Editor’s note: This post continues a series commemorating the anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act by examining a past article published in The Public Historian, describing its significance and relating it to contemporary conversations in historic preservation.
The saga of the Locust Grove Cemetery, an African American burial ground in the small borough of Shippensburg, is one that is repeated across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Read More
AmericanScience is a team blog tracking all things science–both contemporary and historical. Graduate student- and early career-editors (as well as guest posters) bring a historical perspective to current issues in American science and technology–from the Anthropocene and climate change to Thomas Kuhn and Uber. Read More
Over the course of ten weeks this past spring, I explored, blogged, and tweeted my way through twenty of Providence’s endangered properties. The challenge came to me by way of the Providence Preservation Society (PPS), which is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their Most Endangered Properties (MEP) program this year. Read More
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AWARD: Society for History in the Federal Government offers two book awards – Henry Adams Award for a book about U.S. federal government by a non-federal-government employee and George Pendleton Award for a book written by a current or former federal government historian or sponsored by a government history office. Read More
Editor’s note: This post continues our series addressing recent debates over Confederate memory and symbolism in the wake of the shooting of nine parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Here is the opening post for the series.Read More
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CFP:3rd International Public History Conference – July 7-9, 2016, Bogotá, Colombia
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Nov. 15, 2015
To moviemakers, history is an endless source of human drama.
To historians, movies are a powerful art form that can accurately represent the past, seriously distort it–or both.
As historians and other professionals concerned with presenting or preserving history, you have a perspective on the role of history in movies that is critically important. Read More
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ANNCT: “Marx and the Environment: Problems and Solutions” seminar from History and the Environment/Raphael Samuel History Centre – Oct. 15, 2015, London, UK (see Raphael Samuel History Centre’s Facebook page for details)
CFP: Museum International seeks contributions for Vol. Read More
Last December, I shared this post about my then-recent relocation from Lansing, Michigan, to Atlanta, Georgia. I wrote about my efforts to make connections in my new community and to nurture my career as a public history consultant and educator. Ten months later, I am writing from an altered vantage point; over the summer, I decided to apply for and ultimately accepted a new job as Curator of the Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University. Read More
This post had its genesis in an undergraduate course, “Doing Local and Community History” (taught by Amy Tyson) at DePaul University in Spring 2015. Through the course, the author, then-senior Juan-Fernando León, partnered with theFrances Willard Historical Association in Evanston, IL. Read More
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