02 June 2015 – Josh Howard
“Death is difficult under any circumstance. The death of a friend you only knew via the internet is something that this generation is just learning how to deal with.”–Matthew Miller, MMORPG.com
At the 2015 National Council on Public History (NCPH) annual meeting, I participated in a working group titled “Can Public History Play?” Read More
27 May 2015 – editors
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ANNCT: Events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Manhattan Project, honor Manhattan Project veterans, and provide a preview of the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park – June 2-3, 2015, Washington, DC, U.S. Read More
27 May 2015 – Priya Chhaya
“As I settle in a place, the place settles me.” Juhani Pallasmma, Forum Journal (Spring 2015)
More than fifteen months ago, my colleague at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Tom Mayes, embarked on a journey. For six months, he lived at the American Academy in Rome researching and thinking about one of the most central tenets of our profession: Why Do Old Places Matter? Read More
25 May 2015 – Michelle McClellan 2
The summer before last, I found myself driving around the back roads of DeSmet, South Dakota, with people I barely knew but with whom I felt a kinship based on our mutual devotion to Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books. Read More
22 May 2015 – Jean-Pierre Morin
As employees of municipal, local, state, provincial, and federal governments, government historians have been a core group of the National Council on Public History since its founding. Yet, for a variety of reasons, these practitioners have at times felt “out on the edge” within the organization. Read More
21 May 2015 – Linda Shopes
Editors’ Note: Readers can find Part 1 here. This post continues a short list of what history, public and otherwise, as well as allied disciplines, can do in the face of events like those that have engulfed Baltimore.
Third, beyond documentation, history can support change in the present. Read More
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18 May 2015 – editors
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CFP: Society of Architectural Historians 2016 Annual International Conference – April 6 -10, 2016, Pasadena, California, U.S.
DEADLINE: June 9, 2015
CONF: “Collecting and Composing: An Oral History & Music Workshop” – June 23-28, 2015, Hudson, New York, U.S. Read More
18 May 2015 – editors
The Public Historian, historic house museums, methods, public engagement, sense of place, interpretation
14 May 2015 – Linda Shopes 6
Events in Baltimore during the last couple of weeks following the death of Freddie Gray apparently after a questionable arrest have precipitated a great deal of commentary, ranging from the thoughtful to the bloviating. Likewise, interest in a more activist, civically engaged public history has been generating considerable discussion, both descriptive and hortatory. Read More