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
13 September 2018 – Kristen Baldwin Deathridge 1
NCPH Board Member Posts, digital media, methods, digital history, media, entrepreneurialism, education, training
“Don’t include images because they slow everything down too much.” “Use tables and frames to organize your website.” “Visual interface is more important than content.” “Flash will save the internet.” “No one wants to read or watch videos on their tiny little phone.” Read More
10 September 2018 – Nicole Belolan
digital history, accessibility, collaboration, education, employment, NCPH, Ask a Practitioner, methods
Editors’ Note: We are excited to introduce Nicole Belolan, the newest member of the NCPH, TPH, History@Work, and MARCH team to our readers. Please enjoy the opportunity to learn more about her through this interview conducted by the NCPH staff. Read More
05 September 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: “Game Design and the Constitution” talk from the National Archives and the American University Game Lab is livestreaming on September 6; Canadians between the ages of 18-34 working on projects addressing issues of discrimination should look into applying for an Inspirit Foundation ChangeUp Grant by Sept. Read More
04 September 2018 – Bruce Dearstyne 2
“History@Work” is an apt title for this blog and a metaphor for a lot of the work that public historians do. But, history seems to be getting off with light duty in the arena of public discussion these days. Read More
31 August 2018 – Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowka
Author’s Note: Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Public History Summer School, held in Wroclaw, Poland. The Summer School, which was co-sponsored with the University of Wrocław’s Historical Institute, the local Zajezdnia History Centre, the Jean Monnet Network for Applied Contemporary European History, and the International Federation for Public History (IFPH), ran for four days, and included presentations from scholars all over Europe and beyond. Read More
29 August 2018 – Meghan Hillman
This spring at the 2018 NCPH Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NCPH’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force (NCPH Inclusion) held an on-the-fly session about sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the public history profession. You can read more about that session in Mary Rizzo’s recent post and a June 2018 Public History News piece. Read More
23 August 2018 – Krista McCracken
NCPH Board Member Posts, digital media, advocacy, methods, digital history, NCPH, conference, professional opportunities
As you may have noticed in Public History News, NCPH is excited to announce that our first ever NCPH Twitter Mini-Con will be taking place October 18-19, 2018. The theme for the conference is (Re)Active Public History, and is rooted in a desire to critically discuss the active ways that public historians engage with the public, the past, and historical scholarship. Read More