30 October 2019 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: National History Day to launch new digital platform; American Historical Association announces research grants; Moving Trans History Forward Conference seeks proposals; and new issue of Visitor Studies published this month.
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29 October 2019 – Katherine Astbury and Abigail Coppins
2019 archives month series, sound, prisoners of war, archives, slavery, incarceration, artists, theater
Editors’ Note: This is one in a series of posts about the intersection of archives and public history that will be published throughout October, or Archives Month in the United States. This series is edited by National Council on Public History (NCPH) board member Krista McCracken, History@Work affiliate editor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, and NCPH The Public Historian co-editor/Digital Media Editor Nicole Belolan. Read More
24 October 2019 – Paul V. Dudman
social justice, archives, oral history, Immigration, libraries, 2019 archives month series, representation, refugees
Editors’ Note: This is one in a series of posts about the intersection of archives and public history that will be published throughout October, or Archives Month in the United States. This series is edited by National Council on Public History (NCPH) board member Krista McCracken, History@Work affiliate editor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, and NCPH The Public Historian co-editor/Digital Media Editor Nicole Belolan. Read More
23 October 2019 – Paul Ringel
Last summer, when offered a rare opportunity to receive funding for course development, I applied for a university grant to test the value of incorporating growth mindset theories into my public history course. At first glance, these two pedagogies did not seem particularly compatible, but I was curious to see if I could combine them to a positive effect. Read More
22 October 2019 – Annie Brown and Diana Lempel
gentrification, race, ethnicity, community archives, 2019 archives month series, youth, local history, archives
Editors’ Note: This is one in a series of posts about the intersection of archives and public history that will be published throughout October, or Archives Month in the United States. This series is edited by National Council on Public History (NCPH) board member Krista McCracken, History@Work affiliate editor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, and NCPH The Public Historian co-editor/Digital Media Editor Nicole Belolan. Read More
18 October 2019 – Kayla Duncan and Adina Langer 2
Editors’ Note: When the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) opened the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, in April 2018, grassroots Community Remembrance was built into the project’s DNA. This Q&A between History@Work lead editor Adina Langer and Kayla Duncan discusses the work of the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition, an organization in Fulton County, Georgia, dedicated to earning an EJI-designated monument for Fulton County. Read More
17 October 2019 – Lena Lannutti
archives, Philadelphia, historical societies, libraries, 2019 archives month series, history of childhood, internships
Editors’ Note: This is one in a series of posts about the intersection of archives and public history that will be published throughout October, or Archives Month in the United States. The series is edited by National Council on Public History (NCPH) board member Krista McCracken, History@Work affiliate editor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, and NCPH The Public Historian co-editor/Digital Media Editor Nicole Belolan. Read More
16 October 2019 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: Applications open for Small Museum Association Conference scholarships; preregistration discounts for the AHA Annual Meeting extended for federal employees; Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts to host conferences and workshops; and Taylor & Francis publishes various titles. Read More
15 October 2019 – Katrina Cohen-Palacios
libraries, 2019 archives month series, video, film, media, digitization, archives, everyday life, Canada, diversity
Editors’ Note: This is one in a series of posts about the intersection of archives and public history that will be published throughout October, or Archives Month in the United States. This series is edited by National Council on Public History (NCPH) board member Krista McCracken, History@Work affiliate editor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, and NCPH The Public Historian co-editor/Digital Media Editor Nicole Belolan. Read More
10 October 2019 – Donna Baker and Sarah Calise
2019 archives month series, social justice, community history, memory, archives, scholarship, race, Confederate memory series, rapid response
Editors’ Note: This is one post in a series of posts about the intersection of archives and public history that will be published throughout October, or Archives Month in the United States. This series is edited by National Council on Public History (NCPH) board member Krista McCracken, History@Work affiliate editor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, and NCPH The Public Historian co-editor/Digital Media Editor Nicole Belolan. Read More