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07 February 2022 – Megan Smeznik
Editor’s Note: This the second post in a two-part series inspired by the challenges and opportunities associated with creating a virtual version of NCPH’s Digital Public History Lab (DPHL). You can read the first part by clicking here.
My first co-organization of DPHL was meant to happen in March 2020. Read More
04 February 2022 – Megan Smeznik
In 2019, I was lucky enough to attend my first National Council on Public History (NCPH) annual conference and act as a facilitator for the Digital Public History Lab (DPHL). It was an important experience that helped to cement what I have been searching to do in my career. Read More
18 January 2022 – Meghan Hillman
For the third year running, the National Council on Public History (NCPH) is canceling its in-person conference offerings and going all-virtual. All of us have become accustomed to assessing personal and community risk during the pandemic, and an organization like NCPH must do this on a larger scale. Read More
08 November 2019 – Chel Rose Miller 1
2019 annual meeting, #MeToo, advocacy, bystanders, profession, employment, conference, gender/sexuality, ethics
The #MeToo movement has shed light on the widespread prevalence of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse, including in scholarly and professional communities. The last two years have shown us that the public history community is no exception. Read More
29 August 2019 – Sharon Leon
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series that illustrates the role of the NCPH Endowment in supporting the work of the organization. To find out more about how the NCPH Endowment Fund supports the work of public historians and to make your gift, please visit: https://ncph.org/giving/endowment/ Read More
18 June 2019 – Chip Colwell
2019 annual meeting, Indigenous People, museums, NCPH 2019 Awards, conference, American Indians, finance, decolonization, artifacts
Editors’ Note: This is the third in a series of reflective posts written by winners of awards given out at the NCPH 2019 annual meeting in Hartford, Connecticut. Chip Colwell received the NCPH Book Award for Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2017). Read More
26 March 2019 – Suzanne Fischer 1
NCPH’s Advocacy Committee is charged with a dual mission: to respond to calls to take a stand on pressing issues of the day, and also to recommend proactive positions and actions to advance NCPH’s goals of advocating for public history and its practitioners. Read More
19 March 2019 – Will Walker, Modupe Labode, Bob Weible, Sheila Brennan, Bill Bryans, and Kimberly Springle
conference, inclusion, working group, 2019 annual meeting, digital media, AASLH, projects, methods, collaboration, NCPH
For the past three years, a group of dedicated authors, editors, and advisory committee members have been working to create The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook, a new digital resource co-sponsored by NCPH and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH). Read More
12 March 2019 – Nancy Finlay
2019 annual meeting, elections, Hartford series 2019, community history, archives, race, conference, gender/sexuality, Immigration
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of pieces focused on Hartford and its regional identity which will be posted before and during the NCPH Annual Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut in March.
The Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library houses some remarkable records pertaining to Connecticut’s capital. Read More
11 March 2019 – Anne Mitchell Whisnant
One of the best things about NCPH is its openness to experimenting with new approaches to fostering conversations among public historians and facilitating reflection about public history. The NCPH “mini-con” program of small, topically focused regional gatherings, supported with funding from the NCPH endowment, epitomizes this agile and creative spirit. Read More