21 July 2016 – Vera Parham
As most of us in the field of archival studies know, defining the archival profession is like trying to hit a moving target. The form and meaning of the profession have changed steadily and dramatically, as have the challenges and educational preparation. Read More
19 July 2016 – Cathy Stanton 5
When I studied public historians within a large U.S. national park for my dissertation research 12 years ago, I was left with some questions that I’ve been pondering ever since and that have kept coming to the surface in various ways in more recent years. Read More
18 July 2016 – editors
From around the field this week: Conferences on war/peace transitions, Guatemalan genocide and resistance, migration heritage, more; residency funding for digital stewardship work; post-disaster collections salvage course; one-day workshop for teachers at historic site in Virginia. Read More
13 July 2016 – David Rotenstein 3
In its infancy, gentrification was a word used to describe changes in urban neighborhoods. Now, gentrification has been documented in suburbs and rural areas around the world. It is even sweeping through Washington, DC’s suburban counties, where farmlands are being converted into housing and mixed-use developments. Read More
11 July 2016 – editors
The Chicago History Museum (CHM) and Breakthrough, a community-based organization that provides social services on Chicago’s West Side, have launched Forty Blocks: The East Garfield Park Oral History Project. Focused on the 1970s to the present, this collaborative effort examines daily life in East Garfield Park, an African American neighborhood that has been marginalized in contemporary Chicago and neglected in the recent historical record. Read More
05 July 2016 – Cathy Stanton
From around the field this week: Preserving audiovisual heritage and supporting public humanities projects at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities; online and f2f workshops on collection ethics, oral history, and domestic furnishings; conference in Warsaw on museums, publics, and contested histories Read More
21 June 2016 – editors
From around the field this week: Summer unconference on teaching with primary sources; new short-term travel awards to National Museum of American History for research on disability, gender/sexuality/LGBTQ, race; help with crowd-funding for cultural institutions. Read More
20 June 2016 – Meghan Hillman
It’s that time again! Summer at the National Council on Public History means that the Program Committee has started the process of selecting content for our 2017 annual meeting. Two months ago we opened up our Call for Proposals for next year’s meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, with the theme “The Middle: Where did we come from? Read More
17 June 2016 – editors
Lynn C. Kronzek is a public historian and writer with over 30 years of executive experience directing her consulting practice, as well as successful nonprofit agencies and programs. She is an award-winning author of two books and numerous articles and reports, and for seven years she also taught graduate courses in regional development and community relations. Read More
14 June 2016 – editors
From around the field this week: Diversifying Wikimedia, preventing looting, celebrating 50 years of the Oral History Association, and announcing a new continuing ed program in historic preservation at Rutgers University-Camden, New Jersey. Read More