28 October 2015 – editors
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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
27 October 2015 – Elizabeth Catte
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
21 October 2015 – editors
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CFP: 3rd International Public History Conference – July 7-9, 2016, Bogotá, Colombia
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Nov. 15, 2015
CFP: #SHS40 – Social History Society 40th Anniversary Conference – March 21-23, 2016, Lancaster, U.K. Read More
14 October 2015 – editors 1
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
13 October 2015 – editors
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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
13 October 2015 – Adina Langer 4
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
08 October 2015 – Juan-Fernando León
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 the Frances Willard Historical Association in Evanston, IL. Read More
07 October 2015 – editors
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AWARDS: National Council on Public History recognizes the best work in the field with a range of awards for projects, publication, consulting, and more. NCPH book award and Robert Kelley Award for distinguished achievement due Nov. Read More
06 October 2015 – Rebekah Dobrasko 2
preservation, government, The Public Historian, National Historic Preservation Act, National Historic Preservation Act commemoration
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.
Everything is bigger in Texas, even its infrastructure. Read More
01 October 2015 – Adina Langer
In a surprising turn of events, the College Board re-revised the Advanced Placement United States History curriculum framework, releasing its newest version at the end of July. While the move by the Board, which had instituted a public comment period seeking feedback on the framework back in February, is not overly surprising, the reaction among many historians and among the opponents of the original revised framework is. Read More