01 May 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Registration for inaugural Chesapeake Studies Conference closes at the end of the month; check out CAM’s free webinar on succession planning tomorrow; make sure to look through the latest offerings from Michigan State University Press Read More
25 April 2019 – Aimee E. Newell 3
consumption, AASLH, small museums, historical societies, suburbanization, oral history, programming, urban history, exhibitions
Editor’s Note: Our digital media editor Nicole Belolan primarily grew up in rural Pennsylvania, about a 45-minute drive from Wilkes-Barre. As a child, she remembers going frequently to the Wilkes-Barre mall since shopping was limited in her smaller community. When she read about the programming and exhibition at the Luzerne County Historical Society about Wilkes-Barre’s history as a shopping destination, she wanted to learn more. Read More
18 April 2019 – Josh Howard 2
labor, National Park Service, practice, public engagement, 2019 annual meeting, collaboration, African American history, education, NCPH 2019 Awards, consultants, race
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of reflective posts written by winners of awards given out at the NCPH 2019 annual meeting in Hartford, Connecticut. Josh Howard of Passel Historical Consulting received the individual “Excellence in Consulting” award. Read More
17 April 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Apply for OAH’s award for a non-English article on American history; check out the NPS’ Q&A webinar if you are interested in learning more about the proposed changes to the National Register; early bird registration for AASLH’s latest in-person workshop ends this week Read More
16 April 2019 – Kathryn Brownell, Jennifer Hart, Marla Miller, and Jason Steinhauer
Communication, Courses, History Communication, Curriculum, digital media, NCPH Board Member Posts, Higher Education
Readers of History@Work may recall that four years ago in this space a group of historians introduced the concepts of “History Communication” and “History Communicators.” Inspired by the investments that the sciences made in science communication, the group theorized that investing in, and strengthening, media skills and communications strategies among historians might prove beneficial to the profession’s future. Read More
26 March 2019 – Suzanne Fischer 1
NCPH’s Advocacy Committee is charged with a dual mission: to respond to calls to take a stand on pressing issues of the day, and also to recommend proactive positions and actions to advance NCPH’s goals of advocating for public history and its practitioners. Read More
25 March 2019 – Katherine Hermes 5
Native American, Hartford series 2019, digital, Indigenous People, sense of place, genealogy, community engagement, 2019 annual meeting
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of pieces focused on Hartford and its regional identity which will be posted before and during the NCPH annual meeting in Hartford, Connecticut in March.
In 1999, when I was a fairly new associate professor at Central Connecticut State University, the editor of Connecticut History, Professor Bob Asher at the University of Connecticut, asked me if I knew of any interesting documents that might help increase the appeal of the journal. Read More
22 March 2019 – dann j. Broyld and Chelsea E. Echevarria 1
Hartford series 2019, sports, community history, sense of place, collaboration, community engagement, 2019 annual meeting
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of pieces focused on Hartford and its regional identity which will be posted before and during the NCPH annual meeting in Hartford, Connecticut in March.
Five years ago, the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) public history program began a partnership with the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) Museum & Library in Hartford to produce exhibits with its museum studies graduate classes. Read More
21 March 2019 – Barb Howe
Editors’ and author’s note: The Council of Past Presidents of the National Council on Public History (NCPH) began conducting oral histories with founders of NCPH in 2015. This blog post, the second of a two-part series, was inspired by interviews with Dr. Read More
20 March 2019 – Kristina Oschmann 4
Hartford series 2019, American Revolution, community history, sense of place, race, slavery, Immigration, American Civil War, 2019 annual meeting
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of pieces focused on Hartford and its regional identity which will be posted before and during the NCPH Annual Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut in March.
Growing up in eastern Connecticut, my thoughts of Hartford were a mix of positives and negatives. Read More