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
History Communication, Curriculum, digital media, NCPH Board Member Posts, Higher Education, Communication, Courses
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
community engagement, 2019 annual meeting, Native American, Hartford series 2019, digital, Indigenous People, sense of place, genealogy
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
community engagement, 2019 annual meeting, Hartford series 2019, sports, community history, sense of place, collaboration
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
2019 annual meeting, Hartford series 2019, American Revolution, community history, sense of place, race, slavery, Immigration, American Civil War
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
20 March 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Apply for Library of Congress education funding; proposals for the ASEH’s second Twitter conference are due tonight; Attending SHFG’s Annual Meeting next month? Registration to their workshop for federal history jobs is included! Read More
19 March 2019 – Will Walker, Modupe Labode, Bob Weible, Sheila Brennan, Bill Bryans, and Kimberly Springle
inclusion, working group, 2019 annual meeting, digital media, AASLH, projects, methods, collaboration, NCPH, conference
For the past three years, a group of dedicated authors, editors, and advisory committee members have been working to create The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook, a new digital resource co-sponsored by NCPH and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH). Read More
18 March 2019 – Rebecca Furer
memory, sense of place, international, consultants, gender/sexuality, 2019 annual meeting, Hartford series 2019
Editor’s note: This is the second 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.
My bicycle rattles and bounces over the cobblestones in my neighborhood, and I take a quick glance behind me to make sure none of the groceries have fallen out of the basket. Read More