If you’ve visited the website of the National Council on Public History lately, you’ll know that it’s been renovated and refreshed, with a brighter, cleaner look and (we hope) an easier-to-use design. Now it’s time for Phase II of the re-set, and since that involves the blog you’re reading—History@Work—and the space where it has lived until now—the Public History Commons—we wanted to explain what you can look for in the near future and some of the thinking that went into these changes. Read More
From around the field this week: Born-digital and made-digital “frenemies”; summer study, travel, and preservation in Italy and filmmaking for historians (with free tuition) in Georgia, U.S.; funding and awards for archeologists, archivists, studies of U.S. Congress, and more. Read More
The Organization of American Historians Committee on National Park Service Collaboration is hosting a short survey to determine interest in developing a series of webinars. These webinars would address a perceived need for information about NPS and its history with respect to such topics as contracting, job pursuits, and research and writing. Read More
Gentrification: It’s not just for sociologists and anthropologists any more. Though historians have been making inroads documenting and interpreting gentrification and displacement, there are abundant opportunities for historians to make significant contributions in public policy and planning. One recent kerfuffle involving proposed bicycle lanes and African American churches in Washington, DC, provides a window into how a better understanding of the past could have defused a racially and class charged debate over painted lines in public spaces.
From around the field this week: Conference calls for nursing/healthcare history, African-American museums and genealogy, the future of urban preservationism, plus awards for archivists and their advocates.
NOTE: This weekly listing of items of possible interest to practicing public historians will now appear as a regular blog post on History@Work rather than in the “News” sidebar as previously. Read More
This is the second in a new series “Ask a Public Historian,” brought to you by the National Council on Public History New Professional and Graduate Student Committee.
As we’re preparing to move the contents of the publichistorycommons.org site into the main National Council on Public History website in the next couple of weeks, we’re making some changes to the place of the News Feed within the overall site. Read More
From around the field this week: extended deadline for international award for technology exhibits, a chance to weigh in on women’s history scholarship at the U.S. National Women’s History Museum, and more.
NOTE: This weekly listing of items of possible interest to practicing public historians will now appear as a regular blog post on History@Work rather than in the “News” sidebar as previously. Read More
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From around the field this week: Born-digital and made-digital “frenemies”; summer study, travel, and preservation in Italy and filmmaking for historians (with free tuition) in Georgia, U.S.; funding and awards for archeologists, archivists, studies of U.S. Congress, and more.