16 November 2018 – Ray Smith 1
Inside the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, you’ll find the just-opened American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE). Part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, the museum examines the sites, people, events, science, and engineering of the dawn of the atomic age. Read More
12 November 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: learn how to become a reviewer for The Public Historian; apply for the Society of Architectural Historians’ fellowships before their end-of-the-year deadline; registration is open for AASLH’s November Coffee Break webinar. Read More
08 November 2018 – Scott Miltenberger 1
I woke up with a start, before 5 a.m. just a few days ago, gripped with fear.
I had missed my deadline.
More than a month ago, I had committed to writing for History@Work but I wasn’t quite sure what topic to tackle. Read More
06 November 2018 – Christine Lamberson and Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai
War Stories is an NEH grant-funded project that preserves the experiences of West Texas U.S. military veterans and their family members by digitizing documents and objects as well as conducting oral history interviews. Housed in the Angelo State University history department, the project is a collaboration between faculty, students, and community members. Read More
02 November 2018 – editors
Editors’ Note: The History@Work editors thought our readers might be interested in the following conversation prompted by the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018.
Will Walker: Adina, do you think you could write something about Pittsburgh that connects to the history of U.S. Read More
31 October 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: Proposals for the AHA’s late breaking sessions are due at the beginning of November; sign up for MARCH’s Philadelphia historic preservation workshop; make sure to check out the newest edition of Written in Stone. Read More
17 October 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: Submit your exhibit labels for AAM’s competition; proposals for the Midwestern History Conference are due in January; make your way to Nashville, TN for a day of learning about archaeology and LGBTQ+ memory. Read More
15 October 2018 – Mimi Eisen 1
In 1849, a community of black Philadelphians secured a plot of land devoted to preserving the rights of their dead kin—from dignified burial, to peaceful rest, to honorable remembrance. Lebanon Cemetery was an answer to the city’s expansive white-only cemeteries and a sanctuary from persistent racial terror and civil rights violations. Read More
03 October 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: Get ready to celebrate Electronic Records Day and the preservation of government records with the CoSA; the NEH is looking for grant applicants researching humanities sources related to war; AASLH has opened their Call for Proposals for their 2019 conference in Philadelphia. Read More
19 September 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: Help the AAM by filling out a survey about how 2017 tax reform has impacted your organization and community; the University of Delaware is holding a visiting scholars series on The Black Atlantic & The Archive this fall; The Preservation Leadership Forum of the National Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking article submissions for a forthcoming Forum Journal issue about intangible heritage. Read More