24 February 2015 – Amy Tyson 2
19 February 2015 – Michael Adamson
Providing assistance to individuals considering careers in consulting remains an ongoing task of the National Council on Public History (NCPH) Consultants Committee. In October 2012 and September 2014, forums held on Versatile PhD opened up discussions that generated valuable data that Consultants Committee members are using in devising initiatives to achieve this end. Read More
18 February 2015 – editors
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CFP: Alliance for Historical Dialogue Fellowship Program – Sept. 2-Dec. 18, 2015, New York, New York, U.S.
DEADLINE: March 6, 2015
CFP: Objects in Motion: Material Culture in Transition – June 18-20, 2015, Cambridge, U.K. Read More
17 February 2015 – Claire Hayward
2014 saw huge steps forward in representations of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning) lives in public history on both sides of the Atlantic. Projects have been launched in both the United States and the United Kingdom that aim to reveal national histories of LGBTQ lives, highlighting the ways that international conversations about approaches to public history are developing and impacting positively on the practice of public history. Read More
13 February 2015 – editors
In recent months the NCPH Council of Past Presidents has discussed ways to honor some of the individuals who founded the National Council on Public History in 1980. As a result, at the 2015 NCPH Annual Meeting in Nashville, G. Wesley Johnson and Robert Pomeroy will receive the inaugural NCPH Founders Award, and they and others of the first NCPH generation will be invited to participate in an oral history project to be organized by the Council of Past Presidents. Read More
11 February 2015 – editors 9
Dr. Jannelle Warren-Findley died at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, last week. Recently retired from Arizona State University, where she taught in and directed the public history program, she was a past President of the National Council on Public History (1997-98), an important voice in a number of areas of public history thought and practice (including women’s history and efforts to internationalize the field), and a dear friend and mentor to many. Read More
11 February 2015 – Jean-Pierre Morin 3
museums, international, IFPF Conference 2014, Amsterdam, cities, urban history, NCPH Board Member Posts
(Editor’s note: This post is the first of a two-part series looking at the Amsterdam Museum. The second post can be found here.)
As a certified History Nerd and lover of cities, one of the first things I do when I arrive in a new city is check out the local history museum. Read More
11 February 2015 – Cathy Stanton
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ANNCT: “Voicing the stories of the excluded: Albanian families’ identity and history making in Athens, Greece”/a talk by Eleni Vomvyla for the Public History Discussion Group – Feb. Read More
09 February 2015 – Barbara Little 10
Editors’ Note: In 2016, the National Park Service will mark the 100th anniversary of its founding, and the National Historic Preservation Act will have been in effect for 50 years. These two landmark moments come just two years after the National Museum of American History quietly marked its own 50th anniversary in 2014. Read More
05 February 2015 – Briann Greenfield 5
Muralist and activist Mike Alewitz has finished his tribute to the labor and social justice movements, an imposing four-panel painting titled The City at the Crossroads of History–but the museum it was commissioned for doesn’t want it.
The Puffin Foundation, a grant maker that frequently supports politically left artists, engaged Alewitz to create the mural for a new gallery at the Museum of the City of New York. Read More