar on “Race, Social Justice, and Interpretation.” Read More
The ways we preserve history for the benefit of future generations has changed enormously in the digital era. Yesterday we raised statues and planted roadside markers. Today we utilize the vast potential of the Internet to preserve history with online platforms. Read More
As part of American Archives Month, for the second year in a row, History@Work will be running an October series dedicated to publicly-engaged work by archivists and librarians in the U.S. and abroad. This year, we are recruiting pitches related to the COVID-19 crisis. Read More
Editor’s Note: Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of reflective posts written by winners of awards intended to be given out at the NCPH 2020 annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Megan Crutcher of Duquesne University received a graduate student travel award.Read More
From around the field this week: the next webinar from the Preservation Leadership Forum on “Lessons from the Field” begins; The Society of Ohio Archivists’ annual conference kicks off; the International Coalitions of Sites of Conscience hosts a webinar on “Activism and Advocacy during the COVID pandemic.”Read More
“Public History Parents: Leaning In, Opting Out, and Finding a Work-Life Balance” is a working group created in conjunction with the 2020 National Council on Public History (NCPH) annual meeting. It formed to address the unique needs of parents in the public history field. Read More
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From around the field this week: Missouri Humanities hosts their 7th Annual U.S. Grant Symposium virtually; the Texas Historical Commission offers a webinar on utilizing social media to engage visitors; The Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society‘s awards guest editors for their upcoming special issue. 
From around the field this week: the American Alliance of Museums offers awards for their “Museum Publications Design Competition”; the New Jersey Historical Society moves their 2020 conference online and calls for paper proposals; the National Association for Interpretation hosts a webinar on “Race, Social Justice, and Interpretation.” 
From around the field this week: the next webinar from the Preservation Leadership Forum on “Lessons from the Field” begins; The Society of Ohio Archivists’ annual conference kicks off; the International Coalitions of Sites of Conscience hosts a webinar on “Activism and Advocacy during the COVID pandemic.”